THE END RECORDS to Reissue SIGH's “Imaginary Sonicscapes”

Since their inception in 1990, Japanese metal act SIGH has continued to push boundaries with each and every release. Often labeled as a Black Metal band, SIGHs music has been and continues to be inspired by varied styles besides Black Metal including '80s thrash, classical, jazz, '60s/'70s rock and more.

January 20th, 2009 brings the reissuing through THE END RECORDS of Imaginary Sonicscape, originally on Century Media (2001). Included on the album, remastered by James Murphy, will be bonus tracks, extended versions of songs and a previously unreleased track.

Imaginary Sonicscape features a liberal serving of vintage keyboards such as Minimoog, Hohner Clavinet, Fender Rhodes and so on, and was planned, explains bandleader Mirai Kawashima, as 'something you should smoke to. The music does not belong to any country or any era. It's a 100% imaginary world and this is the most psychedelic and exotic album Sigh to date.

'For the original release in 2001,' Mirai continues, 'we removed 'Voices' and cut 'Bring Back the Dead' short, but this time around we've decided to return to the original plan by adding these and 'Born Condemned Criminal,' which was only on the Japanese release originally, so now Imaginary Soniscape has become a nearly-80-minute trip to hell!'

The cover artwork was done by Stephen O'Malley (Sunn O))), Southern Lord Records) and the lyrics to 'Nietzschean Conspiracy' were written by Bĺrd Eithun (Blood Tsunami, ex-Emperor).

SIGH – Imaginary Sonicscape

CD | TE122-2 | The End | 1/20/09

01. Corpsecry – Angelfall
02. Scarlet Dream
03. Nietzschean Conspiracy
04. A Sunset Song
05. Impromptu (Allegro Maestoso)
06. Dreamsphere (Return to the Chaos)
07. Voices
08. Ecstatic Transformation
09. Born Condemend Criminal
10. Slaughtergarden Suite
I. At Dawn
II. The Dead Are Born
III. Destiny Divided
IV. Slaughtergarden
V. Aftermath
11. Bring Back the Dead
12. Requiem – Nostalgia

#7 – previously unreleased
#9 – previously available on Japanese version only
#11 – extended version

SIGH Imaginary Sonicscape lineup:

– Mirai (Fender Rhodes, Hammond, minimoog, Yamaha acoustic piano, Hohner clavinet, Yamaha string machine, Roland vocoder, other keyboards,
sampling, programming, modulator, effects, Speak & Spell, recorder, melodeon, bass, vocals)

– Shinichi (Fender Stratocaster, Fender Telecaster, Takamine acoustic guitar, Yamaha RX5)

– Satoshi (drums, tambourine, triangle, bongo, hand claps, suspended cymbal, bar chimes, vibraslap)

Soon, SIGH will begin recording their eighth album, Scene from Hell / Tempore Belli / Vanitas, for release through THE END RECORDS in 2009. The album will feature massive orchestrations, including a string quartet and brass players.

SIGH current lineup:

Mirai Kawashima (vocals, keyboards, orchestrations, etc.)
Dr. Mikannibal (alto saxophone, vocals)
Satoshi Fujinami (bass)
Shinichi Ishikawa (guitar)
Junichi Harashima (drums)

SIGH on the web:

www.sighjapan.com
myspace.com/sighjapan