* * * * * Arms and Sleepers * * * * *
Arms and Sleepers began one night in the back of an ambulance in Cambridge. In an alleyway a man was bleeding with a cassette player in hand, the play button still on. What sounded like recordings of a gospel choir blared from the tin speaker, while down the street a jazz band could be heard. The man was dying.
He dropped the cassette player on the cement and closed his eyes, the sound carrying through the air into his ears for one last time. Though this moment in time died with him, his cassette lived on — and Arms and Sleepers were born.
Persistent international touring and constant dissemination of their sounds makes Arms and Sleepers a worthy opponent for the typical temporal constraints that can befall a band. Having issued a series of limited edition releases and the well-received Bliss Was it in That Dawn to be Alive EP (Fake Chapter) in 2007, Black Paris 86 is their debut full-length on Expect Candy Records (DE).
A tight and intense record, listening to it feels like sitting in a cinema, watching landscapes, beauty and tragedy – feeling warm and safe while a hint of mystery seems to whisper that not everything is ok out there.
Artist – Arms and Sleepers
Album – Metador Remixed
Release Date – 2010
Genre – Ambient, Shoegaze, Post-rock
Tracklist
A1 Matador (Uzi and Ari Remix)
A2 The Architekt (Lymbyc Systym Remix)
A3 Twentynine Palms (Nolenz Volenz Remix)
A4 Simone (Amanda Rogers Remix)
A5 Helvetica (The American Dollar Remix)
B1 The Architekt (The Consulate General vs Boy in Static Remix)
B2 The International (Arms and Sleepers Remix)
B3 Kino (thisquietarmy Remix)
B4 The Architekt (Bigadiga Remix)
B5 The Paramour (Elika Remix)
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Arms and Sleepers – Metador Remixed
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Artist – Arms and Sleepers
Album – Matador [ Alternate Versions-B-Sides ]
Release Date – 2009
Genre – Ambient, Shoegaze, Electro, Post-rock
Tracklist
1 – Matador (Bedside Version)
2 – Armes
3 – Léon (Instrumental Version)
4 – Still
5 – Kino (PV Version)
6 – Simone (Alternate Version)
7 – Kino (Airport Mix)
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Arms and Sleepers – Matador [ Alternate Versions-B-Sides ]
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Artist – Arms and Sleepers
Album – Matador
Release Date – 2009
Genre – Ambient, Electro, Post-rock, Trip-hop
Tracklist
1 Orly
2 Matador
3 The Architekt
4 Twentynine Palms
5 Helvetica
6 The International
7 Simone
8 Kino
9 Words Are For Sleeping
10 The Paramour
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Arms and Sleepers – Matador Password – SirensSound.blogspot.com
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Artist – Arms and Sleepers
Album – Black Paris 86
Release Date – 2007
Genre – Ambient, Electro, Post-rock, Trip-hop
Tracklist
01 Greetings From Tokyo 2:42
02 A Mission to Prague 5:19
03 Lausanne 4:20
04 Black Paris 86 5:13
05 Seems (If Ever) 4:47
06 71 Fragments of a Chronology of Chance 4:42
07 Warm 4:04
08 I Was a Climber 1:35
09 Butterflycatcher 3:48
10 Like a Typewriter From a Moving Train 1:33
11 Rooftops / Lanterns 4:47
12 We’re All Paris Now (Part 3) 5:19
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Arms and Sleepers – Black Paris 86 Password – SirensSound.blogspot.com
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Artist – Arms and Sleepers
Album – Cinematique
Release Date – 2007
Genre – Ambient, Electro, Post-rock, Trip-hop
Tracklist
01 – Mimema
02 – Embassy Theme
03 – By The Harbor
04 – Ankara (A Memory)
05 – Potsdam Voltaire
06 – Guests & Ghosts
07 – Embassy Theme II
08 – Tram 11
09 – Pfarrstrasse
10 – This Place Was My Home…
11 – So Why Pause
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Arms and Sleepers – Cinematique Password – SirensSound.blogspot.com
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Artist – Arms and Sleepers
Album – Bliss Was it in that Dawn to Be Alive
Release Date – 2006
Genre – Ambient, Electro, Post-rock, Trip-hop
Tracklist
1 – Beneath Bricks And Books
2 – A Mission To Prague
3 – Arms-Sleepers
4 – Warm
5 – A Girl Named Clive
6 – Moscow Pop
7 – (Untitled)
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Arms and Sleepers – Bliss Was it in that Dawn to Be Alive Password – SirensSound.blogspot.com
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Artist – Arms and Sleepers
Album – Lautlos
Release Date – 2007
Genre – Ambient, Electro, Post-rock, Trip-hop
Tracklist
1 – Lautlos
2 – Cinemas For Marseille
3 – From Under The Floor Boards
4 – Se Vende Limber
5 – Found In Manhattan
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Arms and Sleepers – Lautlos Password – SirensSound.blogspot.com
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Artist – Arms and Sleepers
Album – Milkweed
Release Date – 2008
Genre – Ambient, Electro, Post-rock, Trip-hop
Tracklist
1 – We’re All Paris Now (Pt. 1)
2 – Runner Misplaced
3 – By My Bones
4 – Red Light Pipe Dreams
5 – Winter Is Coming
6 – Lights & Alarms
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Arms and Sleepers – Milkweed Password – SirensSound.blogspot.com
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Artist – Arms and Sleepers
Album – The Motorist
Release Date – 2009
Genre – Ambient, Electro, Post-rock, Trip-hop
Tracklist
1. Dear Charles, My Muse, Asleep or Dead
2. The Motorist
3. Jetty
4. Algiers Point
5. In The Empire of Builders
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Arms and Sleepers – The Motorist Password – SirensSound.blogspot.com
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Recommendations:
The Aloof ~ Night On Earth ~ Gargle – Looming Ep ~ Monoceros ~ An Astrologists Guide To The Stars In The Sky
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NICE FIND DanaSince1979… I would have never know of “Lautlos” and “Milkweed”. MILLION THANKS / Tks CWV… for the latest.
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