16 Horsepower - Folklore [vinyl oxblood red limited]

Premiera: 15.05.2026

16 Horsepower stands as the band that fundamentally altered the landscape for roots-based, alternative music drawing heavily on the raw intensity and timbres of Appalachian folk, bluegrass, gospel, and country—employing traditional instruments such as banjo, Chemnitzer concertina, hurdy-gurdy, lap steel, and upright bass—and filtering these sounds through a modern, rock-informed sensibility. This cross-pollination pioneered a genre-defying substyle variously labeled “gothic country,” “gothic Americana,” and, within Denver’s fertile 1990s alternative scene, “The Denver Sound”.

With a core trio of David Eugene Edwards , Jean Yves Tola and Pascal Humbert consistently at the helm, a shifting cast of collaborators, and a restless drive to push boundaries, they left behind an unmistakable sonic and thematic fingerprint. Whether channeling fire-and-brimstone sermons, haunted ballads, or folk standards reimagined through a modern, tormented lens, 16 Horsepower forged a body of work that is both intimately American and universally gothic in its vision.

Their legacy continues in 2026 with announcement of their European reunion with the core trio of musicians reuniting to present their beloved music again for the first time since November 22, 2005. To coincide and to celebrate this, Glitterhouse Records the band's longstanding European label home is happy to announce the reissue of 5 Albums in a limited 2026 Edition, 1.000 copies each, handnumbered, pressed on Oxblood Red vinyl.

tracklist:

1.1. Hutterite Mile

1.2. Outlaw Song

1.3. Blessed Persistence

1.4. Alone And Forsaken

1.5. Single Girl

1.6. Beyond The Pale

1.7. Horse Head Fiddle

1.8. Sinnerman

1.9. Flutter

1.10. La Robe A Parasol

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(originally released in 2002)

16 Horsepower's "Folklore" delves deeper into their distinctive, sombre and spiritual interpretation of American and Eastern European traditional songs. The album combines original songs with radically reinterpreted classics, which the band transforms into ritualistic, minimalist yet powerfully charged soundscapes. Banjo, cello, hurdy-gurdy and bandoneon form an archaic foundation that impressively underpins David Eugene Edwards’ intense vocals. This limited Oxblood Red Vinyl Edition brings this milestone back in a special format – to coincide with the 2026 reunion tour, on which the band will perform on European stages in their original line-up for the first time in two decades. Folklore remains one of the band’s most characteristic and atmospherically dense works: dark, ethereal, hypnotic – an album that dissolves the boundaries between tradition, myth and modern alternative culture.

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