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RELEASE DATE
18.04.2008 Europe
25.04.2008 UK/Ireland
21.05.2008 Japan
(digital release: 14.04 Europe, 18.04 Belgium, 21.04 UK)
PRODUCER
Dave McCracken
ALBUM INFO
The 5th dEUS album was recorded at the Vantage Point studio, the band's own studio in Antwerp. The recording & mixing process only took 3 months, a record by dEUS standards.
A song called Smokers Reflect was already announced for the previous album, but didn't make it to the final tracklist.
Here's what Tom had to say about the album when he announced the first details:
Just a word from me to tell you that our record Vantage Point is finished, it was recorded in Antwerp in our brand new studio by the same name. [...]
Some songs are loud and groovy, others, like 'Smokers Reflect' and 'Eternal Woman' are as melody-driven as you've ever heard us. We experimented a lot with the voices so expect some fucked up Gregorian chants over Stef's and Alan's rhythm-section. We also welcomed some distinguished guests. There's Lies Lorquet from Mintzkov, who sings as beautifully and understated as ever. We're all secretly in love with her. Then there's Guy Garvey from Elbow, who sent his vocal straight from the Massive Attack studio where he was working and turned 'The Vanishing Of Maria Schneider' into and old-world, super-romantic Technicolor lovesong. And last but not least, there's Karin Dreijer Andersson from The Knife, who flew from Stockholm to guest on 'Slow'. She's got a unique voice and we're all really proud she delivered so passionately.
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digipack CD - V2 Records
Catalogue number VVR105047
(p) & (c) 2008 V2 Music Ltd.
01. When She Comes Down
02. Oh Your God
03. Eternal Woman
04. Favourite Game
05. Slow
06. The Architect
07. Is A Robot
08. Smokers Reflect
09. The Vanishing of Maria Schneider
10. Popular Culture
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12" LP - V2 Records
Catalogue number ??
(p) & (c) 2008 V2 Music Ltd.
A1. When She Comes Down
A2. Oh Your God
A3. Eternal Woman
A4. Favourite Game
A5. Slow
B1. The Architect
B2. Is A Robot
B3. Smokers Reflect
B4. The Vanishing of Maria Schneider
B5. Popular Culture
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Promo copy with watermark - V2 Records
Catalogue number VVR1050472P
(p) & (c) 2008 V2 Music Ltd.
01. When She Comes Down
02. Oh Your God
03. Eternal Woman
04. Favourite Game
05. Slow
06. The Architect
07. Is A Robot
08. Smokers Reflect
09. The Vanishing of Maria Schneider
10. Popular Culture
Each of these has an individual number printed on the disc, and an audio watermark is embedded into the songs, meaning that any copy can potentially be tracked back to its owner. The words "For promo only - not for sale" are printed on the back, in the same handwritten style as the artwork.
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Promo copy - V2 Records
Catalogue number VVR1050472P
(p) & (c) 2008 V2 Music Ltd.
01. When She Comes Down
02. Oh Your God
03. Eternal Woman
04. Favourite Game
05. Slow
06. The Architect
07. Is A Robot
08. Smokers Reflect
09. The Vanishing of Maria Schneider
10. Popular Culture
This "regular", unprotected promo version comes in the same cardboard sleeve and has the same catalogue number as the watermarked promo CD, but the print on the disc is the final artwork.
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The drawings and paintings used for Vantage Point and its singles are the work of Michaël Borremans, a Belgian artist. In a March 2008 interview with Flemish newsweekly "Knack", he talked about the drawing used as the cover of the album.
Called "Two Circles", the drawing is part of a series entitled "The Good Ingredients". Two groups of people are lying on the floor, their bodies arranged in two circles. They are in a parking lot, and 3 armed men are watching them. "Tom Barman took to that drawing instanstly. You can see those two circles as an horizontal eight, the symbol of infinity. There is an undercurrent of coercition, and of terror too. With those armed men, those people look like hostages lying on the ground. It is some sort of forced choreography."
Michaël Borremans usually refuses such requests. But when asked to provide art for the new dEUS album, he felt "honored" and was "delighted" to suggest a drawing after hearing the album. Borremans is one of the most successful Belgian contemporary artists.
See more examples of Michaël Borremans's work
"The Good Ingredients", 2006 exhibition at La Maison Rouge, Paris
Borremans page at the Zwirner gallery |
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