• Distribution,  Vinyl

    King Dude – Death (Vinyl, 12, White)


    King Dude – Death (Vinyl, 12, White)
    Label: Ván – Van355v
    Format: Vinyl, 12″, 33 ⅓ RPM, Album, Limited Edition, Stereo, White Vinyl
    Country: Germany & Switzerland
    Released: Sep 16, 2022
    Style: Neofolk, Psychedelic Rock

    Full-colored gatefold jacket with cut-out, inside-out print and UV lacquer
    Flooded black inside
    2-sided DIN A2 poster
    Insert with illustrations and UV lacquer
    Download insert
    Poly-lined inner-sleeve
    White vinyl
    Plastic protection sleeve

    I’ve always planned on ending King Dude with Death.
    started out writing and recording these songs in my bedroom with no intention of anyone other than my roommates hearing them. I certainly didn’t plan on releasing ten albums. Shortly after my first the success of my two EPs I knew that King Dude had the potential to become a problem for me. I worried the meager success I was experiencing could end up luring me into the trap of making King Dude records for the rest of my life.
    So in order to avoid that fate I planned out the rest of every King Dude album from that point on, ultimately deciding that four of the records should work as companions pieces to one another. Those four albums are Love, Fear, Sex and now finally Death. So as you can clearly see I’ve already made up my mind in this matter. Ten years ago. And there’s nothing I can do to change it without lying to myself about what my life is. Death fulfills the pact I made with my former self and sets me free from acts of repetition and stagnation.
    It’s a necessary, beautiful thing.


  • Distribution,  Vinyl

    The Dark Red Seed ‎– Stands With Death



    The Dark Red Seed ‎– Stands With Death
    Label: Prophecy Productions ‎– PRO 214 LP
    Format: Vinyl 12″ EP
    Country: Germany
    Released:14 Sep 2017
    Style: Neofolk

    The Dark Red Seed is the musical outlet of Tosten Larson, guitarist for Seattle dark folk musician King Dude. A self-coined ‘metaphor for the heart’, The Dark Red Seed represents a direct reference to life – and death – itself. The duo, which also includes King Dude engineer Shawn Flemming, is now about to release its debut EP, “The Dark Red Seed Stands with Death”.

    Described as ‘a study of death’, “The Dark Red Seed Stands with Death” is a dark, dusty discourse on the departure and ultimate dissolution of life; a powerful expression of absolute loss shaped through Larson’s haunting, Cash-like delivery. Each of the EP’s three songs represents various aspects of death (the death of America, death of culture and death of reality through technology and globalization), drawing on deep feelings and unanswered questions to create living, breathing sound.

    “I know when death comes for me I will most likely run away with blind fear,” Larson says. “I’m sure when death comes, I will almost certainly cling to life until my dying breath and pray to someone else’s god for salvation. But in life, I try to approach death as the ultimate acceptance. Whatever death and a possible life thereafter means to each individual, death is the only place where we might find answers. For in life there are only questions. Death is the one thing that awaits us all.”

    Raised in Kalispell, Montana and currently based in Portland, Oregon, Tosten Larson began his classical instruction as a young boy sitting at his grandmother’s piano. Firmly rooted in the traditions of American music, Larson’s sound is equally shaped by art rock such as Swans and Six Organs of Admittance, Eastern masters like Kayan Kalhor and Ravi Shankar, and hard rock staples such as Led Zeppelin and Neil Young. Though he wears his influences on his sleeve, his music attempts to defy category and carve its own path.

    The Dark Red Seed’s first full-length album, “Becomes Awake”, is already in the pipeline and tentatively scheduled for a summer 2018 release. The record is described as a detailed concept album that can be thought of as an answer or sequel to “Stands with Death”.

    Edition:
    – Vinyl MLP

    Tracklist:
    1. The Antagonist
    2. The Tragedy of Ålesund
    3. The Master and the Slave