ISIDORE
Isidore is a collaboration between Steve Kilbey and Jeffrey Cain (former guitarist with the now-disbanded Remy Zero). Jeffrey officially became a member of The Church in 2020 after Peter Koppes left.
TRANSMIGRATION (2000)
Credits
Steve Kilbey - Voice
Jeffrey Cain - Guitars
Cedric Lemoyne - Bass
Gregory Slay - Drums
Mixed by Robin Danar
Notes
This song was originally released free online (in MP3 format) by Karmic Hit.
ISIDORE (2004)
Tracks (click a title for details) | Media | |
| 1. | Musidora (4:03) | / |
| 2. | Refused On Temple St (4:06) | / |
| 3. | Sanskrit (4:33) | / |
| 4. | The Memory Cloud (5:43) | / |
| 5. | Saltwater (4:09) | / |
| 6. | One For Iris Doe (6:20) * | / |
| 7. | Ghosting (4:15) | / |
| 8. | Transmigration (4:11) | / / |
| 9. | CA. Redemption Value (7:32) | / |
| 10. | Nothing New (9:10) | / |
| 11. | No Passage (4:50) (Hidden Track) | / |
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Credits
Voice: Steve Kilbey
Music: Jeffrey Cain
Produced by Jeffrey Cain
Recorded and mixed by JC at soundisidore USA
Vocals produced and recorded by John Kilbey at KH2 Australia
except Transmigration by Robin Danaar
Mastering: Dave Macquarrie, Studios 301, Sydney
Sonic guidance, magnetic commitment: Michael Patterson
Backing vocals and choirs: John Kilbey
Drum Donor: Gregory Slay
Celibate Bass: Cedric Lemoyne
All songs Kilbey/Cain
Except No Passage: Kilbey/Cain/Slay/Kilbey
Management: Doug Buttleman for DBMI
Artwork: JC
Knocked into shape by Ian Underwood and JLK
Releases
- CD - Karmic Hit KH019 (Australia) - May 2004
- CD - Brash Music BRHPRA0010-2 (USA Advance Promo) - no front insert/booklet
- CD - Brash Music BRH0010-2 (USA) - October 12, 2004
- Digital Download - Communicating Vessels (USA) - Feb. 21, 2012 - Available at Bandcamp and Amazon
Notes
Karmic Hit says: "Timeless. Masterpiece. Two words which simply and directly sum up listening to Isidore. A trans-continental, musical correspondence which defies description. Challenging, immediete, classic, stunning - a resounding triumph of beauty; ingeniously transfixing energies in time like a musical hologram, a rainbow after the storm. Music of and from the spheres."
A limited "Matt" edition of 500 was sold through Karmic Hit. No indication what "Matt" means (matte cover, perhaps?).
* "Iris Doe" is an anagram of "Isidore."
Reviews & Comments
ISIDORE PRE-ORDER BONUS DISC (2004)
Tracks (click a title for details)
- Andalusian Dogs (2:54) –
- Mitternight (3:50) –
Credits
Steve Kilbey: Voice
Jeffrey Cain: Music
Recorded and mixed by JC at soundisidore USA
Vocals produced and recorded by John Kilbey at KH2 Australia
Backing vocals: John Kilbey
Drum Donor: Gregory Slay
All songs Kilbey/Cain
Universal Music Publishing (APRA)
As/Is Music (ASCAP) & WB Music Corp (ASCAP)
Releases
- CD - Karmic Hit [no catalog number] (Australia) - May 2004
Notes
Free with pre-order copies of Isidore. Karmic Hit offered another 250 copies free to the first 250 orders of the limited Matt(?) edition of the Isidore album.
LIFE SOMEWHERE ELSE (2012)
Tracks (click a title for details) | Media | |
| 1. | The Privateer (7:52) | / |
| 2. | Life Somewhere Else (3:35) | / |
| 3. | Song Of The City (5:21) | / |
| 4. | Old Black Spirit (4:54) | / |
| 5. | Recoil (3:16) | / / |
| 6. | Some Reverse Magic (5:16) | / |
| 7. | Reappearance (5:18) | / / |
| 8. | Oh My Sky (6:19) | / |
| 9. | Just Dust (4:33) | / |
| 10. | Belle In Mid Air (4:52) | / |
| 11. | Readymade (3:48) | / |
| 12. | Song For The Moon (4:13) | / |
| 13. | The Headlight Child (3:39) | / |
| 14. | You Will Remain (3:41) | / |
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Credits
Produced by Jeffrey Cain
All songs by Kilbey/Cain
AMCOS/Iris Doe Music (ASCAP) & WB Music Corp (ASCAP)
Except 'Song Of The City' by Kilbey/Cain/Lemoyne
AMCOS/Iris Doe Music (ASCAP) & WB Music Corp (ASCAP)/
Scapelist Music (ASCAP) & WB Music Corp (ASCAP)
Recorded at Soundisidore, Los Angeles / Communicating Vessels, Birmingham / Sunnyhurst, Sydney
Jeffrey Cain Management: Doug Buttleman at Artist In Mind
Mastered and Sequenced by Paul Longus at Taloowa, NYC
Art Direction and Design by Brian Azer
Photography by Jeffrey Cain
'Lucid Dream' by C.J. Reddy
Sincerest Thanks to Our Friends and Our Families
Dedicated to Our Isidorian Brother Gregory Scott Slay
You Will Remain
Releases
- CD - Communicating Vessels CVCD0012 (USA) - Feb. 21, 2012 - tri-fold card sleeve with 12-page booklet
- 2LP - Communicating Vessels CVLP0012 (USA) - 180-gram Vinyl, Limited Edition of 500 - Feb. 21, 2012
- Digital Download - Communicating Vessels (USA) - Feb. 21, 2012 - Available at Bandcamp and Amazon
Reviews & Comments
COMPILATIONS FEATURING TRACKS BY ISIDORE
KARMIC HIT PREVIEWS & RARITIES (2002)
Tracks
- Trilemma (5:03) - Steve Kilbey
- Bad For You (2:45) - Jack Frost
- We All Fall (4:22) - Us
- We Need a New Leader (3:17) - JLK
- Citizens (5:31) - Snog
- Transmigration (3:51) - Isidore
- Ghost Train (3:52) - Russell and John Kilbey
- Save Me (3:42) - Curious (Yellow)
- Bossa (3:47) - Steve Kilbey
- Dion (3:24) - Bhagavad Guitars
- The Winged Measurer (4:09) - SOMA
- Time Gentlemen Time (3:27) - Warp Factor 9
- God is Big Business (4:34) - Sex Industrie
- Aquanaut (3:25) - Steve Kilbey
- Travelling Karma (4:26) - JLK
- No Contact (3:23) - Us
- Persuasion (4:12) - Jack Frost
- Back of My Mind (remix) (5:25) - Fake
- Tricka Tricka Boom Boom Song (2:49) - The Twillies
- Jack's Dream (2:22) - Jack Frost
Releases
- CD - Karmic Hit KH010 (Australia) - January 2002
Notes
Comes in a digipak with an embossed cover and an (containing "A Chronology of Karmic Hit" and a paragraph about each track).
KARMIC HIT PREVIEWS AND RARITIES VOLUME 2:
LIMITED EDITION 10TH ANNIVERSARY CD (2003)
Tracks
Appearing on the night...
- * Citizens (Shaolin Wooden Men "Duty Now & Forever" remix) (5:13) - SNOG
- * Fill My Hole (Byron Scullin featuring Marcel Borrack "He's the Real Deal" remix) (5:23) - SNOG
- * A Means To An End (3:20) - Steve Kilbey
- Mechanism (4:10) - Steve Kilbey (from "Freaky Conclusions")
- Until the End (4:11) - Halogen (from "Save the Ones You Love")
- Caught Me (3:59) - Halogen (from "Save the Ones You Love")
- Rehash (3:19) - JLK (from "Nothing More Than Something to Wear")
- Friend Among Friends (radio edit) (3:15) - JLK (from "Nothing More Than Something to Wear")
- Compass (4:02) - David Lane (from Compass)
- * Lucky Joe (radio edit) (4:18) - David Lane
Coming soon...
- Monorail (2:32) - Pugwash
- Hey Little (3:06) - Pluto
- Gone For Good (2:12) - Steve Kilbey (featuring Sandi Chick) from "Kilbeyfilmusic"
- Providence (5:12) - Jack Frost (from Jack Frost re-release)
- Drop in the Ocean (3:31) - the Crystal Set (from "best of the Crystal Set")
- We Haven't Arrived (3:43) - the Bhagavad Guitars (from "best of BG's)
- The Mercury Cure (3:57) - Turkeyneck Lasso (from Turkeyneck Lasso re-release)
- Transmigration (3:52) - Isidore
In case you haven't heard these...
- My Ancient Vihmaana (5:24) - SOMA (from "My Ancient Vihmaana" EP)
- Hurricane Lamp (3:38) - Warp Factor 9 (from "Five Days in a Photon Belt")
* denotes track doesn't appear on another official release.
Releases
- CD - Karmic Hit KHPRO 04 (Australia) - plastic sleeve with card insert - limited edition of about 500
Notes
These were originally released in conjunction with the Karmic Hit 10th Anniversary shows (Feb. 27, 2003 at The Roma Room in Sydney, and March 6, 2003 at The Corner Hotel in Melbourne). The first two hundred ticket buyers for each show received the CD free. In April, 2003, this CD was offered free to the first 100 Karmic Hit mailing list subscribers who placed an order with them (either by email or through their online Mall of Convenience).