Like a Puppet Show marks the first of a series of collaborations between actor/director John Malkovich, top commercial director/photographer Sandro, and producer/composer Eric Alexandrakis. For this project, John Malkovich recited Plato’s Allegory of the Cave over an original piece of ambient music by Alexandrakis, while being paired with exclusive photos of Malkovich taken by Sandro. Once Malkovich’s part was completed the group began reaching out to a variety of artists to lend their creative flair to the release.

Other featured artists run the gamut from the orchestral Celtic breeze of The Cranberries’ Dolores O’Riordan, skipping into the rock and roll humor of Dweezil Zappa, driving into the experimental electronics of Young The Giant, Efterklang, The Dandy Warhols andThe Cars’ Ric Ocasek, through the epic gangsta rap of Blondie’s Chris Stein, the haunting beauty of Placebo, the classical piano of Harry Waters [son of Roger Waters], and resting with experimental ambience from Eric Alexandrakis.

The vinyl only release features photographs of Malkovich by Sandro, and will be out on their Cryogenia π label on Record Store Day, November 27. The trio will mark the occasion with a signing event at the legendary Music Millennium in Portland, Oregon beginning at 3:00PM and lasting until 5:00PM. More information about the event can be found here.

1. Cryocarbon 14C MIXED BY OMD
2. Cryolife 7:14 A.M. MIXED BY YOKO ONO & SEAN LENNON
3. Cryoblue Cheese Ο MIXED BY RIC OCASEK
4. CryoZolon X MIXED BY DWEEZIL ZAPPA
5. Cryoparoxsym A MIXED BY YOUNG THE GIANT
6. Platogenia X And The Caves MIXED BY THE DANDY WARHOLS
7. Cryostat Ø MIXED BY EFTERKLANG
8. Cryoplacebo 47/XXY MIXED BY PLACEBO
9. Photogenia C (Ruler Of Light) MIXED BY CHRIS STEIN
10. Optimogenia Z [Edit Mix] MIXED BY HARRY WATERS
11. Cryopian D MIXED BY DOLORES O'RIORDAN