STEVE HACKETT - The Night Siren 2017 2 DISC DIGIBOOK SPEC EDT SEALED

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 SEALED ;  STEVE HACKETT - The Night Siren Studio Album, released in 2017 Label: InsideOut (Sony) Format: Special Edition DIGIBOOK CD/Blu-Ray Mediabook featuring 5.1 surround sound mix & making of documentary: 889854104528 March 24, 2017

The Night Siren is a wake-up call. the warning of a siren sounding in this era of strife and division The bewitching call of the Sirens is reported to have been irresistible. Mesmerised by the enchanting beauty of their songs, sailors were lured to their inevitable destruction on the rocks surrounding Scylla and Charybdis. Only two people are recorded as having escaped the compelling singing of these beautiful hybrid creatures: Odysseus returning home from the Trojan War who ordered his men to fill their ears with wax whilst lashing himself to the mast of his ship and Jason, leading his Argonauts to find the Golden Fleece, who overcame their siren call with the equally enthralling playing of Orpheus. The parallels between the mythological narratives of the Sirens and Steve Hackett’s 25th solo album ‘The Night Siren’, are as fascinating as they are disconcerting. The two rocks, starkly framed on the album cover against the captivating aurora of the northern lights, may well be a nod to Scylla and Charybdis but it is also a clarion call to the need in these present dark times to carefully steer our way between the rocks and the hard places which threaten to engulf us. Hackett believes that “it seems the world has been plunged into darkness. Wherever you look, extremism and intolerance are dominant, and people are getting fed up with politicians. They are losing faith in the way they behave.” We live in a time of discord, animosity, fighting and bitter divisions. ‘The Night Siren’ is a wake-up call, an unsettling shaking of the foundations on which we stand designed to open our minds, rouse us from our complacency and heed the urgent call to empathy, unity and peace. To that end, much like the Sirens themselves, the album is a hybrid mosaic of songs featuring instruments, collaborators and musicians from around the world. Indeed, the graceful, elegant beauty of T’he Night Siren’ lies precisely in the delightful diversity of its songs as well as the endearing variety of the instruments and sounds heard within each song. The sound of the Indian sitar, the strings of a Peruvian charango, Celtic Uilleann pipes along with the tar and oud originating from the Middle East all contribute to the wonderful montage of musical voices which inspire hope and the desire for peace. The album openly elevates, celebrates and embraces our unity within diversity. Unlike other recordings on which he has worked, ‘The Night Siren’ took Hackett well over a year to make. Recording took place in multiple locations, in a variety of different countries, using studios, rooms, wherever they could get the musicians together. “What I wanted to do was show that we can all communicate through the universality of one language – and that is music. It brings us all together.” Making the album in this way not only adds greater flexibility to the music but also brings people together – and sometimes people who are unnatural allies – to demonstrate in a simple fashion that the multi-cultural approach offers us light in the darkness. Hackett is adamant that the album “represents a bird’s eye view of the world of a musical migrant ignoring borders and celebrating our common ancestry with a unity of spirit”. Bringing together singers and musicians from Israel and Palestine, the USA and Iraq he firmly believes the spirit of cooperation, collegiality and the bonds of friendship which can be formed through music make this his best album yet.

 Tracks Listing
 Disc 1
1. Behind the Smoke 2. Martian Sea 3. Fifty Miles from the North Pole 4. El Niño 5. Other Side of the Wall 6. Anything but Love 7. Inca Terra 8. In Another Life 9. In the Skeleton Gallery 10. West to East 11. The Gift
Disc 2
Blu-Ray: 5.1. mix / hi-res stereo mix
1. Behind the Smoke (5.1 Mix) (6:57) 2. Martian Sea (5.1 Mix) (4:41) 3. Fifty Miles from the North Pole (5.1 Mix) (7:07) 4. El Nino (5.1 Mix) (3:52) 5. Other Side of the Wall (5.1 Mix) (4:01) 6. Anything but Love (5.1 Mix) (5:57) 7. Inca Terra (5.1 Mix) (5:52) 8. In Another Life (5.1 Mix) (6:07) 9. In the Skeleton Gallery (5.1 Mix) (5:09) 10. West to East (5.1 Mix) (5:14) 11. The Gift (5.1 Mix) (2:46)
 Region Code Blu-ray A,B,C Screen format Blu-ray HD / Aspect ratio 1.77:1 Sound format Blu-ray DTS-HD 5.1 MASTER AUDIO; 24/48 5.1 LPCM; 24/48 STEREO LPCM
12 Plus documentary the making of the siren
Musicians
Steve Hackett / guitar & vocals With: - Roger King / keyboards & programming - Nad Sylvan / vocals (7) - Rob Townsend / all things wind - Amanda Lehmann / vocals - Gary O'Toole / drums - Benedict Fenner / additional keyboards & programming - Kobi and Mira / vocals - Nick D'Virgilio / drums - Malik Mansurov / Tar - Gulli Breim / drums & percussion - Christine Townsend / violin & viola - Dick Driver / double bass - Troy Donockley / Celtic Uilleann - Leslie Bennett / keyboards (11) Releases information Label: InsideOut (Sony) Format: Special Edition CD/Blu-Ray Mediabook featuring 5.1 surround sound mix & making of documentary: 88985410452 Standard Jewel case CD: 88985410462 Gatefold black 2LP vinyl + CD: 88985410471 Digital Download March 24, 2017 The Night Siren is a wake-up call. the warning of a siren sounding in this era of strife and division
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