‘MYSTIFY
A Musical Journey with
MICHAEL HUTCHENCE’
THE SOUNDTRACK / SOUNDSCAPE
TO THE FORTHCOMING CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED DOCUMENTARY
‘MYSTIFY – MICHAEL HUTCHENCE’
RARE TRACKS, DEEP CUTS & HUGE HITS BY MICHAEL HUTCHENCE AND INXS
FIRST SINGLE ‘SPILL THE WINE’ OUT NOW
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When long-time INXS manager Chris M. Murphy took on the task/responsibility of being on the creative team for forthcoming already critically acclaimed documentary “Mystify – Michael Hutchence” he had no idea of the emotional roller coaster that was coming his way.
Working with his old friend Mark Edwards, the duo worked to produce something more than just a soundtrack, as the name suggests the listener goes on a journey where rare, unreleased tracks mix with snippets of dialogue, massive INXS hits and hidden gems from both Michael and the band’s back catalogues. The album is divided up into four sections; Side A, Side B, Side C and Side D all of which mix into each other giving the listener a more profound dreamlike experience than the usual soundtrack.
Chris M. Murphy takes up the story: “Over four weeks, Mark and I would work through late, spooky nights together dealing with Michael’s past work while turning it into new work, a new body of work. There were plenty of tears of remembrance along with tears of joy as we were doing something Michael would love. Late one night, Mark called me from the studio yelling: ‘Mate, there are ghosts everywhere flying around the room”’. He described: ‘every time I could not decide if Michael would like the direction of a track he would get down on his knees to pray to Michael and God’ and he said, they would always answer him.”
The documentary and soundscape that accompanies the film could not come at a better time for the band as Murphy says: “We are entering an exciting period of rediscovery of their (INXS) legacy and a reassessment of their place in music history.”
The first single from the Soundtrack, out today, is a rare solo recording of Michael Hutchence covering Eric Burdon & War’s funk/soul hit ‘Spill The Wine’, recently unearthed & remastered at Abbey Road Studios, London.
‘Mystify – Michael Hutchence’ is a feature-length documentary about the troubled heart and soul of Michael Hutchence directed by filmmaker Richard Lowenstein who collaborated extensively with the band throughout their career directing eighteen INXS videos as well as three for Hutchence solo projects and Michael’s acting debut ‘Dogs In Space’. A single screening at the Tribeca Film Festival in New York made headlines around the world. Screen Daily has lauded the film as showing that Hutchence ‘Belongs in the same company as Mick Jagger, Jim Morrison, and Robert Plant’, and that the film ‘is a more than worthy tribute.’
Pre-order ‘Mystify – A Musical Journey With Michael Hutchence’ here
Listen to ‘Spill The Wine’ here
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‘MYSTIFY – A MUSICAL JOURNEY WITH MICHAEL HUTCHENCE’
…Including material from the INXS archives
SIDE A
Let It Ride • Deliver Me (Demo) • Black & White • Need You Tonight (Live 1988)
• Under My Thumb** • Please (You Got That)
SIDE B
What You Need • Don’t Change • Spill The Wine* • Move On • Need You Tonight
SIDE C
Devil Inside • Love Is (What I Say) • Baby Don’t Cry • All I’m Saying* • Shine Like It Does
SIDE D
Burn For You • Viking Juice • Kiss The Dirt (Falling Down The Mountain)
• Original Sin • Never Tear Us Apart***
* Michael Hutchence
** Michael Hutchence & London Symphony Orchestra
*** Michael Hutchence, Mylène Farmer & INXS
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‘MYSTIFY – A MUSICAL JOURNEY
WITH MICHAEL HUTCHENCE’
Digital / CD / Cassette / Double Vinyl
released from July 5 2019
on PETROL RECORDS
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ABOUT PETROL RECORDS
Petrol, founded in 2001, is the world’s most successful first all-digital record company and the first independent label to sign a worldwide distribution agreement with Apple Inc.’s iTunes. Petrol’s numerous chart and sales successes over the years in various musical genres, together with Christopher M. Murphy’s other multimedia endeavours, resulted in Murphy receiving the New South Wales Premier’s Expo Award for Arts & Entertainment and being named Australian Entrepreneur of the Year by Business Review Weekly for his many achievements. In 2008 Murphy received a Grammy nomination for his documentary on the street music of Cuba (now referred to as ‘Reggaeton’). In 2009, Petrol signed INXS’ classic catalogue to the label and in 2017, INXS were awarded with 50 million worldwide sales. With iTunes alone, Petrol has achieved more than 180 #1’s, more than 700 Top 10, and more than 1,600 Top 100 positions. In addition to Murphy’s Grammy nomination for a cutting-edge documentary, and following the # 1 rated television mini-series in 2014, Petrol broke all records with six albums in the Top 10. With millions of records sold worldwide and ranking as one of the world’s most successful independent labels, Petrol continue to succeed in the marketplace.
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