BIC BLOG 10/10/20
This has certainly been a stressful and busy editing week; culminating with aPre-Sale launch of our new release ’Out Of Chaos Comes…’ and the premiere of the album’s first video/single, “A Kind Cruelty” (Sinistrality Mix) . It seems that I have been talking about them both forever and it feels great to finally share them with our BIC Family! Grab your coffee or adult beverage of choice as this Blog will be longer than usual... :)
I know the album’s release is 21 days away, but we worked hard to put together a sample page to give everyone an aural glimpse inside this record, along with insight from the amazing artistic talents that re-envisioned the songs. If you haven’t taken that dive, please check it out HERE!. (Hint: The Cure’s Roger O’Donnell’s is priceless!)
First up, the new video/single. We had already released a very cool video from the original version of the song (from ‘The Storm Before The Calm’), but I felt Tim Palmer’s remix took the song into a really cool and different territory and we got a great guitar solo by The Mission’s Simon Hinkler! Certainly under the strangle of Covid, shooting videos have become more difficult, but when I saw Curse Mackey perform the song (with Tim’s track) on his FaceBook show with some very cool lighting and visuals, it gave me the idea of how we could do this. I enlisted Vicente Cordero (who has been behind most of our videos) to help us pull this off with some of Curse’s footage. He shot Tish and I in the metallic paint booth at Schecter Guitar (which we have used for some shots in a few of our other videos) and using some of his fancy new effects lens got what I feel is a cool new video while needing only a few clips from the original video. Hell, the infamous ‘horse head guy’ even made an appearance! Make sure your set to watch at 1080p and SEE IT HERE. Big thanks to JAMMERZINE, Torched Magazine, We Are Cult and WhiteLight-WhiteHeat for their help in this video premiere. Heartfelt thanks to The Mission for sharing it across their social too!
Now on to the album’s PRE-SALE. We, along with Tim Perry of 33.3 Music Collective, wanted to make this release as special as we could. The beautiful cover is a painting from Cinthya Hussey called ‘Trials of the Heart’, which she was gracious to allow us to use. With the colored vinyl only being a 100pc short-run, we thought it would be cool to make it a collectible. Since we would not be able to send the actual LP covers to the artists, we printed 8.5”x11” colored card-stock posters… which traveled to Brazil first for her and her husband Wayne to sign; then back to the States to Ashton to sign; who sent it on to Seibold to sign; who then sent them to Curse to sign; and then back to Los Angeles where Kat, Rafe, Dirk, Michael Rozon, Tish and myself signed all of them! PHEW! To say I was ‘concerned’ that they would get lost in the 1000’s of mile journey was an understatement! But as you can see from the photo at the end of this blog, they are safe and signed and in my hands!!! Each one will be numbered and included with the Special Edition 180g Colored Vinyl. Also, to me it is important to say that I realize the Limited Edition is a tad expensive but we absolutely are not charging now (or ever) for the special set of signatures. Honestly, it cost quite a bit in FedEx charges to send these around but that was something I wanted to do. The slightly higher cost means it is a short-run, thus costing 33.3 almost double what a 500 or more piece run would cost. Again, it is important for me to let everyone know the backstory. I know I speak for everyone involved … it was an honor to sign these for the fans. So, if you enjoy listening to music as it should be on VINYL … please Pre-Order your copy HERE. As always, you will get the full 26-song collection digital version on Halloween (10/31/20).
Due to the physical time constraints on both our vinyl (8 songs) and CD (14), it is impossible for us to get all 26 of these diverse remixes without making it into a quadruple-vinyl or a double-CD! As we did with ‘bonus re-envisions’, we thought it would be cool to make the remaining 12-tracks available, too … so we give you ‘Chaos Continues…’ Again with a gorgeous cover painting by Cinthya Hussey. Only 100 of these will be pressed which I will hand sign and number each one…, and it is included in this Special 2-CD set. Pre-Order yours HERE!.
Of course ‘Out Of Chaos Comes…’ will be available in a single CD or Digital format too.
I want to personally thank all of the amazing Artists, Producers and DJs that gave their time and talents to make ‘Out Of Chaos Comes…’ possible, and to our BIC Family for their belief and support. And to Michael Rozon and Tim Perry; without them none of this would be possible.
STAY KIND and PLAY YOUR MUSIC LOUD.
MC X
‘Out Of Chaos Comes…’ Signed posters in the house!
‘Out Of Chaos Comes…’ and ‘Chaos Continues…’ 100pc Limited Edition Set! Cover art by Cinthya Hussey
BEAUTY IN CHAOS ‘FLEUR’ KEY CHAIN INCLUDED with BOTH LIMITED EDTION VINYL and 2-CD SETS!