Audika Records New Release For September 2012
AUDIKA RECORDS releases KEEP THE LIGHTS ON soundtrack, featuring the music of Arthur Russell, on September 4
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
NEW YORK, August 12, 2012 – Audika Records will release the soundtrack for the film KEEP THE LIGHTS ON, featuring the music of Arthur Russell digitally on September 4th.
KEEP THE LIGHTS ON, directed by Ira Sachs and distributed by Music Box Films, opens in New York and Los Angeles on September 7th, followed by a national rollout.
Featuring nine songs culled from Arthur Russell’s eclectic catalog included in the film, the KEEP THE LIGHTS ON soundtrack serves as an introduction for the uninitiated to the sui generis music of the prolific composer and cellist. “When I had finished the script for KEEP THE LIGHTS ON — it came to me that his work would be the perfect companion to the story I wanted to tell. Messy, melancholy, beautiful, and full of humor, I had a sense that Arthur’s music could become like another character in the film itself,” said Sachs.
KEEP THE LIGHTS ON chronicles an emotionally and sexually charged journey of two men in New York City through love, friendship, and addiction. The film won the Teddy Award at the Berlin Film Festival, and Outstanding Dramatic Feature and Best Screenplay at Outfest: The Los Angeles LGBT Film Festival. The trailer can be seen here.
Arthur Russell was a cellist, vocalist and composer who was known for his fusion of classical and popular music. More from Arthur Russell’s catalog is available through Audika Records.
TRACKLISTING
Close My Eyes
Soon-To-Be Innocent Fun / Let’s See
Come to Life
Your Motion Says
“Instrumentals” Volume 2
Being It
Goodbye Old Paint
I Like You!
Our Last Night Together
ABOUT THE FILM
KEEP THE LIGHTS ON chronicles an emotionally and sexually charged journey of two men in New York City through love, friendship, and addiction. Documentary filmmaker Erik (Thure Lindhardt) and closeted lawyer Paul (Zachary Booth, Damages) meet through a casual encounter, but soon find a deeper connection and become a couple. Individually and together, they are risk takers—compulsive, and fueled by drugs and sex. In an almost decade-long relationship defined by highs, lows, and dysfunctional patterns, Erik struggles to negotiate his own boundaries and dignity while being true to himself.
ARTHUR RUSSELL NEW RELEASE OUT NOW!
“Let’s Go Swimming”
“A lot of DJs take the tapes I make and try to make them into something more ordinary. ‘Let’s Go Swimming’ was supposed to be a futuristic summer record. Some DJs said that nobody would ever, ever play that. I think eventually that kind of thing will be commonplace.” – Arthur Russell interview with David Toop in 1986
“This is an impossible dance music, jumbling your urges, making you want to move in ways not yet invented, confounding your body as it provokes it…..a work of genius” – Simon Reynolds/Melody Maker in 1986
Remastered reissue of Arthur Russell’s most mind-bending (and boggling) psychedelic dance-raga originally released in 1986. The 12″ and CD include all three versions of “Let’s Go Swimming”: Arthur’s own mixes of the Gulf Stream Dub and Puppy Surf Dub + the legendary Coastal Dub mixed with love by Walter Gibbons. Also included is the previously unreleased epic 11-minute keyboard funk version of ”Make 1, 2″ (Gem Spa Dub).
“Let’s Go Swimming” is released September 27, 2011 on limited 12″ vinyl, CD, and digitally worldwide on Audika Records. The CD packaging is a gatefold LP style including a poster image of Arthur Russell. Arthur’s partner Tom Lee painted and developed the artwork for the release.