NASHVILLE |DATE: JUNE 1, 2001
CONTACTS:
KRISTINE ASHTON/MITCH SCHNEIDER AT MSO
818 380 0400 (JONATHAN DAVIS)
SYLVIA DESROCHERS AT BUMBLE WARD & ASSOCIATES
323 655 8585 (CLIVE BARKER)
KORN FRONTMAN JONATHAN DAVIS
AND CLIVE BARKER TEAM WITH COMPOSER RICHARD GIBBS
FOR FINE ART DVD
KORN frontman JONATHAN DAVIS and renowned filmmaker and artist Clive Barker have joined forces with composer Richard Gibbs to create a unique interactive DVD, set for release on Sony later this year. The groundbreaking disc will feature 12 original paintings by Barker with musical compositions by DAVIS and Gibbs. The music will be mixed in 5.1 Surround Sound in order to create a full three-dimensional experience that will redefine that way the world looks at art.
DAVIS notes: "We've set out to create a new medium unlike any other, combining the elements of art, beauty, music and horror with state-of-the-art technology–a post-millennium coffee table book for your DVD player." Barker elaborates: "This is a ground-breaking project unifying state of the art music with paintings pulled from the depths of my unconscious." Meanwhile, GIBBS says: "Jon [Davis] is definitely the most musically twisted brain I have ever worked with. And now for us to collaborate with a multi-demented soul like the one and only Clive Barker…I don't know what's going to happen, but I hope the authorities have been alerted."
This interactive work will transform a television or computer into a new artistic medium. Each Barker image will be displayed while DAVIS and Gibbs' music leads the viewer on a journey through the landscapes of their combined imaginations. Viewers can also experience commentary from Barker, DAVIS and Gibbs while looking at an image. In addition, they'll have the unique opportunity to watch DAVIS and Gibbs compose music to one of the paintings and can conversely watch Barker paint while listening to DAVIS and Gibbs' music.
This project marks the first time DAVIS, Barker and Gibbs have worked together. DAVIS and GIBBS have a longstanding relationship and recently wrote and produced songs featured in the forthcoming film Queen Of The Damned. The film–set for release by Warner Brothers next year–is based on the third novel in Anne Rice's "Vampire Chronicles" and was directed by Michael Rymer.
DAVIS is currently in the studio with KORN, recording the follow-up to 1999's triple-platinum ISSUES with producer Michael Beinhorn. The band's CD is due out later this year on Immortal/Epic. KORN have sold over eleven million albums worldwide and have received widespread critical acclaim for their music. The band has redefined the parameters of heavy music, revolutionizing the genre with jagged introspective lyrics, unsettling guitar textures and the intense vocal stylings of DAVIS.
Barker's works of film, books, television and art have consistently explored the far reaches of human imagination. His 21st novel, a Hollywood ghost story entitled Coldheart Canyon, will be published in Fall 2001. Well-known as the creator of the Hellraiser films and for his work on Gods And Monsters and Candyman, Barker is currently writing a consecutive collection of fantasy-adventure books titled The Abarat Quartet. The supernatural thriller Bloody Mary is also in development at his Seraphim Films.
Gibbs is a renowned composer who is also known for his work as keyboardist of Oingo Boingo and as a session player for such artists as Robert Palmer, Tom Waits, Chaka Khan and Melissa Etheridge. GIBBS has scored over 30 films including Dr. Dolittle with Eddie Murphy, the high school classic Say Anything with John Cusack and 28 Days, staring Sandra Bullock. He also wrote the music for the first season of the television classic The Simpsons. GIBBS and DAVIS are currently scoring Queen Of The Damned.
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