SWANS - Live Rope 2xCD Drone "Astro Black" (with Bilal)

"Astro Black" (with Bilal)

geographically and stylistically

the 21:19 minute piece is based on the expressionist poem Das Fieberspital (The Fever Hospital)

This landmark LP was originally released in 1997 on Edison Recordings

which launched the new sub-genre we now know as “Hi-NRG New Age” and had its creator casually glancing over his shoulder for the rumored mobs of outraged Skyfax

SWANS - Live Rope 2xCD Drone "Astro Black" (with Bilal)Recorded Live in Williamsburg, Brooklyn (2024) and Den Haag, Netherlands (2023). Originally released as part of the 2024 LIVE ROPE fundraising campaign, the release is now being made available digitally and on CD in perpetuity. With soul lacerating commitment and relentless pursuit of our own truth through sound we Swans Schechter, Gira, Hahn, Mullins, Puleo, and Pravdica managed over the course of a year of rehearsing and improvisation and revision