L'esprit [extended edition 2023]

by In The Nursery

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ashtxo If memory (and ITNs posts) serves I saw them play fragments from this album at Camden Palace in 1990 unaware of what I was witnessing, a young university student, industrial post goth and DCD advocate. It took time to track down the vinyl, which I still treasure. It was time to reinvest in a beautifully orchestrated work of art.

Scott still enjoy my copy of Sesudient on 12".... Favorite track: Incidental Guilt.

Ian Holmes I've adored it since it was first released in 1990 - An amazing sound and one of my favourite albums of all-time.

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Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album
Custom ITN embossed CD tin (190mm x 135mm x 12mm), hinged with clear plastic tray insert and printed inlay - adorned with L'esprit script sticker.

The package includes a hand-pulled screen print, with rubber stamp details.
Individually numbered, embossed with the ITN logo & signed.

Plus 2 double-sided inserts featuring tracklisting, credits, and photographs by Bill Stephenson.

Special signed & numbered edition of #172 - 176.

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special numbered edition CD tin package #001-100 (signed)
Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album
Custom ITN embossed CD tin (190mm x 135mm x 12mm), hinged with clear plastic tray insert and printed inlay - adorned with L'esprit script sticker.

The package includes a hand-pulled screen print, with rubber stamp details.
Individually numbered and embossed with the ITN logo.

Plus 2 double-sided inserts featuring tracklisting, credits, and photographs by Bill Stephenson.
+ L'esprit script sticker.

Special signed & numbered edition of #001 - 100.

Includes unlimited streaming of L'esprit [extended edition 2023] via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

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special signed & numbered edition CD tin package #116-150
Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album
Custom ITN embossed CD tin (190mm x 135mm x 12mm), hinged with clear plastic tray insert and printed inlay - adorned with L'esprit script sticker.

The package includes a hand-pulled screen print, with rubber stamp details.
Individually numbered and embossed with the ITN logo.

Plus 2 double-sided inserts featuring tracklisting, credits, and photographs by Bill Stephenson.

Special signed & numbered edition of #116 - 150.

Includes unlimited streaming of L'esprit [extended edition 2023] via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

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special signed & numbered edition CD tin package #151-165
Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album
Custom ITN embossed CD tin (190mm x 135mm x 12mm), hinged with clear plastic tray insert and printed inlay - adorned with L'esprit script sticker.

The package includes a hand-pulled screen print, with rubber stamp details.
Individually numbered and embossed with the ITN logo.

Plus 2 double-sided inserts featuring tracklisting, credits, and photographs by Bill Stephenson.

Special signed & numbered edition of #151 - 165.

Includes unlimited streaming of L'esprit [extended edition 2023] via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

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1.	To The Faithful 04:46	buy track
2.	At First Sight 04:46	buy track
3.	Sesudient 04:20	buy track
4.	Azure Wings 03:03	buy track
5.	Soeurette 03:28	buy track
6.	Inamorata 00:54	buy track
7.	Retaliation 04:42	buy track
8.	Traumerei 03:49	buy track
9.	Scenes Of Childhood 04:50	buy track
10.	The Pearl 05:01	buy track
11.	L'esprit 03:46	buy track
12.	Reverie 01:46	buy track
13.	Alluvion 04:52	buy track
14.	Across The Ruins 03:59	buy track
15.	To The Faithful (Reprise) 02:19	buy track
16.	Archaic Torso 03:05	buy track
17.	Blade 03:35	buy track
18.	Incidental Guilt 03:38	buy track
19.	Cadence (unreleased) 02:59	buy track
20.	Blade (instrumental) 03:35	buy track
21.	Archaic Torso (instrumental) 03:05	buy track

about

An extended edition of In The Nursery's classic 1990 album L’esprit.
Extra tracks include instrumental and unreleased mixes.

Some reviews from the period;

“This one sounds like the music in Where Eagles Dare when they steal the cars off the Germans. This can be no bad thing."
Andrew Collins / NME

"A monumental work that’s perfect for late night/early morning attention and for home use."
Street Sound

"A beautiful, languorous moving release that’s part Gothic, part classical, and part contemporary."
Carol Schutzbank / Buzz

"L’esprit is about music without rock, without guitars, and most importantly, without a 4/4 framework."
Sam King

"Harder hearts will label this a soundtrack in search of a film, but that would be to overlook how magnificently this stands on its own."
Dave Henderson / Music Week

credits

released February 10, 2023

Written, arranged and performed by Klive And Nigel Humberstone (In The Nursery)

Produced by In The Nursery, Stephen Harris

Female Voice – Dolores Marguerite C.
Marching Snare Drum – Q.

Recorded and mixed at Slaughterhouse
Originally edited on Audiofile at the Digital Audio Co.
Remastered at Beehive Works

"L'esprit - Like The Breathless Beat Of Angels' Wings”.

For The Tears, Toil And Sweat - Dedicamus.

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In The Nursery Sheffield, UK

In The Nursery is the Sheffield-based musical project centered around the nucleus of twin brothers Klive and Nigel Humberstone who have been producing music since 1981.
Their cinematic style blends electronics, classical arrangements, orchestral percussion and soundscapes evoking a timeless quality.
ITN’s music is licensed regularly for TV, film soundtracks and trailers. ... more

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