Patti Smith and Kevin Shields THE CORAL SEA set of July 11th release

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As Andrew first reported earlier, Pattis lauded spoken word performance of THE CORAL SEA will finally be released on July 11, via a new Label called Pask, that theyve apparently specifically set-up for this release.  


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Legendary artist Patti Smith and My Bloody Valentine's Kevin Shields are set to release a double-disc set of their live performance of THE CORAL SEA on July 11, 2008 on their own PASK label. 


The recordings were made June 22, 2005 and September 12, 2006, respectively at sold-out performances at the Queen Elizabeth Hall in London. The set will run almost two-hours with a different stylistic approach to each performance. The UK's Guardian upon reviewing the 2005 performance gave it 5 stars and called it "magical."

One critic said of the live performance:  kind of screaming requiem, THE CORAL SEA describes Mapplethorpe's terminal illness. Intense, layered electronics surged to a discordant climax as Patti Smith read her poem, the words sailing over the noise like an ocean liner, with the black-and-white video showing the ocean, the liner and the gray twilight of grief. The poem tells the story of the Passenger M (Mapplethorpe) on a final voyage south of the equator, to gaze at the stars of the Southern Cross before he dies. 

Patti Smith and Kevin Shields will act as their own producers for the CD. 




       
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