Clint Mansell & Clint Walsh’s reimagining of Lou Reed’s 1973 album “Berlin”, a tribute to Mansell’s late partner Heather who passed away in 2014.
“Grief, loss, pain, are by no means unique to any individual, no one is spared. And while the experience is universal, it’s also the most lonely place. Heather died on October 16th, 2014.
In ‘Levels of Life’, author Julian Barnes lists the ‘lasts’ he shared with his Wife before here death. The last film Heather and I watched together was the Julian Schnabel film of Lou Reed performing ‘Berlin’ live at St Ann’s Warehouse, Brooklyn in 2006.
Reimagining this music, with musician and producer Clint Walsh - a friend who became a great friend through this experience - is part of what lifted me over a wall of grief that I had previously been unable to climb.
So this is dedicated to Heather, and Lou, with love.” Clint Mansell
Doing something simple is often so very difficult. Clint had given me a photograph taken by Heather shortly before she passed, and that picture said more about this recording than any design ever could. It was/is a beautifully simple yet complicated captured moment that creates a narrative all of its own, and a perfect accompaniment to the sounds beyond. Printed to-scale then applied gloss-spot varnish, very little else was necessary. I took a pencil and wrote the title and track names, added some small typographic elements, then finished it off with a hot-pink vinyl. A beautiful record, available now from Invada.
