Pendragon - Arthurian Dungeon Synth

[thekeeper]

How's the physical release coming along?

[pendraig]

I made the mistake of working on the physical release at the same time as recording the follow up album, but still planning for a late October, early November release for the cassette. (Mostly I waited too long to order cassettes, and that's all I'm waiting for now. )

But some details I CAN share is that I'm working with Celtic Wraith records on this, and so they'll have a slightly different cassette edition for EU/overseas customers. I'll be producing 20 copies, and they will be producing 10.

[thekeeper]

Oct 6, 2017 7:43:27 GMT -5 pendraig said:

I made the mistake of working on the physical release at the same time as recording the follow up album, but still planning for a late October, early November release for the cassette. (Mostly I waited too long to order cassettes, and that's all I'm waiting for now. )

But some details I CAN share is that I'm working with Celtic Wraith records on this, and so they'll have a slightly different cassette edition for EU/overseas customers. I'll be producing 20 copies, and they will be producing 10.

I had a feeling there was going to be some involvement with Celtic Wraith. That's great. Will be awaiting the new album in the meantime. Interested to see how things will evolve from Uther.

[pendraig]

OK, finally things have fallen into place, and I'm happy to announce that I'll be releasing a cassette of Uther on November 1. You can preorder now, although if you are in the EU, you may want to consider waiting for the edition coming from Celtic Wraith Records to keep shipping costs down.

[thekeeper]

Bought one right away! (Hoping for pink )

[garvalf]

what a good release! A like it much. I'm French, if needed I can help translate some obscure parts of this positive review (obscured by the automatic translation)

[pendraig]

Oct 16, 2017 3:03:37 GMT -5 garvalf said:

what a good release! A like it much. I'm French, if needed I can help translate some obscure parts of this positive review (obscured by the automatic translation)

Thanks for the feedback, and the possible translation help. The parts that are very confusing to me are here:

L’artiste américain a en effet donné naissance à une production dont la technique et l’âme rendent compte avec énormément de réussite d’un récit que tout le monde connaît.

And this whole paragraph is not a very good translation through google:

Sur le plan technique, la musique de Pendragon se veut très légère et s’inspire beaucoup du dungeon synth traditionnel. Les mélodies changeantes apporte une richesse visuelle rare, si bien que l’écoute d’Uther vous sera sans doute très dépaysante. À sa manière, c’est-à-dire sans pour autant signer quelque chose de révolutionnaire ou de parfaitement excellent, Pendragon a donné naissance à un album qui devrait dépasser de la tête et des épaules un bon nombre d’albums sortis dans l’année. Et rien que pour l’opportunité d’admirer le fabuleux artwork en ayant « Pen Draig » dans les oreilles, l’écoute de l’album vaut bien que l’on s’y attarde un peu.

[pendraig]

Oct 15, 2017 16:48:51 GMT -5 thekeeper said:

Bought one right away! (Hoping for pink )

Just so you know these will not be shipping for another two weeks - just want to make sure you are not expecting the cassettes this week. Cheers.

[garvalf]

"L’artiste américain a en effet donné naissance à une production dont la technique et l’âme rendent compte avec énormément de réussite d’un récit que tout le monde connaît."

I realise the translation is not easy... my english is not good enough maybe. I'll try anyway to give the general meaning.

=> (before they said the arthurian myths are well appreciated, and the Uther release is another proof of this popularity). The American artist gave birth to a release in which the technicity and the soul are the talented materialisation of a story (= the arthurian myths) everyone knows.


"Sur le plan technique, la musique de Pendragon se veut très légère et s’inspire beaucoup du dungeon synth traditionnel. Les mélodies changeantes apporte une richesse visuelle rare, si bien que l’écoute d’Uther vous sera sans doute très dépaysante. À sa manière, c’est-à-dire sans pour autant signer quelque chose de révolutionnaire ou de parfaitement excellent, Pendragon a donné naissance à un album qui devrait dépasser de la tête et des épaules un bon nombre d’albums sortis dans l’année. Et rien que pour l’opportunité d’admirer le fabuleux artwork en ayant « Pen Draig » dans les oreilles, l’écoute de l’album vaut bien que l’on s’y attarde un peu."

About the technical aspect, the Pendragon music is light ("= easy to listen I guess ?") and got inspiration from traditional DS. The changing melodies bring a visual density rarely heard elsewhere, so listening to Uther will probably sound exotic to you. In its own way, it means without being totally revolutionary or totally excellent, Pendragon gave birth to an album which should stand above most other albums released this year. And just for the opportunity to admire the fabulous artwork while listening to "Pen Draig", listening to the whole album is well worth a little time to linger. (it's a strange sentence even in French)

[pendraig]

Thanks very much. This is quite helpful.

[pendraig]

First order shipping out a week early!

[pendraig]

"Morgana" is Now Available

[pendraig]

Hard to believe, but today marks the 1 year anniversary of the release of Uther. To mark the occasion, I have put up the bonus track, "She Watches Me With Her Father's Eyes" on Bandcamp - if you already have the album in your collection, you should be able to access this track.

Thank you all for your support over the last year.

[toodarkpark]

Any chance that Uther will see a cassette repress?

[Båvingr]

May 10, 2018 14:00:53 GMT -5 pendraig said:

Hard to believe, but today marks the 1 year anniversary of the release of Uther. To mark the occasion, I have put up the bonus track, "She Watches Me With Her Father's Eyes" on Bandcamp - if you already have the album in your collection, you should be able to access this track.

Thank you all for your support over the last year.

Classy move! Thanks.