From the Promoter

Throughout a storied career as a musician, producer and engineer, Daniel Lanois helped push the ambient genre forward into celestial new territory as Brian Eno’s foremost protégé; he has recorded landmark albums for U2 and Peter Gabriel and helped to revitalize the sonic dimensions of Bob Dylan and Neil Young. But Flesh And Machine (out October 28) marks the first time Lanois has truly deployed every sonic weapon in his arsenal and attempted to break virgin ground in support of his own music.

Flesh And Machine was initially conceived as an ambient album, and tracks such as ‘Forest City’ take the classic Brian Eno albums that he worked on Ambient 4: On Land (1982) and Apollo: Atmospheres And Soundtracks (1983) as a wonderful bedrock to stand on to see the sonic future. The album bristles with new ideas. He spent countless hours processing an array of source sounds – steel and electric guitar, piano and human voice to create the sound palette that is Flesh and Machine.

Lanois has already prepared songs from Flesh And Machine to be performed live by a trio including himself, drummer Brian Blade and bassist Jim Wilson where both the playing of instruments and the sampling, dubbing and processing will happen in real time, essentially bringing the studio to the stage.

Daniel Lanois is still raising that spirit of music and still opening up doors to the unknown.

Flesh and Machine Track Listing:
1. Rocco
2. The End
3. Sioux Lookout
4. Tamboura Jah
5. Two Bushas
6. Space Love
7. Iceland
8. My First Love
9. Opera
10. Aquatic
11. Forest City

Live Dates:

9-21 Salle Andrew-Matthieu Laval, QC
9-22 Theatre Hector-Charland L’Assomption QC
9-24 Salle Desjardins-Telus Rimouski QC
9-25 Theatre Petit Champlain Quebec QC (2 Shows)
9-26 Cabaret Theatre Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu QC
9-27 Theatre Granada Sherbrooke QC
9-28 Salle Odysse Gatineau QC
9-30 The Playhouse Fredericton QC
10-1 Rebecca Cohn Auditorium Halifax, NS
10-2 Capitol Theatre Moncton, NB
10-3 Holy Heart Theatre St. John’s NL
11-9 The Danforth Music Hall Toronto, ON **
11-13 City Winery Nashville TN **
11-14 Lincoln Hall Chicago IL **
11-16 El Rey Theatre Los Angeles, CA **
11-17 Great American Music Hall San Francisco, CA **
11-19 The Hamilton Washington DC **
11-20 World Cafe Live Philadelphia PA **
11-21 Columbus Theatre Providence RI **
11-22 Brighton Music Hall Boston MA **
11-23 L’Astral Montreal, QC (2 Show) **

** Lonnie Holley Supports All November Dates

DANIEL LANOIS AND THE MODERN SCHOOL OF FILM PRESENT: FLESH AND MACHINE…THE FILMS

In anticipation of this forthcoming release Lanois is proud to team-up with Robert Milazzo of The Modern School of Film to present a breakthrough union of moving-media, sonic design and social architecture. Lanois and The Modern School of Film have enlisted a select number of established international filmmakers to create visual works inspired by the new sonic frontier surveyed in Flesh and Machine.

Filmmakers Atom Egoyan The Sweet Hereafter, Mary Harron American Psycho, Kevin Drew of Broken Social Scene, Jim McKay Breaking Bad and Ondi Timoner Dig! have all contributed short-form works to this series with along with more filmmakers to be announced soon.

The next level of this project is to find a select number of "undiscovered" filmmakers/artists to contribute and submit films for this one of a kind multi-dimensional hybrid of sound-as-media. Lanois and the Modern School of Film will curate this project and select three of the best films from these submissions to be used alongside the aforementioned directors for the promotion of the album, international screenings and within the live performance setting on the 2014/2015 tour cycle in support of this album. Please visit fleshandmachine.com to learn more about the submission process and you can also follow the progress of this project at fleshandmachinedaniellanois.tumblr.com.

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