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****Out May 14, 2018*****

18 months after work began, the second Donovan’s Brain archive set is now complete. The deluxe packaging design was delivered last week, approved and sent to press.

3 discs, 4 hours of music, 49 songs, a 20 page full color booklet housed in a deluxe DVD size cover. Rare phtos, original Richard Treece art and an essay by Malcolm Morley. This set is limited to 500 copies. More track information can be found on the Convolutions Page.

Convolutions Of The Brain 1991 – 2016 was conceived as a tribute to Richard Treece. The centerpiece of the set is the complete Terrastock Rehearsals with Richard. Recorded live in the studio on 16 track analog tape for historical purposes, it was determined these performances were sutible for release. All newly mixed and mastered. Several other unreleased tracks, Terrastock extras, and rare tracks are also included. The set is rounded out with unreleased recordings, rare compilation tracks, live recordings and film music. Most tracks have been remixed for this set and all mastered by Gary Hobish for this release. The cast includes Deniz Tek, Malcoplm Morley, Ken Whaley, Dave Walker, Bobby Sutliff, Ric Parnell, Tom Stevens and Scott Sutherland.

Pre-orders are now available at the Career Records Shop. Career is also offering 3 specially priced bundles, collecting other Donovan’s Brain Career releases, vinyl and CD. These bundles are being offered for a limited time.

The new Deniz Tek album, Lost For Words is also now in the production pipeline and set for September 1st release.

Deniz Tek’s new album is now scheduled for late summer 2018 release. Eleven songs were recorded mid-August with Keith Streng, Ric Parnell, Bob Brown and Ron Sanchez at GLEA. Additional guitar overdubs were carried out in Billings with Bob Brown. Work retured to Bozeman where extensive keyboard and guitar overdubs were added. Pip Hoyle added piano parts to a pair of songs, completing principal work on the album. The tracks will be mixed at Sugarhill with long time Radio Birdman friend Mort Bradley. Deniz will be doing an acoustic tour of Europe, as well as dates with Radio Birdman in the fall.

The Donovan’s Brain box set will see release in March 2018. The complex artwork for the booklet and work on Deniz’s album has pushed back the release date. Work on the new Brain album continues. 21 songs are on the A-list of songs to be completed. Writing and recording continues.

The Donovan’s Brain box set, Convolutions Of The Brain is now nearing the August 31st release date. The cover art is being prepared by long time Brain design collaborator Tom Azure. The first drafts of the cover and booklet art have been delivered for review.

The set contains four hours of unreleased and rare Donovan’s Brain recordings spanning the years 1991 through 2017. Gruitarist Richard Treece is featured on half of the material. Deniz Tek, Dave Walker, Ken Whaley and Malcolm Morley also contribute.

The three CD set is packaged in a DVD sized cover and comes with a 20 page booklet which includes track details and photos. Convolutions Of The Brain will be limited to 500 copies.

Work on the follow up to Mean Old Twister will begin in ten days. Deniz’s new album will be an all instrumental surf album. Joining Deniz in the studio will beguitarist Keith Streng fresh off Den’s spring tour. Ric Parnell and Bob Brown will be returning as the studio rhythm section. Ron Sanchez will be suppling the keyboards as well are engineering the sessions. Ten new songs have been written for the album, including one featured on the recent tour. The album may also include the rare tour single B-side Song For Dave.

Work on the Brain box set artwork is nearly complete. The elaborate package and 20 page book has taken longer than expected to complete. Meanwhile work on the new Donovan’s Brain album is moving forward. There are at least 16 songs currently in the work folder and several more under consideration.

Radio Birdman and Died Pretty will be doin a short tour around Australia in June. The bands will be alternating the headline slot.

Deniz Tek has written the material for his next solo album, an all instrumental surf collection. One of the new songs was previewed on the recent tour.