The songs on Dark Night of the Soul were written by Danger Mouse and Sparklehorse, but feature a different singer on each track. The album was initially going to be released with a book of photos by director David Lynch in July. But a dispute with EMI records may delay or kill the project.

An unnamed spokesperson for Danger Mouse says that “due to an ongoing dispute with EMI” the book of photographs will “now come with a blank, recordable CD-R. All copies will be clearly labeled: ‘For legal reasons, enclosed CD-R contains no music. Use it as you will.’” While offering no specifics, EMI has acknowledged the legal dispute with Danger Mouse and released a statement saying, “Danger Mouse is a brilliant, talented artist for whom we have enormous respect. We continue to make every effort to resolve this situation and we are talking to Brian Burton (Danger Mouse) directly. Meanwhile, we need to reserve our rights.”

In the meantime, you can hear the entire album ‘Dark Night Of The Soul‘ here on NPR Music as an Exclusive First Listen.

Danger Mouse and Sparklehorse (Mark Linkous)

Dark Night Of The Soul tracklisting

1. Just War (Gruff Rhys of The Super Furry Animals)

2. Jaykub (Jason Lytle)

3. Little Girl (Julian Casablancas of The Strokes)

4. Angel’s Harp (Frank Black of The Pixies)

5. Pain (Iggy Pop)

6. Star Eyes (I Can’t Catch It) (David Lynch)

7. Everytime I’m With You (Jason Lytle)

8. Insane Lullaby (James Mercer of The Shins)

9. Daddy’s Gone (Mark Linkous of Sparklehorse and Nina Persson of The Cardigans)

10. The Man Who Played God (Suzanne Vega)

11. Grim Augury (Vic Chesnutt)

12. Dark Night Of The Soul (David Lynch)

PARIS, LA #2 is very happy to be part of the temporary bookstore curated by RAINOFF Books taking place beginning of July in Sydney, Australia in honour of their new publication Pretty Telling I Suppose by photographer Samuel Hodge. For further info click on the image below

For his first solo exhibition in a public gallery in London, American artist Oscar Tuazon presents a new body of works especially commissioned by The David Roberts Art Foundation.

Opening reception 9th of July, 6.30-9pm

Exhibition running from 10th of July to 19 of September 2009

Writer, publisher and curator, Oscar Tuazon is above all one of the most captivating and radical sculptors of his generation. Tuazon’s practice is characterised by a form of contemporary sculpture bricolage, which recalls Arte Povera in its inventive use of natural and industrial materials. References to minimalism and artists such as Richard Serra or Sol LeWitt can be found in the formal structure and positioning of his sculptures and installations.

Tuazon’s use of raw materials infuses his work with an energy and tension, which sets him firmly within the lineage of Gordon Matta-Clark and Robert Smithson. However, the way he considers this heritage draws upon concepts prevalent in contemporary culture, such as ideas of collapse and ruin, recycling and reforming.

For his project at The David Roberts Art Foundation, Tuazon was asked to challenge the space. He will create a new body of site-specific sculptures, working with marble for the first time. Using materials in new and unexpected ways he questions the gallery’s architecture and the public’s interaction with it.

Tuazon’s starting point for this exhibition was the desire to create an autonomous artwork. “Starting with a kind of abstraction and pushing it towards function. Take something and use it, misuse it. So the autonomous work of art wouldn’t necessarily tend towards emptiness, negation, blankness—but towards function.  This ‘abstract function’ is a more straight-forward, literal idea of autonomy than Ad Reinhardt would have it: it is simply a self-contained artwork, something that can stand on its own. An object, actually, that doesn’t need any kind of support structure. It doesn’t need a wall, it doesn’t need lights, it doesn’t even need to be displayed inside. It’s just a thing. It can be left outside, left alone. It doesn’t even need to be looked at. And so it remains stubbornly abstract. Abstract in the sense that it doesn’t need anyone. It can function on its own, but the only function the object is capable of performing is that of an artwork, useless and inexplicable. To put it another way, the work is onanistic.”

Desire

II

[Italians Do It Better, 2009]

1. Montre-moi ton visage   
2. Mirroir mirroir   
3. Don’t Call
4. Dans mes rêves       
5. Under Your Spell
6. Colorless Sky       
7. Oxygene   
8. If I Can’t Hold You