ANEMONE TUBE “THE THREE WORLDS“ 3-CD set available now!

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ANEMONE TUBE "THE THREE WORLDS - ALLEGORY OF VANITY / FORGET HEAVEN / VANITY OF ALLEGORY" 3-CD set
The Epicurean . cure.20 . 2017

Release date: 23 October 2017
Format: Special Edition 3-CD set
Playtime: CD 1 40:20 min, CD 2 68:14 min, CD 3 37:58 min
Packaging: All 3 digifile CDs of the series in slipcase incl. poster, sticker & stitched patch. Limited edition of 100 copies, signed & hand-numbered.

More information: http://the-epicurean.transformed.de
Order here: http://the-epicurean.transformed.de/shop.html
Bandcamp: https://epicureanescapism.bandcamp.com/album/the-three-worlds-allegory-of-vanity-forget-heaven-vanity-of-allegory

Far reaching pleasures will be at hand – Anemone Tube reveals a series of three CDs entitled "The Three Worlds: Allegory of Vanity / Forget Heaven / Vanity of Allegory", referencing a cosmological treatise on the universe from the Theravada Buddhism of the 14th century, the subject matter of which is the description of three levels of existence of all beings and mythical creatures.

This extensive retrospective release contains selected tracks from various tapes released between 1997 and 1999 - mostly rare and unavailable today - as well as yet unreleased tracks recorded between 1997 and 2013, a.o. outtakes from the "Death Over China" recordings, handpicked and recontextualized by Anemone Tube, representing the project's roughest and most atmospheric material up to date, ranging from depressive ritual experimental ambient over dark rhythmic industrial soundscapes to whirlwind noise. Sharply mastered by Hunter Barr for a powerful, contemporary sound, each CD comes in a 6-panel digifile featuring beautiful photography by Dario Lehner and is available as single CD as well as a limited edition 3 CD set in a lavish slipcase with poster, sticker and patch.

"The Three Worlds" is a work about transience on many levels, perfectly elucidated in the Buddhist Sutra "Far Reaching Pleasures", "The three worlds are transient like clouds in autumn / Birth and death of all beings unfold like a dance / Their lives rush away like a mountain stream / Vanish like lightning in the sky", which serves as the contextual framework for the CD series and is translated in the most beautiful and poetic fashion with three painstakingly arranged photographic scenes based on vanitas symbolism of old masters' paintings.

The still life composition of the "Allegory of Vanity" cover references an abundance of those symbols: jewellery, a pocket watch, a catholic hymnal, skull and bones, withered flowers, a tipped over jug of wine, an extinguished candle, etc. Two collaboration tracks with Yggdrasil from 1997, two from the "Allegories for the Future" cassette and an unreleased track from 1998 are a perfect representation of Anemone Tube's early old-school industrial / power-electronics phase, and yet proof that both the musical approach and the topical background were already fully developed at that stage.

"Forget Heaven" addresses more celestial matters and shows the artist playing with soap bubbles (a classic vanitas symbol as well, a hint at the fleetingness of the moment) – reflections of light in the dark create the image of a starry sky, the universe. The CD features the entirety of the "Forget Heaven" cassette release, plus three compilation and two unreleased tracks. The sound spectrum is more immense, from aggravating noise to ethereal, ritual beauty.

The object photograph "Vanity of Allegory" plays with the dissolution of all phenomena, the transience of all things, all allegories, featuring an extinguished candle, jewellery – and the artist himself, vacuously pointing his finger a skull laughing at the spectator from the mirror. All that is combined with poetry suggesting the dissolution of the ego, seemingly closing the circle. Besides collected tracks from old and recent cassette releases and compilations, this also features three unreleased tracks from the "Death Over China" recordings and therefore represents the newest cut from the trilogy and thus musically bridges the gap to the recent works of Anemone Tube with their profound depth and complexity of sound.

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ANEMONE TUBE "THE THREE WORLDS - ALLEGORY OF VANITY / FORGET HEAVEN / VANITY OF ALLEGORY"
ARTIST EDITION: Framed art work + Special Edition 3-CD set
The Epicurean . cure.20 . 2017

Artist Edition: "Vanity of Allegory" photo art work mounted in black wooden shade joint frame (size 440 x 440 x 60 mm) in curiosity cabinet style. This edition includes Special Edition 3-CD set (with all 3 digifile CDs of the series in slipcase incl. poster, sticker & stitched patch). Limited edition of 10 copies, signed & hand-numbered.

More information: http://the-epicurean.transformed.de
Order here: http://the-epicurean.transformed.de/shop.html
Bandcamp: https://epicureanescapism.bandcamp.com/album/the-three-worlds-allegory-of-vanity-forget-heaven-vanity-of-allegory

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ANEMONE TUBE "THE THREE WORLDS - ALLEGORY OF VANITY" CD
The Epicurean . cure.17 . 2017

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ANEMONE TUBE "THE THREE WORLDS - FORGET HEAVEN" CD
The Epicurean . cure.18 . 2017

[Soloman Tump]

There is a lot of the Anemone Tube back catalogue that I have never heard, and looking through what I own this seems to fill in a few of the gaps so I've just ordered the 3CD set.  Can't quite justify the special edition box although I am a sucker for stickers

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EXCLUSIVE VIDEO PREMIERE on HEATHEN HARVEST with three new videos by ANEMONE TUBE presenting "THE THREE WORLDS - ALLEGORY OF VANITY / FORGET HEAVEN / VANITY OF ALLEGORY" CD series, released jointly on The Epicurean and La Esencia!

https://heathenharvest.org/2017/11/28/exclusive-triple-video-premiere-anemone-tubes-new-triple-album/



"The Three Worlds – Allegory of Vanity" video teaser: https://youtu.be/bsnt4XHpHB0
"The Three Worlds – Forget Heaven" video teaser: https://youtu.be/cjeMFwrMr7g
"The Three Worlds – Vanity of Allegory" video teaser: https://youtu.be/Xf7kaSRcRwg

More information: http://the-epicurean.transformed.de
Bandcamp: http://epicureanescapism.bandcamp.com

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REVIEWS:

ANEMONE TUBE . THE THREE WORLDS – ALLEGORY OF VANITY / FORGET HEAVEN / VANITY OF ALLEGORY . 3 CD set . THE EPICUREAN . LA ESENCIA . 2017

"The longer we listen to this music, the more genius it appears to us."
Rating: 10/10
(Dark Entries)

""Allegory Of Vanity" is another cornerstone of the triptych entitled "The Three Worlds". In this second world, Stefan Hanser discovers introspection, noise and a caliginous darkness (...) Once again we must praise the masterful ability of Hanser when conceiving covers. Allegory Of Vanity, respects the aesthetic balance raised in this saga, offering us another impressive perspective of his macabre style. In it Hanser appears again represented, hiding his face after the characteristic and enigmatic means by which he is known."
Rating: 5/5
(No Melody)

"Being one of the new leading artists in death industrial, Anemone Tube has managed to consistently evolve quality wise. 'The Three Worlds - Vanity Of Allegory' is a perfect opportunity to appreciate its evolutionary diversity, as it compiles songs recorded at different moments of its musical trajectory. (...) Our recommendation is "From Anthropocentrism To Demonocentrism II", theme that ends this part of the 'The Three Worlds' triptych. Perhaps we are attracted by its stoic apathy, or by its rhythmic nihilism, but in any case, the atmosphere evokes the best moments of Anenzephalia as far as claustrophobic sensations are concerned."
Rating: 5/5
(No Melody)

"(...) tightly knit together in over-arching streams of conscious- and unconsciousness; as much rationally planned in conception and execution, as it is a labour of aural love and deeply felt commitment to the sound and subject matter."
(Vital Weekly)

"Anyone searching for philosophical wealth and spirituality in a pool of human and industrial decline, will get a unique opportunity to get acquainted with a special artist through these three albums."
(Gonzo Circus)

"In Form & Inhalt ausgesprochen gelungener erster Teil einer Retrospektive musikalischen Materials aus der Frühphase des Wahl-Berliner Post-Industrial-Projektes mit gewohnt mystizistischem Hintergrund: rauher & harscher als die Alben der jüngeren Zeit, dennoch eine klare Empfehlung! "
(Nonpop)

"... angenehm bedrohliche Dark Ambient Soundlandschaften erschaffen, welche an die ganz großen deutschen und franzöischen Vertreter dieser Musikrichtung denken lässt. (...) Ein vielschichtiges Klangwerk, welches ich allen empfehlen möchte, die sich für experimentelle, komplexe (nicht: harsh noise) Musik an der Schnittstelle von Industrial und Dark Ambient (sowie jenseits davon) interessieren. Schaut und hört!"
(Black Magazin)

"'Meditation is a Practice of Death' hieß es mal bei OM in Anspielung auf die Vorstellung, dass es in jeder spirituellen Arbeit darum geht, sich in der einen oder anderen Form auf das Sterben vorzubereiten. Für den an buddhistischer Praxis ebenso wie an christliche Mystik interessierten Anemone Tube geht es seit langem darum, dem Horror der Vergänglichkeit ins Auge zu sehen, ohne dabei den Blick in Watte zu packen. Dass dies mit einer gewissen Faszination geschieht, könnte ihm, würde er vermehrt außerhalb der alles Düstere oft gewohnheitsmäßig abnickenden Industrial-Community rezipiert werden, als masoschistisches Suhlen in Negativität ausgelegt werden, doch bei genauerem Hinsehen begegnen einem immer wieder Zeichen des Mitgefühlt und zugleich die Tendenz zu einem kraftvollen, quasi nietzscheanischen Vitalismus. Das trotz seines Umfangs füllmaterialfreie und von Hunter Barr bestens in Form gebrachte ,,The Three Worlds" macht deutlich, wie sehr all dies von Beginn an leitmotivisch war."
(African Paper)

"Unique and mentally hypnotic (...) the most innovative and advanced underground sounds within the dark scene."

"The excellent work of mastering done by Hunter Barr I find admirable and worthy of the highest praise."

"Sublime art of composition transforming industrial, dark-ambient, experimental music ... into sonorous virtuosity."
(Lux Atenea)

"The Three Worlds – Allegory of Vanity" video teaser: https://youtu.be/bsnt4XHpHB0
"The Three Worlds – Forget Heaven" video teaser: https://youtu.be/cjeMFwrMr7g
"The Three Worlds – Vanity of Allegory" video teaser: https://youtu.be/Xf7kaSRcRwg

More information: http://the-epicurean.transformed.de
Bandcamp: http://epicureanescapism.bandcamp.com