Im Pop Vox Blog von Newsweek sind heute neue Details über Lotusflow3r.com, der kommenden Heimat von Prince im Internetz, aufgetaucht.
In gebotener Kürze vor dem Wochenende eine kleine Zusammenfassung:
- Lotusflow3r.comStart ist am 24. März 2009
- Die drei neuen Prince Alben „Lotusflow3r“, „Elixer“ und „MPLSOUND“ (Cover siehe Bild) werden als Download auf der Site angeboten
- Gegen eine jährliche Gebühr von $77 kann eine Mitgliedschaft erworben werden
- „MPLSOUND“ bietet u.a. „one of Prince’s best collaborations with a rapper to date, in the person of Q-Tip„!
- Drei neue Videos ebenfalls am 24.03: „Crimson and Clover“, „Chocolate Box“ und Bria Valente Song „Everytime“
- „Creep“, des Meisters Radiohead Cover beim Coachella Festival, wird auf der Site auch zu sehen sein
Kurz durchatmen Prince Fans und dann nüchtern feststellen, dass uns diese Ankündigungen alle nicht vom Hocker reißen.
EXCLUSIVE: New Details on Prince’s Online Venture, Live Dates, Photos, and More! – newsweek.com
Update via dem Doktor:
PRINCE ANNOUNCES MUCH ANTICIPATED LAUNCH OF NEW LOTUSFLOW3R.COM
WEBSITE ON MARCH 24, 2009 WITH UNPRECEDENTED ACCESS TO
NEW AND OLD CONTENT INCLUDING NEW ALBUMS, CONCERT TICKETS AND CONCERT FOOTAGEThe Site Will Allow Members to Download New Studio Albums LOtUSFLOW3R, MPLSoUND, and
Elixer, a collaboration with his new protégé Bria Valente, as Part of the Annual Membership Fee
Prior to Release in Target StoresON THE EVENING OF THE LAUNCH, PRINCE WILL PLAY THREE SEPARATE SHOWS ACROSS THE LOS ANGELES AREA TO SUPPORT THE NEW SITE
Los Angeles, CA“¦March 16, 2009 – In an unprecedented effort to manage his own content, Prince is proud to announce the official launch of his new, highly anticipated website LotusFlow3r.com on March 24th, 2009. As soon as the site goes live, fans will have access to new content including digital downloads of his new studio albums LOtUSFLOW3r, MPLSoUND and Elixer, a collaboration with his new protégé Bria Valente; concert tickets; sneak peaks at upcoming events; live concert footage; exclusive imagery from past albums and other exclusive photos for an annual membership fee of $77. Throngs of fans have already signed up on the existing beta version of the website for email updates and are waiting in the wings to become members and experience the world of Prince in a whole new way.
On the evening of March 28th, Prince will be performing at three different locations with three different bands throughout the Los Angeles area. How he plans to do this is still a mystery and even his musicians are not sure of all the details, but Prince fans have come to expect the unexpected. In addition, it was previously announced that Prince will play an unprecedented three nights in a row on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno on March 25th, 26th and 27th and will return to help Leno end his reign on the late night show by performing on his next to last show on May 28th.
LotusFlow3r.com is an entire interactive galaxy, conceived by Prince and created by Scott Addison Clay and Anthony Malzone, that takes the Prince fans into three distinctly different worlds emanating the feel of the three new albums in a high-end 3-D style design. Currently, the beta version of the site hosts new tracks „Colonized Mind“ from the new LOtUSFLOW3r album, „DiscoJellyfish“ from the new MPLSoUND album and „Another Boy“ from Elixer with Bria. In addition, the site is slated to release a new music video from each of the three albums on the launch date including „Crimson and Clover“ from LOtUSFLOW3r, „Chocolate Box“ from MPLSoUND and „Everytime“ from Elixer. Prince also plans to give his fans access to tickets to live shows, concert footage from past performances, exclusive imagery from his past albums and other exclusive photos, exclusive information about any private or secret shows, as well as exclusive content that will only be available in the first week of the site launch and may never become available again. Fans who join the site early will also receive a boutique-quality „Founding Member“ t-shirt that displays the central image from the galaxy. Over time, Prince will continue to give fans more access to high-end never released photos and video content and much more.
Prince collaborated with Malzone and Clay throughout the design and development of the entire website. In fact, the three often fed off of each other“™s creative ideas. For instance, Prince wrote the music for the track „DiscoJellyfish,“ which inspired Malzone, who visualized a design and took to his computer programs to design graphics and artwork to communicate the feel of the song, which then, upon seeing the designs, further inspired Prince to continue to write the song. Everything within this galaxy is a creative portal derived from the brilliant mind of Prince, beautifully executed by Malzone and Clay. […]