DOPE PURPLE ‘Children In The Darkness' Purple Galaxy LP & 'Grateful End' CD

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artist: DOPE PURPLE
title: 'Children In The Darkness’
catalogue # REPOSELP148
format: Vinyl LP (Purple Galaxy with Obi)
shop release date: June 13th 2025
UPC# 5051142058218

LP Tracklisting

A. New Psyche & Beyond The Body (23:33)
B1. Night Flying (14:18)
B2. Children In The Darkness (11:09)

Limited 198 copies, all pressed on purple galaxy effect vinyl
Housed in matt finished outer sleeve
Black polylined inner bag
With two sided Obi

© & ℗ WV Sorcerer Productions & Riot Season Records 2025

Psychedelic rock in the dark!

Dope Purple's new album 'Children In The Darkness’ was recorded when the band hosted a live midnight recording session at Revolver, Taipei City on Friday 3rd March 2023.

Amidst the tense silence of the middle of the night, the five members of Dope Purple, two guest musicians: saxophonist Yong Yandsen from Malaysia, British drummer Darren Moore from Singapore, and a familiar audience, came together to produce the album 'Children In The Darkness’.

The album is a ferocious space psychedelic rock, no starlight, no glamourous psychedelic paradise, just a meditative journey of infinite darkness and ear-splitting tinnitus. Unlike our last album, I didn't have a specific theme or idea for this album, however I named it 'Children In The Darkness’ because all the songs on this album share the same lonely, disorientating chaos that reminds me of children forgotten in the darkness, and Dope Purple has always been a messenger for those children, playing sedative music for their ghosts.

At the end of each performance, I can clearly feel my furious brain melting away and only the calming spirit remains in my body.

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artist: DOPE PURPLE
title: 'Grateful End'
catalogue # REPOSECD098
format: CD in 7" Size Packaging

CD Tracklisting

1. My Evilness (7:05)
2. Cosmic Rock Is Not Dead (9:01)
3. The Last Day of Humanity / Good Night, & Good Death (10:36)
4. New Man (4:37

In their own words ...

“Grateful End" is our album release in 2019 in the form of CD and cassette.

The title "Grateful End" clearly shows that this is our album with the theme of "End", such as "The Last Day of Humanity" and “Good Night, Good Death" are two of our songs with the theme of "End". However, this album also has another theme of " Live", in fact most of the songs on this album are based on our imagination of "Live". “End" is not the antonym of “Live”, "End" is just one of the stages of “Live”, in other words “End" is also our “Live”. “Grateful End" is a meaningful “End" for people struggling to “Live”. It is only when the “End" comes together with “Live” that we can find significance in it and pay attention to how people face the “End" of “Live”. The End of something enables us to understand “Live”.

Most of the tracks for Grateful End was recorded in 2018, before the epidemic, so our music doesn't reflect the situation of epidemic, but there was a time in 2020 when I thought about the reality that humanity was facing the last day of humanity. Thanks to the efforts of many people, humanity is not yet extinct, and thanks to the help of many people, we can now release this vinyl. We are very grateful to all of you.

But at the same time, the plight of the epidemic has re-emerged many humanity and morality issues that we have avoided looking at. Maybe we won't die out, but if we don't face our humanity squarely, we will lose our humanity in the future and will no longer be human. I don't know what our music can do about humanity, but it is true that music is one of the creations of humanity, and music cannot leave humanity. As music music lovers, our creations will always face humanity. I hope that in the future, after the epidemic is over, we can understand and inspire each other through our live and music.