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This project successfully raised its funding goal on February 14, 2010.
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A digital download of one song from the upcoming Matador alternate versions/b-sides release.
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A digital download of the entire upcoming Matador alternate versions/b-sides release.
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A 3-piece postcard set + A&S buttons + Matador alternate versions/b-sides download.
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A signed physical copy of the limited edition Matador alternate versions/b-sides release + A&S buttons + Matador remixes download (to be released in the spring of 2010---you get it ahead of the official release date).
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A signed copy of "Matador" CD (EU/UK version which includes the bonus track "L-Orizzont") + A&S buttons + Matador alternate versions/b-sides download + Matador remixes download.
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A signed copy of "Matador" CD (Japanese version which includes the bonus track "we're all Paris now [pt. 2] & lyrics sheet in English & Japanese) + 3-piece postcard set + A&S buttons + Matador alternate versions/b-sides download + Matador remixes download.
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A signed copy of "Matador" LP + a signed physical copy of the limited edition Matador alternate versions/b-sides release + "The Motorist (olive)" OR "A&S (brown)" t-shirt + A&S buttons + Matador remixes download.
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2 free tickets to any upcoming show (including full US tour with Caspian in March/April) + a bunch of signed posters + a signed copy of "Matador" LP + a signed physical copy of the limited edition Matador alternate versions/b-sides release + "The Motorist (olive)" OR "A&S (brown)" t-shirt + A&S buttons + Matador remixes download.
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Signed copies of "Matador" LPs (gold & black) + signed copies of all three "Matador" CD versions + a signed physical copy of the limited edition Matador alternate versions/b-sides release + your name on the "Matador" remix album liner notes + A&S buttons + Matador remixes download.
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A signed copy of the "Cinematique" CD (out of print, this is first edition #1 of 30) + a signed copy of "Matador" LP test press (1 of 5) with a personalized note on the cover + signed copies of "Matador" LPs (gold & black) + signed copies of all three "Matador" CD versions + a signed physical copy of the limited edition Matador alternate versions/b-sides release + your name on the "Matador" remix album liner notes + A&S buttons + Matador remixes download.
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A new song written just for you (you will be the only person receiving this song, and it will not be released in any way by us in the future; limited to 5!) + your name on the "Matador" remix album liner notes + Matador remixes download + Matador alternate versions/b-sides download.
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A private performance in the Boston or NYC area for you & your friends (including old/rare songs with new/rare visuals performed live by our VJ) + your name on the "Matador" remix album liner notes + Matador remixes download + Matador alternate versions/b-sides download.
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Arms and Sleepers is Max Lewis (Boston, MA) and Mirza Ramic (Portland, ME). The band was formed in 2006 and has since released a handful of albums and EPs. Arms and Sleepers have extensively toured North America, Europe, and the UK. Upcoming releases include “Matador” (2nd full-length) and “From The Inland Sea” (split with The American Dollar).
Praise for Matador
"...a foreign, yet strangely familiar place to feel right at home in." -Redefine
"An absolutely beautiful album." -Tome to the Weather Machine
"Absolutely stunning." -The Sirens Sound
"Lewis and Ramic are getting good at what they do. Quite damn good." -Babysue
"Arms and Sleepers has made a record that is refreshing and engaging." -Star City Blog
Praise for Arms and Sleepers: Live Shows, Black Paris 86, and Bliss Was It In That Dawn To Be Alive
"...soft, dreamy compositions—warm, textured, heady as a summer night, watching stars sparkle in the blackness..." -Portfolio Weekly (VA)
"Lush, delicate, and expertly textured..." -Mountain Xpress (NC)
“Soft, intricate, pensive, and soothing...this is an album with a ton of staying power” –Babysue
"For anyone looking for a refreshing new change of pace, I have little doubt that Arms and Sleepers could be the stimulus you are looking for." -The Silent Ballet
"Arms and Sleepers' music is about evoking stories from the subtle disintegration and regenerations of life, capturing fleeting moments when humanity reaches a crescendo but there's no one there to witness it." -Eugene Weekly (OR)
"Moody, strange, atmospheric, mysterious. The ambient avant-garde sound of electronica duo Arms and Sleepers eludes easy description." -The Charleston Gazette (WV)
"Arms and Sleepers have chosen to go the path of originality and have really created a marvelous groundwork for their musical career." - N/A Reviews
"...the overriding vibe is so laid back as to be supine, with the horns and voices used to enhance the dreamlike textures generated by the keyboard-bass-programming mix." -The Times of Acadiana (Baton Rouge)
"If nature could digitally remix its collection of summer night sounds, the disc would be a sister to the music Arms and Sleepers produce. Soothing, earthy, and electronic, it's nature plugged into the wall socket..." -City Pages (Minneapolis)
"...jazz- and trip-hop-influenced electro-pop, IDM-pop punctuated by effective and never-distracting vocals..." -Newcity Chicago
"It's hard for some people to believe that electronic music can have a real emotional core. Cambridge, MA duo Arms and Sleepers leaves little doubt that such machine-generated soul is possible." -Centerstage Chicago
"Black Paris 86 from electronica duo Arms and Sleepers sort of plays like the soundtrack of an introspective indie flick or a deep space sci-fi movie." -Lansing Noise
"Early contender for Best of the Year, easily." -The Speed of Silence
"Arms and Sleepers make ethereal, noir electronic music just this side of other sex-inducing acts like Portishead and M83." -Boston's Weekly Dig
"...a quiet, introspective rainy-day soundtrack..." -Eugene Weekly
"Evoking everything from Saxon Shore, Sigur Ros and Sleeping Kings Of Iona to Mogwai, Portishead and Radiohead, Arms and Sleepers seem in step with a lineage of bands whose purpose is more to make art than millions." -Jamestown Post-Journal
Wow, the package arrived, really impressed, thanks, can hardly wait till you guys get around to releasing the remixes album.
hi maxwell, thanks so much for your kind words and for contributing to our cause! all the items will be shipped between feb. 15 and march 8. we'll send you an e-mail with an update after the project is over (feb. 15). cheers!
hi,
first of all, you guys are great! so keep doing such beautiful music. i am looking forword to see you live again soon. something different now. i pledged some bucks and i was wondering when my package will arrive. can't wait.
this is an interesting funding idea. I'll have to talk to you more about it sometime!
I just couldn't handle the suspense. Hopefully you'll come to a place near me this year.
This is awesome guys. Congratulations. Judging by your Facebook updates, I assume the European tour was amazing!
Keep it up.
Wheee! 50$ to go :].
Congratulations! :D
Good luck, you guys are way more than worth the money. :) Can't wait for a chance to see you perform live.
Keep up the good work!
stay alive!!!!!! music must survive...
oh, maybe "bandcamp" would help you, i suggest you to visit it, you can offer for free or sell your music directly, it is fast and easy and it has many innovative and usefull features..
of course i invite you to visite mine, i am offering free dwld and collecting a very usefull fan email list.. automatically!:) .. one of mines is this one: www.prektel.bandcamp.com.
all the best!!
rafa makeinsh
really really believe this is gonna happen :>
I saw you guys perform in LA last year and thought you were awesome. Good luck!!
Finger's crossed, wallet emptied :] !
good luck, hope this works :)
super neat!