The Burning Skull + Craquelure EP, by Cédric Pin/Glen Johnson

The Burning Skull + Craquelure EP

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‘The Burning Skull’ comes as an 18 track CD in a debossed, gold foil blocked digipack.

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Includes bonus digital EP, 'Craquelure,' featuring 2 exclusive 20 minute tracks : ‘Concatenazione Dei Spazi’ by Pin and ‘Set The Time Machine For Never’ by Johnson.

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'The Burning Skull' LIMITED EDITION ETCHING FROM ZINC PLATE (10 COPIES ONLY)
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Created for the release of 'The Burning Skull' a limited edition etching made directly from the original zinc plate by Cédric Pin

Charbonnel carbone black ink on 100% cotton paper (250g)

Hand-signed and numbered by Pin.

Sheet size : 37.5 cm x 29 cm
Printed area : 13 cm x 10 cm (approx.)

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The Burning Skull LIMITED EDITION 23 CARAT GOLD LEAF PRINT (10 COPIES ONLY)
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Based on ‘The Burning Skull’ album cover image by Cédric Pin
Black and white print on canvas textured paper with 23 carat gold leaf finish
Hand-signed and numbered by Pin

Sheet size : 45cm x 32 cm
Printed area : 21 cm x 14.8 cm

Handmade by Pin

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1.	Lost In The Penny Arcades 04:16	buy track
2.	The Anatomical Venus 03:42	buy track
3.	The Hourglass Shatters 01:01	buy track
4.	The Burning Skull 04:36	buy track
5.	On The Shadows Of Ideas 00:57	buy track
6.	Allégorie Du Temps Qui Passe 03:05	buy track
7.	The Tongue Of Angels 06:46	buy track
8.	Ars Moriendi 02:01	buy track
9.	It Was Not Meant To Be 04:44	buy track
10.	Wheel Of Life 03:52	buy track
11.	Arisitum 01:20	buy track
12.	If You Come Here Tonight 04:17	buy track
13.	Résurrection Ratée 01:21	buy track
14.	This House Is Full Of Ghosts 04:18	buy track
15.	Viaticum 01:12	buy track
16.	Qualia 04:41	buy track
17.	The Samaritan 04:00	buy track
18.	Theatre Of Memory 01:24	buy track
19.	Concatenazione Dei Spazi (Bonus track) 20:01	buy track
20.	Set The Time Machine For Never (Bonus track) 20:01	buy track

about

Cédric Pin and Glen Johnson first played music together in 2005 as part of cult, London-based, Anglo-French "ghostrock" group, Piano Magic. Pin's programming and keyboard contributions to the group's (arguably) most lauded album, 'Disaffected,' (which also features Cédric as the cover star) was instrumental to the band's flirtation with electro-pop at that time. The electro theme was explored in much greater depth on Pin and Johnson's Future Conditional project of 2007, from which an album, 'We Don't Just Disappear,' was released on the Factory Records re-issue imprint LTM Recordings.
Despite Pin leaving London for the comparatively sleepy town of Alès in the Occitanie region of southern France in 2008, they kept in touch. Pin raised a family and exercised his talent for painting, whilst Johnson continued to record and tour across Europe and beyond with Piano Magic. In 2009, the latter also recorded a debut solo album, 'Details Not Recorded' and co-founded a new independent label, Second Language Music.
Around 2013, the two mooted a new album, though this time of darker, more esoteric electronica, that was to become Second Language's 37th release, ‘The Burning Skull.’ Initially swapping music files by email, Pin and Johnson, spent the Winter of 2017-'18 putting the finishing touches to the project at their home studios in London and Alès.
‘The Burning Skull’ was greatly inspired by the key themes of vanitas and memento mori, ever-evident in contemporary, materialistic society and social media. Johnson explains, “It really interests me how pop music is increasingly escapist – that modern songwriters seem hellbent on frivolity, on shallow themes – physical attraction and lust, in particular. Whereas, should you address, say the shortness of life, the vapidity of materialism, vanity, etc, you’re lambasted for spoiling the party. People would rather just walk a big circle around life’s truths. Whereas, our songs actively embrace them.”

‘The Burning Skull’ also comes with digital EP, 'Craquelure,' featuring two, exclusive, 20 minute bonus tracks : ‘Concatenazione Dei Spazi’ by Pin and ‘Set The Time Machine For Never’ by Johnson.

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