\nADI NEWTON & MICHAEL SOMERSET WARD \u2014 DIMIDIUM ORACULI (ARMEU010)<\/strong><\/h1>\n
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NO ORDINARY RACONTEUR :: DIMIDIUM ORACULI :: RELEASE DAY<\/h3>\n
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Two records, out today in Europe. Each is the enigma of the other.<\/h3>\n
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Today, 6 November 2026, the two new Armcomm Europe albums are released in Europe: No Ordinary Raconteur<\/strong><\/em>, Michael Somerset Ward’s first solo album, and Dimidium Oraculi<\/strong><\/em>, the first full album together by Adi Newton and Michael Somerset Ward.<\/p>\n The first gives birth to the second, as a dark mirror sends back a darker image. Dimidium Oraculi<\/em> is half of the oracle: Michael reworking Adi, Adi reworking Michael.<\/p>\n NO ORDINARY RACONTEUR<\/strong> DIMIDIUM ORACULI<\/strong> EDITIONS<\/strong> RIZOSTREAM<\/strong> SHIPPING AND RELEASES<\/strong> TECHNICAL DETAILS<\/strong><\/p>\n NO ORDINARY RACONTEUR \u2014 Michael Somerset Ward A Side B Side Vinyl: 12 tracks, 29’22<\/strong><\/p>\n CD Bonus Tracks<\/strong> CD: 15 tracks, 50’45<\/strong><\/p>\n Rizostream: 16 tracks, adding Doomerati \u2013 The Final Party Mix, a remix by Dean Honer<\/p>\n Recorded in Sheffield, 2025\u20132026, by David Lewin and Dean Honer Musicians: Michael Somerset Ward (vocals, spoken word, baritone, sopranino, alto and tenor saxophones, bass clarinet, clarinet, piccolo, flutes, daf, ring modulator), David Lewin, Adi Newton, Stephen Mallinder, Karl D’Silva, Glenn Gregory, Peter Rophone, Matthew Bourne, Gino Robair, Dean Honer, Charlotte Keeffe, Martin Archer, Andres Figueroa, Philippe Clegg, Aby Vulliamy, Michael Bardon, Alex Ward, Simon M. Elliott-Kemp, Sylwia Drwal, Loretta Chantrey, Seth Bennett, Adam Fairclough, Charles Collins, Rachel Edmondson, Maarten Ornstein<\/p>\n Cover: Non-Euclidean Portrait of Michael Somerset Ward, acrylic on canvas, Adi Newton, 2026 Publishing: BMG Management Rights (UK) Ltd; “4 Hours”: Mute Song Ltd. \/ Rough Trade Publishing \/ Copyright Control DIMIDIUM ORACULI<\/strong> \u2014 Adi Newton & Michael Somerset Ward <\/p>\n Side A<\/strong> Side B<\/strong> Rizostream only<\/strong> Rizostream: 6 tracks<\/p>\n Publishing: Mute Song Limited \/ BMG Management Rights Dimidium Oraculi, build your bundle: https:\/\/rizosfera.org\/en\/shop\/armeu010\/<\/a> <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" RELEASE DAY! :: MICHAEL SOMERSET WARD \u2014 NO ORDINARY RACONTEUR (ARMEU009) & ADI NEWTON & MICHAEL SOMERSET WARD \u2014 DIMIDIUM ORACULI (ARMEU010) NO ORDINARY RACONTEUR :: DIMIDIUM ORACULI :: RELEASE DAY Two records, out today in Europe. Each is the enigma of the other. Today, 6 November 2026, the two new […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":220008,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37,39,175,311,319,338,474],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-220163","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-records","category-news","category-cds","category-adi-newton","category-armcomm","category-armcomm-europe","category-michael-somerset-ward"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rizosfera.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/220163","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rizosfera.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rizosfera.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rizosfera.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rizosfera.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=220163"}],"version-history":[{"count":22,"href":"https:\/\/rizosfera.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/220163\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":220186,"href":"https:\/\/rizosfera.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/220163\/revisions\/220186"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rizosfera.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/220008"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rizosfera.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=220163"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rizosfera.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=220163"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rizosfera.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=220163"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nMichael Somerset Ward, a multi-instrumentalist and songwriter who came up through Sheffield’s post-punk scene, was in Clock DVA from December 1981 to June 1982. His album is a cinematic concept record on mortality, memory and the passage of time. Adi Newton’s voice runs through it: on Delphic Response<\/em>, and on the four parts of Half-Life<\/em>, the prose poem he wrote for the album. Around Michael: Glenn Gregory (Heaven 17), Stephen Mallinder (Cabaret Voltaire), Matthew Bourne, Gino Robair, Dean Honer, Karl D’Silva, David Lewin, Martin Archer, Charlotte Keeffe.
\nCover: Non-Euclidean Portrait of Michael Somerset Ward<\/em>, acrylic on canvas by Adi Newton, 2026.<\/p>\n
\n12″ mini-LP, vinyl, 33rpm. Four tracks, twenty-seven minutes. No titles anywhere on the package: only Adi Newton’s paintings, from two series, Mirrored Head<\/em> (his self-portraits) and Non-Euclidean Portrait of Michael Somerset Ward<\/em>. Each series returns three times, on the discobag, the label and the four-page booklet. All of it inside the Armcomm Europe Folder Notturno Nero, logos printed in silver, assembled by hand, copy by copy.<\/p>\n
\nNo Ordinary Raconteur<\/em>: LP vinyl 33rpm, 300 copies, 12 tracks (ARMEUV009); CD A5 digifile, 300 copies, 15 tracks (ARMEUCD009).
\nDimidium Oraculi<\/em>: 300 copies. Special Edition, 100 copies on twill paper, signed by Adi Newton and numbered in pencil (ARMEUV010SE); open edition, 200 copies on matt coated paper (ARMEUV010).
\nFor now, Dimidium Oraculi<\/em> comes only beside No Ordinary Raconteur<\/em>, as a bundle, from Rizosfera Europa and Rizosfera America.<\/p>\n
\nEach album has its own Rizostream code and its own listening page. On Rizostream, No Ordinary Raconteur runs to 16 tracks, adding Doomerati \u2013 The Final Party Mix, a remix by Dean Honer. The codes reach you at the moment of purchase, at the email address you entered with your order: if you cannot find them, please check your spam or promotions folder.<\/p>\n
\nRizosfera orders ship from 10 November; every parcel will have left our warehouse by 30 November.
\nNo Ordinary Raconteur<\/em> is released in the rest of the world on 20 November 2026: AMS worldwide, Rough Trade in the United Kingdom, Rizosfera America across the Americas and Oceania.<\/p>\n
\nArmcomm Europe ARMEUV009 (12″ Vinyl \u00a033 rpm) \/ ARMEUCD009 (CD A5 digifile)<\/p>\n
\nA1 Half-Life 1 \u2013 0’24
\nA2 Delphic Response \u2013 4’16
\nA3 4 Hours \u2013 4’03
\nA4 Dead Man’s Coat \u2013 3’42
\nA5 Half-Life 2 \u2013 0’37
\nA6 Harry’s England \u2013 3’10<\/p>\n
\nB1 No Ordinary Raconteur \u2013 3’10
\nB2 Half-Life 3 \u2013 0’23
\nB3 The Future Is Here Today \u2013 2’43
\nB4 Se\u00f1or Slippery \u2013 4’43
\nB5 Half-Life 4 \u2013 1’11
\nB6 Butchers of Distinction \u2013 1’00<\/p>\n
\n13 Future Cartography \u2013 6’48
\n14 Doomerati \u2013 6’56
\n15 Rain Wolves \u2013 7’39<\/p>\n
\nProduced by Michael Somerset Ward
\nMastered by Dean Honer<\/p>\n
\nSleeve design: Adi Newton \u00b7 Layout: Gabriele Fantuzzi<\/p>\n
\n\u2117 2026 Michael Somerset Ward under exclusive licence to Armcomm Europe \/ Rizosfera
\nTracks 13 and 14: \u2117 2024 Michael Somerset Ward, first released on Threnodies and Ad hocs (Discus Music, 2024)
\n\u00a9 2026 Armcomm Europe \/ Rizosfera<\/p>\n
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\nArmcomm Europe ARMEUV010 (Open Edition) \/ ARMEUV010SE (Special Edition)
\n12″ mini-LP, vinyl, 33rpm \u00b7 4 tracks, 27 minutes
\nPublishing: Mute Song Limited \/ BMG Management Rights
\n\u00a9 + \u2117 2026 Adi Newton & Michael Somerset Ward under exclusive licence to Armcomm Europe \/ Rizosfera<\/p>\n
\nA1 Delphic Response (Lower Drop Mix)
\nA2 Last Signal (Somerset Reimagined)<\/p>\n
\nB1 Future Cartography Re-Mapped
\nB2 Half-Life Extended<\/p>\n
\n05 Last Signal (Rizostream Version)
\n06 Future Cartography Re-Formed (Rizostream Version)<\/p>\n
\n\u00a9 + \u2117 2026 Adi Newton & Michael Somerset Ward under exclusive licence to Armcomm Europe \/ Rizosfera<\/p>\n
\nNo Ordinary Raconteur: https:\/\/rizosfera.org\/en\/shop\/armeu009\/<\/a>
\nAdi Newton at Rizosfera: https:\/\/go.rizosfera.org\/en\/adi-newton-tagc-clockdva<\/a><\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/rizosfera.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/NOR-DIGIFILE-Case-Mock-Up-300x187.jpg\")
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