Goldfrapp announce details of a very special Tales Of Us Deluxe Edition, released digitally on 30 June 2014 (8 July in the US). Tales Of Us Deluxe Edition features the original Tales Of Us album, plus the audio from a very special live performance, Live from Air Studios. This performance was originally broadcast alongside the short film, Tales of Us, as part of a global cinema event in March 2014. The performance from the iconic Air Studios in London features classic Goldfrapp favourites, Train, Utopia, Strict Machine and Clowns with stunning versions of Clay, Alvar and Thea from Goldfrapp’s spellbinding new album.Also featured on the Deluxe Edition are the films for five of the individual stories featured on the album, directed by Lisa Gunning: Stranger, Laurel, Jo, Drewand Annabel (which won Best Music Video at the Trans Gender Film Fest).Stranger and Laurel have previously been unavailable to watch online, while Jois available to watch for the first time here: http://vimeo.com/97808760.
The award winning 30-minute Tales of Us film, co-created by Alison Goldfrappand director & writer Lisa Gunning (Nowhere Boy, Seven Psychopaths, Salmon Fishing in the Yemen) premiered at the London Short Film Festival and won at the Byron Bay Film Festival and will be available to buy separately from the Deluxe Edition. The film subtly interconnects each of the individual stories, sharing themes of love, loss, madness and identity, taking the viewer on a unique musical journey.
Pre-order Tales Of Us Deluxe Edition here: iTunes: po.st/deluxeTOU
The Tales Of Us box set featuring a beautiful 40-page hardback book, a 12” lithographic print, DVD featuring the album in 5.1 surround sound and documentary on the making of plus Tales of Us on CD and vinyl, is also available now on Mute. Goldfrapp are performing live around Europe this summer for a series of festival appearances that include Glastonbury on 28 June and the Greenwich Music Time festival in London on 21 August.
GOLDFRAPP LIVE
21 June – Body and Soul Festival – Ballinlough Castle, Ireland
28 June – Glastonbury Festival – Glastonbury, UK
9 July – Montreux Jazz Festival – Montreaux, Switzerland
11 July – Sexto Unplugged, Pordenone, Italy
12 July – Pohoda Festival – Trencin, Slovakia
13 July – Inne Brzmienia – Lublin, Poland
24 July – Blue Balls Festival – Lucerne, Switzerland
25 July - Les Nuits de Fourvière – Lyon, France
31 July – Tivoli Concert Hall – Copenhagen, Denmark
1 Aug – Stockholm, Sweden – Skepshomen Music and Arts
21 Aug – Greenwich Music Time – London, UK
Watch The Making of Tales of Us here: http://youtu.be/Z2wrJkzcZO4
Source: Mute Records
