BLIND MASSAGE & THE SHADOW PLAY 推拿 & 风中有朵雨做的云 - VINYL BOX SET

10.15.23

Please note: This is a pre-order item, expected to ship in late October November.

02.03.24

Notice of Delay: Johann Vinyl Set Shipping Postponed to Early March

Dear Valued Customers,

We regret to inform you that the shipment of the Johann Vinyl Set will be further delayed until early March. Despite receiving the bulk samples on January 25th, the actual color presentation differs significantly from our previous samples. This discrepancy is due to variations in the adhesive material batches, which the printing factory failed to promptly address.

The grey-white color scheme for this production has posed considerable challenges, as maintaining color consistency with this particular material has proven difficult. Despite our efforts to resolve the issue before the Chinese New Year holiday commencing on February 9th, the proximity to the holiday and logistical disruptions caused by heavy snowfall on February 2nd have hindered our ability to obtain identical packaging materials from our suppliers in time for the holiday shutdown. Consequently, even upon receiving the bulk shipment, we will be unable to dispatch the orders on schedule.

I personally plan to visit the printing factory around the post-holiday period in late February to rectify the situation and ensure that our finished products meet your expectations after the extended wait.

Therefore, we anticipate that the shipping date will be postponed until early March. We sincerely apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.

Thank you for your understanding and patience.

Warm regards,

Soundtrack Magazine Team

Soundtrack Magazine is proud to present an exclusive limited edition Smoked White/Red vinyl set release of composers Jóhann Jóhannsson (SICARIO, THEORY OF EVERYTHING) and Jonas Colstrup’s (TIGERS, VILLAGE AT THE END OF THE WORLD) original motion picture scores to the award-winning 2014 drama BLIND MASSAGE and 2018 crime thriller THE SHADOW PLAY, directed by LOU Ye (SUMMER PALACE, SUZHOU RIVER). 

Based on the acclaimed novel of the same name written by BI Feiyu, BLIND MASSAGE takes focus on the blind masseur Xiao Ma and tells the intimate story of a blind massage parlor. Within this community, we witness seduction, suffering, and above all, the search for love. With an emphasis on sound and the use of subjective and blurry cinematography, the film excellently recreates the perspective of the visually impaired community. Teaming with soundscape design and piano melody, Jóhann Jóhannsson and Jonas Colstrup’s score contributes significantly to convey the nuanced emotions and psyches of the characters. The film received 6 awards at the 51st Golden Horse Awards, including the Best Feature Film.

Based on real incidents that happened in Guangzhou and set against the backdrop of 30-year economic expansion, THE SHADOW PLAY is a tragic epic of contemporary China. This is the third collaboration between director Lou and composer Jóhannsson, after the success of MYSTERY (2012) and BLIND MASSAGE (2014). The theme of the score is developed and reconstructed from the “Walk in the Dark”, an unused cue from BLIND MASSAGE. The entire score is an industrial chapter that blurred the boundary between music and sound.

The release is supervised by composer Jonas Colstrup, mixed by engineer August Wanngren in Denmark and mastered by score engineer Thomas Eberger in Sweden, with 24 pages of in-depth liner notes by Xinkai “Kevin” Sun based on his interview with the composer. The brand new album art is designed by Soundtrack Magazine’s long-time collaborator Gavin Su, using Japanese gatefold with white and gray colored specialty paper as the main material. The exclusive Smoky White/Red toning works in concert with the dramatic relation between the two films.

This is a limited edition of 404 units, with gold stamping numbering. With BLIND MASSAGE piano sheet music included with the first batch of release as bonus.

Tracklist:

BLIND MASSAGE

Side A
01. Dr. Wang 02:54
02. Beauty 02:00
03. We are One 01:02
04. Sight of Love 02:50
05-08. Desire 05:01

Side B
01. My Blood Wants to Cry 02:54
02. Stray 01:40
03. Unspoken Admiration 02:17
04. If There is an Afterlife 02:09
05. Fate 02:04
06. Blind Massage 09:06

THE SHADOW PLAY

Side A
01. The Shadow Play 04:55
02. Asylum for the Sane 01:00
03. Be Over 01:39
04. Dissipation of Clouds 1:18
05. Be Forgotten 01:37
06. Midnight Highway 04:58
07. Fugitive of a Narrative 01:36
08. Reasonable Doubt 00:56
09. Desolation and Destitution 01:34
10. Alibi 01:60

Side B
01. Gold of Violet and Black 01:02
02. Truth on the Other End 00:57
03. The Play 04:11
04. The Shadow 08:22