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Post by cockneywolfe on May 4, 2020 14:34:30 GMT
JL just released a trailer for this, releasing this summer. A quote from the voice over... "A billion years in the making..." linkSampled from the original 1976 Star Wars trailer: youtu.be/i-vsILeJ8_8Yep, at least he hasn't lost his sense of humour about all this
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Post by dirtchamber on May 4, 2020 20:57:08 GMT
Summer? that’s less than a month away. Why keep upsetting people? Just announce it when it’s ready (i realise Summer lasts for 3 months but in the bigger picture that’s not long...) just put a date out there when you know that it’s actually gonna happen. I’m wound up & i didn’t even pledge!
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Post by jimmyjrg on May 4, 2020 22:19:43 GMT
Summer? that’s less than a month away. Why keep upsetting people? Just announce it when it’s ready (i realise Summer lasts for 3 months but in the bigger picture that’s not long...) just put a date out there when you know that it’s actually gonna happen. I’m wound up & i didn’t even pledge! Maybe he means an Australian Summer? That's heaps of time
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Post by asnka on May 5, 2020 8:01:44 GMT
there is two possibilities:13/07 for kickstater anniversary or 24/08 release anniversary! but we never know... ?
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Post by masterblaster748 on May 5, 2020 8:05:22 GMT
May the 4th be with you... said twitter
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Post by dirtchamber on May 6, 2020 13:20:14 GMT
well fair play to him he’s even put it on a t-shirt. That’s final then. Isn’t it?
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Post by Bester on May 6, 2020 14:43:56 GMT
well fair play to him he’s even put it on a t-shirt. That’s final then. Isn’t it? Doesn’t that mean it won’t be out for at least another 999,999,995 years though?
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Post by dirtchamber on May 7, 2020 7:53:14 GMT
don’t encourage him: it says ‘THIS SUMMER’ 👍
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Post by asnka on May 7, 2020 10:51:23 GMT
for all people but what happen for kickstarter's release?
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Post by Bester on May 7, 2020 12:50:40 GMT
don’t encourage him: it says ‘THIS SUMMER’ 👍 Depends on which year you wear it
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Post by evil:cat on May 11, 2020 17:34:22 GMT
the kickstarter release will probably just be the regular release limited packaging, maybe he could throw us some digital exclusives on the side. I think some pledges get a 7" single too? My guess would be the Bloodstain remix b/w Chico Jam, nothing new
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Post by Kee on Aug 18, 2020 18:03:37 GMT
I think Lavelle said on his Soho show he was going to be working on this on his 8 week summer break...
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Post by jimmyjrg on Aug 19, 2020 0:43:21 GMT
Will he acknowledge the release dates?
August 21 - Psyence Fiction released in Japan
August 24 - Psyence Fiction released in UK.
September 29 - Psyence Fiction released in America.
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Post by asnka on Aug 19, 2020 11:15:27 GMT
most logical is August 24 - Psyence Fiction released in UK
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Post by kocomputer on Aug 24, 2020 16:16:54 GMT
PF Deluxe is dead. Sounds like more legal wranglings and James has finally thrown in the towel.
Cant say I blame him. I've been critical of the lack of communication, but some of the messages I've seen on social media directed to him over this have been abhorrent. Esp when we figured that there were only about <350 people he 'owed' a CD to!
Think the alternative offered is a nice gesture. Sadly the formats are both things I have no way of playing in 2020 (7" + cassette), but shall happily accept a T-Shirt as my Urban Archeology one has long since worn out.
EMAIL IN FULL:
Dear Kickstarter Backers,
I hope you are well in this unique and challenging time. Once again we find ourselves on another anniversary of Psyence Fiction, by which point I was hoping to be the bearer of good news. I was scheduled to be releasing the Director’s Cut of Psyence Fiction this year and was hoping to have now been giving you details of the release.
Unfortunately due to the circumstances of COVID-19 and recent legal complications, it is not possible to release this record at this point in time. Whilst it has been my intention since day one to release this record, unfortunately at every point at which I thought I’d be able to put it out, another barrier has arisen.
After thinking long and hard about this situation, I have come to the point where I have realised I can’t do this to myself or you anymore. The effects on my creative and mental health over the past seven years of trying to put this project together has just been too much. Sadly it’s just such a complicated beast, for which I now realise I have little control. I have also invested a considerable amount of my own money trying to find all of the assets, and transfer recordings and videos, which has been incredibly complicated and time consuming. I really really appreciate those who have supported and stuck by me on this project, but unfortunately there has been so much negativity towards me around the Psyence Fiction reissue, which has affected me deeply. Whilst I understand the resentment, as it’s taken so long, my mistake is that I haven’t dealt with this sooner. It has never once been my intention to steal from or mess you around, and the only reason a refund hasn’t been offered up until this point is that throughout this labour of love, I was committed to eventually delivering the project once everything was in place.
Unfortunately yet again, the enormity of the project has once again meant that the breaks have been put on. I really truly believed that the project was going to be ready for release this summer, and have had to resign myself to the reality that that won’t be possible. We had prepared an incredible package, and were planning a series of events to tie in with the release, but unfortunately we’ve reached an impasse yet again. I have never ever earned any money from this record; no royalties or publishing, and over the course of the last seven years have invested my own money and time into this so that I could finally present the record in the way that I wanted it to be all those years ago. I’ve always believed that I would be able to achieve my creative vision and deliver on this project as promised.
I am still continuing to work on this, and am intent on this record to come out, but at this point, with an indefinite release date and numerous complicated issues, I don’t feel it’s fair to leave you waiting any longer. I am determined that at some point it will see the light of day, but to try and release a record like this under these circumstances, where I constantly feel like I am letting people down, and there is a constant air of negativity is creatively impossible. Therefore I would like to apologise for not being able to see this through at this point, and would like to offer you a refund, or a compensation package instead. I realise that this will upset and frustrate many of you, for which I am truly sorry, but I hope you understand that I need to be able to move forward without the pressure of Psyence Fiction dictating my life.
You ordered a Deluxe CD and 7” vinyl as part of a reward which included an Urban Archeology t-shirt, which you would have received around the time of the exhibition. The outstanding part of the reward would be the Deluxe CD and 7”, at a cost of £25. I would like to offer an unique package in lieu of that. Rather than a Director’s Cut CD and 7” vinyl, we’d like to offer you:
A hand-stamped and numbered 7”, featuring an unreleased track from the Psyence Fiction period.
A cassette featuring unreleased demos.
An exclusive hand screen-printed Psyence Fiction Studio:UNKLE t-shirt.
Once the Director’s Cut is available for release, I will also be offering you an exclusive pre-release discount on signed copies.
I understand that this isn’t the news you’ve been waiting for, so if you’d rather not have this package, we’re also going to be offering a refund of the outstanding £25.
I want to thank you once again for your patience, and all those who have stuck with me throughout this. It’s with great frustration that I’ve not been able to make the project a reality yet, but as I have said, I’m sure this will be available at some point soon. Please send an email to kickstarter@unkle.com, letting us know whether you would prefer the vinyl package or a refund. If the former, please let us know your T-Shirt size, as well as a delivery address. I expect to ship them out once the vinyl is pressed around the start of October. You will receive a notification confirming shipment around then.
With love,
James Lavelle
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