Dark Night of the Soul

I was recently pointed in the direction of some great music, by a friend of mine from Minnesota. She made a post of an upcoming/postponed (at the time) collaboration of one Danger Mouse, and Mark Linkous of Sparklehorse. The project was cleverly named, Dark Night of the Soul, a phrase coined by 17th century Spanish mystic Saint John of the Cross. Naturally, I had to pursue the project.

Upon reading my friends' post, which referenced coverage by NPR, I came to find out that David Lynch himself had signed on to the project to do a 100-page book of original photography, inspired by the music of said collaborators.

Some research later, I have come to find that the project has been canned by EMI, due to some unknown copyright claim. It's become a "lost album," if you will. But let's not lose hope so quickly. After all, this is the digital age.

On June 15th, this "lost album" is going to be made available. There will not be a label-backed album release. Instead, Dark Night of the Soul will be releasing two versions of the same thing. The first is a poster and a blank CD-R. The second option is the 100-page Lynch-made booklet and a blank CD-R.

Underneath the ordering form on their website, a note is made: "Due to an ongoing dispute with EMI, Danger Mouse is unable to include music on the CD without fear of legal entanglement. Therefore, he has included a blank CD-R as an artifact to use however you see fit."

Wow.

I know what I will be doing on Monday.

Check out the official site below, and be sure to read up on the list of collaborators included in this project.

http://www.dnots.com/