This is the first official mp3 release by Sparkle in Grey. It has been issued by the weblabels ctrl+alt+canc and sinewaves/sine3pm. www.ctrlaltcanc.tk www.sinewaves.it/sine-home.htm So, check their website for dowloading it all, with cover and explanation texts. You can download the SiG track in the section! Read the review from Frans de Waard on Vital Weekly. "This is a much opener piece, with sounds as loose entities flying about like stars at night. Over the course of the piece sounds disappear, like flying into a black hole. Just like sparkles indeed. Nice release!"

INTRODUCTION

I can't exactly remember what really happened to me in January of 2003, and I don't exactly know what happened to my friend Eugenio in that cold month. I just remember that in the last few years, especially 2001, January has been a very awful month for me. It could seem almost ridiculous, but in each slice of my life, except maybe for work, everything was going bad: sickness, death and deep love troubles happened to me and all around.

In 2002 and 2003 a lot of stress overwhelmed me, making me feel anxious and ill.
Ever since, that first month of the year, which signifies beginning, change, hope and love for many other people, for me now means only fear.

So, I started working on a "cathartic" song in February, about all of these things, putting in noises, phone sounds, distant drills and the melody of an old music box that plays a very sad melody.

[it continues on ctrl+alt+canc or sinewaves]