STEVE JANSEN AND
MAIYA HERSHEY
ANNOUNCE NEW SINGLE AND VINYL
NEITHER
PRESENT NOR ABSENT
RELEASED BY THE STATE51 CONSPIRACY
In
Neither
Present Nor Absent industrial sounds slowly expand then flow into a wash of
deeply layered,
metallic textures
which gamelan melodies weave within, as the track builds into a choir-like
crescendo of bells and drone sounds.
New single
Neither
Present Nor Absent is part of the album under the same name which
will be released on vinyl in October, 2022.
The album will be available in a limited edition of 51
lathe-cut 12” transparent vinyl, designed and assembled in the state51
Atelier
and also as a standard edition 12” heavyweight black
vinyl.
Standard Edition Vinyl
51
Editions
A limited edition of 51 lathe-cut 12" records, designed and assembled
in the state51 Atelier.
The state51 Conspiracy has won the D&AD Pencil award for the 51 Editions
packaging design.
Editions 1-50 come in a hand made
sleeve foil-stamped with the edition number and finished with
book cloth taped edgesand a letter-pressed plate featuring original artwork and
maker information.
The record is cut on transparent vinyl and engraved with the 51 editions
logo.
It is hand painted with the edition number.
The one of a kind 51st record is
presented in a specially designed box, foil-stamped with the logo.
The interior is lined with hand-marbled end papers incorporating elements of the
original artwork.
The transparent vinyl record is hand finished, and protected by a heavy-weight
hand stamped slip-matt
underneathand a leaf of Japanese tissue paper protecting from dust on top.
A single sheet of fine paper is included with track list and credit.