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SR001. bvdub - Burn Back Time

by Silent Reign

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    Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
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  • bvdub - Burn Back Time
    Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album

    digital + CD, one-time limited edition of 313 copies

    Available direct (263) + Linus JP (50)

    *** One copy per person. Any multiple orders will be cancelled.

    *** Silent Reign releases will not be available on Spotify, Apple Music, or any other digital or streaming platforms at any point. Bandcamp and direct only.

    *** Available audio is two small excerpts, entire album runtime 78:44. Pre-orders do not come with any other digital audio ahead of the release date. It just means you make sure you get a copy ;)

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    Every copy hand-inscribed in traditional brush and ground ink by rising national Chinese calligraphy prodigy Cen Qifeng, their entirety combined in the correct order reveal a sprawling poetic masterpiece intertwined with the music within, and the story it tells.

    If each person emails or posts a picture of their copy, when I have them all I will arrange them in their proper order, post the photo of the covers forming the poem in its entirety, and its translation.
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    Every CD* entirely offset-printed with real ink.

    All inside printing entirely offset-printed on an actual printing press.

    Every 350g weight envelope custom-made, individually cut, hand-pressed, and hand-strung.

    Each CD folded inside a custom-manufactured piece of pearl-inlay paper, to prevent scratching.

    Each “SR” card embossed in black gold foil via traditional etched plate and heat on an actual press.

    All calligraphy, printing, paper, and packaging created 100% locally in Shaoxing in cooperation with the only workshop left that sticks to the old ways.

    Four months of work. A lifetime of love.






    * These are a kind of CD/CD-R hybrid. They are produced at one of the only factories in China that still produce CD's due a labyrinthian copyright system that makes individual production nearly impossible. In China, the concept of CD vs CD-R is different from the US, and here a “CD” simply refers to the concept of the round disc – whereas a CD-R is any CD upon which information or audio can be burned, duplicated, or stamped. In other words, there is no disparity between the two, and no matter the production method (including glass master stamping), they will still be referred to as a “CD-R.”. Thus these are technically “CD-R's”. However they were not produced in the traditional way they would, in say, the US, and are, in my opinion, exponentially higher in quality than any I have had produced there in the past. These are literally the best CD's I can have pressed in China – from a family-run factory I visited personally to ensure that fact.

    ** I apologize for absurd shipping costs outside the US, I have no control over such factors, costs are simply exactly what USPS charges to wherever you are. I don't make a penny on shipping, it's literally what they charge me. I am unable to send the CD's individually from China due to bans on sending media out of the country, and therefore had to go to great lengths (and expense) to get them to the US where they will be sent directly. If it's any consolation, it wouldn't have been any cheaper from here, even if I could have figured out a way. Sorry and thanks for your understanding.

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digital + CD, limited edition of 313 copies

Available direct (263) + Linus JP (50)

*** One copy per person. Multiple orders will be cancelled.

*** Silent Reign releases will not be available on Spotify, Apple Music, or any other digital or streaming platforms at any point. Bandcamp and direct only.

*** Available audio is a partial preview of one track, entire album runtime 78:44. Pre-orders do not come with any other digital audio ahead of the release date. In this case pre-orders just means you make sure you get a copy ;)

___________

Every copy hand-inscribed in traditional brush and ground ink by rising national Chinese calligraphy prodigy Cen Qifeng, their entirety combined in the correct order reveal a sprawling poetic masterpiece intertwined with the music within, and the story it tells.

If each person emails or posts a picture of their copy, when I have them all I will arrange them in their proper order, post the photo of the covers forming the poem in its entirety, and its translation.
___________

Every CD* entirely offset-printed with real ink.

All inside printing entirely offset-printed on an actual printing press.

Every 350g weight envelope custom-made, individually cut, hand-pressed, and hand-strung.

Each CD folded inside a custom-manufactured piece of pearl-inlay paper, to prevent scratching.

Each “SR” card embossed in black gold foil via traditional etched plate and heat on an actual press.

All calligraphy, printing, paper, and packaging created 100% locally in Shaoxing.

Four months of work. A lifetime of love.





*These are a kind of CD/CD-R hybrid. They are produced at one of the only factories in China that still produce CD's due a labyrinthian copyright system that makes individual production nearly impossible. In China, the concept of CD vs CD-R is different from the US, and here a “CD” simply refers to the concept of the round disc – whereas a CD-R is any CD upon which information or audio can be burned, duplicated, or stamped. In other words, there is no disparity between the two, and no matter the production method (including glass master stamping), they will still be referred to as a “CD-R.”. Thus these are technically “CD-R's”. However they were not produced in the traditional way they would, in say, the US, and are, in my opinion, exponentially higher in quality than any I have had produced there in the past. These are literally the best CD's I can have pressed in China – from a family-run factory I visited personally to ensure that fact.

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released June 15, 2020

all tracks written and produced by bvdub / Brock Van Wey

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Silent Reign Shaoxing, China

A time the music did the talking.

A reign of silence and strength.

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