Swans
"Birthing" . •Swans (formed):1981, USA (New York, NY) •Жанры: Post-Rock, Experimental Rock •Издатель: Young God Records (USA) •Номер по каталогу: YG68 •Дата релиза:30.05.2025 •Аудиокодек: FLAC (*flac) •Битрейт аудио: lossless •Тип рипа: tracks+.cue •Источник: redacted •Формат: CD | Album . •TRACK LISTING 01.01.The Healers.(21:42) 01.02.I Am a Tower.(19:18) 01.03.Birthing.(22:21) 02.01.Red Yellow.(06:52) 02.02.Guardian Spirit.(10:58) 02.03.The Merge.(15:20) 02.04.Rope.(14:51) 02.05.Away.(04:22)
total length [01:55:41]
CD1 [01:03:21]
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Exact Audio Copy V1.6 from 23. October 2020 EAC extraction logfile from 30. May 2025, 17:02 Swans / Birthing Used drive : TSSTcorpCDDVDW SE-208DB Adapter: 1 ID: 0 Read mode : Secure Utilize accurate stream : Yes Defeat audio cache : Yes Make use of C2 pointers : No Read offset correction : 6 Overread into Lead-In and Lead-Out : No Fill up missing offset samples with silence : Yes Delete leading and trailing silent blocks : No Null samples used in CRC calculations : Yes Used interface : Native Win32 interface for Win NT & 2000 Gap handling : Appended to previous track Used output format : Internal WAV Routines Sample format : 44.100 Hz; 16 Bit; Stereo TOC of the extracted CD Track | Start | Length | Start sector | End sector --------------------------------------------------------- 1 | 0:00.00 | 21:41.50 | 0 | 97624 2 | 21:41.50 | 19:17.42 | 97625 | 184441 3 | 40:59.17 | 22:20.62 | 184442 | 285003 Track 1 Filename G:\Birthing\01._The_Healers.wav Pre-gap length 0:00:02.00 Peak level 96.8 % Extraction speed 1.7 X Track quality 100.0 % Test CRC 20DD3509 Copy CRC 20DD3509 Track not present in AccurateRip database Copy OK Track 2 Filename G:\Birthing\02._I_Am_a_Tower.wav Peak level 97.0 % Extraction speed 2.2 X Track quality 100.0 % Test CRC FDE76557 Copy CRC FDE76557 Track not present in AccurateRip database Copy OK Track 3 Filename G:\Birthing\03._Birthing.wav Peak level 97.1 % Extraction speed 2.6 X Track quality 100.0 % Test CRC 66F622FF Copy CRC 66F622FF Track not present in AccurateRip database Copy OK None of the tracks are present in the AccurateRip database No errors occurred End of status report ---- CUETools DB Plugin V2.1.6 [CTDB TOCID: VrFrY0dbXyvP18F..8EKeeV2oiI-] found Submit result: VrFrY0dbXyvP18F..8EKeeV2oiI- has been confirmed Track | CTDB Status 1 | (1/1) Accurately ripped 2 | (1/1) Accurately ripped 3 | (1/1) Accurately ripped ==== Log checksum 12D3A218274A6759CEDE2C67A1C214D8AC7197D35AB93B5C77F39F0BC83B4281 ====
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CD2 [00:52:21]
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Exact Audio Copy V1.6 from 23. October 2020 EAC extraction logfile from 30. May 2025, 17:35 Swans / Birthing Used drive : TSSTcorpCDDVDW SE-208DB Adapter: 1 ID: 0 Read mode : Secure Utilize accurate stream : Yes Defeat audio cache : Yes Make use of C2 pointers : No Read offset correction : 6 Overread into Lead-In and Lead-Out : No Fill up missing offset samples with silence : Yes Delete leading and trailing silent blocks : No Null samples used in CRC calculations : Yes Used interface : Native Win32 interface for Win NT & 2000 Gap handling : Appended to previous track Used output format : Internal WAV Routines Sample format : 44.100 Hz; 16 Bit; Stereo TOC of the extracted CD Track | Start | Length | Start sector | End sector --------------------------------------------------------- 1 | 0:00.00 | 6:51.42 | 0 | 30866 2 | 6:51.42 | 10:57.43 | 30867 | 80184 3 | 17:49.10 | 15:19.07 | 80185 | 149116 4 | 33:08.17 | 14:50.23 | 149117 | 215889 5 | 47:58.40 | 4:21.37 | 215890 | 235501 Track 1 Filename G:\Birthing\CD 2\01._Red_Yellow.wav Pre-gap length 0:00:02.00 Peak level 97.3 % Extraction speed 2.8 X Track quality 100.0 % Test CRC 79686231 Copy CRC 79686231 Track not present in AccurateRip database Copy OK Track 2 Filename G:\Birthing\CD 2\02._Guardian_Spirit.wav Peak level 96.9 % Extraction speed 3.7 X Track quality 100.0 % Test CRC FDACF56B Copy CRC FDACF56B Track not present in AccurateRip database Copy OK Track 3 Filename G:\Birthing\CD 2\03._The_Merge.wav Peak level 97.0 % Extraction speed 4.5 X Track quality 100.0 % Test CRC 0DCA223C Copy CRC 0DCA223C Track not present in AccurateRip database Copy OK Track 4 Filename G:\Birthing\CD 2\04._Rope.wav Peak level 96.7 % Extraction speed 5.2 X Track quality 100.0 % Test CRC 3EE185DA Copy CRC 3EE185DA Track not present in AccurateRip database Copy OK Track 5 Filename G:\Birthing\CD 2\05._Away.wav Peak level 96.8 % Extraction speed 5.1 X Track quality 100.0 % Test CRC 3FC6D33E Copy CRC 3FC6D33E Track not present in AccurateRip database Copy OK None of the tracks are present in the AccurateRip database No errors occurred End of status report ---- CUETools DB Plugin V2.1.6 [CTDB TOCID: tudBuzRdzWTpqzZ971oYeveCdec-] found Submit result: tudBuzRdzWTpqzZ971oYeveCdec- has been confirmed Track | CTDB Status 1 | (1/1) Accurately ripped 2 | (1/1) Accurately ripped 3 | (1/1) Accurately ripped 4 | (1/1) Accurately ripped 5 | (1/1) Accurately ripped ==== Log checksum 4737CFC0BDAE60F209881AB73DD7073E710AA772A73A8ECAD0DF15ED0F1D62FE ====
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Swans announce their seventeenth studio album, "Birthing", due for release on May 30, 2025. "Birthing" will be released on triple vinyl in a brown chipboard sleeve, double CD (in a brown chipboard digipack), and digitally. Initial pressings of the 3LP and 2CD editions will come with a bonus DVD featuring "Swans Live 2024 (Rope) The Beggar", a live concert film directed by Marco Porsia from the last Swans US tour, plus Christopher Nicholson's documentary from Michael Gira's solo tour in 2022 entitled "I Wonder If I'm Singing What You're Thinking Me to Sing". "The material contained in this album was largely developed over the course a yearlong Swans tour, during 2023 – 2024 ('The Healers', 'I Am a Tower', 'Birthing', 'Guardian Spirit', 'Rope', and 'Away'), then recorded and further orchestrated and rearranged in the studio. Two pieces were created and performed in the studio ('Red Yellow', 'The Merge'). In all cases the material began with me sitting in my office with an acoustic guitar, singing and dreaming about what would become of these skeletal songs. I'm blessed to have such a stellar group of musicians to work with live (listed below), and through improvisation, endless revisions and an intensity of focus in performance (not to mention endurance), over the course of time the music morphed into what you generally hear on this collection. This album, coupled with the recent live release, "Live Rope", constitutes my final foray (as producer / impresario) into the all-consuming sound worlds that have been my obsession for years. We’ll do a final tour in this mode towards the end of 2025, then that's it. After that, Swans will continue, so long as I’m able, but in a significantly pared down form. Hints of that direction can be found in a few moments on the current album. In the meantime, my hope is that the music provides a positive and fertile atmosphere in which to dream.----- Michael Gira / Swans SWANS BIRTHING ALBUM CONTRIBUTORS: Michael Gira – acoustic guitar, voice, producer; Phil Puleo – drums, hammer dulcimer, flute, melodica, percussion; Kristof Hahn – lap steel guitar, electric and acoustic guitars, loops, backing vocals; Dana Schechter – lap steel guitar, bass guitar, loops; Christopher Pravdica – bass guitar, Taishogoto, loops, sounds, keyboards; Larry Mullins – Mellotron, keyboards, piano, synthesizer, drums, vibraphone, percussion, backing vocals; Norman Westberg – electric guitar, loops... Guest Musicians: Jennifer Gira – backing vocals, cameo vocals; Laura Carbone and Lucy Kruger – backing vocals; Andreas Dormann – soprano saxophone; Timothy Wyskida – drums on The Merge; Little Mikey – cameo vocals. "Birthing" was produced by Michael Gira. Recorded at Soundfabrik Berlin, recording engineer Ingo Krauss, assisted by Kiron Gaudi, and mixed at Candy Bomber Studio, Berlin by Ingo Krauss. Mastered by Doug Henderson at Micro-Moose, Berlin.
