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Keith Tippett, Claudio Gabbiani, Roberto Musci
Music For Labyrinths
Dark Companion
CATALOGUE
DARK COMPANION series
Keith Tippett
Mujician Solo IV - live in Piacenza
Dark Companion series
Year
Cat#
Format
Copies
2015
DC001
CD
999 hand-numbered
Buy
Tracklist
01. Piacenza
Credits
Keith Tippett: Steinway Grand Piano
PAOLO TOFANI
Real Essence
Dark Companion series
Year
Cat#
Format
Copies
2015
DC002
CD
930 hand-numbered
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Tracklist
01. Deep Emotion
02. Sari Dance
03. Holy Mind
04. Journey Home
05. Ashram
06. Hari
07. Jhana
08. Sweet Love
09. Maya
Credits
Paolo Tofani: acoustic Tricanta Veena
LINO CAPRA VACCINA
Metafisiche del suono
Dark Companion series
Year
Cat#
Format
Copies
2017
DC005 | DCLP002
CD | LP
500 | 500 hand-numbered
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Tracklist
01. Metafisica del suono
02. Geometrie Astrali
03. Metafisica del silenzio
04. Il silenzio interiore
05. Lo spazio trascendente
06. Policromie sospese
Credits
Lino Capra Vaccina: vibrafono, pianoforte, metallofono, gongs, campane, percussioni assortite, tablas, strumenti ad arco, voci, campane a vento, piatti, timpani
Camillo Mozzoni: oboe, oboe d’amore, corno inglese
Michael Tanner: salterio, autoharp, dulcimer, chitarra elettrica e treatments
Alison Cotton: viola
JOHN GREAVES
Piacenza
Dark Companion series
Year
Cat#
Format
Copies
2015
DC003
CD
980 hand-numbered
Buy
Tracklist
01. The Price We Pay
02. Summer On Ice
03. Earthly Powers
04. The Thunderthief
05. The Green Fuse
06. La Lune Blanche
07. Chanson d’Automne
08. Walking On Eggshells
09. The Same Thing
10. Dead Poets
11. The Trouble With Happiness
12. Bad Alchemy
13. Kew.Rhône
14. How Beautiful You Are
15. The Song
Rehearsals Bonus Track:
16. Sea Song
Credits
John Greaves: Steinway Grand Piano, vocals
Annie Barbazza: vocals and piano on “Sea Song”, background vocals on “The Song”
Paola Tagliaferro: background vocals on “The Song”
LINO CAPRA VACCINA
Arcaico Armonico
Dark Companion series
Year
Cat#
Format
Copies
2015
DC004 | DCLP001
CD | LP
980 | 500 hand-numbered
Buy
Tracklist
01. Echi e frequenze
02. Dialoghi tra suoni
03. Andante ancestrale
04. Arcaico armonico
05. Improvvisamente (bonus track)
Credits
Lino Capra Vaccina: gongs, cymbals, voices, vibraphone, tablas, sabar, bass drum, bells, Indian and African cattles, aeolustubulars, piano strings, African monostring
Juri Camisasca: voices on "03"
Paolo Tofani: Madhuria on "02"
Camillo Mozzoni: oboe, oboe d’amore and english horn on "04", oboe on "05"
Max Marchini: additional percussions and gong on "05"
KEITH & JULIE TIPPETT, LINO CAPRA VACCINA, PAOLO TOFANI
A Mid Autumn Night's Dream
Dark Companion series
Year
Cat#
Format
Copies
2019
DC006 | DCLP006
CD | LP
500 | 500 hand-numbered
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Tracklist
01. A Mid Autumn Night's Dream
Credits
Keith Tippett: piano, musical box, woodblocks, pebbles, maraca
Julie Tippetts: voice, small bells, struck thumb piano, swivel drum, miniature xylophone
Lino Capra Vaccina: vibraphone, cymbals, percussions, gongs, tam-tam, timpani, chimes, bells
Paolo Tofani: madhura, santoor, electronics & devices
JEANETTE SOLLÉN
Ripe When Yields To Gentle Pressure
Dark Companion series
Year
Cat#
Format
Copies
2018
DC006 | DCLP004
CD | LP
300 | 300 hand-numbered
Buy
Tracklist
01. The Trip
02. Rock Song
03. Echo & Narcissus
04. Ripe When Yields To Gentle Pressure
05. Waterfalls
06. Split
07. Isabels Song
08. Gloria
09. Loreley
10. Utro
Credits
Jeanette Sollén: vocals, zithers, percussion, city hall bells
Jonny Wartel: saxophones (1, 2, 3, 9), vacuum cleaners (3), percussion (5, 9)
Ray Adams: harps (1)
Helle Mørch: vocals (3, 5, 6, 9)
Isabel Sciutto: vocals (7)
Nicolas Ballet: vocals (8)
Margareta Granvik, Anette Lindwall, Therese Larsson, Kajsa Åström: choir (7)
The Dot Choir (Jeanette Fredenberg, Jenny Granvik, Karina Lernestål, Maja Lidén, Kristina Månsson, Ingrid Knutsson, Jennie Thulin, Kajsa Åström): vocals (10)
Other musicians (7): Ola Denward, Dick Heijkensköld, Göran Kunstbergs, Lotte Nilsson, Roine Sangenberg, Olle Skog, Peter Wildoer.
VINCENZO RAMAGLIA
Atomic City
Dark Companion series
Year
Cat#
Format
Copies
2019
DC008
CD
370 hand-numbered
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Tracklist
01. Atomic City 1 [8’27]
02. Atomic City 2 [9’17]
03. Atomic City 3 [8’45]
04. Atomic City 4 [8’55]
05. Atomic City 5 [9’34]
Credits
Renato Ciunfrini: clarinet
Vincenzo Ramaglia: electronics
MARKUS STOCKHAUSEN & ALIREZA MORTAZAVI
Hamdelaneh - Intimate Dialogues
Dark Companion series
Year
Cat#
Format
Copies
2019
DC009 | DCLP009
CD | LP
500 | 500 hand-numbered
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Tracklist
01. Love without boundaries
02. Dance of life
03. Resonance
04. Ensoundment
Credits
Markus Stockhausen: trumpet, flugelhorn, piccolo trumpet, voice
Alireza Mortazavi: santoor
LINO CAPRA VACCINA & UNTITLED NOISE
Perpetual Possibility
Dark Companion series
Year
Cat#
Format
Copies
2019
DC011 | DCLP011
CD | LP
500 | 500 hand-numbered
Buy
Tracklist
01. Perpetual
02. Possibility
Credits
Lino Capra Vaccina: vibraphone, piano, glockenspiel, gongs, wind chimes, percussion, bowed instruments, cymbals
/Untitled Noise
Michele Lombardelli: analog devices, oscillators, mixer
Luca Scarabelli: picrophones, springs, metals and marbles
north sea radio orchestra, john greaves, annie barbazza
Folly Bololey - Songs from Robert Wyatt's Rock Bottom
Dark Companion series
Year
Cat#
Format
Copies
2019
DC012 | DCLP012
CD | LP
999 | 500 hand-numbered
Buy
Tracklist
01. Sea Song
02. A Last Straw
03. Little Red Riding Hood Hit The Road
04. Alifib
05. Alifie
06. Little Red Robin Hood Hit The Road
bonus tracks:
07. The British Road
08. Maryan
09. Shipbuilding
10. O Caroline
Credits
Craig Fortnam: guitar, farfisa organ, vocal (track 7, 9)
Annie Barbazza: lead vocal, farfisa organ
John Greaves: bass guitar, vocal (track 4, 11), spoken word (track 3, 5, 6)
William D. Drake: piano, farfisa organ, vocal (track 2,3, 5)
Laurent Valero: violin, viola, recorder, rass recorder
Nicky Baigent: Bb clarinet, bass clarinet, spoken word (track 5)
Luke Crookes: bassoon
Harry Escott: cello
Tommaso Franguelli: vibes, percussion
Cheb Nettles: drums
ANNIE BARBAZZA
Vive
Dark Companion series
Year
Cat#
Format
Copies
2020
DC013 | DCLP013
CD | LP
500 | 300 hand-numbered
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Tracklist
01. Ys
02. June
03. From Too Much Love Of Living
04. Time
05. Nebulae
06. Wrote Myself A Letter
07. How Beautiful You Are
08. Lost At Sea
09. Phantoms
10. Tide
11. Les Ruines Du sommeil
12. Lotus Flower
13. Boîte À Tisanes
Credits
Annie Barbazza: Vocals, Electric Guitar, Indian Harmonium, Bass, Piano, Soundscapes, Autoharp
guests
Camillo Mozzoni: oboe (track 4 and 10)
Daniel Lanois: pedal steel guitar (track 1 and 11)
Franz Soprani: tibetan bell (track 9)
Fred Frith: electric guitar (track 8 and 13)
Greg Lake: original track production (track 13)
John Greaves: bass (track 3), vocals (track 7)
Lino Capra Vaccina: percussion, (track 4, 6, 10 and 12), vibraphone (track 4, 10 and 12), vocals (track 6)
Max Marchini: bass (track 7 and 9)
Michael Tanner: autoharp (track 6)
Olivier Mellano: electric guitar (track 3 and 7)
Paolo Tofani: madhuria guitar (track 12)
Paul Roland: vocals (track 6)
William Xerra: cover design
LINO CAPRA VACCINA
Sincretico Modale
Dark Companion series
Year
Cat#
Format
Copies
2022
DC014 | DCLP014
CD | LP
300 | 300
Buy
Tracklist
01. Armonie della mente
02. Arcana persistenza
03. Percezioni dell'essere
04. Persistenza della memoria
05. Sincretico Modale
Credits
Lino Capra Vaccina: grand piano, vibraphone, indian harmonium, mallets, gongs, bells, voice, tablas, percussione, cymbals
Camillo Mozzoni: oboe (track 3)
MARKUS STOCKHAUSEN, LINO CAPRA VACCINA with ALIREZA MORTAZAVI
Sincretico Modale
Dark Companion series
Year
Cat#
Format
Copies
2022
DC015
CD
500
Buy
Tracklist
01. Free Spirits
02. Face To Face
03. Rising Sun
04. Changing Worlds
05. Human Research
06. Inland Sea
07. Burning Cry
08. Venus In Scorpio
09. Divine Experiment
10. Thankfulness
11. Mystery
Credits
Markus Stockhausen: trumpet, flugelhorn, piccolo trumpet
Lino Capra Vaccina: vibraphone, gong, chimes, cymbals, timpani, drums
Alireza Mortazavi: santur
NARADA BURTON GREENE
A Music Cooperative in Isolation
Dark Companion series
Year
Cat#
Format
Copies
2022
DC016
CD
250
Buy
Tracklist
01. Cluster Fantasy
02. What’s Next
03. Interplay
04. A Lifelong Mystery Parts 1 & 2
05. Buddhist Garden
06. Back Into It Again!
Credits
The music was all recorded on Burton’s houseboat in Amsterdam between May 2020 and February 2021
BLAINE L. REININGER
Ocean Planet
Dark Companion series
Year
Cat#
Format
Copies
2023
DC017
CD
400
Buy
Tracklist
01. Ocean Planet
02. Obscured
03. Shelley Hellas
04. Firefly
05. Bis Gems
06. Parc de la Villette (Another Fine Messiaen)
07. Pluie en Bas
08. Bones
09. Incantations
10. Slightly Rusty
11. Iris
12. Un Giro
Credits
Written, recorded and mixed by Blaine in Athens, Greece
Mastered by Alberto Callegari at Elfo Studio
JOHN GREAVES
Songs (reissue 1994)
DC Time Machine series
Year
Cat#
Format
Copies
2016
DCTMS001
CD
900 hand-numbered
Buy
Tracklist
01. Old Kinderhook
02. The Song
03. Swelling Valley
04. The Green Fuse
05. Kew.Rhone
06. Eccentric Waters
07. Silence
08. The Price We Pay
09. L'Aise Aux Ex-Sans Trique
10. Back Where We Began
11. Gegenstand
12. Whatever That Is
Credits
John Greaves: bass guitar, accordion, percussion, vocal (4, 9)
Robert Wyatt: vocal (2, 5, 11)
Sophia Domancich: piano
Paul Rogers: double bass
François Ovide: acoustic guitar
S'Ange: vocal (3, 8, 10)
Kristoffer Blegvad: vocal (3, 7, 8)
Caroline Loeb: vocal (6, 9)
Michael Tanner & Alison Cotton
Michael Tanner & Alison Cotton
DC Ephemerals series
Year
Cat#
Format
Copies
2016
DCE001
CD
126 hand-numbered
Buy
Tracklist
01. Masts Of Rown-Tree
02. Angels In The Architecture
03. Floodplains
Credits
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LINO CAPRA VACCINA
Rifrazioni Mistiche
DC Ephemerals series
Year
Cat#
Format
Copies
2017
DCE002
CD
100 hand-numbered
Buy
sold out
Tracklist
01. Rifrazioni Mistiche
Credits
Lino Capra Vaccina: vibraphone, piano, gongs, percussions
JOHN GREAVES
Passage du Nord Ouest
DC Ephemerals series
Year
Cat#
Format
Copies
2020
DCE003
CD
300
Buy
Tracklist
01. One Summer
02. The Price We Pay
03. The Mirage
04. The Magical Building
05. Almost Perfect Lovers
06. Solitary
07. Dedans (Rose c’est la vie)
08. Deck Of The Moon
09. For Bearings/Silence
10. Kew Rhone
11. The World Tonight
12. Lullaby
13. Swelling Valley
14. How Beautiful You Are
15. Karen
Credits
John Greaves: vocals, bass guitar, piano
Sophia Domancich: piano
François Ovide: acoustic guitar
David Cunningham: electric guitar, kalimba, electronics
Peter Kimberley: backing vocals, egg
Paul Rogers: double bass
MAX MARCHINI
Hymns From The Harbour
DC Ephemerals series
Year
Cat#
Format
Copies
2021
DCE004
CD
118
Buy
Tracklist
01. Dream Sequence
02. Fingerprince Of The Mirrors
03. Magic Psalm For A Moth
04. A Night In June
05. Atmen
06. Fool Of Fortune
07. Hymn to the Harbours
08. Mokṣa
09. Northern Heavens
10. Prologues
11. September Joy
12. Talk Show
13. Misty Row
14. What’s In That Box, Annie?
15. Below The Surface
Credits
Max Marchini: bass, acoustic and electric guitars, analog synthesizers, keyboards, electric sitar, percussion, treatments, mandolin, field recordings, sound projection
Paola Tagliaferro: vocal improvisations on Mokṣa (Owl, 2013) and multi-layered voices on Atmen (Owl, 2013)
Akhilesh Gundecha: pakhawaj on Mokṣa (Owl, 2013)
UNIFAUN PRODUCTION series
FLYTE REACTION
Magnetohpon Distances
Unifaun Production series
Year
Cat#
Format
Copies
2015
UP001
CD
500 hand-numbered
Buy
Tracklist
01. Magnetophon Distances
02. Empty Room
03. You Sat Up Today (Hooray)
04. From The Corner Of My Eye
05. Ghost Road
06. Yes, I Saw You Dancing
07. Ancient Light
08. Tumbledown Logic
09. Bleach The Bones
10. Everything You See Is Golden
11. We All Entwine
Credits
written, played, recorded, mixed and produced by Mick Crossley
PAUL ROLAND
White Zombie
Unifaun Production series
Year
Cat#
Format
Copies
2017
UP002
CD
930 hand-numbered
Buy
Tracklist
01. Song Of The Black Toad
02. Summoner Of Souls
03. Ti Bon Voodou
04. Are We Not Men?
05. Wanga Wanga
06. Sugar Mill Scene
07. Papa John
08. Bitter Sleep (Funeral In The Road)
09. A Ring of Silver Coins
10. Wake Madelena Wake
11. Baron La Croix
12. 20 Years Ago
13. Chant of the Black Cockerel
14. Summoning Baron Samedi
15. ... Servants of the Spirits
16. Mambo Jo
Credits
Paul Roland: acoustic guitar, lead vocals
Paola Tagliaferro: High Priestess' lead vocals
Lorenzo Trecordi: electric guitar, flute
Max Marchini: electric bass, electric guitar, e-bow
Annie Barbazza: drums, percussion, backing vocals, lead vocals, electric bass
Alberto Callegari: electric bass
Sergio Nachira: percussion, backing vocals
Camillo Mozzoni: oboe
Paolo Tofani: Tricanta Veena
Paul Roland with Mick Crossley
Grimmer Than Grimm
Unifaun Production series
Year
Cat#
Format
Copies
2018
UP003 | UPLP003
CD | LP
500 | 300 hand-numbered
Buy
Tracklist
01. Nevermore (intro)
02. If The Sun Refused To Shine
03. A Long Time Ago
04. Rapunzel
05. What Will Become Of Me?
06. Lowly Weeps The King
07. Maleen
08. The Devil’s Bride
09. The Way Of The World
10. Once Upon A Time
11. Nevermore (reprise)
Credits
All songs written and composed by Paul Roland.
All instruments played by Paul Roland and Mick Crossley.
Paul Roland
1313 Mocking Bird Lane
Unifaun Production series
Year
Cat#
Format
Copies
2019
UP004
CD
500
Buy
Tracklist
01. Salon of the Senses
02. My Next Life
03. When Chet Baker Sings
04. Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?
05. She’s A Mind-Reader
06. Voodoo Man
07. Joe Strummer Said
08. Another Ingmar Bergman Interlude
09. Little White Lies
10. Won’t Go Surfin’ No More
11. She’s My Guru
12. Summer of Love
13. 1313 Mocking Bird Lane
Credits
Paul Roland: vocals, guitars, piano, violin, sax & percussion
Mick Crossley: electric guitars
Joshua Roland: bass
Violet The Cannibal: drums
Annie Barbazza: harmony vocals
and with
Marco Colombo: guitar on ‘whatever happened to Baby Jane?’
Elia Callegari: harmony vocals on ‘won’t go surfin’ & ‘Baby Jane
JUGALBANDI TRIO
Confluence
Unifaun Production series
Year
Cat#
Format
Copies
2019
UP005
CD
500
Buy
Tracklist
01. Nat Bhairav
02. Gujari Todi
03. Shyam Teri Bansi Pukare (Charukeshi)
04. Rupak tala
05. Kirwani
06. Hamsadhwani
07. Jo Bhaje Hari Ko Sada (Bhairavi)
Credits
Nicolò Melocchi: bansuri
Leo Vertunni: sitar
Federico Sanesi: tabla
PAUL ROLAND
Lair of the White Worm
Unifaun Production series
Year
Cat#
Format
Copies
2019
UP006
CD | LP
500 | 300
Buy
Tracklist
01. Year of the Harlot, Year of the Whore
02. Solemn Angel (The Tenderest Strain)
03. Master Boil and Mistress Sore
04. Prophetess, Sybil and Seer
05. Leda and the Swan
06. Moon Child
07. Bewitched
08. Into the Lair of the White Worm (baroque acoustic version)
09. In Memory of a Time Traveller
10. Sister, Why Sit By The Window and Weep?
11. Madman’s Lullaby
12. Into the Lair of the White Worm (reprise)
Credits
Mick Crossley: lead/rhythm guitars plus bass on ‘Lair’ (Reprise)
Joshua Roland: bass
Violet the Cannibal: drums
Joran Elane: lead and ethereal vocals
Annie Barbazza: additional backing vocals
Max Marchini: bass an Electric guitar on ‘Sister, Why Sit By The Window & Weep?’
NO & RD - OLIVIER MELLANO & RÉGÏS BOULARD
One
Unifaun Production series
Year
Cat#
Format
Copies
2021
UP007
CD
300
Buy
Tracklist
01. One
02. Dr Capuccino
03. No One
04. One Note, No Samba
05. O Nero
06. Hornett
07. No Drama
08. Cavern
09. Nord
10. Reammo
11. Extrados
12. Or
Credits
Olivier MellaNO: guitar
Régïs BoulaRD: drums
PAUL ROLAND & MICK CROSSLEY
Through The Spectral Gate
Unifaun Production series
Year
Cat#
Format
Copies
2022
UP008
CD
500
Buy
Tracklist
01. Open The Spectral Gate
02. Come Into My Mind & The Flickering Light
03. Echo Forest (He Knows My Name)
04. Silver Surfer Pt 1 & 2
05. Witch’s Brew Pt 1 & 2
06. Mantra
07. The Third Eye & Blessings
08. Never Flown This High Before
09. The Cave Song & Carlos
10. Crystal & Silent Star
Credits
Paul Roland: vocals, acoustic guitars, some electric guitar, flute, sax, oboe, piano, tamboura,
Mick Crossley: vocals, guitars, bass, electronics, keyboards, percussion and drums
Geoffrey Richardson: viola
ANNIE BARBAZZA
Annie's Playlist
UP Ephemerals
Year
Cat#
Format
Copies
2015
UPE001
CD
300 hand-numbered
Buy
Tracklist
01. Dancing With The Moonlit Knight/Working Class Hero (Genesis/Lennon)
02. Across The Universe (Lennon/McCartney)
03. Bensonhurst Blues (Kaplan)
04. Girl From The North Country (Dylan)
05. Echoes/While My Guitar Gently Weeps/The Sage (Pink Floyd/Harrison/Lake)
06. House With No Door (Hammill)
07. Pink Moon (Drake)
08. Casablanca Moon (Moore/Blegvad)
09. Faust (Williams)
10. How Beautiful You Are (Greaves/Blegvad)
11. Sea Song (Wyatt)
12. Horizon (Hackett - Lorenzo Trecordi solo guitar)
13. Space Oddity (Bowie)
14. Moonage Daydream/Epitaph (Bowie/King Crimson)
15. Prince Rupert’s Awake/Moonchild (King Crimson)
16. Astronomy Domine (Barrett)
17. Scarborough Fair/John Barleycorn
18. Volo Magico n°1/Locomotive Breath (Rocchi/Anderson)
19. Song To The Siren (Buckley)
20. Amado Mio (Fisher/Roberts)
21. A Case Of You (Mitchell - excerpt bonus track from rehearsals)
Credits
Annie Barbazza: vocals, acoustic guitars, piano
Lorenzo Trecordi: flute, electric and acoustic guitars, bkg. vocals
PAUL ROLAND
Mambo Jo (single)
UP Ephemerals
Year
Cat#
Format
Copies
2015
UPE002
CD
300 numbered
Buy
Tracklist
01. Mambo Jo (album version)
02. Mambo Jo (acoustic remix)
03. Chant Of The Zombies (Damballah)
Credits
Paul Roland: acoustic guitar, lead vocals
Paola Tagliaferro: lead vocals
Lorenzo Trecordi: electric guitar
Max Marchini: electric bass, electric guitar, percussion
Annie Barbazza: drums, percussion, backing vocals, vocals
Alberto Callegari: electric bass, bkg. vocals
Sergio Nachira: percussion, bkg. vocals
ANNIE BARBAZZA
Annie's Playlist 2
UP Ephemerals
Year
Cat#
Format
Copies
2016
UPE003
CD
500 hand-numbered
Buy
Tracklist
01a. Peace - A Beginning (Fripp/Sinfield)
01b. Still... YouTurn Me On (Lake)
02. C’est La Vie (Lake/Sinfield)
03. Fantasia Lindum (Gladwin)
04. Farewell My Lovely Nancy (Traditional)
05. Anatomy Of Love (Crawley/Tayle)
06. Epitaph (Fripp/Lake/Sin eld/McDonald/Giles)
07. In A Manner Of Speaking (Tong)
08. Hello Skinny (The Residents)
09. Harry Irene (Van Vliet)
10. Reanimator (Roland)
11. Yes Medley (Anderson/Squire/Howe)
12. Jethro Tull Medley (Anderson)
13. Cortez The Killer (Young)
Bonus Track:
14 . Dark Globe (Barrett)
Credits
Annie Barbazza: vocals, acoustic guitars, ukulele
Lorenzo Trecordi: flute, electric and acoustic guitars, 12-strings guitar, harmonica, bkg. vocals
PAUL ROLAND
Summer Of Love (single)
UP Ephemerals
Year
Cat#
Format
Copies
2019
UPE004
CD
-
Buy
sold out
Tracklist
01. Summer of Love (alternative mix)
02. Little White Lies (acoustic mix)
03. Another Ingmar Bergman Interlude (original demo)
04. In My Next Life (original demo)
Credits
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