David Lynch writes: “Dear friends, some of you may have heard of Thought Gang, a musical collaboration between myself and Angelo Badalamenti. The music evolved out of wild experimentation along with great studio musicians. Two pieces were showcased on the Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me soundtrack in 1992. For many years the full album sat dormant. Until now.”
By the time Twin Peaks’ second season had aired and Fire Walk With Me had just began principle production, Thought Gang had been born. The esoteric jazz side-project of David Lynch and Angelo Badalamenti evolved from the seeds of Twin Peaks’ trademark slow cool jazz and blossomed into more experimental pastures: horizonless vistas of acid-soaked free-jazz, laced with spoken word narratives and sprawling noisescapes. Fire Walk With Me’s soundtrack would ultimately showcase two preliminary tracks (‘A Real Indication’ and ‘The Black Dog Runs at Night’) from a full-length album that wouldn’t see release for the next two and a half decades. Between May of 1992, and continuing throughout 1993, the bulk of the remaining material for the album was recorded in pieces. This dove-tailed into a string of contracted sessions for other Lynch-Badalamenti projects.
Info and pre-order: bit.ly/ThoughtGang