Devin Townsend‘s special September 22nd, 2017 live performance of his album “Ocean Machine: Biomech” will arrive in stores on July 06th. The elaborate 20th anniversary performance of that album took place at the Ancient Roman Theatre in Plovdiv, Bulgaria and saw him joined onstage by the Orchestra of Plovdiv State Opera. In addition to playing the album, a number of fan-requested tracks from Townsend‘s catalog were also performed.
The set will be released under the title of “Ocean Machine – Live At The Ancient Roman Theatre Plovdiv” and will be out on a variety of formats, including a limited deluxe 3CD/2DVD/Blu-Ray artbook (with liner notes from Devin and a special documentary dubbed ‘Reflecting The Chaos‘ on the second DVD & Blu-Ray), a special edition 3CD/DVD digipak, a standalone Blu-ray and as a digital audio download. Pre-orders can be found here. Townsend commented of the show:
“Plovdiv and this live package represents a lot to me, it signifies the end of one era, and the celebration of another. Amidst a gruelling touring year, this show came together with much blood, sweat, and tears, and the result is the culmination of many aspects of my work on one stage. ‘Ocean Machine‘ was released 20 years ago, and though Marty (drums) is no longer with us, I was able to finally perform the album in its entirety with the original bassist John ‘Squid’ Harder on this night. On a cold evening in an old city in the ancient theatre, many lifelong milestones came to a conclusion on this night and I’m exceptionally proud of it.
I am currently writing, writing, and writing some more for the next stage of my life and work, and the team of individuals who contributed to this project, from the musicians in the band and orchestra, to the crews locally and with this, management, artists, filmographers and most importantly, the audience… made this night a powerful and strangely bittersweet moment I am proud to have documented with this work.
This is a very special live recording of a very special night, and I hope you enjoy it as a monument to the things that inspired it all in the first place.
Love and light,
Devin Townsend“
Details for the set run as follows:
By Request with Orchestra:
01 – “Truth”
02 – “Stormbending”
03 – “Om”
04 – “Failure”
05 – “By Your Command”
06 – “Gaia”
07 – “Deadhead”
08 – “Canada”
09 – “Bad Devil”
10 – “Higher”
11 – “A Simple Lullaby”
12 – “Deep Peace”
‘Ocean Machine‘:
01 – “Seventh Wave”
02 – “Life”
03 – “Night”
04 – “Hide Nowhere”
05 – “Sister”
06 – “3 A.M.”
07 – “Voices In The Fan”
08 – “Greetings”
09 – “Regulator”
10 – “Funeral”
11 – “Bastard”
12 – “The Death Of Music”
13 – “Things Beyond Things”
Prior to the arrival of the aforementioned set, Townsend will begin a series of vinyl releases titled “Eras“. You can find out more details on that here.
