Dreams For Imaginary Puppet Shows On The Radio
by Babal
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Compact Disc (CD) + Digital AlbumBeautiful 13 track album of instrumental music.
Very Limited Edition CD-RP housed in a 4-panel gate book sleeve with Green disc to represent the look of "Vinyl"
Includes unlimited streaming of Dreams For Imaginary Puppet Shows On The Radio via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.ships out within 9 daysedition of 100 4 remainingPurchasable with gift card$10 USD or more
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GUNDY
02:52
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CROW BOY
02:20
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BUNKER 1A
02:38
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HOGGOTH TIME
06:49
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WATERHOLE
02:33
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VOID
04:27
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AHAB'S PROMISE
05:03
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DARK CITY
02:00
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SCORPION MASTER
02:22
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NIGHTFALLS
05:18
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NOIR
02:09
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about
In 2019 BABAL had to cease performing and recording. Vocalist and songwriter Karen Langley had stage 4 cancer requiring many chemotherapy sessions and a stem cell transplant; she is now thankfully in remission.
Karen was unable to sing during that year so we wrote lots of instrumental tracks, visualizing them as puppet shows on the radio!!, while others could possibly be destined as re-arranged tunes with vocals in the future.
Then along came COVID 19……….
The third part of The Circle of Confusion of Tongues trilogy, “(I’m Just A) Spirit in A Meat Suit” has been delayed as we are mixing and mastering remotely which takes time. We plan to release the album later this year.
The music on Dreams for Imaginary Puppet Shows on The Radio reveals the different yet identifiable and distinctive sound of Karen Langley (voice/devices), Rob Williams (guitar, guitar synth, bass), and Jon Sharp (drums) – BABAL.
This is BABAL’s sixth album – the desire to never stay in one musical place too long remains a constant with the band.
The concept of a puppet show on the radio threw us a few imaginative curves and strange angles when thinking about, and improvising the music.
Along with the track titles each piece has a “dream” concept portraying possible scenes in the puppet show, described in a dark and Lovecraftian manner – or you may choose to visualize your own Puppet Show on the Radio – let us know where it takes you! There will be a prize….
Here are a few examples:
Track 4. Bunker 1A “The sirens cry out in the vile depths of the hellish metropolis – the cries of the lost and the yells of epiphany. They cavort and wail to hellish pipings and bongos”
Track 7. Void “She wanted to rise above the dimensions of mundanity, to drink deep of the nectar of the cosmos. As her body became lighter, the winds of the universe took her far into her beyond”
Track 8. Ahab’s Promise “Stiff and twitching, Ahab raised himself from his tattered cot. The universe was beckoning with its benign smile so he staggered on into the hellish night on raggedy stick legs – leaving behind the relentless rot and canker of his demented obsession”
Track 11. Nightfalls “Lost in the vast world of fluid – a vicious and languid ambivalence slipped into the hellish concept of what he was becoming – sinking into the stinking depths of his tattered and eviscerated soul”
The album will be released on green vinyl style CD in a record style sleeve with an outer 4-page gatefold sleeve (MRRCD 22193) and download.
Pre-orders from 14 August 2020 and release date of 21 August 2020 on Melodic Revolution Records.
Karen was unable to sing during that year so we wrote lots of instrumental tracks, visualizing them as puppet shows on the radio!!, while others could possibly be destined as re-arranged tunes with vocals in the future.
Then along came COVID 19……….
The third part of The Circle of Confusion of Tongues trilogy, “(I’m Just A) Spirit in A Meat Suit” has been delayed as we are mixing and mastering remotely which takes time. We plan to release the album later this year.
The music on Dreams for Imaginary Puppet Shows on The Radio reveals the different yet identifiable and distinctive sound of Karen Langley (voice/devices), Rob Williams (guitar, guitar synth, bass), and Jon Sharp (drums) – BABAL.
This is BABAL’s sixth album – the desire to never stay in one musical place too long remains a constant with the band.
The concept of a puppet show on the radio threw us a few imaginative curves and strange angles when thinking about, and improvising the music.
Along with the track titles each piece has a “dream” concept portraying possible scenes in the puppet show, described in a dark and Lovecraftian manner – or you may choose to visualize your own Puppet Show on the Radio – let us know where it takes you! There will be a prize….
Here are a few examples:
Track 4. Bunker 1A “The sirens cry out in the vile depths of the hellish metropolis – the cries of the lost and the yells of epiphany. They cavort and wail to hellish pipings and bongos”
Track 7. Void “She wanted to rise above the dimensions of mundanity, to drink deep of the nectar of the cosmos. As her body became lighter, the winds of the universe took her far into her beyond”
Track 8. Ahab’s Promise “Stiff and twitching, Ahab raised himself from his tattered cot. The universe was beckoning with its benign smile so he staggered on into the hellish night on raggedy stick legs – leaving behind the relentless rot and canker of his demented obsession”
Track 11. Nightfalls “Lost in the vast world of fluid – a vicious and languid ambivalence slipped into the hellish concept of what he was becoming – sinking into the stinking depths of his tattered and eviscerated soul”
The album will be released on green vinyl style CD in a record style sleeve with an outer 4-page gatefold sleeve (MRRCD 22193) and download.
Pre-orders from 14 August 2020 and release date of 21 August 2020 on Melodic Revolution Records.
credits
released August 21, 2020
Rob Williams - Guitars. Guitar Synths, Bass, programming
Karen Langley - Voice, Devices
Jon Sharp - Drums
If you live in Europe, click here babal.bandcamp.com/music to purchase and save on shipping costs from the US.
Rob Williams - Guitars. Guitar Synths, Bass, programming
Karen Langley - Voice, Devices
Jon Sharp - Drums
If you live in Europe, click here babal.bandcamp.com/music to purchase and save on shipping costs from the US.
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Babal Bristol, UK
One speaks and a thousand misunderstand
where millions are silent and a thunderous applause erupts
where chatter
overwhelms humility and gossip destroys worlds
the tongues wag, the ears flap, and the mind creates a wall
everything has been said but no one has understood
talking with conviction and concluding that knowledge is easy and affects a multitude of expanding smokescreens around the truth
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