JOZEF VAN WISSEM AND JIM JARMUSCH TO RELEASE ‘THE DAY THE ANGELS CRIED’ THIS JUNE

JOZEF VAN WISSEM AND JIM JARMUSCH TO RELEASE ‘THE DAY THE ANGELS CRIED’ THIS JUNE

Following the initial announcement, the duo is happy to share the additional details on their newest collabroative LP. Pre-order ‘The Day The Angel Cried’ from now on. US and EU/UK dates are coming up.

Release: June 6. Genres: Neo-classical,dark folk. Format: LP,CD,DR. Cat.Number: Inc 040/41 Label: Incunabulum

Track-list: 1.Concerning Celestial Hierarchy 2.The Day The Angels Cried 3.The First Language 4. She Burns In Devotion, Her Virtue Sweet Like Honey 5.There Is No Answer 6.To Those Who Mourn 7.Concerning The Law Of Angels

Acclaimed director and musician Jim Jarmusch and experimental lute player and composer Jozef van Wissem met nearly 20 years ago, forming a close bond after they ran into each other on the streets of New York City. In 2011, they began performing and producing records together. The follow up to “American Landscapes “ entitled “ The Day The Angels Cried” releases June 6 and coincides with a world tour.

The duo weaves an intricate Lute and guitar string tapestry of droning, minimal free-folk compositions destined to captivate listeners with their dark hypnosis. This time vocals and electronics are added as well.

Van Wissem’s work comes from a tradition of avant-garde minimalism and lends itself well to the director’s stark cinematic works. Jarmusch has played guitar in bands on and off since the late ‘70s. Van Wissem’s compositional style involves hypnotic circular musical phrases that allow for a lot of contemplative space between the notes.Their first live performance was in Issue Project Room in Brooklyn in October 2011, where they appeared together for a Van Wissem curated concert program called “New Music for Early Instruments.” The idea for their first album, Concerning the Entrance Into Eternity (Important Records) developed from their live performance. Jarmusch has said that he considers these songs as Van Wissem’s compositions, and sees himself as someone filling in the background to Jozef ’s foreground, like the “scenic” on a film shoot, the one who paints the backdrops. “The sound of the lute is as bright as the sun, a beautiful red color and my stuff sounds sort of like the moon, more like blue, like mercury.”

Photo credits: Bjarne Jonasson.

According to Van Wissem: “We started with layers of instrumental parts.. Jim recorded a otherworldly Passerelle bridge guitar part to which we added vocals. This became the title track " The Day The Angels Cried". The lyrics for this song came to me during a vision I had in a dream. It was much like a vision Swedenborg writes about. In it he converses with angels. In my vision the angel looked down from the heavens upon the earth engulfed in flames. Recent events in Los Angeles and other parts of the world, have led me to the belief that this dream was a premonition”.

“The Day The Angels Cried” releases June 6th on Incunabulum Records, right before the duo start their World tour. Pre-order the CD here. LP is available here.

UPCOMING DATES INCLUDE:

JUNE 7 CHICAGO ART INSTITUTE- CHICAGO JUNE 9 LE POISSON ROUGE - NYC JUNE 10 LE POISSON ROUGE - NYC (SOLD OUT) JULY 5 BOLOGNA - PARCO DEL BARACCANO JULY 7 PARIS- LA CIGALE JULY 9 LONDON- CLAPHAM GRAND JULY 11 GHENT - ViIERNULVIER MAIN HALL JULY 13 PORTO- CASA DA MUSICA More information on the tour-schedule is here.