Mad City, by "Silverfist" Lemaire

Mad City

by "Silverfist" Lemaire

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Memento Mori A must for all fans of blaxploitation movies and original soundtracks! Although the beats are all instrumentals and stand out for their minimalist and dirty sound, they tell an ambivalent story of poverty, crime and loss. It's insane how the film plays out in the mind's eye of the listener. The remastering of Formen underscores the album's aesthetic and never feels too intrusive or modern. Whereby the self-printed tape cover, with its ominous city motif and bold colors completes this lost gem! Favorite track: Getup.

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Professionally dubbed type-I cassette tapes (C-28). All tapes are tagged and hand-numbered by Empty Space. The covers are hand-made four-layer screenprints by Ines Emertasol, printed on high quality, textured crush grape paper manufactured by Favini.

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Mad City - Limited Edition Screenprint
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Handmade five-layer serigraphy printed by Ines Emertasol. The prints are based on uncut covers of "Silverfist" Lemaire's "Mad City". Printed on DIN-A4 (8"x12") high quality, textured crush grape paper manufactured by Favini. Every print is hand-numbered. Strictly limited to 15 pieces. Prints may vary as all prints are handmade.

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1.	Pulp FX 01:18	buy track
2.	Bright and Dark 02:11	buy track
3.	Video Daze 01:57	buy track
4.	Hustle Flows 01:40	buy track
5.	Raw Times 02:52	buy track
6.	Criminal Minded 01:18	buy track
7.	The Score 02:52	buy track
8.	The Chase 02:29	buy track
9.	Messin' Up 02:04	buy track
10.	Losses 01:48	buy track
11.	Mindgames 02:26	buy track
12.	Getup 01:42	buy track
13.	The Crown 02:04	buy track
14.	Leavin' 01:15	buy track

about

When a friend of Empty Space bought a broken-down Mercedes from the 90s, that had been sitting in a garage for around 20 something years, he found in its trunk a cardboard box which contained something very weird: Movie posters from obscure, but now classic 90s movies, burnt pages of what seemed to be a movie script and a cassette tape including a tracklist simply labeled "Original Soundtrack".

The box was sent to our headquarter and the content properly examined. While the crew gazed at the old movie posters and the burnt, beyond readable script, someone put the tape into the tape deck and hit play: Hard hitting, dusty drums, dirty basslines and beautifully distorted samples immediately filled the room. Listening and discussing the meaning of this obscure find, one after the other started to drift off...

A dusty haze settled in the room. Captivated heads nodding. Closed eyes. Followed by wild dancing. Screams. Spontaneous freestyle battle raps. Thrown chairs. Crying, shared kisses and hugs. Full body slams and backflips into perfect splits. When the tape deck stopped, everyone rose out of the mist, overjoyed and ready to share the movie they had just visualized, inspired by the music.

Inquiries about the origin of the box's mysterious content ensued and we found out that the original owner of the car had been somewhat of a character in the local underworld. A boxing legend named "Silverfist" Lemaire who had always dreamt of making it big as a Hollywood movie producer. No one really knew anything about him for sure, except that he was always talking about writing down his life story to be made into a movie, leaving the criminal life and moving to California. All that he really had was the soundtrack to the movie though. He had made it all by himself on a 4-track tape recorder and swore it was "the heart of the movie" and "ahead of its time". Apparently, he eventually had to skip town and disappear for good when things went south - rumor has it he’s now a surf instructor in Costa Rica. The box in the trunk of the Mercedes he had to sell to get out, is what's left of his dream.

What has found its way to us is a captivating musical journey into a world that never came to be. A movie that was never made. A dream unfulfilled, for you to dream on. Empty Space invites you to imagine your own movie through a gritty, raw and authentic soundtrack.

The album has been carefully remastered by Formen and dubbed on to a neatly packed cassette tape. The covers are printed by Ines Emertasol. Inspired by the implicit storytelling of the tracklist and the little background information we found out about "Silverfist" Lemaire, she designed a four-layer screen-print-cover, printed by hand on beautifully textured natural-paper.

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released December 2, 2022

All tracks are produced by "Silverfist" Lemaire
Artwork by Ines Emertasol
Remastered by Formen

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"Silverfist" Lemaire Biel/Bienne, Switzerland

There is little information about "Silverfist" Lemaire. We stumbled upon his music by accident when one of our friends bought an old Mercedes and found in its trunk an unreleased soundtrack for a film that was never finished. What is certain is that "Silverfist" was a boxing legend who was involved in illegal business. When things went south, he had to sell his Mercedes, skip town and disappear.. ... more

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