The final three songs known to be recorded by David Bowie have been released as an EP entitled "No Plan". The tracks were all previously available as part of the cast album for Bowie’s 2016 musical Lazarus. The four-track EP features the songs "No Plan", "Killing a Little Time" and "When I Met You" along with "Lazarus" from Bowie's final studio album "Blackstar". The "No Plan" songs were recorded during the same sessions that birthed that acclaimed album.
"No Plan" EP was released posthumously in digital form only on 8 January 2017 through Columbia and Sony, coinciding with what would have been Bowie's 70th birthday.
"11 Short Stories Of Pain & Glory" is a soundtrack to tragedy and triumph alike. On this album, the band carries on the tradition of rough and tumble storytelling - the kind of writing that never leaves fans wondering whether the band have lived what they’re singing about. A look back at childhood, a snapshot of a clueless jerk, a stop-you-in-your tracks reflection on a terrorist tragedy... There are moments of ass-kicking Celtic punk attitude, ball-busting wisecracks, tear-jerking confessions, and the kind of upbeat words of wisdom that can be chanted loud and proud across arenas and stadiums worldwide.
"Metal Box", Public Image Limited's seminal second album was originally released on 23rd November 1979 and was reissued in a 4CD super-deluxe box set format.
With all lyrics written by John Lydon "Metal Box" was recorded with original PiL members Keith Levene and Jah Wobble. Original drummer Jim Walker had left, to be replaced by a succession of drummers. "Metal Box" came out less than a year after PiL’s debut "Public Image: First Issue" yet it was nothing like its predecessor. Things had changed, and so had PiL. While outside pressures mounted PiL channeled their energies (negative and positive) into a record that would set them apart back in 1979, and indeed today in 2016. Whether it be John’s powerful and passionate vocals; Keith’s wailing guitar and melodic synths; Wobble’s sub-disco reggae basslines; or the crashing rhythm that holds it all together, "Metal Box" has many strengths. The album was originally released as 3 x 45rpm 12" singles, housed in a metal "film" canister. As made by "The Metal Box Company" in London’s East End; hence the name.
The new deluxe edition, also housed in an embossed metal box, includes rare and unreleased mixes from the recording sessions, along with B-sides and BBC sessions, a live recording from a now legendary unplanned show at Factory Records Russell Club in Manchester arranged on the day of a Granada TV appearance and exclusive posters and postcards.
"Album", Public Image Limited's seminal 5th studio album was rereleased in super-deluxe, 4LP Format in celebration of the 30th anniversary of the record. With its striking minimalist generic style artwork, "Album" arrived in February 1986. Written by John Lydon and produced with Bill Laswell (with music for some tracks co-written with Jebin Bruni and Mark Schulz from the 1984-85 PiL live band) the album was recorded in Autumn 1985 in New York with prolific session players such as Steve Vai, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Tony Williams and the legendary Cream drummer Ginger Baker. The album only took three weeks to record, followed by a week of mixing. John Lydon later remarked that "Album" was, "almost like a solo album" as he was working on his own with several hired musicians. Jazz saxophonist Ornette Coleman came into the studio while the album was being recorded and commented that Lydon sang like he played the saxophone. Lydon said it was, "still the best thing anyone's ever said to me". "Album" peaked at No.14 in the UK charts and features perhaps the most famous PiL track "Rise", which peaked at No.11.
As well as rare and unreleased mixes from the album and single’s the deluxe edition includes the original demos recorded pre-Laswell with the 1984-85 PiL live band all of which are previously unheard. Two 12” mixes of John Lydon’s groundbreaking collaboration with hip hop pioneer Afrika Bambaataa are also included as bonus tracks.
"Night before" je prvi video klip sa predstojećeg albuma Sixth June, koji pod nazivom "Virgo Rising" izlazi 17. februara 2017. godine. "Virgo Rising" je njihov prvi studijski projekt koji će objaviti nakon četiri godine, još od maksi singla "Pleasure" (2013).
Album "Virgo Rising" će biti objavljen za berlinsku izdavačku kuću "Aufnahme+Wiedergabe".
