Digitalis has made its first venture into book publishing with The Isolatarium, out today.
Label founder Brad Rose (AKA Charlatan and The North Sea) has long been a purveyor of multimedia—just consider his online music magazine Foxy Digitalis, which closed up shop at the beginning of this year. The Isolatarium is Rose's first novel, and for now exists only as an e-book (a physical release will hopefully accompany its second part). The book was inspired by Rose's obsession with sci-fi, and particularly the album of the same name which he released on Type last year as Charlatan.
Rose offers up this brief description of the book's plot:"In the late 24th century, hacker Diadem Streng idles inside an isolated prison in space, tormented by his past. Dragged into dangerous experiments by his charming girlfriend, Celandine, and her dream of reviving Earth’s dead oceans, he learns a dark secret that could threaten the control of the corporate elite, the Magnates. The only way to avoid such a fate is to destroy everything he and Cela had worked so hard for before the Magnates ruin their lives. Ultimately, he is locked away in a sterile white hell, forced to obsessively search for the truth in his own memories."
The novel comes with a soundtrack, available if you purchase the book directly from the label, or also free of charge separately here. It features new tracks from Rose himself and Digitalis stalwarts like Prostitutes, Basic House, James Ginzburg, Best Available Technology and others.
Tracklist
01. Charlatan - Ade's Theme
02. Paco Sala - Hey Kimmy
03. Basic House - Denial As Method
04. Rose Kallal & James Ginzburg - Arrim
05. Prostitutes - Der Tod Kommt Aus Dem All
06. Giant Claw - Isolatarium
07. Best Available Technology - Cracked Oceans
08. Josh Mason - Uphill & Invisible
09. SEEKERSINTERNATIONAL - UnsoundBwoy
10. Peder Mannerfelt - Mach1
11. Charlatan - Cela's Theme
Digitalis released The Isolataraium on September 3rd, 2013.