RELEASED 24.6.2013
NEW REMASTERED EDITION OF THE DEBUT ALBUM BY BILL NELSON’S ORCHESTRA ARCANA – UNAVAILABLE FOR OVER TEN YEARS BOOKLET WITH FULLY RESTORED ARTWORK & NEW ESSAY ESOTERIC RECORDINGS imprint Cocteau Discs, the home of BILL NELSON’s catalogue between 1971 and 2001, continues their series of on-going releases with the release of a newly remastered edition of the album, "ICONOGRAPHY”. The album was issued in 1986 credited to ORCHESTRA ARCANA, due to the contractual situation Bill found himself in with CBS Records. The music within comprises recordings made at Bill’s Echo Observatory home studio in 1984 and 1985. BILL NELSON reflected on the album thus; "Whilst these recordings are "lo fi” in nature, I have always been fond of them. These recordings serve as a reminder that expensive technology isn’t always the key to creativity”. "Iconography” is a fine album that remains fascinating and engaging nearly three decades later. The Cocteau Discs edition fully restores the original album artwork and features a new note by Bill Nelson. It also features two bonus tracks from the "Sex Psyche Etc.” EP released in 1985. 1. Christ via wires 2. Clock conscious 3. I wonder 4. Eastern electric 5. Search and listen 6. News from nowhere 7. One man’s fetish is another man’s faith 8. Right, then left 9. Iconography 10. The gods speak 11. Life class 12. Altar natives 13. Sex, psyche, etcetera BONUS TRACKS 14. Several famous orchestras 15. Who he is