Stunning and bright 'art edition' package for this release from RLW (P16.D4).

"Jules 3000" is a striking, dense and tonally rich work in keeping with the artist's well-established benchmarks for quality and impact. The audio is meant to accompany a film that can be built from a special "scene matrix" which allows prospective filmmakers to create a theoretically unlimited number of permutations from the individual scenes - a film treatment is enclosed with the CD packaging providing some guidance, but leaving plenty to be imagined.

"Jules 3000" beckons as a blackly humorous "science fiction" film, but also as a commentary upon the ephemeral nature of mass media - a world in which those condemned to take it seriously act mainly as the writers of eulogies rather than as the creators of the novelty they hope for.

The "Films Made Of Antimatter" series from this label is based on the concept of soundtracks for films that have not yet been made. It's an idea that is already familiar to a great number of sonic artists, who have deliberately set out to create a "cinema for the ear" which would, in effect, cause the listener to imagine film-like narratives within the mind's eye. This project aims to take things a step further: combining the audio recordings with a variety of different tools that could actually assist an adventurous filmmaker in making a film based on the soundtracks provided. Each artist who contributes will also provide some form of supplemental material or instructions: storyboard sketches, concept art, film treatments, filming instructions, perhaps even full scripts or screenplays.

The package for "Jules 3000" includes the audio CD in matte-cover wallet, a 9" x 12" folded presentation folder on heavyweight "velvet touch" matter paper, and a tri-fold brochure with the scene matrix and numerous visual cues provided by RLW. US import. Ltd x 250 copies.