BLOOD AXIS / ANDREW KING – The Dream / Fröleichen so well wir – 7″ NEW!IN STOCK NOW!
VNYBSTRM09 | STORM [USA]

Ltd.ed. of 500. The 1st new track by Blood Axis after many years, here sharing a 7″ with the English ballad singer and radical traditionalist Andrew King. The unifying theme of this release is the poetry of the German Middle Ages. Blood Axis interprets a startlingly modern existential lament by the Minnesinger Walther von der Vogelweide (12th-13th centuries), who is considered to be the most important German-speaking poet of the period. Andrew King interprets a tortured love song by the Austrian figure Oswald von Wolkenstein (14th-15th centuries). Both lyricists can be seen as examples of a distinctive and long-enduring southern Germanic courtly poetic tradition. Unique to each track is the fact that the modern artists are presenting songs in the original “Mittelhochdeutsch,” or Middle High German, the language spoken during the time of the Hohenstaufen emperors and an ancestor of modern German. It is fascinating to hear how well both interpreters are able to pronounce this difficult old language, and how closely their own music suits these painfully romantic lyrics from other times and places. An outstanding release that shows how it is possible to work with tradition in a way that is both illuminating and entertaining. The cover features the famous medieval portraits of the poets Walther and Oswald, and a detailed insert sheet provides the original lyrics along with faithful translations into modern English by Michael Moynihan.

From the Blood Axis MySpace page;

Two songs sung in Middle High German

Michael Moynihan, Annabel Lee and Andrew King have been studying Old Germanic languages at universities.

We were all interested to discover that both bands had recorded songs with lyrics from Middle High German poets and decided to offer them together on a split 7″. It is always a nice thing to find a friend interested and working on similar things.

The 7″ includes the entire texts in Middle HIgh German along with excellent translations by Michael into English.

ENJOY!!!!

-Annabel Lee

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In the meantime TESCO is releasing a 7″ single titled “The Dream”. The following is from the TESCO  USA site;

BLOOD AXIS/ANDREW KING – THE DREAM/FR�LEICHEN SO WELL WIR – 7″ [PRE-ORDER] NEW! COMING SOON…
VNYBSTRM09 | STORM – TESCO DISTRIBUTION [USA - GERMANY]

DESCRIPTION:
RELEASE DATE: January 2010
Limited edition of 500.

The first new track by Blood Axis after many years, here sharing a 7″ with the English ballad singer and radical traditionalist Andrew King. The unifying theme of this release is the poetry of the German Middle Ages. Blood Axis interprets a startlingly modern existential lament by the Minnesinger Walther von der Vogelweide (12th-13th century), who is considered to be the most important German-speaking poet of the period. Andrew King interprets a tortured love song by the Austrian figure Oswald von Wolkenstein (14th-15th century). Both lyricists can be seen as examples of a distinctive and long-enduring southern Germanic courtly poetic tradition. Unique to each track is the fact that the modern artists are presenting songs in the original “Mittelhochdeutsch,” or Middle High German, the language spoken during the time of the Hohenstaufen emperors and an ancestor of modern German. It is fascinating to hear how well both interpreters are able to pronounce this difficult old language, and how closely their own music suits these painfully romantic lyrics from other times and places. An outstanding release that shows how it is possible to work with tradition in a way that is both illuminating and entertaining. The cover features the famous medieval portraits of the poets Walther and Oswald, and a detailed insert sheet provides the original lyrics along with faithful translations into modern English by Michael Moynihan.

Blood Axis has an official MySpace page complete with music.

http://www.myspace.com/bloodaxisofficial

as well as a another info page with music at

http://edred.net/community/members/142/info.php

Event: Blood Axis
Time: January 02, 2009 7:00PM
Location: União Colarense, Sintra, Portugal
24 € (no dia/door)
20 € (com reserva/reservation)
30 € (reserva com jantar/reservation with dinner)

Rain has forced the Dreamscape Festival indoors but it’s still happening (people are performing as I type this, in fact). I’m told that I’m still scheduled for around 8PM. Show up sometime before then! Thomas Nola goes on right ahead of me. THANKS FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT.

Saturday, September 6
Dreamscape Festival
Highwire Art Gallery
2040 Frankford Avenue, Fishtown, Philadelphia

The Official David E. Williams Webpage

Sepiatone 18″ x 24″ glossy poster featuring Boyd Rice (NON), Douglas P. (DEATH IN JUNE) and Michael Moynihan (BLOOD AXIS). Available for purchase from http://www. unpopstore. com.

Please use the commenting function to suggest information or to add links once basic information has been put up on a topic (if the page is blank, I just haven’t gotten to it yet).

As with the previous incarnation, this website is not an official site. Blood Axis has no official website.

-KI Slaughter