2003 Until Now
Realising that his involvement in soundsystem culture took him away from Cindytalk, Sharp got down to recording new music which resulted in 2003's Klang Galerie 7" release Transgender Warrior / Guts Of London which saw Cindytalk move into even more abstract areas, taking a closer look at the rhythms, tones and melodies of noise. Sharp relocated to Japan in 2004 and has been working on various projects, including the recently released Cindytalk album The Crackle Of My Soul, a work of sound poetry which attempts to put the experiment at the centre of the idea, leaving any melodies to be found shimmering around the edges. In the summer of 2005 Cindytalk was invited to use tracks from "The Crackle Of My Soul" as musical score for the UK independent film "Madrigal" (Rabblewise Films). In summer 2006 and again based in London, Cindytalk started working on a new (band) album provisionally entitled "In A World Without Hope", the current line-up for this album is also in rehearsal for future live shows in and around Europe. In January 2007 Cindytalk signed a licensing deal with Italian distributors Abraxas through a sub-label Wheesht, who were to re-issue the entire back catalogue. However, this deal appears to have gone awry with Abraxas releasing the first two Cindytalk albums Camouflage Heart and In This World without complying with the contract. Legal action is being taken by Cindytalk. Sharps' own label touchedRAW is in the process of releasing two records; Cindytalk's FieryPlanetEyes and Matt Kinnison's Evenings Of Ordinary Sand.
The Indiana-based label BlueSanct released a Cindytalk 10 inch called Silver Shoals Of Light as part of their 10 year anniversary limited edition ART SINGLES club.
Matt Kinnison died from cancer on Wednesday 7 May 2008.
Vienna based label Editions Mego released the Cindytalk album The Crackle Of My Soul in November 2009 with the catalogue number eMEGO 097.A 10 inch vinyl split release in tandem with Robert Hampson was released in early March 2010 featuring Cindytalk's Five Mountains Of Fire and Robert Hampson's Antarctica Ends Here with stunning sleeve design by Dave Coppenhall - eMEGO 105. Cindytalk's new album Up Here In The Clouds is due to be released on 30 August, again with sleeve art by Dave Coppenhall (eMEGO 106.) A vinyl double album provisionally entitled The Poetry Of Decay which collates both The Crackle Of My Soul and Up Here In The Clouds will also be released in early November 2010. Early 2011 will see the third album of the trilogy Hold Everything Dear released, also on Editions Mego.In Spring 2011 Jacob Burns of Lata (and former bass player with Scottish band Damn Shames) has joined up with Cindytalk for a stint doing electronics.Cindytalk were invited by Ray Davies of The Kinks to play at the Meltdown Festival on London's Southbank (June 2011.)
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