{"product_id":"fordlandia","title":"Fordlandia","description":"\u003cp\u003eOriginally released just as Jóhann’s star was rising in the world of modern composition, \u003ci\u003eFordlândia \u003c\/i\u003eis a beautiful meld of strings and electronics, with two themes running throughout; “This album is like a film with two separate story lines that at first don´t seem to have a lot to do with each other, but actually they do,” said Jóhann at the time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe idea of failed utopias is the main thread, with the album’s title is a reference to the Fordlândia rubber plantation in Brazil that Henry Ford built with grand plans in the mid-1920s but abandoned after a mere eight years at a huge cost and without a single tire for one of his cars having been produced. The collision of mysticism and rocket science is the other theme explored – made apparent by song titles such as \u003ci\u003eThe Rocket Builder (Lo Pan!)\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eMelodia (Guidelines for a Space Propulsion Device Based on Heim’s Quantum Theory)\u003c\/i\u003e – a topic Jóhann was fascinated by at the time of writing this album, keenly studying the leftfield works of John Whiteside Parsons and Burkhard Heim.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreviously only available on vinyl as a small run pressed by Jóhann himself on his NTOV label, this new pressing comes spread across two 180 Gram pieces of black vinyl and is housed in a beautiful gatefold sleeve. This pressing has been mastered by Bo Kondren at Calyx and the artwork has been adapted from his original design by Chris Bigg.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"4AD","offers":[{"title":"Black | LP | x2","offer_id":50466967552331,"sku":"378134","price":29.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/9d52c57c-743e-49d1-a114-cadd2a8aae8d_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727333275","url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/de\/products\/fordlandia","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}