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DONNACHA COSTELLO - LOVE FROM DUST - ALBUM PROJECT

I'm making a new album of ambient, emotional, experimental music - LOVE FROM DUST

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DONNACHA COSTELLO - LOVE FROM DUST - ALBUM PROJECT

DONNACHA COSTELLO - LOVE FROM DUST - ALBUM PROJECT

DONNACHA COSTELLO - LOVE FROM DUST - ALBUM PROJECT

DONNACHA COSTELLO - LOVE FROM DUST - ALBUM PROJECT

DONNACHA COSTELLO - LOVE FROM DUST - ALBUM PROJECT

I'm making a new album of ambient, emotional, experimental music - LOVE FROM DUST

I'm making a new album of ambient, emotional, experimental music - LOVE FROM DUST

I'm making a new album of ambient, emotional, experimental music - LOVE FROM DUST

I'm making a new album of ambient, emotional, experimental music - LOVE FROM DUST

donnacha costello
donnacha costello
donnacha costello
donnacha costello
4 Campaigns |
Dublin, Ireland
$4,814 USD $4,814 USD 175 backers
76% of $6,258 Flexible Goal Flexible Goal
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It's important to clarify that this is a "flexible funding" campaign. The album will go ahead even if the full target is not reached. Go ahead and order with confidence. Thanks to all who have contributed so far! - Donnacha.

New ambient mix containing work from 1998-2011 uploaded to soundcloud. Several unreleased works:

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LOVE FROM DUST

The Basics

My name is Donnacha Costello. I've been making music for as long as I can remember and have been releasing it commercially since 1996:

http://www.discogs.com/artist/5735-Donnacha-Costello

In 2010 my life changed quite dramatically. I took a step back from music, quickly sold my entire studio and focused on other things.

I always knew I would come back to music and in the past year I have been working with a little synthesiser, OP-1, and posting sketches made with this to my Soundcloud page.

As my life continues to change, I finally feel ready to build up a new studio and to make a new album of ambient, emotional, experimental music - Love From Dust


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Serendipity

I've been on a waiting list for an EMS Synthi A since 2001, when I first found out that Robin Wood had plans to hand-build a small batch in Cornwall, England. Even as production continued to be delayed, I waited patiently for my Synthi for many years. Eventually, I gave up hope of ever owning this instrument.

Then, something amazing happened. I was contacted by EMS to say that my Synthi was about to be built and would be ready this summer. Unbelievably, the 13 year wait was over. The timing could not have been more perfect as I had just started production on Love From Dust.


Crowdfunding

Selling Love From Dust via a crowdfunding campaign will allow me to generate the funds needed to record/manufacture the album as I want to make it:

  1. €2000 - Recording/Mastering/Design/Manufacture
  2. €720 - The cost in fees to Indiegogo and Paypal to run the campaign
  3. €6200 - EMS Sythi (Or €4000 for Buchla Music Easel)
  4. €700 - I/O device for recording

The approximate cost of making the album I want to make is €9600

Selling Love From Dust the old-fashioned way, it could take more than a year to recoup these costs. By that time, the opportunity to purchase the Synthi would also have passed me by.

I'm aiming for 66% funding, with the remainder coming from my pocket, which is why I've set the target at €6000. Indiegogo offers flexible funding, which means that if the target isn't reached, the campaign is still funded. I will continue to make the album and manufacture the physical release with the resources at my disposal should I fail to reach my ideal funding target.


Offering

I have started work on Love From Dust and will finish it by the end of 2014. It's ambient music, with a modern aesthetic and uses new ideas and techniques I've developed since the last time I made an ambient album in 2001.

As with all of the music I've released, it offers up a slice of life view of how I'm feeling, my perspective on current aesthetics in electronic music and reflections of the tools I'm choosing.

You can expect to find shades of the emotional approach of my Together Is The New Alone album (Mille Plateaux, 2001) and some of the modular synthesiser experimentalism of my  Modul.Isol album (Raster-Noton, 2004).

Don't expect it to "sound like" these albums, I've always tried not to re-tread old ground :)

At the moment, this campaign allows you to buy:

  • Love From Dust as a download or CD with download.
  • A track by track subscription as Love From Dust is being made
  • All of the above plus a thank you and acknowledgment as a financier on the CD
  • Megafriend Plus offers all of the above and an additional personal request
  • My time and 20 years of experience to get help with your projects
  • Equipment rental
  • Workshops


Examples

When I make ambient music, it sounds like this:


Or this:

Donnacha Costello - Colorseries Cocoa B

Or this:

Donnacha Costello - Drift Sketch


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Meaning

As I've been seeing people's support rolling in over the course of this campaign, It's been a beautiful feeling to know that after 18 years of releasing records, there are still people out there who love and support my music. To know this, and to continue on our journey together, means a lot to me.

 

Other Ways You Can Help

If you can't contribute financially to this campaign, I understand that. You could still help to make it successful by doing any of the following:

  • Tweet about Love From Dust with the hashtag #lovefromdust
  • Post a link to this campaign on Facebook
  • Email all your friends and tell them about Love From Dust
  • Interview me about Love From Dust for your mag/blog etc..
  • Send suggestions for additional perks via twitter: @lovefromdust
  • follow @lovefromdust on twitter
  • Do anything else you can think of


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Signed 7" Color Vinyl/Download

Currency Conversion $17 USD
€16 EUR
Signed Colored 7" vinyl with 2 tracks of god knows what kind of noise will come out of the Synthi or the BuchIa. I don't know what it will sound like but I promise it will be good :) You'll also get a download of Love From Dust. Shipping to be charged based on location and no. of records being shipped.
8 out of 227 of claimed

Love From Dust Album Download

Currency Conversion $8 USD
€8 EUR
Download in full resolution (WAV/FLAC) of Love From Dust
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December 2014
38 claimed

Love From Dust CD and Download

Currency Conversion $10 USD
€10 EUR
CD and Download of Love From Dust. Shipping will be charged depending on where you are and how many cds are being sent. I'll contact you when the cd is ready
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December 2014
41 claimed

Love From Dust CD/DL/Bonus

Currency Conversion $16 USD
€15 EUR
This option will give you the CD and Download of Love From Dust *plus* a 3 track bonus E.P. of 3 ambient tracks recorded between 1995 and 2010*. This E.P. will be available in your choice of MP3 or WAV format and downloads will be available from June 21. Shipping for the cd will be charged depending on where you are and how many cds are being sent. I'll contact you when the cd is ready. *If you subscribed to my 12 Days project in 2011 you have these pieces already
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December 2014
8 claimed

Love From Dust Subscription

Currency Conversion $26 USD
€25 EUR
Want the CD but can't wait for the album to be ready? Subscribe to get it as it's being recorded, track by track. You'll inevitably get exclusive tracks that don't make the cd cut and you'll get an inside look at how an album develops. Of course you'll also get the CD. A shipping charge will apply depending on your location. I'll contact you when the CD is ready.
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December 2014
38 out of 100 of claimed

Love From Dust Megafriend

Currency Conversion $52 USD
€50 EUR
You've been a supporter of my music over the years. You want to see this campaign succeed and I love you. Get all of the above plus a special thank you on the CD. Shipping of your CD will be included at this price.
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December 2014
17 out of 25 of claimed

I'll play synth on your track

Currency Conversion $63 USD
€60 EUR
Send me your track and I'll add some synth parts :) Request something melodic, some pads, some processing, whatever!
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December 2014
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Love From Dust Megafriend Plus

Currency Conversion $78 USD
€75 EUR
You *really* want to see this campaign succeed and I love you even more than the others! Here's your chance for something really personal. You'll get all the Megafriend perk offers but with something personal thrown in. A postcard, a drawing, a phone call, a signed cd or piece of vinyl from my back catalog or something else you may want to suggest . Let's discuss it and, if it's reasonable, I'll do it :)
Estimated Shipping
December 2014
2 out of 25 of claimed

Synthi/Buchla Daily Rental

Currency Conversion $104 USD
€100 EUR
If you're living in Ireland, you'll be able to rent the Synthi or Buchla at this daily rate, subject to a few simple conditions.
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Signed Colorseries + LFD Mega

Currency Conversion $188 USD
€180 EUR
One full unplayed set of 10 Colorseries 12" vinyl + Love From Dust Download + Love From Dust CD + Subscription + 7" signed colored vinyl + Megafriend thanks on CD. Shipping is not included and will depend on your location and choice of shipping company. I can send the Colorseries set any time you like with the cd/7" to follow.
1 out of 3 of claimed

Megafriend Plus/Consultation

Currency Conversion $209 USD
€200 EUR
You'll get everything offered at the Megafriend Plus perk level plus a personal consultation (120 minutes max). Donnacha will listen to music, answer production queries, make edits/arrangements or offer help/consultation in whatever area of your work you need.
1 out of 5 of claimed

DONNACHA COSTELLO REMIX

Currency Conversion $347 USD
€333 EUR
Only 3 available! This perk offers exactly what it says, a Donnacha Costello remix of your track, ready for release on your label. My normal remix fee would be higher but I'm offering 3 remixes at €333 each. Be quick!
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December 2014
2 out of 3 of claimed

Synth workshop

Currency Conversion $626 USD
€600 EUR
A 4 hour workshop based around the Synthi or Buchla. I'll discuss the history of the instrument and your students will get hands on with synthesis and composition. This workshop is aimed at educational institutions. However, I can also run this for private groups of up to 4 people. If a rented room is required (hotel meeting room etc), the cost of rental will be split accross the party of 4.
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