{"product_id":"the-black-door-vinyl-lp","title":"The Black Door: Vinyl LP","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLabel: Drag City\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRelease Date: 29th May\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA terrific departure from Cole Berliner's other work in Sharpie Smile and Kamikaze Palm Tree as he trades both maximal synth pop and psyche pop for something a little more grounded, real, instrumental and overspilling with beauty. 'The Black Door' is west coast folk breezing through life with a slight waft of the cosmic country, fiddle and a cinematic darkness. If you like Hayden Pedigo, you'll really enjoy this one. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003ciframe height=\"150\" style=\"width: 100%; max-width: 660px; overflow: hidden; background: transparent;\" src=\"https:\/\/embed.music.apple.com\/gb\/album\/the-black-door\/1877199287?i=1877199288\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAn essence of otherness in the form of Cole Berliner, breezing\u003cbr\u003eout a vibrant acoustic sequence of bucolic instrumentals,\u003cbr\u003echasing an old-world sense of beauty, projecting equally into the\u003cbr\u003eear of listener and non-listener.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHaving lived life as an atheist-spiritualist and progressive pop\u003cbr\u003ecomposer \/ performer, Cole desired to find his own kind of\u003cbr\u003edevotional music, devoting himself to the cause that became\u003cbr\u003ethis album. But it took more than that in the end.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e‘The Black Door’ required playing in aspects of traditional genre\u003cbr\u003eformats like ‘country’, ‘blues’, ‘finger-style, ‘gospel, ‘soundtrack’\u003cbr\u003eand ‘ambient’ and Cole is adept at them all, mixing and\u003cbr\u003ematching modes and vibes. Adding to that a cosmic spray of full\u003cbr\u003ecircle \/ circus leap consciousness, ‘The Black Door’ flew open.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eInitially conceived as solo acoustic guitar tunes, in the studio the\u003cbr\u003esongs demanded the dynamics of an acoustic ensemble (a\u003cbr\u003edeparture from his work with Kamikaze Palm Tree and Sharpie\u003cbr\u003eSmile). This was key. The arrangements form intricate\u003cbr\u003epassages for acoustic, electric and lap steel guitars, acoustic \/\u003cbr\u003eelectric bass, piano, drums, percussion, violin, viola, horns,\u003cbr\u003ewoodwinds and synthesizers. Playing with Cole are violinist\u003cbr\u003eLaena Myers, along with Garret Lang, Dylan Hadley, Sofia\u003cbr\u003eArreguin, Robert Earl Thomas, Michael Sachs, Sarah Safaie,\u003cbr\u003eKilan Thorns and Cesar Hernandez plus Cesar Maria, who\u003cbr\u003emixed and co-produced with Cole.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe music of ‘The Black Door’ is honest modern folk - West\u003cbr\u003eCoast folk - with a rad amount of odd psyche laced within. A\u003cbr\u003epresence in the production eco-system of ominous (but friendly)\u003cbr\u003eghost theatre, elegant framing for a perfectly civilized, surreal\u003cbr\u003emystery and exquisite, acoustic folk-chamber puzzle.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCole Berliner’s solo debut is rich-grained instrumental parlour\u003cbr\u003emusic, organically growing on in the speakers and ears beyond,\u003cbr\u003ean album after our own hearts in the challenger tradition of Bert\u003cbr\u003eJansch’s ‘Avocet’, Marc Ribot’s ‘Saints’ and Jim O’Rourke’s\u003cbr\u003e‘Bad Timing’. As Cole brings a succession of new moods and\u003cbr\u003equalities to the true spirit of the thing, ‘The Black Door’ opens up\u003cbr\u003ean album-length sequence of musical transformation\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cole Berliner","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53260482773286,"sku":"DC984","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0505\/7734\/2621\/files\/IMG_2219.jpg?v=1779987363","url":"https:\/\/www.limitedadditionrecords.com\/en-us\/products\/the-black-door-vinyl-lp","provider":"Limited Addition Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}