You can now download 2 new Aviv Geffen songs, "It's Alright" and "Berlin" from the website www.notanothercrapxmas.com.
This web site is sponsored by CALM - the campaign against living miserably. There are many freely downloadable songs available from this site, personally chosen by BBC Radio 1 DJ Annie Mac. You will find Aviv's songs on the 19th December entry.
Aviv Geffen will perform a solo show at the Bush Hall in London on 31st January 2008. This will be Aviv's first show performing his English language songs, and he will be joined by some special guests on the night, including Mike Garson (from David Bowie's band) and Steven Wilson. Tickets are now available from ticketweb.
If you would like to get code for adding a Blackfield DVD banner to your page, please go here (video player) or here (strip banner).
You can now order the Blackfield DVD from the Burning Shed online store.
Filmed at the Bowery Ballroom in a snowbound New York earlier this year, this is Blackfield's first DVD and includes the full performance of 18 songs. The audio was recorded and mixed by SW into stereo and 5.1 surround sound, and the film was edited by Lasse Hoile. Also includes the promo videos for the three singles from the debut album.
Preorder now - released 15th October.
Aviv has posted demos for his forthcoming first English language solo album on his Aviv Geffen MySpace page. Go check them out!
You can now watch a 4 minute preview from the forthcoming Blackfield DVD "NYC : Live in New York City" on the Blackfield MySpace page. The DVD will be issued on KScope (through Snapper) in October.
The Blackfield DVD recorded at the Bowery Ballroom, NYC on 16th March 2007, is nearing completion and is set for release on 15th October in Europe and 6th November in the USA, through KScope/Snapper. The DVD, entitled "BLACKFIELD:NYC - Live in New York City", includes the whole concert edited by Lasse Hoile, with sound mixed into stereo and 5.1 surround sound by Steven Wilson.
The full track listing for the DVD is:
1. Once
2. Miss U
3. Blackfield
4. Christenings
5. The Hole In Me
6. 1,000 People
7. Pain
8. Glow
9. Thankyou
10. Epidemic
11. Someday
12. Open Mind
13. My Gift of Silence
14. Where is My Love?
15. End of the World
16. Hello
17. Once (encore)
18. Cloudy Now
Want to be in the new Blackfield video for Once?
What we need are pictures and video clips of YOU, couples in love, or in other situations that are related to being in a relationship, happy or sad - be creative. Use your mobile phone, video camera or what ever at hand to take snaps or record you and your partner.
Pictures must be at least 720 x 576 pixels 72dpi - but no greater than 4mb in size.
Help us make this a very special video!
Please send your files here : blackfield.once@gmail.com
DEADLINE FOR CONTRIBUTIONS IS 10TH JUNE.
Please note that by submitting video or photographic materials, you consent to their potential use for public broadcast;additionally, you warrant that persons depicted in the photographs or video footage have given you permission to use their likeness for the purposes of public broadcast. By submitting video or photographic material to us, you expressly waive any future claims, monetary or otherwise.
Headphone Dust have some Blackfield tour shirts that were left over from the recent European tour, with the album cover on the front and tour dates on the back. Sizes left are Girly M, Men's Small and Men's XL (these are available to order from the Headphone Dust Mail Order page). Price is £15 plus shipping.
Please note that the Blackfield shows in Philadelphia and New York are now sold out.
Please note that US shows in Annapolis, LA, and the first Boston show are now sold out. A second (earlier the same day) Boston show is on sale but also almost sold out, and there are only a few tickets left for New York. The remaining shows are also likely to sell out, so to avoid disappointment please don't wait to get tickets on the night!
Blackfield will be shooting their show at the Bowery Ballroom in New York City on the 16th Mar 2007 for a live DVD, which (as with the recently released and highly acclaimed Porcupine Tree DVD) will be filmed by Studio M, edited by Lasse Hoile, and mixed into stereo and surround sound by Steven Wilson. Release is expected to be in late 2007 or early 2008. There are a still a few tickets left for the show (several of the other US dates are now sold out), so if you haven't already please get your tickets and come down and make this a really special night! Tickets here.
Steven and Aviv will be appearing at Newbury Comics in Boston at 6:00, Sunday 18th March, prior to the evening?s performances at Berklee. The in-store will include a performance of several Blackfield songs by Steven and Aviv, as well as a signing session.
We Put Out Records have launched a Blackfield media page relating to the US release of Blackfield II.
Here are some of the things that the press in Europe have been saying about the album:
- an album you can listen to again and again ... an utterly compelling and enthralling listen 8/10 Classic Rock, UK
- with its impeccable songwriting and heartfelt, emotive performances this is simply another complete triumph from the duo CMU, UK
- Ladies & Gentlemen, I've already chosen my CD of the Year! 98/100 Aardshock, Holland
- songs with exquisite taste and crystal clear production 3.5/4 Mondo Sonoro, Spain
- impressive songs come one after the other, and the chorus not only stick in your head, they grow with every listen. They don't need to be labeled, just people with open mind, with no horizons 9/10 Rock Zone, Spain
- Wilson and Geffen have a huge talent for melodies? These guys are incredible, delicious pop with prog traces 4/5 World Music, Spain
- high-class superior pop music' 8/10 Eclipsed, Germany
- Wonderful! Guitar, Germany
- A monument of beauty, serenity and positive attitude!? 11/12 (special tip of the issue!) Heavy, Germany
- Music with gigantic feelings! 8.5/10 Rock Hard, Germany
- A prog pop record way over average! (one of the records of the month) Slam, Germany
Blackfield II is now available on vinyl LP in a beautiful gatefold sleeve, issued by Gates of Dawn Records. You can get it from Headphone Dust Mail Order in Europe, Gates of Dawn in the USA, and other good vinyl dealers. It's also being sold at shows on the Blackfield tour.
Blackfield are happy to announced that Jordan Rudess will be opening for them at all of their US east coast dates in March, with a solo set. As previously announced Pure Reason Revolution will be opening act for all dates in Europe.
Blackfield II has been released in the UK in digital download form a week before the CD release. It's now available from both Itunes and Napster. US digital release will be on the same day as the US release of the CD.
Here is the final list of Blackfield tour dates, with links to ticket purchase where info is available. Special guests at the European shows will be acclaimed UK art-rock band Pure Reason Revolution. The new album will be issued on 12th February in Europe, and in early March in the US.
9th February : Israel, Jerusalem, The Lab
16th February : UK, London, Mean Fiddler (0870 060 3777)
17th February : Holland, Helmond, Plato
18th February : Belgium, Vosselaar, Biebob
20th February : Germany, Hamburg, Knust
21st February : Germany, Berlin, Kato
22nd February : Poland, Warsaw, Proxima Club
24th February : Switzerland, Pratteln, Z7
25th February : Italy, Milan, Alcatraz
26th February : Germany, Bochum, Matrix
27th February : France, Paris, Café de la Danse (+33 (0) 892 390 100)
28th February : Holland, Zoetermeyer, Boerderij
3rd March : Greece, Athens, Fuzz Club (Tickethouse 210 3626540)
4th March : Greece, Salonica, Ydrogeios (Tickethouse 210 3626540)
10 Mar 2007 - USA, LA, Knitting Factory
11 Mar 2007 - USA, San Francisco, Great American Music Hall,
13 Mar 2007 - USA, Philadelphia, World Cafe Live
15 Mar 2007 - USA, ANNAPOLIS, Ramshead
16 Mar 2007 - USA, New York, Bowery Ballroom
17 Mar 2007 - USA, Hoboken, Maxwell's
18 Mar 2007 - USA, Boston, Berklee Recital Hall
Another exclusive preview from the forthcoming second Blackfield album, can be found on the Blackfield MySpace page. "1,000 People" happens to be SW's favourite song on the album! You can also view a Lasse Hoile promotional film for the album.
It's now possible to pre-order the second Blackfield album, another collection of 10 perfectly crafted songs of beauty and melancholia that expands on the orchestrated rock of their eponymous release, combining great hooks, sweeping strings, explosive guitars, and lush vocal harmonies (you can hear previews from the album on Blackfield's MySpace page). Please note that this is the European digipack (the US edition, with the same content, will follow in March) and is released on 12th Feb, but the CD will be shipped to arrive with you on - or just before - the release date. You can order it either from SW's own Headphone Dust Mail Order, or from Burning Shed (orders from Headphone Dust will receive a nice littie extra, a Lasse Hoile illustrated postcard of the lyrics to album track "My Gift of Silence"). Of course Blackfield II should be widely available, but buying direct from one of these sites does help support the artists.
The new Blackfield album, recorded in Tel Aviv and London in the first half of 2006, is to be issued in February. Check the band's MySpace site for audio samples and a track listing. The band will be touring both Europe and the US to promote the album from February.
The first Blackfield album is being reissued at mid-price on 22nd May by Snapper Music, now without the bonus disc. The double CD edition is now out of print, but there are a few copies still available from various mail order companies including Headphone Dust. Steven and Aviv are currently working on the second Blackfield album.
