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Kubla Khan
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Textura 2008
07 Tracks. 62mins02secs

Already a successful music magazine, Textura are now launching a new imprint, and releasing their first album. Kubla Khan takes its name from Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s classic nineteenth century poem Kubla Khan, Or A Vision In A Dream, A Fragment, which was, according to Coleridge, inspire by an opium-induced dream. The poem also serves as a  thread to the seven tracks featured on the album, as each song takes a particular aspect of the poem and is built as a response to it, or an interpretation of it, by the respective artists. Continue Reading »

Canadian music magazine Textura is embarking on a new venture with the launch of their record label. The first release is a very limited album entitled Kubla Khan, named after the eighteenth century poem Kublan Khan Or A Vision In A Dream, A Fragment by Samuel Taylor Coleridge. The album features the exclusive work of four very different artists and formations: Alexander Turnquist, Ryan Francesconi, who contributes two solo tracks and one with Lili De La Mora, The Retail Sectors and orchestramaxfieldparrish.

Kubla Khan is not a compilation in the traditional meaning of the word as it features specially commissioned work and actually works as an overall listening experience. The CD, of which only 500 copies have been pressed, is available from the Textura website.

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