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21/06/06 |
The
new album "Shangri-La" from BROTHER APE is now mixed and
ready for the final mastering. Compared to the debut the new album
leans more towards progressive rock and has a bit less fusion influences.
Since the departure of Peter Dahlstrom, who sang 70% of the songs,
guitarist Stefan Damicolas has now taken over the lead vocals on
all tracks which, has created a more solid prog-feel to the overall
sound. Expect a highly enjoyable release with good vocals, brilliant
guitar playing, heavy fretless bass playing, lovely keyboard layers
and some truly fine drumming backing up the well composed songs.
To be released in mid July.
www.brotherape.com
www.progressrec.com
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| Unicorn
Digital is proud to welcome Ukrainian band KARFAGEN
into the family. The album CONTINIUM will be released on UNICORN
on the 1st of July 2006. Produced by Antony Kalugin, Matered by
Richard Addison at Trillium Sound Studios and Artwork by Jonas Thuren.
Antiquity in all times attracts and inspires people of the art.
And this band is not an exception. Karfagen – (means Karthago)
a symbol of glory and wisdom and also it is a never-ending journey
into the world of the forgotten past and un-predictable future.
Skeptics say that the Karthago was destroyed and all the music is
written. Our goal is to refute This, And even though there is no
hockey in Ukraine, there is definitely pure art-rock with bright
melodies. The name Karfagen was first heard in 1997 when Antony
Kalugin formed the band at school. While he was studying at the
architectural university (1998) he began to record the first KARFAGEN
album. It was far from the style of nowadays band but it was the
first steps which needed to be done… In 2000 KARFAGEN played
a few concerts with concept new material. But in consequence of
discrepancy between the band members, plans for the next album was
put aside In 2002 Antony completed his first solo album “the
Water” Then there was another period of silence where Antony
worked on commercial new age – relax projects. From 2003 –
2005 Antony composed and performed on more than 40 albums, that
were released in Russia and Ukraine. With those projects, Antony
gathered the necessary funds to record the first KARFAGEN Album
and in 2005 the band reformed and went into the studio to record
CONTINIUM, the first KARFAGEN album which led the band to sign with
UNICORN DIGITAL in a country where ironically there is plenty of
Hockey.
AVAILABLE: July 1st 2006 |
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It is with great enthusiasm that SPACED
OUT
presents their fourth and latest studio work entitled “Unstable
Matter”. The album contains the high-energy jazz-rock which
is now the band’s signature, offering ten new exciting original
compositions. A lot of time has been dedicated on the performance
and production of this new record and Spaced Out fans can expect
to listen some interesting music, including more intricate interplay
and dazzling improvisation than ever before. Unstable Matter presents
compositions written and produced by Antoine Fafard who is responsible
for all the bass work, keyboard programming and, for the first time
on a Spaced Out album, many guitar tracks. Martin Maheux still on
the drums and Mark Tremblay performs the guitar solos and additional
guitars for his second contribution on a Spaced Out album. It
is a record with explorations through various dynamics, unusual
rhythmical patterns and modal textures. As always, the unique compositional
style found in Spaced Out’s music makes it hard to classify
the band. But the purpose of the band has never been to be classified.
There is no compromise in the music offered by Spaced Out. The only
rule is that the band must offer the world continuous high quality
based on their own rigorous standards.
“Unstable
Matter” is new a release that should indeed please many
ears.
Produced by Antoine Fafard
Mastered by Richard Addison at Trillium Sound Studios
Artwork by Jonas Thuren
AVAILABLE JULY 10th 2006
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The
long-awaited second album of Montreal prog Fusion group KARCIUS,
Kaleidoscope, is now available and to launch this great new CD,
the band will present a show at the Cabaret Juste Pour Rire (2111
St-Laurent Blvd, Montreal) on Tuesday, June 13, 2006. Karcius
is composed of Mingan Sauriol on keyboards, Thomas Brodeur on
drums, Simon L'Espérance on guitars, and Dominique Blouin
on bass. Their spellbinding mix of hard jazz fusion / progressive
music is inspired and highly imaginative, with influences of LTE,
John McLaughlin, Jaco Pastorius, Planet X. The opening group will
be Myxomatosis, a Montreal band that plays a great mix of alternative
progressive music with influences of Dream Theater and Tool, featuring
Olivier Laroche on drums, Marc Papillon on guitars, Simon Brault
on bass and Alexandre Pelletier on vocals. The show begins at
8:00 PM and tickets are $12, available through ProgMontréal
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KINGCROW
- Timetropia is coming!
The long awaited release date for the latest Kingcrow album, Timetropia,
is here! Sep 29, 2006 is the formal release date, immediately
after the upcoming summer holidays! Two brand new tracks, entitled
A Hitch-Hiker and Turn Of Events In A Drawer (actually they've
to be taken as only one song), have been made available for streaming
at the band's official MySpace http://www.myspace.com/kingcrowband.
The songs come off the pre-master preview of the Italian prog
metallers' new album, Timetropia, which will be available in U.S.A.
and Northern Europe via Lucretia Records International in a deluxe
digipack edition. Info about the album: http://www.kingcrow.it/timetropia.htm.
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The ORESUND SPACE COLLECTIVE
are half way finished with mixing our next double CD called "It's
all about Delay" with cover artwork by Ed Unitsky. It is
sounding great with tracks ranging from 5 minutes to 25 minutes,
with most around 10 minutes long. The new CD is really different
from our first one and a lot more upbeat and diverse in the sounds.
I think our fans will for sure like this one a lot. They have
just sent off a track called Waaaaaah for the Music Street Journal
Compilation CD that will be out later this year with artists,
Erik Norlander, Lana Lane, Don Schiff and Gak Omak and the OSC.
They have also completed compiling the latest 3 volumes in their
best of jam session CD-R series called Picks from Space. Volumes
8-10 should be ready in end of next week. They're just working
on the last of the artwork. They will have a good price deal for
those who buy all 3 at once. They will play their only concert
this summer on the weekend of July 21-22nd at our usual place,
the Dragens Hule. They hope to be joined by the amazing First
Band From Outer Space, who have a killer new CD out very soon.
They will make a monster jam session out of it as well.
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| Unicorn
Digital is proud to welcome American prog band KOPECKY
into the family. Their new album “BLOOD” will be released
worldwide on Unicorn Digital May 2006. |
| KALEIDOSCOPE
is the second release from Montreal Prog-Fusion Band KARCIUS.
This new album is a blend between Modern Rock and Jazz-fusion that
will take the listeners to various moods and images. Mixing heavy
and powerful rock with the spontaneous jazz intensity, Karcius creates
a complex and unique sound that is hard to define. Three
years after the release of their first independent release SPHERE
that was also re-released in 2006 on Unicorn Digital. The band is
stronger than ever and definitely moving toward a modern progressive
direction while exploring the vintage sound legacy. Produced, recorded
and mixed at Studio Victor by Guitarist Simon L’Espérance
during the first part of 2006, KALEIDOSCOPE has been carefully created
to transport the listeners through different moods and imageries.
With this new instrumental CD, KARCIUS is definitively becoming
one of the best instrumental prog band from Canada. Prepare your
senses, Kaleidoscope is here… |
HERON
PROG VOLUME 1 |
E' il nome del Festival di Rock Progressivo che si svolgera' a Novara,
nella sua prima edizione, il 2 giugno 2006.
Il
festival cade in un momento in cui si sta riscontrando un crescente
interesse verso il 'Rock Progressivo', in tutto il mondo, con
una particolare attenzione alle band italiane, sia a quelle storiche
come PFM, New Trolls e Arti & Mestieri, freschi reduci da
entusiastici riscontri in Giappone, Corea e Messico che alle 'nuove'
band, nate discograficamente dagli anni 90 in avanti, come il
'Castello di Atlante', che dopo aver partecipato con gli stessi
'Arti & Mestieri' al Baja Prog Festival, in Messico, nel 2004,
quest'anno si presenta al 'Prog Sud Festival' a Marsiglia, il
25 maggio ed al 'Poseidon Festival' in Giappone, quest'autunno.
Heron
Prog presenterà dunque, reduci dalle loro diverse esperienze
internazionali, Arti & Mestieri e Castello di Atlante ed altre
2 band molto interessanti, ossia gli italiani Calliope, anch'essi
parte del movimento "new Prog' come il 'Castello di Atlante',
creatosi negli anni 90 e che come loro si sono creati una considerazione
'fuori dai confini nostrani', e che debuttano 'live' internazionalmente
al Festival Di Tournai, in Belgio il 20 maggio, e i Giapponesi
Asturias che presentano il Loro originale "prog cameristico",
anch'essi ospiti ricorrenti di festival internazionali.
Gli
Arti & Mestieri presentretanno il loro spettacolo che sarà
parte integrante dell'imminente CD' First Live in Japan', registrato
dal vivo al teatro' Club Citta' di Tokyo e ritornano a Novara,
dopo l'esibizione negli anni 70 quando apparvero nell'ambito di
un tour italiano con gli Area.
Il Castello di Atlante presenterà ufficialmente il suo
nuovo il suo album 'Concerto Acustico', celebrativo di 30 anni
di vita effettiva e continua come gruppo.
Entrambi i lavori escono in italia su etichetta Electromantic
Music (www.electromantic.com) con distribuzione internazionale.
Questo VOLUME 1 dell'HERON PROG nasce quindi secondo i migliori
auspici e che l'airone (heron), elemento caratteristico della
pianura piemontese 'prenda il volo' per un lungo viaggio nel mondo
Prog, da quest'anno in avanti.
La
manifestazione apre la rassegna GIOVANI ESPRESSIONI 2006, organizzata
da 'Staff Millenium' con il patrocinio del Comune di Novara.
Direttore
Artistico PAOLO FERRAROTTI
HERON PROG VOL. 1
Novara
Parco Caduti di Tutte le Guerre
(vicinanze Stazione F.S.)
2
Giugno 2006
inizio: ore 17
INGRESSO
LIBERO
ORARIO
PREVISTO
(orari
da confermarsi con prossimo comunicato stampa e/o rivolgendosi
a: info@giovaniespressioni.it)
dalle
17 alle 18 = Castello di Atlante
dall 18 alle 19 = Intermezzo 'Prog Creativo' a sorpresa
dalle 19 alle 20 = Calliope
dalle 20 alle 20.45 = pausa
dalle 20.45 alle 21.45 = Asturias
dalle 22.30 = Arti & Mestieri
Per
maggiori informazioni
www.giovaniespressioni.it
info@giovaniespressioni.it
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US:
Dutch prog-rock band US will soon be releasing their fourth album;
"The Young and Restless"!! "The Young and Restless"
is a concept album about the big Ohio disaster in the previous century.
Total playing time is 55:34. |
The
release date of SEVEN REIZH's
new album "Samsara" will be the month of september,
not may/june as previously announced. After three years of hard
working, the band decided to take more time to mix it. For further
informations http://www.seven-reizh.com
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After
8 years of writing, rehearsing, recording and performing, FARPOINT
took a break in late 2005 for the members to reassess their future
goals. Based on a combination of internal and external factors,
Farpoint disbanded on December 15, 2005.
With
this decision, founding members Rick Walker (drums) and Kevin
Jarvis (guitar, keyboards) immediately decided to continue their
musical partnership, uncertain as to the final direction it would
take, but never ruling out the possibility of reforming Farpoint
if the opportunity arose and conditions were right. They began
searching for and auditioning like-minded musicians with which
to begin recording a new album.
By
February, 2006, vocalist Dean Hallal and vocalis/flautist Jennifer
Meeks had been brought on board for recording purposes. Also by
this time, former Farpoint guitarist Mike Avins and former Farpoint
bass guitarist Frank Tyson had both expressed interest in playing
on the cd. All six musicians met several times in late February
and early March, and the decision was made to reform Farpoint.
Work is currently underway on Farpoint's fourth studio album,
entitled Cold Star Quiet Star.
While
Farpoint's main focus now lies in completing the new album, three
live summer shows have been set to introduce the new band lineup.
First, Farpoint will play a special, free show in our hometown
of Sumter, SC on Saturday, June 17. Details will be forthcoming
regarding the venue and time. Farpoint will also be appearing
at the Rogue Independent Music Festival in Atlanta, GA, on Saturday,
July 8, 2006, and the following week at the DC-Soar progressive
music showcase in Bethesda, MD on Saturday, July 15, 2006. More
info on these shows can be found at www.roguemusicfest.com and
www.dc-soar.org.
Farpoint
would like to thank Clark Boone and Dana Oxendine Edmunds for
their years of commitment to the band, and we wish them the very
best in all future endeavors.
Up
to date info on Farpoint can be found at www.farpointband.com
or www.myspace.com/farpointmusic.
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Below
you will find the forthcoming release of METALMIND:
15.05.2006
Various
Artists - Metalmania 2005 DVD+CD
Via
Mistica - Under My Eyelids CD
22.05.2006
Kupczyk,
Grzegorz - Memories CD
29.05.2006
Acid
Drinkers - The Hand That Rocks The Coffin DVD
Acid
Drinkers - The Hand That Rocks The Coffin DVD+CD (digipack)
Anathema
- A Moment in Time DVD
Anathema
- A Moment in Time DVD+CD (limited edition)
Immolation
- Dawn of Possesion (remastered + bonus tracks) CD digipack
Izrael
- W Koperniku (live) - DVD
SBB
- Live in Spodek CD
Tadeusz
Nalepa - 60-te urodziny DVD
Tadeusz
Nalepa - 60-te urodziny DVD+CD (digipack)
05.06.2006
Luna
Ad Noctum - The Perfect Evil In Mortal CD
Cemetery
of Scream - The Even Horizon CD
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After
maintaining success with their 2003 2CD set "From Land To
Ocean", GALLEON
made a couple of gigs in Europe and then took a break for a year
before starting to write new material. Since then there has been
a slight change in the line-up. Original member Dan Fors felt
that he had achieved what he wanted with his musicianship and
called it a day and now a replacement is found. The new drummer
is multi-instrumentalist Göran Johnsson (who also is the
drummer of Spektrum and keyboard player of Cross). At this moment
they are rehearsing five new pieces. They describe the new songs
as "rooted in the Galleon tradition but also with some new,
more complex ideas adding certain freshness to the Galleon sound".
The goal is to record a new album and have it released later this
year.
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PROGRESS
RECORDS' FREE DOWNLOADS
There is a new page up at PROGRESS RECODS named "DOWNLOAD".
Here you can download a new entire track from Progress Records
artists every month. Mostly it will be an album track, but every
now and then you will also have the opportunity to download a
previously unreleased track from artists such as Galleon, Liquid
Scarlet, Grand Stand or Cross. Other artists on the Progress Records
labels are Brighteye Brison, Brother Ape, Magic Pie, Spektrum
and Violent Silence. To visit Progress Records follow the link:
http://www.progressrec.com
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PROG'SUD,
the international progressive rock festival that takes place at
Jas'Rod des Pennes-Mirabeau (near Marseille, France), presents
its 7th edition with this year four evenings of music, from May
24 to May 27 !
Here is the list of bands confirmed so far !
Wednesday 24 May : John Slade Band (France), Lord of Mushrooms
(France), Taï-Phan (France)
Thursday
25 May : Il Castello di Atlante (Italy), Mangala Vallis (Italy)
and Soft Machine Legacy (England)
Friday
26 May : Paul Whitehead (USA), Eclat (France), Lazuli (France)
Saturday
27 May : Asturias (Japan), Baraka (Japan), RPWL (Germany)
Website : www.progsudfestival.fr
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Festival
PROG'SUD 2006 ( 7ème édition )
24, 25, 26 e 27 maggio 2006 - Les Pennes-Mirabeau (Francia....vicino
a Marsiglia )
Wednesday 24 of May : John Slade Band ( France
) Lord of Mushrooms ( France ) Tai Phan
( France )
Thursday 25 of May: Il Castello Di Atlante (
Italy ) Mangala Vallis ( Italy ) Soft
Machine ( England )
Friday
26 of May : Paul Whitehead ( USA ) Eclat
( France ) Lazuli ( France )
Saturday 27 of May : Asturias ( Japan ) Baraka
( Japan ) RPWL ( Germany )
www.progsudfestival.fr
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UNICORN DIGITAL is proud to welcome Norwegian artist Mattis Sørum
and his project PICTORIAL WAND into the Family.
Pictorial Wand is a symphonic progrock project from Norway. It was
started in 2003 by Mattis Sörum, and it has taken him three
years to complete his debut-album "A Sleeper´s Awakening"
(double-cd). It is a one-man-project where all the musicians are
hired in especially for this album, except the guitars, the synthesizers
and the organ which is played by Mattis himself. The music is grand
and complex in the instrumentation, and strong melodies plays an
important role in the compositions. Many of the songs are pretty
long and there are many compositional relationships to bind it all
together.The voice of the main character is male, but the vocals
are decorated all the way through by three different female-voices.
The music goes from very heavy passages to lyrical acoustic themes,
and contains a lot of symphonic instruments and analogue synths.
With the symphonic orchestra and the analogue synths already mentioned
we hear solistic melodies of the flute, cello, oboe and the violin.A
Sleeper´s Awakening is a concept-album.The story is basically
about a person (any person) who wakes up after a long, deep look
in the mirror and finally becomes aware of his mistakes and the
bad and selfish way he has lived his life. This theme is set in
connection with the Seven Deadly Sins and put in a pretty abstract
environment. He starts on a journey in his dreams (or his head)
to make up for the mistakes he has done. Along the way we also hear
a little boy reading his moralistic stories, which are a reflection
of the main character´s childhood and his very severe education
from his mother. In the end he wakes up, and the main character
starts laughing with relief, but soon realizes that the dream was
real enough. Double CD "A Sleeper's Awakening" to be released
in April 2006. |
It
is with great honor and pleasure that we invite you to celebrate
35 years of Emerson, Lake & Palmer with The Carl Palmer Band,
on Saturday, May 27 2006 at the Medley (1170 St-Denis Street,
Montreal).
Carl
Palmer, the rhythmic backbone of progressive rock's first supergroup,
has been hailed as one of the world's greatest drummers, thrilling
rock fans worldwide with his dazzling speed and technical virtuosity.
The Carl Palmer Band features Carl Palmer on drums and percussion,
Paul Bielatowicz on guitar and Stuart Clayton on bass. The power
trio will serve up an all-instrumental show, entitled "Carl
Palmer Celebrates The Music of ELP".
The
tour, which will begin in late May and continue through early
July will cross Canada and the United States. Carl Palmer says:
"I am very excited to be returning to North America to see
and play for the many loyal fans I have come to know over the
years", says Palmer, who announced his tour this week from
Europe where Palmer has been touring since 2002. “This is
a trio, which ELP also was, but we have replaced the keyboards
with some very powerful guitar interpretations of that classic
music. Although ELP had a lot of vocal hit songs, we were really
about musicianship and conveying the spectrum of emotions through
our instruments. Many of the classic elements of these songs remain,
but they have been updated and reinterpreted through my new band".
Among the songs featured in the show are: Tarkus, Fanfare For
The Common Man, and Hoedown.
The
show will begin at 9:00 PM and doors open at 7:30 PM. Tickets
are available for $39.50 (plus taxes and service charges) through
TicketPro at www.ticketpro.ca, or by calling 514-908-9090. A Unicorn
Digital presentation.
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New Cd coming in 2006 at UNICORN DIGITAL:
RETROHEADS:
They have received great reviews with their 2004 Retrospective
CDs, Tore and his gang is Back with a great new CD
XINEMA:
It has been too long since the release of the beautiful Different
Ways CD. The band is back with a great new CD
SPACED
OUT: They just released a DVD Live in 2000, the New CD
UNSTABLE MATTER will be released very soon. Will the Prince of
Ambiguity push the limits once more?
PROGRESSION
IN BALANCE Vol. II: The follow up to the first Unicorn
Sampler Progression in Balance Vol. 1 will be release in April
2006
KARCIUS:
SPHERE has been re-release on UNICORN 2 weeks ago and their new
CD TUNNEL will be released in May 2006
KARFAGEN:
Great instrumental Progressive Rock to be announced very soon.
NIL
"40 Jours sur le Sinai": The re-release of this great
CD from NIL soon available on UNICORN DIGITAL.
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Two
New Releases from Transubstans records:
SKYRON
ORCHESTRA "Situations" - 2nd album from Gothenburg
band who also released their debut album on Transubstans. Here
we get a dussin of great retro psychedelia, but the difference
is that this have a lot more groovy songs, more hit potentional,
and better tracks. This is the band that got caught between JEFFERSON
AIRPLANE and LED ZEPPELIN, and this album will blow every person
away that doubted SKYRON ORCHESTRA !! Official homepage : http://www.skyron.nu/
FIRST
BAND FROM OUTER SPACE "Impressionable sounds of the subsonic"
- Aliens from outer space, disguised as human beings, with their
aim to enslave us with their heavy psychedelic space rock. This
time we got more worked out songs, some real heavy ones, some
more psychedelic. All worked out behind the red star of Jupiter.
References ?? HAWKWIND, NOVEMBER, OZRIC, but FBSOS does it better…Official
homepage : http://www.fbfos.com/
Both
out 10/05-2006
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PHIDEAUX:
Some news from Phideaux on a new conceptual trilogy:
June 2006... Prepare for "The Great Leap" -- part one
of a new conceptual trilogy from Phideaux. Our fifth album is
a darkly passionate examination of life and sacrifice in a police
state of the future (or is it now?). Join us on our quest to expand
and explore the psychedelic progressive rock path with vintage
keyboards, guitars, Ludwig drums, theremins, flutes, cellos, autoharps
and an Armenian zurna, naturally! For a preview of this heavy
doomy album, check out the song "Abducted" on MySpace.
While Act I: "The Great Leap" arrives in June of 2006,
we will be busy finishing the recording of Act II: "Doomsday
Afternoon," which is basically one long song (modeled loosely
on the structure of Tull's "A Passion Play" or Fates
Warning's "A Pleasant Shade Of Gray").
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NEMO
will be in concert on April 8 in Tournai, Belgium (Auberge de
jeunesse) and on April 15 in St Etienne (Fnac).
- The new online store is starting quite good ! Please visit www.quadrifonic.com
(Website in English/French, CC and Paypal payments accepted).
- JPL new website is now online, but only in French. English version
will be available
current April. www.jplouveton.com.
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LA
MASCHERA DI CERA - Upcoming gigs
1 aprile - punto d'incontro 'italo calvino', loano ( sv )
19 aprile - black hole, milano
22 aprile - lowenhof live pub, cadriano ( bo )
12 maggio - fnac genova ( showcase ), genova
4 giugno - spirit of 66, verviers ( belgio )
More
dates coming soon. For any further details: www.mascheradicera.com
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The
new RANDONE’s DVD is ready… inside:
full concert with hi-definition video/audio, extra contens, new
RANDONE’s suite and more.
The dvd will be available soon… stay tuned!!!
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BELIEVE:
In 27/03/2006 the polish band led by Mirek Gil released their
new album called "Hope To See Another Day". Believe
is a new project but some members are very known from COLLAGE,
in the past the most popular progressive rock group in Poland.
More info on their website www.believe.com.pl
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RETROHEADS
- Tore decided to make a few changes in the band’s line-up.
Vocalist Mike Mann has joined the band as lead vocalist. He is 31
and from Irland with a beautiful voice. Deborah Gurnius has joined
the band on Flute and background vocals. Read more about her at
www.deb-girnius.com . Gry Anett Stordahl has joined the band on
keyboards. Read more about this exiting woman at www.stordahl.com.
With the new line up, the band now consist of 3 girls and 4 boys.
An exiting prog constellation!
The
new album is well underway and should be release very soon. The
band is also preparing to tour Europe right after the release of
the new album. Release date and MP3 samples will be announced very
soon.
Meanwhile
visit the Retroheads web site at www.retroheads.com |
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The new album from Swedish symphonic rockers BRIGHTEYE
BRISON will be out on March 31. A release party will be
held at Blue Moon Bar in Stockholm on March 26. In comparison with
the debut from 2003 the new one, entitled "Stories" has
a much more symphonic sound, filled with lots of fine harmony vocals,
horn arrangements, 70's keyboards and a real church organ played
by Linus Kåse (also member of Flagship). The line-up is intact
with the addition of Per Hallman who takes the lead vocals (and
also does dome extra keyboard playing on stage) on some tracks.
Mattias Olsson (Änglagård) is one of several guest musicians.
For
more info contact Progress Records at: info@progressrec.com
Brighteye
Brison website: www.brighteyebrison.com |
'LuxAde',
the brand new studio album by la MASCHERA DI CERA
is available now! Besides the next MDC gigs scheduled are the following:
april
01
punto d'incontro italo calvino
loano ( sv )
april 19
black hole ( www.blackholemilano.com )
milano
april 22lowenhof live pub
cadriano ( bo )
june 04
spirit of 66 ( www.spiritof66.be )
verviers ( belgio ) |
The
official release date for MAGENTA's new CD 'Home'
has now been set for 01 June 2006. Advanced orders can be placed
on www.progrock.co.uk web site from early May 2006. There has been
huge interest and demand for this
release and we apologise for the slight delay. Rob Reed of Magenta
had this to say:
"Firstly
a big apology for the delay. It's been a frustrating time for us
all, but hopefully you'll all appreciate that we could not let the
album go out until it was the best it could possibly be, in every
way.
The
biggest problem has been getting the running order and sequencing
of the CD correct. Originally it was to be a double album, but after
a lot of thought and trial and error regarding the make up of the
CD, we have decided that it will now be a single album. It will,
however, be a verylong single album!
The
main reason for this is because it is a concept CD, and works best
in a single listen. Double CD's can be hard to take in, particularly
in one go, and a lot of detail can be lost with such an overwhelming
amount of material. I wanted every second and every note to really
earn its place on this album.
So,
the last couple of months have been frustrating, but it was important
to take stock of where we were, and not get carried away with the
enthusiasm of getting it released. I am positive that this slight
delay has made the difference between a good Magenta album, and
what we consider to be a classic Magenta album. I hope you'll agree!"
Magenta
have already announced some live gigs for this year and hope to
add many more in the near future. Extra dates will be announced
on their brand new web site at www.magenta-web.com, to be launched
during March 2006.
Dates announced so far include:
13
May 2006 - Herringthorpe Leisure Centre, Rotherham
20 May 2006 - De Boerderij, Zoetermeer, Netherlands
27 May 2006 - Folken (Stavanger) Norway
15 July 2006 - Gillingham Festival, Dorset. Magenta onstage 4pm,
approx one hour set
27 July 2006 - Club Riga, Southend
Some
REALLY exciting news about Magenta will be announced very soon!! |
| KNIGHT
AREA are currently recording the new album, which they plan
to release in the beginning of 2007. This album will be more powerful
and dynamic, but still the melody will be leading in all songs. The
next KNIGHT AREA concert will be in Germany, Bergkeller Reichenbach.Date:
April 8th 2006. Great bands like Pallas, Flower Kings, IQ, Ayreon,
Riverside and Pendragon have concerted here lately. |
ABEL
GANZ - Good news from Abel Ganz - the new CD is almost
finished! We hope to set the official release very soon, and a release
date around August / September is quite possible! The title will
be 'Shooting Albatross' and will contain one of two surprises -
more details when everything is confirmed! |
EZRA
- The new Ezra CD 'Songs from Pennsylvania' is finished
and has an official release date of 03 April 2006! Pre-release orders
can be placed on www.progrock.co.uk from early March. Andy Edwards
of Ezra recently told us:
"Songs
from Pennsylvania is our third studio album, and we are really pleased
with it. It feels like one of those classic albums you listened
to that took you to another place, something you can put on and
just get away from it all. You may hear influences of Pink Floyd,
Yes and Rush, and like those bands, we feel it's important to use
strong melodies. It's generally more laid back than our previous
albums but there's still some good rocking
on it!" |
| SYLVAN
have finished their 5th studio CD "POSTHUMOUS SILENCE".
With this a long time of creating, composing, discussing, arranging
and producing will find an end. SYLVAN¹s "POSTHUMOUS SILENCE"
will be available from the 18th of april 2006. |
| Three
great progbands will play at 'ProgdecenniO'- the 10th Birthday Party
- of the Dutch progmagazine iO Pages. This event will take place
on the 20th. of May this year at De Boerderij in Zoetermeer. On
stage of this festival will perform: MANGALA VALLIS
from Italy, SATELLITE from Poland and MAGENTA
from Wales ! |
UNICORN
DIGITAL is proud to welcome Montreal Prog Fusion group KARCIUS into
the family. The 2003 album Sphere that had been released independently
has been re-mastered by Richard Addison at Trillium Sound and will
be released on UNICORN DIGITAL on the 4th of March 2006.
The
new KARCIUS album is on the way, most tracks have been recorded
and the album will be mixed at Studio Illusion and will be released
in the summer of 2006.
To
Celebrate the re-release of Sphere, KARCIUS will be playing at at
La Place à Côté (4571 Papineau Street, near
Mont-Royal) on Saturday, March 4 2006. The group will be playing
the entire album, as well a few new tracks from their upcoming CD.
The
group is composed of Mingan Sauriol on keyboards, Thomas Brodeur
on drums, Simon L'Espérance on guitars, and Dominique Blouin
on bass. Their spellbinding mix of hard jazz fusion / progressive
music is inspired and highly imaginative, with influences of LTE,
John McLaughlin, Jaco Pastorius, Planet X.
Visit
rhe Karcius web Site at: www.karcius.com
|
BRIGHTEYE
BRISON, led by keyboard/saxophone player & vocalist
Linus Kåse, has signed with Swedish label Progress Records.
The follow-up to the self titled debut from 2003 will hopefully
be released at the end of March. Update on definitive release
date will follow.
|
The
new NEMO album "SI - Partie I" will
be released on 1st of March. It's the first part of a concept
double album about possible genetic search evolutions. Titles
: 1. Douce Mort 16.24 2. Ici, maintenant 6.28 (complete son to
download !) Version Ogg - Version mp3 3. Miroirs 6.40 4. Si 7.26
5. Apprentis sorciers 19.59
|
Three
members of COLLAGE (Mirek Gil - guitars, Tomek Rózycki - vocals,
guitars and Przemek Zawadzki - bass) will soon have a new CD out on
Galileo Records GmbH. It will be a full CD called "Hope to see
another day". The album was recorded under the name of BELIEVE.
Right now all recordings are finished and Galileo Records will release
this CD soon in 2006.
Members:
Mirek Gil - guitars (ex Collage, Ananke)
Przemek Zawadzki - bass (ex Collage)
Tomek Rózycki - vocal, gitars (ex Collage)
Wlodek Tafel - drums (Ananke)
Adam Milosz - keys (Ananke)
and guest star on first album japanese female violin player Satomi.
Tracklist:
What is love (7:39)
Needles in my Brain (5:18)
Liar (6:57)
Pain (5:14
Seven Days (6:09)
Coming Dawn (6:04)
Don't tell me (5:29)
Hope to see another day (12:11) |
SHADOWSIDE
has just released on November 30, on Seven Music/Universal Music,
their debut album titled "Theatre of Shadows". The material
recorded at LCM Studio in São Paulo was produced by Fábio
Haddad and mixed by Santiago Ferraz (mixed Paul McCartney and Silverchair
DVDs, besides winning the Latin Grammy awards twice as the producer
for Milton Nascimento and Tom Jobim). The mastering took place at
the Jailhouse Studios in Denmark and was done by Tommy Hansen (Helloween,
Pretty Maids, Jorn Lande, TNT, Beyond Twilight).
"...
I have no doubts this is a different band with a front leader above
average, she's one of a kind! Something that happens from 50 to
50 years, that's way above Seven Music, me or you. Something above
our mediocre lives", said Seven Music president, Gil Cardoso.
"... I expect the world to surrender! I expect everyone to
fall on their knees and worship the Heavy Metal goddess."
As
of it right now, the band formed by Dani Nolden (V/K), Bill Shadow
(G), Ricky Slater (G), Lucas De Santis (B) and Fabio Buitvidas (D)
is scheduling the first dates for the Dancing in the Shadows Tour. |
The
Festival Live-Sampler “Satzvey Castle 2005” including
two tracks “Colourscape” and “Mountainscape”
by DEEP IMAGINATION is out now. The Sampler is
available at www.syngate.net and the worldwide distribution partners
of Syngate.
Listen and download Mindscape (edit). The german label Syngate
released the virtual compilation “the mp3 Collective”
on it’s website www.syngate.net including an edited version
of “Mindscape” by DEEP IMAGINATION.
An
unreleased Remix-Version of “Moonscape” created by
Thorsten Sudler-Mainz was released on the new compilation “Schwingungen
auf CD, No. 127” by www.cue-records.de.
|
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|
DAY
SHIFT are currently back in the studio recording their
second, as yet untitled, CD which they hope to have available for
Spring next year. They plan to have 9 or possibly 10 songs on this
CD including some they have been playing at their recent gigs. Henry
Crud is currently creating the artwork and they plan to update with
images and a full track listing very soon. |
UNICORN
DIGITAL is proud to announced that the first SPACED OUT
DVD will be finally released on December the 15th 2005. The Spaced
Out Live in 2000 DVD presents you to a concert filmed in October
2000. The tapes of the recording and footages have remained on
the shelves for 4 years before the decision was finally taken
to present it to fans. This DVD provides an entertaining and raw
performance and offers a good example of what was the band energy
at that moment in time. Enjoy the show! The new album is also
in the work, only a few guitar tracks left to record and the new
cd will be released early 2006. The song list of new DVD:
1-
Jamosphere
2- Green Teeth
3- Toxix
4- A Freak Az
5- Delirium Tremens
6- Magnetyzme
7- The Fifth Dimension
8- Futurosphere
9- Glassosphere
10- For The Trees Too
11- Trophallaxie
12- Sever The Seven
13- Furax
VIDEO
samples are available on the band's web site www.spacedoutmusic.com
|
Some
RECORD HEAVEN/TRANSUBSTANS
RÅG
I RYGGEN - S/T have finally reached the pressing plant,
and will be ready ship around the 1st of December.
ABRAMIS BRAMA - Dansa tokjävlens vals CD
ABRAMIS BRAMA - När tystnaden lagt sig CD
Long awaited re-issues of their 2 first albums, which have been
deleted since long. Heavy rock with Swedish lyrics. For fans of
NOVEMBER and BLACK SABBATH. To be released 10th of December
What
to come in early 2006 :
MR BROWN – Mellan tre ögon Another
Swedish gem from '77 that we will re-issue. Very good symphonic
that performs in the same school as KAIPA to name a band.
ÖRESUND SPACE COLLECTIVE – T.B.A.
Swedish / Danish project in the ambient spacerock school. Long
adventurous tracks, featuring member of GAS GIANT among others.
GARGAMEL
– Watch for the umbles New Norweigan band with
their debut album. An album that features mellotrons, hammond,
cellos, musically in the VAN DER GRAAF / KING CRIMSON / ANEKDOTEN
school. Long tracks.
|
NOSOUND:
You
can now download a short 1:30 minutes (4,3mb) quicktime .mov free
video preview of the sessions.
http://homepage.mac.com/giancarloerra/nosoundnet/preview_making_of.mov.
The DVD-Video disc will contain also an extra dvd-rom section, readable
on any pc or mac. In this extra section you will find a standard 'cd
image' file to burn on a normal cd-r (with Nero, Toast or any cd burning
software), and you'll get a normal audio cd containing all the audio
from DVD yet extracted and compiled in a purpose made 'official bonus
audio cd-r'! This way you'll be able to listen to the dvd musical
contents on a normal hi-fi or cd player without any complex procedure
to extract audio from dvd. |
The
new VIOLENT SILENCE album, "Kinetic",
will be out sooner than expected. The finalizing steps went faster
than expected so it will be released already on November 25 (and
not in February 2006). Here
is how PROGRESS Records describes their new work: "A brilliant
album with distinct composing and rhythmically complex arrangements,
a bit like late days Crimson, but on keyboards. Dashes of Genesis,
UK, Greenslade and other more melodic 70’s bands are also
to be found, but performed with the heavier sound of Violent Silence."
|
GAZPACHO
are supporting Marillion again this year for their "not quite
Christmas tour" in Scotland, France and Holland. You can also
expect a Gazpacho concert in Oslo, on "home turf" (although
they're considering applying for Dutch passports and buying some
clogs as our music seems to really appeal over there..:-)) in December.
We're waiting with the confirmation so remember to keep visiting
our site to see if there are any updates! Below are Gazpacho's "Firebird"
tour dates....
19
Nov Sat Glasgow Scotland ABC
28 Nov Mon Paris France Elysee Montmartre
2 Dec Fri Tilburg Netherlands 013
3 Dec Sat Utrecht Netherlands Vredenburg Muziekcentrum
17 Dec Sat Oslo Norway To be announced
|
TUMULUS
follows its chosen path in art! The second album boasts an original
fusion of slavic folk, progressive metal and rock, ambient and other
styles. Lyrically the album deals with heathen mysteries, rites and
magic.
Line-up:
Kuchma - lead & back vocals, flute
Velingor - bass, gloomy voices, percussions, vargan
Vigdis - keyboards, lead vocal on 8th track
Kurbat - guitars, back vocal
Ottar - drums & percussions
Guest musicians:
Marina Sokolova (Sedmaya Voda former member) - all female vocals (except
8th track), ocarina
Ilya "Radim" Nikolayev (Ros' member) - gusli on 6th track
1.
Kolo Opletaya
2. Uzorochinnik mp3
3. Tower Of Birds mp3
4. Mezh Ra Rek
5. Nagovor Na Zavet
6. Kolozheg
7. Sredokresie
8. Severetreni mp3
9. The Other Path
Total playing time 35:33
W.E. 007
Release date: 11.10.2005
|
The
legendary progressive rock band MIRTHRANDIR has
announced their reformation and the schedule for their first live
appearances since 1977.
The band will perform material from their classic "For You
The Old Women" as well as several works that have never been
heard live. Audiences at next springs BajaProg and ROSeFest will
be among the first to see and hear one of the shining examples
of American symphonic progressive rock of the 1970's.
MIRTHRANDIR will feature four of the six original band members;
vocalist and trumpeter John Vislocky III, bassist and flautist
James Miller, drummer Robert Arace and keyboardist Simon Gannett,
as well as new members John E. Callahan III and Alan Benjamin
on the twin guitars. MIRTHRANDIR
will perform next year at the 10th annual BajaProg festival staged
at Mexicali, Mexico, March 8th, through the11th and at the Rites
Of Spring festival (ROSefest) in Phoenixville, Penn., April 29th
through May 1st Additional
dates and details will be announced when available. MIRTHRANDIR's
album "For You The Old Women" on Syn-Phonic Records
is available now at www.synphonic.8m.com. Visit www.mirthrandir.com
for more information.
|
End
of September sees the 8th release on Dead Earnest in the form
of "Element 115" by American instrumental jam-band and
space-rock/Krautrock sensation, SECRET SAUCER.
For more info on what the album sounds like, go to: www.deadearnest.btinternet.co.uk/saucerrevs.htm
SECRET
SAUCER band members:
STEVE TAYLOR MEMBER OF:Star Nation, Nick Riff, Sun Machine PERFORMED
W/: Daevid Allen
STEVE HAYES MEMBER OF:Star Nation, Sun Machine PERFORMED W/: Hawkwind,
Daevid Allen
THOMAS MARIANETTI MEMBER OF:Sun Machine, Nick Riff RECORDED W/:
Nick Riff
JAMMED W/: Hawkwind, Ozric Tentacles, Mr Quimby's Beard ao.
BILLY SPEAR MEMBER OF: Sun Machine
PAUL WILLIAMS MEMBER OF: Quarkspace, Church of Hed,National Steam,
JAY SWANSON MEMBER OF: Quarkspace
DAN SCHNELL MEMBER OF: Sun Machine
GREG KOZLOWSKI MEMBER OF: Architectural Metaphor, Nebula Trip
DAVE HESS MEMBER OF: Blaahh
Playing music that crosses genres from space- and Kraut-rock to
progressive and psychedelic, this is the sound of blissful to
searing space-rock for the head and heart.
|
ARCANSIEL
will play a "warm-up" gig next 2005 October 27th at Area
24 - Vercelli (Italy) just few days before gigging the dutch Prog
Farm Festival on November 5th.
|
VIOLENT
SILENCE is a Swedish band with a drummer, a bass player,
two keyboardists and a very good vocalist, who makes music with
a kind of Bruford/UK/Gong feel to it. Recently they signed to Progress
Records. The new album "Kinetic" is nearly finished and
will see the light of day in February.
|
Some
news from RECORD HEAVEN: FIRST
BAND FROM OUTER SPACE hit the street, and have already
got several good reviews. A small description : Debut album from
Swedish gang, and this is something out of this world ! A band where
you find influences going from the sounds of GONG and HAWKWIND to
kraut / hippy feelings of TRAD, GRAS & STENAR and adding flutes
and oscillators. This is a CD that carry long instrumental jams,
broken by sci-fi stories in English vocals. Always very structured,
with plenty stoned and psychedelic cosmic sounds. visit the bands
homepage for MP3 and other information at : www.fbfos.com .
Furthermore the DRAKH VON TRIP album "Heart And Consequence"
is planned to hit the street in 2 weeks as well as a (legal) re-issue
of the old RÅG I RYGGEN (Trans013) sole album from 1975. This
is an album filled with heavy progressive rock with lots of fuzz,
swedish lyrics, and hammond sounds. This is truely a monster unleashed
!! Out mid november !!
Also planned this autumn in re-issues of both the ABRAMIS BRAMA
albums that have been deleted since 2-3 years. |
MANGROVE
will release their new album on November 4th 2005, entitled "Facing
The Sunset". This concept album will be launched on stage at
'Gigant' Apeldoorn on this date. The concept album will be performed
in its entirety during this special show! Check it out on Mangrove
website.
|
15/09/05 |
 On
September 13th, RHINO RECORDS released the 3 CD career-spanning
‘Genesis Platinum Collection’ and ‘Genesis Video
Show’ as well as a new album and a hits collection from the
side project Mike + The Mechanics.
‘Genesis Platinum Collection’ is the first and only
retrospective to cover both Peter Gabriel and Phil Collins eras.
The four hours of music on three CDS is the most comprehensive collection
to date featuring everything from earlier Gabriel-era favorites
like “The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway” to Top 40 hits
like “Hold On My Heart” and
Billboard Top 10 chart smashes “Invisible Touch”. “Follow
You Follow Me” and “Counting Out Time” are a few
of the 24 newly remixed tracks. Favorites “I Can’t Dace”,
“Tonight Tonight Tonight” and “Turn It On Again”
round out the set. A twenty page booklet with liner notes by Hugh
Fielder accompany the discs.
Founded in the late ’60s in Surrey, England, Genesis rose
out of the ashes of earlier bands formed by schoolmates Peter Gabriel,
Tony Banks, Michael Rutherford, and Anthony Phillips (who departed
after 1969’s Trespass, the album providing the final track
on this stellar retrospective). Guitarist Steve Hackett soon signed
on, as did drummer/vocalist Phil Collins, who’d later emerge
(as would Gabriel) as a solo superstar. Following Gabriel’s
1975 departure, Genesis grew from a progressive art-rock outfit
into one of the biggest arena rock acts ever, with a long string
of platinum-sellers
and chart smashes.
Additionally, all of the Genesis promo videos will be released for
the first time on DVD with ‘Genesis Video Show’. The
digitally remastered videos include MTV staples “Land of Confusion”,
“Invisible Touch”, and “I Can’t Dance”
as well as the 1999 version of “Carpet Crawlers” featuring
Gabriel. Rare BBC footage of “Paperlate” is also included.
Simultaneously, Genesis bassist/guitarist Rutherford reunites with
Paul Carrack for the first Mike + The Mechanics album since 1999,
‘Rewired’. ‘Rewired’ finds Mike + The Mechanics
in top form with nine powerful new original songs including the
driving electronic track “One Left Standing (Version A),”
the sublime ballad “If I Were You,” and the adventurous
title track. Re-mastered versions of Top 10 singles “The Living
Years”, “Silent Running” and “All I Need
Is A Miracle” are three of the 13 favorite tracks on another
new disc ‘Hits’.
GENESIS
PLATINUM COLLECTION
DISC 1
No Son Of Mine
I Can’t Dance
Jesus He Knows Me
Hold On My Heart
Invisible Touch
Throwing It All Away
Tonight Tonight Tonight (Edit)
Land Of Confusion
In Too Deep
Mama
That’s All
Home By The Sea
Second Home By The Sea I
llegal Alien *
Paperlate *
Calling All Stations
DISC 2
Abacab *
Keep It Dark *
Turn It On Again *
Behind The Lines Duchess *
Misunderstanding *
Many Too Many *
Follow You Follow Me *
Undertow *
In That Quiet Earth *
Afterglow *
Your Own Special Way
A Trick Of The Tail *
Ripples *
Los Endos *
DISC 3
The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway *
Counting Out Time *
Carpet Crawlers *
Firth Of Fifth *
The Cinema Show *
I Know What I Like (In Your Wardrobe) *
Supper’s Ready
The Musical Box *
The Knife *
*Newly Remixed By Nick Davis
|
The
legal processes are reaching a conclusion and soon, CP's CAMEL
Footage II DVD will be available. The entire track listing can't
be released until the licenses are all sorted out but it will be
every bit as collectable as Footage I, with approximately 80 mins.
of recorded performances throughout the band's career, including
some never-before-seen clips.
Confirmed tracks are: Another Night (recorded at London's Hammersmith
Odeon in 1976), Skylines (BBC Sight & Sound, 1977) and an acoustic
version of Slow Yourself Down (recorded at the Troubdour in 2000).
|
MARCO
GALLETTI, Arcansiel's founder, is back after many years
of silence and "creative solitude" with a new solo album
called "La luce che illumina i sogni " feauturing eight
new tracks. For further informations www.marcogalletti.com
|
PYLGRIM:
The Great Divide is moving forward, with more than half of the recording
and mix complete. The new album features a new composition "The
Unknown Soldier Suite".
|
LIQUID
SCARLET , the Swedish prog band who rendered fine sales
of their debut album, will have their new album out on September
26. There will also be an EP released on the very same date which
will include one album track and four never before released songs.
The name album is titled "II" and the title track of the
EP is "Killer couple strikes again". The band will perform
songs from both their albums. The dates are as follows:Sep
29 Tantogården, Stockholm, Sweden
5 okt, Fundbureau, Hamburg, Germany
6 okt, Spirit of 66, Verviers, Belgium
7 okt, ProgSol Festival, Z7, Switzerland
9 okt, Autonomes Kulturzentrum, Würzburg, Germany
11 okt, Haus Forellental, Zwiefalten/Gossenzugen, Germany
13 okt, Frölunda Kulturhus, Gothenborg, Sweden
For more infos, visit www.progressrec.com
or www.liquidscarlet.com
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NEMO
"Immersion Publique - Live". Official release: 1st of
october, but already available!! If you preordered, maybe it's already
behind your door.
RDV here : http://nemo.web.free.fr/English%20pages/store.htm |
COLIN
BASS will be performing a solo tour of Holland from 3rd
to 13th November 2005. Colin will also be the support act for IQ
in Zoetermeer. Tour dates will appear when confirmed. Colin is also
currently working on a new CD, more info as it becomes available.
|
The
new TIMOTHY PURE CD will be the most experimental
of any to date. Recorded in surround sound as well as in stereo,
the band will have some surprises in store. The new CD will be released
in early 2006.
|
14/08/05 |
ECHOLYN:
The new album is entitled The End Is Beautiful and will be released
on August 23rd.
Right after the release the renowed American prog band will embark
on their first ever European tour. According to the band this will
be a historic event in their fifteen years of existence, and may
well be the only ever time to see the band on European soil. "These
European tourdates are a very rare, and possibly never again, chance
for European fans to see echolyn live. The tour includes dates in
the UK, Germany, Italy, Switzerland, Belgium and The Netherlands.
The tour runs from September 3 to September 15, 2005 and to
ensure great turnouts at the clubs, we are asking (actually we NEED)
people to buy tickets in advance! For
anyone in Europe that has waited for the chance to see echolyn live,
your wait is finally over! This is one tour not to miss….
hope to see you in September. "
Saturday,
September 3, 2005 - Meanfiddler/Astoria, London, England
Sunday, September 4, 2005 - Boardwalk, Sheffield, England
Tuesday, September 6, 2005 - De Boerderij, Zoetermeer, The Netherlands
Wednesday, September 7, 2005 - Z7, Pratteln, Switzerland
Friday, Septmber 9, 2005 - Stazione Birra, Rome, Italy (Sponsored
by Progressivamente)
Saturday, September 10, 2005 - Teatro Elena, Milano/Sesto San Giovanni,
Italy
Sunday, September 11, 2005 - AKW, Wurzburg, Germany (Freakparade
Festival)
Monday, September 12, 2005 - Bergkeller, Reichenbach, Germany
Wednesday, September 14, 2005 - Spirit Of 66, Verviers, Belgium
Thursday, September 15, 2005 - Lucky & Co, Rijssen, The Netherlands
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Israeli
Alt-progressive rock band, SOLSTICE COIL, announces
work on their debut album is finished! The album, due to be released
on the 21st of September was mastered by Mr. Tali Katz on the 7/8/05
and will soon be sent to the printers to be distributed in Israel
and around the world. It is produced by the band without any outside
interference. The album, titled 'A Prescription for Paper Cuts',
is the product of two years of extensive and intense work in and
outside of the studio. Included in the album are progressive rock
opuses 'Selling Smoke' and 'Anyone can Be'. It will also include
16 pages of graphic art by Ofer Vishnia, including a graphic novel
relating to the main concept of the album. Solstice Coil's music
blends the powerful sound and emotional charge of alternative bands
such as Radiohead, Muse, The Mars Volta and Porcupine Tree, with
the precise compositions and arrangements of classic prog bands
such as Genesis, King Crimson and Yes, as well as influenced by
modern prog and prog-metal groups Dream Theater, The Flower Kings,
Pain of Salvation and Anekdoten. The outcome is a 50 minutes long
journey into an exquisite world of sound and melody that stimulates
both heart and mind. Here is the set list for the album: 1) Photosensitivity
(4:13) 2) Caveat Emptor (1:33) 3) Selling Smoke (9:09) 4) Deep Child
(6:15) 5) Even Poets Die (7:18) 6) Accidents (6:01) 7) Enjoy the
Ride (5:31) 8) Anyone Can Be (A Porn Star) (6:45) 9) Brilliance
(4:48)
The
band's official website, containing information, photos and demos:
http://www.solstice.co.il
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LIQUID
SCARLET has finished the recordings of the forthcoming
album which will be out in late September, but before that an EP
containing 1 album track and 4 non-album tracks will be out in late
August. No decision taken yet on the title of the album but the
single track from it is titled "Killer couple strikes again!".
Both these will, just like the debut, be released by Progress
Records.
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23/07/05 |
After
a little success on abroad with "Miracles" studio album,
and some foreign ( we hope successful)concerts, the polish prog
band VAN (www.van.nsa.pl)
decided to record a new single entitled "I Fly".
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French
Progressive Rock Band NIL new CD "Nil Novo
Sub Sole" will be released on UNICORN DIGITAL August first
2005. On their new CD , first release on UNICORN, NIL offers great
progressive rock pieces that sometimes reminding of the great instrumental
prog of TALISMA and SPACED OUT adorned with the beautiful voice
of Roselyne Berthet.
Created by Benjamin Croizy (keyboards), David Maurin (guitars and
flute), Samuel Maurin (basses and Stick) and Frank Niebel (drums),
NIL was named like this in 1999. After two confidential CDs, the
band reached a higher level with "Quarante jours sur le Sinaï
(Fourty days on the Sinaï)", an ambitious concept-album,
acclaimed by many reviewers, thus giving the band an international
visibility. Till now mostly instrumental, Roselyne Berthet added
her voice to NIL's music, before actually joining the band in 2002.
The live DVD "Gouveia Art Rock Festival 2003", issued
last year, permitted to offer in preview some new compositions taken
from the long-waited new album. The album was mastered by Richard
Addison at Trillium Sound Studios.
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UNICORN
DIGITAL is proud to welcome American prog band Ring of Myth into
the family. Ring of Myth’s new CD "Weeds" will be
released on UNICORN DIGITAL in August 2005. The CD will contain
10 new Progressive Rock songs. This CD will please fans of the old
YES, Genesis and Rush. The band had made their nark in the Progressive
Rock World in 1996 with the release of their first CD UNBOUND on
the Kinesis label. MP3 samples available here.
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NEMO
will release a live album on the first of October. It was recorded
last 23/04/05. The album will be presented in a cardboard sleeve to
reduce all costs, ours too!
Tracklist : Intro : Prélude à la ruine - Les temps modernes
- 1914 - La dernière vague - Cavalerie / Confrontation - Au
dessus des toits - Au dessus des pyramides - Cluster 84. Besides
they are currently working at their the studio to record what will
be their fourth album, after the succesfull "Prélude à
la ruine". This album will be available in feb/march 2006. Samples
will of course be listenable in September. Another
great new : JP Louveton will be dad in August for the first time.
Our sincere congratulations !!! |
| "Second
Life Syndrome", for this is the title of the forthcoming RIVERSIDE
album, will be released worldwide on Inside Out label! The album will
consist of eight compositions, amongst which you will find "Reality
Dream III," the track which has already been performed live.
Lyricswise, "Second Life Syndrome" will continue the story
from "Out Of Myself." Musicwise, it will show a bit heavier
side of the band. The cover will be once again designed by Travis
Smith. The album's premiere is planned for November 2005. www.riverside.art.pl |
| KNIGHT
AREA , as you might already know, is very excited to perform
at the renowned North East Art Rock Festival, NEARfest. Other bands
to perform are a.o. IQ (GB), Le Orme (It), Present (Be), Kenso (Jap)
and Steve Roach (US). Sun
July 10, 2005 Bethlehem, PA, USA – Zoellner Arts Center, NEARfest
Sat September 24, Monster NL - De Wielepet (with Canonball)
Sun September 25, Verviers BE – Spirit of ’66 (Convention
de Prog Resiste)
Sat October 15, 2005 Le Havre, FR – Ange Convention
Sat November 12, 2005 Zoetermeer, NL – De Boerderij, Solution
Productions Night
More concert dates are on their way and will be announced on http://www.knightarea.com/
soon.
The
NEARfest concert is going to be filmed and audio recorded. Knight
Area is negotiating with the label http://www.lasercd.com/
concerning the release of an official DVD next year. Be sure to
watch our website closely!
Due
to the busy schedule, Knight Area will start recording the new CD
no sooner than the end of the summer. However, many songs have been
written and some of them have been rehearsing . Therefore, they
expect to finish the recordings by July 2006.
The new Knight Area album with the working title BRANDARIS, will
be released at the end of January 2007.
The Knight Area band members Rinie, Gijs and Mark Vermeule have
participated in the NovoX project together with former Cliffhanger
members Hans Boonk and Dick Heijboer. For more information, visit:
http://aud-io-port.freewebspace.com/novox/
Despite
his busy schedule with Knight Area, Gerben has found the time to
write and record new songs with Sangamo. Gerben expects to finish
recordings somewhere in 2006… |
29/06/05 |
Canadian
Prog Rock trio TALISMA who’s first CD "Corpus"
released in 2004 was very well received by the Prog community (TOW
rated it 80 out of 100 !!), will be releasing their second CD. Entitled
"Chromium", the new CD will be released on UNICORN DIGITAL
in August 2005. In
the tradition of "Corpus", "Chromium" will contain
12 songs of pure instrumental progressive Rock, nice fluid mellotron
textured songs in odd time signatures.
|
RANDONE
IN CONCERTO presentazione del nuovo disco "HYBLA, ATTO I"
14 Luglio 2005 ore 21:30 Piazza Duomo, Ragusa Ibla. Guest: MALIBRAN.
E' possibile ascoltare i primi dieci minuti della nuova fantastica
suite al seguente link: http://hybla.randone.com
|
MAGIC
PIE , Norwegian proggers who had immediate success, with their self
released debut album "Motions of Desire", has signed to
the Swedish label Progress Records. The album was sold out very
fast even though the sound quality was not top notch, so to make
it even better the Progress version will be re-mastered and come
with an enhanced booklet. The band, who by the way are booked for
next years Rites Of Spring Festival, has a sound that appeals strongly
to all fans of early Flower Kings or Spock's Beard with their timeless
progressive rock which is highly melodic but also quite complex
at times. Add a pinch of the energy and attitude from mid 70's Deep
Purple and you have a quite accurate description of how they sound.
"Motions of Desire" will be out on July 18, and they can
be heard on stage at the progressive rock festival Slottskogen Goes
Progressive in Gothenburg on August 13.
|
| The
new SONIQ THEATER's album called "Pandromania"
is available. You can order it directly from Alfred Mueller's website. |
| LANDMARQ
are pleased to announce that keyboardist Mike Varty (Shadowland, Janison
Edge) has now joined the band. He is now busy learning truck-loads
of keyboard parts both old and new and will also be contributing to
the bands next album which is already under way. Mike replaces Gonzalo
Carrera. The next scheduled live date for Landmarq, and the first
outing for Mike, will be at The Limelight, Crewe, on Thursday July
28th 2005. |
| News
from SONUS UMBRA website: "Work on the fourth
studio album continues. Obviously the June/July 2005 release date
was a pipe dream, but we are booked to mix and master this album in
early August. After that, it's off to the printer's, but I will not
be foolish enough to anticipate a release date. It will happen sometime
in 2005, for sure, but when exactly is currently anyone's guess. Late
August/early September? We'll see. One thing we do know is the album
title. We have decided to call this beast "Digging For Zeros". |
| 'From
Silence' by TROY DONOCKLEY & DAVE BAINBRIDGE
is a beautiful recording of their recent completely improvised performance
in the amazing acoustic and surroundings of the 12th Century Lincoln
Cathedral. Available now from Open Sky Records. For more information
on this album, visit www.iona.uk.com |
| 02/06/05 |
L’edizione
2005 del Gong Progressive Festival avrà luogo domenica 12
giugno all'agriturismo La Razza di Canali di Albinea (Reggio Emilia)
con inizio alle ore 16,30 e proseguirà fino a mezzanotte.
Vedrà sul palco sei gruppi provenienti da Italia (Type e
Oltremare), Francia (Eclat e Lord Of Mushrooms) e Olanda (Flamborough
Head e Plackband).
Per ulteriori informazioni www.re-prog.it
|
UNICORN
DIGITAL is proud to welcome French progressive rock band NIL into
the family. French progressive rock band NIL has
been signed to UNICORN DIGITAL. Their fourth release NIL NOVO SUB
SOLE will be release this summer. Created by Benjamin Croizy (keyboards),
David Maurin (guitars and flute), Samuel Maurin (basses and Stick)
and Frank Niebel (drums), NIL was named like this in 1999. After
two confidential CDs, the band reached a higher level with "Quarante
jours sur le Sinaï (Fourty days on the Sinaï)", an
ambitious concept-album, acclaimed by many reviewers, thus giving
the band an international visibility. Till now mostly instrumental,
Roselyne Berthet added her voice to NIL's music, before actually
joining the band in 2002. The live DVD "Gouveia Art Rock Festival
2003", issued last year, permitted to offer in preview some
new compositions taken from the long-waited next album : "NIL
NOVO SUB SOLE". The album was mastered by Richard Addison at
Trillium Sound Studios. Release date and MP3 samples coming soon
|
A
RAIMUNDO RODULFO Concert Announcement: Miami, Tabacco
Road. May 21 2005. Opening for Little Atlas.
|
| Swedish
label PROGRESS RECORDS informs that a new kind of
project is born, consisting of members from Galleon, Grand Stand and
Cross, who together will perform songs by…Galleon, Grand Stand
and Cross. This makes them a kind of cover band who actually covers
themselves. First gig (and maybe the only one) will be as support
act for The Watch at the Progress Club Concert, in Stockholm, on July
1 this year. More info: www.progressrec.com/progressclub |
| An
unexpected new from LANDMARQ: "We regret to
announce the news that keyboard player Gonzalo Carrera and Landmarq
have parted company. Due to increasing commitments aside from Landmarq,
it was becoming more and more difficult for Gonzalo to devote the
necessary time to the band that is required. This was an extremely
difficult band decision that was not taken lightly. Gonzalo is a fine
keyboard player and musician who has brought his own unique and individual
approach and personality to the band over the last two years. We consider
Gonzalo a friend and he will always be a part of the Landmarq family.
All of us in Landmarq wish Gonzalo every success with all that he
chooses to do in music. Following further arrangements, Gonzalo's
replacement will be announced shortly. As reported previously, recording
of the bands next studio album is already under way and is expected
to continue." |
| 13/05/05 |
Some
changes to the upcoming COLIN BASS solo tour in
Poland :11.05.
- BLUE-NOTE - POZNAN 12.05. - JAROCIÑSKI OORODEK KULTURY
- JAROCIN 13.05. - OSTRO£ÊKA - KLUB AVALON 14.05. -
TBC 15.05. - KLUB KUNIA - BYDGOSZ 16.05. - MOK - GNIEZNO 17.05
- WARSAW - PROGRESJA 18.05. - ZIELONA GÓRA - PIWNICA KAWON
Jarocin will be a special concert together with Josef Skrzek to
celebrate their new live CD release (see below). At all other shows
Colin will be appearing solo. Support act is Jenny Weisgerber.
|
The
new album by italian prog band LA TORRE DELL'ALCHIMISTA
is finally out. It's called "USA... You Know?" and contains
the live performance from Nearfest 2002, featuring 19 minutes of
new stuff.
|
BROTHER
APE , the Swedish prog rock band who who recently released
their debut album "On the other side"on the Progress Records
label, has lost a member. Peter Dahlstrom, who took the lead vocals
on about 60% of the tracks, has left the band for personal reasons
and will move from Stockholm for a new life in a small town. The
band says: "The remaining Brothers are not paralyzed by this.
We will continue our work with the next album! It sounds better
than ever and with Viktor Rundlöf as the "head commander"
of the mixing desk, we feel that we stand on solid ground. Of course
some changes will be made. We have to re-record some parts to fit
the new Brother Ape line up and have Stefan taking the lead vocals
on all tracks. But since we actually had two bass players and two
vocalists, it is just a matter of "symbolic sanitation"
for us that still hold the flag of Brother Ape. It's a fresh challenge
that inspires us very much and we whish our dear friend Peter a
happy and healthy life!"
|
MAGENTA
will be performing a special concert on 14th May 2005 at The Pop Factory
in Porth, South Wales,
UK. The concert will be recorded for release on DVD later this year.
Details: Doors
open at 6.45pm and the band will be on stage at 7.30pm. There will
be no admittance into the shoot after 7.30pm due to recording, and
no video cameras or flash cameras will be allowed into the gig for
obvious reasons. After the event, there will be a party and all who
are at the DVD shoot will be welcome to attend and hang out with the
band and have some much needed refreshment. Further information available
at www.magenta-web.com The tickets are limited to 100 people and there
are two types of ticket available: 1) GBP 10.00 ticket. This will
get you into the concert and you will also have a credit on the DVD
and be featured on the DVD itself. 2) GBP 20.00 ticket. This is the
same as the ?10.00 ticket, but you will also get a signed copy of
the DVD sent to you when released. TICKETS ARE LIMITED TO JUST 100
- FIRST COME FIRST SERVED. To order your ticket, please visit http://www.progrock.co.uk/news/magentadvd.htm |
| 13/04/05 |
UNICORN
DIGITAL would like to welcome Texas band Little King into the family.
Formed in 1996 in by Ryan Rosoff in El Paso Texas, Little King will
be releasing their second CD Virus Divine on UNICORN DIGITAL the
12th of April 2005.
|
| After
several months of silence, the SEVEN REIZH's web site http://www.seven-reizh.com/
is on-line again. |
| 24/03/05 |
Work
on the fourth SONUS UMBRA studio album continues. They were hoping
for a March/April 2005 release date, but a June/July date is much
more realistic. They are still fighting over a title, but the track
list is as follows: Nightmare ( Part 1 - Scream), Sleepwalkers,
Children of Cain (Part 1 - Hope), The Laughter Of The Dead, Invisible
World, Serial Grounds , Infestation, Nightmare (Part 2 - Run), Bloodstains
In Paradise, Meme Puppet Waltz, Rupture, Devil's Promise, Aleph,
The Great Fall Inwards, The Music Of The Primes, Children Of Cain
(Part 2 - Love), Pariah, Infinity.
|
| The
next STEREOKIMONO gigs will be the following: 2005 April 2nd, "Ponderosa
music club", Castelseprio (VA) - 2005 April 7th "Sottotetto",
Viale Zagabria, Bologna. |
Festival
PROG'SUD: 2005 May 5th, 6th, 7h - Les Pennes-Mirabeau ( France). Thursday
5 May : Cabezas De Cera (Mexico) and Caravan (England) - Friday 6
May : Lazuli (France), Tryo (Chile) and Eclat ( France) - Saturday
7 May : Biocide (France), Ken's Novel (Belgium) and Mats /Morgan band
(Sweden).
For further informations please visit http://perso.frogprog.mageos.com/progsud2005/ |
| 18/02/05 |
Swedish
proggers LIQUID SCARLET, who had a success with their Anekdoten/Anglagard
sounding debut album, is now halfway through the recordings of the
follow-up and hope to have it out sometime during autumn 2005. Rumours
are that they with their new material are developing towards a more
distinct sound of their own which is a bit more melodic and vocal
based, but yet within the realms for the Liquid Scarlet sound.
|
| The
new TIMOTHY PURE Cd "Bones Of Ghost" will be the most experimental
of any to date. Recorded in surround sound as well as in stereo, the
band will have some surprises in store. The new CD will be released
in mid 2005. |
| UNICORN
DIGITAL would like to welcome Texas band LITTLE KING into the family.
Formed in 1996 by Ryan Rosoff in El Paso Texas, Little King will be
releasing their second CD Virus Divine on UNICORN DIGITAL in April
2005. |
| BROTHER
APE signed to PROGRESS Records. Brother Ape is a very fine act consisting
of four very talented as well as skilled musicians. Stefan Damicolas
(vocals, guitars), who is writing most of the material with all tracks
arranged together with the rest of the band, Peter Dahlstrom (vocals,
bass, keyboards), Gunnar Maxén (bass, keyboards, vocals) and
Max Bergman (drums, percussion). Musically their sound is a unique
blend of progressive rock and fusion. At times chord changes are somewhat
in the vein of 70's fusion bands such as Weather Report or Brand X,
but performed with quite heavy, but also kind of sophisticated guitars
rather than 70's keyboard sounds. They've also got one foot in the
more traditional progressive rock style with Saga, Yes, Rush and maybe
also some A.C.T. influences with the end result creating an original
yet accessible sound of their own. Dashes of Zappa's rockier style
can also be found in their music. In late 2003 they printed 500 copies
of their debut album mainly sold at concerts. It's a very fine album,
but a bit short (37 minutes) so therefore it will be re-released on
the Progress Records label with a couple of very good tracks added
to it. Release date March 28. |
| 31/01/05 |
ProgAID
was set-up in the wake of the terrible earthquake and Tsunami disaster
that tragically struck on the 26th December 2004. The sheer destruction
and loss of human life was of a scale that shook the world.We considered
what the Progressive Rock community could do, even in a small way,
to help alleviate some of the suffering endured, and help towards
the rebuilding of lives and communities.We have therefore decided
to co-ordinate the recording of a CD single to help raise as much
money as possible for those that need it. The song, titled 'All
Around The World', will be recorded on the 29th and 30th January
2005, and since the decision was made, we have been overwhelmed
by the generosity of so many great musicians who have agreed to
give their time to appear on the single. The list grows daily and
currently includes:
Neal
Morse
Roine Stolt - The Flower Kings
Anthony Phillips
Martin Orford - IQ
Pete Nicholls - IQ
John Jowitt - IQ
Alan Reed - Pallas
Nick Barrett - Pendragon
Clive Nolan - Arena / Pendragon
Mick Pointer - Arena
John Mitchell - Arena / The Urbane
Gary Chandler - Jadis
Arjen Lucassen - Ayreon
Oliver Wakeman - Oliver Wakeman Band
Steve Balsamo - Alan Parsons Project
Troy Donockley - Iona
Bryan Josh - Mostly Autumn
Steve Gee - Landmarq
Tracy Hitchings - Landmarq
Dave Wagstaff - Landmarq
Bruce Soord - Pineapple Thief
Stu Nicholson - Galahad
Magenta
Steve Babb - Glass Hammer
Daniel Gildenlow - Pain Of Salvation
Mike Baker - Shadow Gallery
Gary Wehrkamp - Shadow Gallery
Doogie White - ex Rainbow / Yngwie Malmsteen
Rob Gould - Fula
Fiona Ford - Fula
Alain Chiarazzo - Eclat
Steve Taylor - Strangefish
Danny Chang - The Fyreworks
Andy Edwards - Ezra
Colin Edwards - Ezra
Chris Dale - Sack Trick / Bruce Dickinson
Paul Davies - ex Karnataka / Panic Room
Jonathan Edwards - ex Karnataka / Panic Room
Nic Waulker - Bluehorses
Liz Prendagast - Bluehorses
Once
recorded, the single will go on sale, which is expected to be late
February 2005, and all proceeds will go to the charities that can
help the victims of the Tsunami disaster. |
| After
10 years, SONUS UMBRA's founding member Andres Aullet has announced
he will go on extended sabbatical from the band. SU wish him and his
family the very best as they continue working to complete the fourth
studio album |
| After
having worked as a trio on the two latest albums Secrets and Playgrounds
using Olov Andersson (Grand Stand, Spektrum) as a semi-member, the
swedish band CROSS felt it was time to recruit a permanent keyboard
player. After checking around a bit they found that the right man
was just around the corner. Cross new keyboard player is - Göran
Johnsson! |
| 15/01/05 |
| The
new album from ROOT "Illumination" has been released 5 January
2005. It features 12
new tracks: Wishing Man, Anything, The Meaning, Healing in Me, Sometimes,
Anymore, The Most, Always, My Pride, No Mercy, Younger, Boy Genius.
"Illumination" can be bought directly from the Root website
www.rootmusic.fsnet.co.uk |
| The
following are the next KNIGHT AREA gigs already planned for 2005:
5 February ~ Het Kasteel, Alphen a.d. Rijn (with FAF) - 22/23 April
~ Sarlat, France, Prog Festival - 13 May ~ TotalMusic, Schiedam (with
FAF) - 10 July ~ Nearfest USA, Bethlehem, Philadelphia - 15 October
~ Ange Convention, Le Havre, France. |
| 28/12/04 |
| Although
a definite date hasn't been set, ANDREW LATIMER and Susan Hoover have
decided to return to England. As Camel Productions is such an intimately
run company, it will make this change also, and CP USA will shut down. |
| Swiss
band SHAKARY decided to bring fans for free a new composition, about
20 minutes long, available only on the net. It's what remains of the
BAX project, compressed into a single song. Lele Hoffmann's currently
working on this, while Giovanni and Scandy are dealing with a new
concept album about friendship, based on lyrics from a new collaborator,
but long time friend of ours. |
Polish
label Wydawnictwo 21 announces two new releases: JOZEF SKRZEK FORMATION
"Wojna Swiatow - Live"
(War of the Worlds), recorded live in Lucerna Hall, Prague 1981.
DER SPYRA "Headphone Concert" - Little Garden of Sounds
II, recorded live in the Little Garden of Sounds, Kassel, Germany.
Both are digipack editions.
|
| 06/12/04 |
3
EARS, the UK-based label has new releases coming soon: Steve
Adams - Camera Obscura. Official Release date 25 Jan 2005
- Former Pete Bardens and Mirage guitarist 3rd solo album and a
stunner. Mirage - Afterlive ( 3 CD + 1 DVD ). Official
Release date 25 Jan 2005. The classic Mirage Live DEC 1994 album
re-released: Remixed - Remastered - Repackaged - Bonus CD - Bonus
Material & DVD region free 0 NTSC format. Pete Bardens - Dave
Sinclair - Andy Ward - Steve Adams - Rick Biddulph - Pye Hastings
- Jimmy Hastings - Dave Cohen - Desha Dunnahoe. Camel material -
Caravan Material - Pete Bardens Solo material. Steve Adams
- Vertigo - RE-ISSUE Official Release date February 2005
-
Former Pete Bardens and Mirage guitarist 2nd solo album with ANDY
WARD on drums. If you like extended solos keyboard and guitar with
a dash of something orginal this is for you. Now completely re-mastered
and re-packaged this album is
brought further up to date with the inclusion of a Bonus Track.
The bonus track is a previously unreleased song by KIT WATKINS (
ex Happy the Man and Camel) entitled " Underwater " and
written during Kits spell with Camel. |
| 16/11/04 |
Some
news regarding CAMEL. The live DVD and CD from the Farewell Tour
are on hold. Little Barn studios will be undergoing some major changes
in the not too distant future, and Andrew Latimer has elected to
wait until his new setup is finalised, before proceeding with the
mixing and mastering of the recordings. "The Brew" album:
This, too, has been put on hold temporarily. The time the trio spent
together wasn't quite enough to finish off the intended album, and
they are looking forward to additional recording sessions in 2005.
New studio album: Since the live recordings have been put on hold,
Andrew has returned to writing and a new studio album is starting
to take shape. |
| The
recordings for HUBI MEISEL's next concept album were recently completed
and during the next few months Hubi will work on the mixdown in his
studio in Munich. Line-up: Hubi Meisel - vocals / Vivien Lalu - keys
(Shadrane) / Marcel Coenen - guitars (Sun Caged) / Jorge Salán
- guitars (José Andrea, Mago de Oz) / Daniel Flores - drums
(Mind's Eye) / Johan Niemann - bass (Therion) |
| 28/10/04 |
| ARCANSIEL
will play live at Mezzago "Bloom" (near Milan, Italy) next
November 12th. Start: 10,30 p.m. |
| Hot
on the heels of the release of ASIA's latest studio album, "Silent
Nation", the second edition of David Gallant's band biography
"Asia: The Heat Goes On" is now available. The new edition
features several changes and additions: Larger 8.5" by 11"
format - New chapters updating the band's activities 2001 to present
- 50+ new photos from all stages of the band's history - A complete
two page spread Asia family tree - Track-by-track commentary by John
Payne and Geoff Downes on Silent Nation - New track-by-track commentary
from John Wetton and Geoff Downes on the creative process behind the
debut Asia album - An exclusive interview with legendary A&R man,
John Kalodner, who was at ground zero as Asia formed back in 1981
- Amazing new cover design. |
| At
long last the reissue of Sabah Habas Mustapha’s long unavailable
classic first CD, „Denpasar Moon“ is now imminent, with
extra bonus audio and video material. Official release date is November
5th. Orders can now be made from the Kartini Music Shop at www.kartini-music.com
. |
| The
official release date for FARPOINT's new album, "From Dreaming
to Dreaming", has been set for November 9. 2004. Current info
can be found at www.farpointband.com. |
| Unicorn
Records is proud to announce that Norwegian prog band RETROHEADS will
be releasing its first CD "Retrospective" on UNICORN RECORDS
this 15th of November 2004. The
band consists of 5 musicians with various musical backgrounds; from
jazz, pop and rock to African and world-music. |
| 06/10/04 |
| SHAKARY's
official website has been updated for the second time this year. It's
a record !!! They announce they abandoned the "Bax" project,
'cause "some others bands came up with similar ideas during the
last year, so it didn't seem to be a good idea anymore". While
Lele recovered from his arm fracture (he broke his right arm), Scandy
and Giovanni wrote some music and from here to the new record it's
only a matter of time. |
The
new album "Prelude a la ruine" by french band NEMO is available!
The release date has been advanced,
and everyone can order it from Nemo website since today. It will be
available somewhere in october in retailers shops, depending on the
country. www.nemo-world.com After Benoit's departure, the band is
also happy to introduce Lionel B. Guichard, the new NEMO bass player
! |
| 17/09/04 |
| The
new David Kendall's ROOT album will be released next 2005 January
5th. No more details at the moment .... |
| On
18th November 2004 IONA will be performing their first UK concert
in 2 years at the University of London. This is to be filmed for the
band's first ever full length concert DVD release. Tickets
can be purchased by emailing Voiceprint_mailorder@compuserve.com.
The price is £25. However, this price includes the DVD of the
concert, which will be despatched to you upon release and a special
thanks name check on the actual DVD programme for everyone attending
the concert who takes up this offer. Those wanting to attend the concert
without purchasing the DVD will be able to get tickets for £15.
More info as it comes in Iona website http://www.iona.uk.com
|
| All
tracks for the new PILGRYM album ‘The Great Divide’ are
now basically recorded with the inclusion of Andy’s long term
cohort Jool’s Slater on Flute featured on various tracks throughout
the album. A limited edition CD single is to be released late September
/ early October, and will include ‘Believe Me Now’, from
the Pilgrimage album, as well as two previously un-released tracks,
‘Waiting For The Night’ and an early studio version of
‘Reborn’ with Andy Well’s on vocals instead Tony
Drake’s live version. The limited edition EP will be available
on Holyground Records (100 copies only). |
| The
SYLVAN X-Rayed tour continues: several
concerts are planned in September within the scope of their X-Rayed
tour, which finally leads them to their east European neighbors in
Poland! September 10th 2004 - Singwitz (Germany) - Kesselhauslager
September 11th 2004 - Warschau (Poland) - Festival "Rock against
terrorism" September 12th 2004 - Poznan (Poland) - Blue Note. |
| Over
a year in the making, FARPOINT's third cd "From Dreaming to Dreaming"
is nearing completion and should be released in October, 2004. This
cd sees the return of original Farpoint drummer Rick Walker, as well
as bold steps forward in songwriting, production and performance by
the Farpoint members. Comprising 11 tracks totalling around 65 minutes,
"From Dreaming to Dreaming" will once again feature artwork
by the talented David Frain. Up to date info can be found at the newly
redesigned www.farpointband.com.
In other Farpoint news, Italian progressive rock label Mellow Records
will be releasing a tribute to the Moody Blues, either late 2004 or
early 2005, which will feature Farpoint's cover of the Moodies' "New
Horizons." Also, Farpoint plans to record an all acoustic show
later in 2004 for release in 2005. |
|
New
RAIN FOR A DAY album "Elemental“, is going to be released
October 11th 2004. After a long, busy and productive time, xxx xxx
is very happy to announce the release of his own new Rain For A Day
album. For those of you who haven’t heard of it before, it’s
his personal side project simultaneously to SYLVAN, in which he's
performing on the keyboards and doing all the song writing. The Voice
is the terrific singer Miriam Schell, who should be familiar to you
as the choral singer on the "Artificial Paradise" album.
The CD will be distributed by POINT Music from October 11th 2004 in
Germany, Austria and Switzerland. Of course it will also be available
at the SYLVAN Shop. You can catch a first impression of this CD on
www.rainforaday.de |
| VOX
TEMPUS is proud to announce the U.S release of their debut album,
"In The Eye Of Time", through Progman Records. The album
will be available exclusively at this month's ProgPower Festival in
Atlanta (where the band is also featured on the festival CD sampler),
followed by a formal U.S. release on September 21st. |
Unicorn
Records is proud to announce that the cd "Greeting form Nostradamus"
from VLADIMIR BADIROV will be released on the label on the 1st of
October 2004. While
working with other musicians, Vladimir has never put aside the idea
of creating his own project, and as a result, he recorded and released
his first solo album "Greeting from Nostradamus" with
11 compositions representing a symbiosis of modern rhythms, electronic
sounds and splendid oriental colors along with traditional Uzbek
folk instruments - Nai, ud, tanbur, karnai, sato, were used for
the recording of the album. Unicorn also announces the first release
of a new prog band STEP INTO THE CIRCLE very soon. |
| 29/07/04 |
As
a little gift of thanks for fans patience during CAMEL's long down
time, Andrew Latimer has put up a download of a jam from the Brew
session, called "Left Luggage". They've included a bit
of fun graphic work from Debbie Dyke and a few snapshots taken while
Doug, Andy and Andrew took a few moments to relax and enjoy themselves:
http://www.camelproductions.com/brew.html.
There's also alittle surprise on the horizon, that is a remastering
of Camel' 1984 album "Stationary Traveller". Originally,
it was meant to begin with a track called "In the Arms of Waltzing
Frauleins" but the record company had their doubts and so,
back into the studio went Andrew for a marathon writing, recording,
mixing & mastering session which produced 'Pressure Points'.
|
| 13/07/04 |
KNIGHT
AREA is currently writing new songs. Working title: "Woefdram".
Some of them will occur as a sample on their
new website which will be published this summer.
|
GONG
FESTIVAL: Sunday 1/08/2004 - Reggio Emilia (Italy) Agriturismo "La
Razza". Free Entrance from 4 pm to 12 pm. The bill: Mangala
Vallis / F.O.G. (E.L. & P. tribute) / Sequencer (Genesis tribute)
/ Arcanoise / Master Experience / Trama Sonora. In case of rain
the festival date will be shifted to 8/08/2004.
|
| Pilgrimage
the debut album of british band PILGRYM will now be released and distributed
by Swedish label Transsubstance Records, a subsidiary of Record Heaven
distributions. The album will be repackaged and released in early
July on the new label.
Recording and writing for the new Pilgrym album ‘The Great Divide’,
is around half way complete and includes slightly heavier material
but also still steeped in progressive influences including the now
complete, full orchestration of the epic 3 part Unknown Soldier. Orchestra
recorded at HSA with the HSA Youth orchestra conducted by Andy Wells.
New tape frames have been acquired for Hydeaway Studio’s Mellotron
and are been put to god use on new track, The Great Divide, Part 1
&2. Another inclusion on the album is a composition by Pilgrym
new recruit, Rob Jarvis, ‘On Second Thoughts (What If)’.
Another new track will also be included form Andy Wells, strangely
titled ‘Rupert Giles’. |
"Ricordo", the new album by italian band RANDONE is finally
out. For more informations and how to purchase it visit the official
site: http://www.ricordo.randone.com/ |
| 12/06/04 |
After
a long time of silence and no updates of their official site, at
last there's a good new from them: TIMOTHY PURE will be recording
their next CD this summer. They also will be headlining Roguefest
in Atlanta on Saturday, 2004 July 17. |
Kartini
Music is pleased to announce that a selection of songs from the
recent COLIN BASS solo tour in Poland is now available for downloading
from the Colin Bass Homepage on the kartini-music.com website. Thedirect
link is the following: http://kartini-music.com/home/ColinBass/?mainm1
|
| The
VOGHERA PROG FESTIVAL will take place in the eponymous town next July
2nd. The bill includes Malaavia (feauturing Tony Pagliuca), Pfm and
Yes. |
The dutch band EYES CAN'T SEE is proud to announce their first album
containing a small part (five songs) of the forthcoming concept
album. |
| 20/05/04 |
PMM
is proud to announce that their latest release from new group RAZOR
WIRE SHRINE called "Going Deaf for a Living" is now available.
Furious instrumental prog rock built on completely over the top
performances, challenging arrangements and the perfect balance of
passion and precision. Razor Wire Shrine describe their style as
"loud, complex, high-energy, rhythmically challenging, harmonically
sophisticated, metal-coated, instrumental prog-rock with a bad attitude".
A must have release for the more technical minded prog freak. Check
out the samples at pmm-music.net |
VOX
TEMPUS is going to release their first album "In The Eye Of
Time". The album currently features: Vocals - Dan Reed (Millennium,
Equinox) Guitars - Ray Mantor (Equinox) Keyboards - Eric Ragno (Takara,
Equinox) Bass - Jim Turba (Equinox) Drums - Gregg Bissonette (David
Lee Roth, Joe Satriani, etc.). For further infos www.vox-tempus.com.
|
| 01/05/04 |
"When
Earth Lets Go" is the second newborn CD, by norwegian band
GAZPACHO. It will be finished just in time for their european tour
as supporting act of Marillion. A limited edition CD will be sold
directly in the merchandise stall throughout this tour. Track
listing: Intro / Snowman / Put it on the air / Souvenir / Steal
Yourself / 117 / Beach house / Substitute for murder / Dinglers
horses / When earth lets go |
The
second edition of Big Wave Fest scheduled for last april 25th in
Vercelli (Italy) has been cancelled and shifted to next september. |
| 14/04/04 |
| "Dark
Matter” is the new studio album from IQ, announced as a work
with attitude and aggression reminiscent of IQ’s early days.
Tracklist: Sacred Ground, Red Dust Shadow, You Never Will, Born Brilliant,
Harvest of Souls. The
official release date in record shops will be June 21st |
Here
are the latest dates for the Colin Bass alone in Poland mini-tour
in April : 15.4- OSTROLEKA - KLUB AVALON
16.4- KONIN - GDK OSKARD, Al. 1 MAJA 7 a. 17.4- JAROCIN - PAB STOLARNIA
18.4- BYDGOSZCZ - KLUB KUZNIA, ul. GDANSKA 6 19.4- POZNAN - KLUB
BLUE NOTE ul. KOSCIUSZKI 21.4- LODZ - KLUB 77 (SIODEMKI) ul. PIOTRKOWSKA
77 29.4- CHORZOW - PLANETARIUM SLASKIE - special concert together
with keyboard maestro JOZEF SKRZEK |
| 27/03/04 |
| The
new edition of Festival PROG'SUD will take place next May 20th, 21th
and 22th 2004 at Les Pennes-Mirabeau ( near Marseille). For further
informations www.progsud2004.fr.fm |
The
new album from CROSS, titled "Playgrounds" wll be released
in late May on the Progress Records label. The line-up:
Hansi Cross - guitars, keyboards and vocals / Lollo Andersson -
basses / Tomas Hjort - drums, backing vocals with: Olov Andersson
- keyboards, backing vocals and all members of Spektrum will be
appearing in one way or another. For more info feel free to visit:
www.progressrec.com/cross |
| The
second edition of BIG WAVE FEST will take place next April 25th always
in Vercelli. The top of the bill includes Maalavia, Il Castello di
Atlante and Arti & Mestieri. |
German
band SYLVAN announces that everyone who would like to get a first
impression of the new album can now
listen to an MP3 teaser of X-Rayed at www.sylvan.de!!! |
Unicorn
records is proud to announce that "Da 63 projekt" , the
first CD from French progressive rock group ALKEMY, will be released
on April the first 2004. Alkemy is playing a unique blend of rock
and fusion, formed during the summer of 2000 and based in Bordeaux,
France. Together their songs mix the energy, the form and the rhythms
of rock music with the harmony, the soloing and the precision of
jazz. Their influences range from Dream Theater, Queensrÿche
to Chick Corea Elektric Band, Miles Davis or Pat Metheny Group.
More informations at: http://www.unicornrecords.com/alkemy.html |
| 15/02/04 |
| THE
RITES OF SPRING festival will take place during the days 24 and 25
of April in Phoenixville, PA (USA). The bands confirmed are the following:
Orphan Project, Izz, Alias Eye, Sonus Umbra, Jadis, Little Atlas,
Salem Hill and RPWL. For more information: http://www.rosfest.com/
|
| 05/01/04 |
| A
good new especially for italian readers: italian writer Giancarlo
Nanni, the author of a beautiful book "Rock Progressivo inglese"
dedicated to the golden age of British progressive rock (from 1965
to 1974), decided to put his book on line after the publisher's bankruptcy.
It's fully downloadable from his own site
as a Pdf file. In italian of course .... |
| IL
CASTELLO DI ATLANTE is ready to come out with the fifth release. No
dates have been announced yet. |
| After
10 years of silence italian band ARCANSIEL is back with a new web
site and a new album coming out in 2004. Now you can downoload the
new Arcansiel's screen saver 1.0 for windows directly from the homepage
www.arcansiel.co.uk
or www.arcansiel.com
. |
| 24/12/03 |
| DJAM
KARET will be self-releasing a specially priced 2 CD set in honor
of our 20 Year Anniversary that will be available direct from the
band as well as a few independent specialty web based retailers. “No
Commercial Potential & ... And Still Getting The Ladies”
ties together the band's roots in improvisational rock as it presents
the band's first cassette-only release of live direct to analog 8
track improvisations from 1985 (digitally mastered and transferred
to CD) along with live in-the-studio improvisations recorded during
the Night For Baku sessions in 2002. Heady energetic stuff that both
shows our roots and breaks new ground! Both releases will be available
thru their website and for a limited time as fully autographed at
no extra cost versions. The rest of 2004 will be spent writing and
recording a (as yet untitled) studio CD and companion DVD for release
on Cuneiform in May of 2005. There will be no live Djam Karet performances
during 2004. 2005 is another story... |
| Some
news about german band SYLVAN: in January they will play two more
concerts of their "Artificial paradise" tour: 01/28/2004
Frankfurt a.M. - Germany --- 01/29/2004 Essen - Germany
(Double gig with JADIS). After those two gigs, the New Year will be
all dedicated to their new album: "X-RAYED". The official
release date is March 29th 2004! |
| SHAKARY
are back, at last !!! Their official website has been updated with
a downloadable live version of "Dreaming In L.A.". They're
also working on the new album coming soon. Welcome back !!! |
| KINGCROW
announces "Insider", a concept prog-rock/class metal album.
3000 copies of this album will be printed. You can download "Eyes
Of A Betrayer" at the following address http://www.vitaminic.it/cgi-php/get_file.php3?modo=1&bid=493914&cob=0 |
| 8/12/03 |
| German
ANYONE'S DAUGHTER are working on a new album which should be ready
for release early next year. Some concerts have already been scheduled
for next march 2004. |
| Ravenhurst
Records are proud to announce the signing of the band DELUSION , whose
long-awaited new album The Tragedy of Regrets will be released to
stores worldwide on November 28, 2003. The album was recorded at Highview
Studios with Drew Mazurek , whose credits include Gwar , Nothingface
, Linkin' Park , Dog Fashion Disco , Click , Desolate Angel , and
others. Ravenhurst Records released earlier this month the Delusion
- "I'll Fly" Video Presentation , containing the bands first
music video from their upcoming cd release , brief bio , and behind
the scenes. Delusion have gained modest popularity through the release
of several compilation and tribute cds which contain the bands music.
From these releases and their internet website the band now has a
U.K. based website run by one of their fans that is over 5,000 members
strong. Their new album is anticipated to cross several genres of
rock and metal music fans. |
14/10/03 |
KINGCROW
are in full immersion with the recording session of the new album,
"Insider", out in the end of 2003. A "making of"
videoclip is available through the official site at this location:
http://www.kingcrow.it/main.htm
|
UNICORN
RECORDS is proud to announced that Montreal's progressive rock band
TALISMA are now part of the UNICORN family.Formed in 2000, TALISMA
is an instrumental progressive Rock trio from the Montreal region.
They will be releasing their first CD in the coming weeks. The album
will contain 15 songs, Crisis, L’empalé, Corpus, Corpus
II, Satanusky and more. The music of TALISMA could be described as
pure progressive Rock, Nice fluid mellotron textured songs in odd
time signatures.
6 MP3 samples are available here www.unicornrecords.com/mp3.html |
16/09/03 |
| Great
prog festival next september 21 in Vercelli, piazza Zumaglini (Zumaglini
square). The bill includes Distillerie di Malto, Stereokimono, Finisterre
and Pfm. The gig is for free. Music will start 5:30 p.m.. We'll see
there !!! Distillerie di Malto recently wrote me they will play two
new songs "Il Guardiano" and "Il suono seducente del
sogno" and "Aria e sogno" from their self-produced
debut cd. |
13/07/03 |
KINGCROW
(classic prog metal from Rome, www.kingcrow.it)
will start the recording process of "Insider" at the Legend
studios next 13/09/03. It will be a concept album.
The track list: 1. Friendship 2. The Project 3. Temptation 4. Never
Say Die 5. Eyes Of A Betrayer 6. The Cell 7. Lies 8. The Killing Hand
9. Stardust 10. Save Me 11. Finale |
| 03/04/03 |
| The
third SPACED OUT release "Slow Gin" is out from April 1st
for Unicorn records. |
| Some
dates of the forthcoming CAMEL farewell tour have been announced but
not yet confirmed. For more details: http://www.camelproduction.com |
| American
prog-folk band FARPOINT is going to release their second album "Grace". |
| UNICORN
RECORDS is proud to welcome a new artist onboard. HEON has been signed
to the label and the album "Electro-acoustic Requiem" will
be released very soon. |
| 28/02/03 |
| SUBLIME
LABEL announces the new web-site address http://www.sublime-label.com |
|
Debut album from Swedish all-star quintet SPEKTRUM to be released
next March 10th 2003. The band features members of Galleon, Cross
and Grand Stand as well as female singer Lizette von Panajotte. For
further informations, visit www.progressrec.com/spektrum. |
| CAMEL's
tour 2003 is officially announced with the confirmation of NEARfest
in Trenton, NJ, on 29th June only. Other performance dates are gradually
beginning to take shape but nothing is yet confirmed. But the actual
sad new is that Camel have made the decision they have long-since
tried to avoid: Tour 2003 will be Camel's final tour. |
| Year
2003 is 35th CARAVAN anniversary celebrated with a new album, a Uk
tour and a live album out next april 21st for Mdp. |
| CONSCIENCE,
a French prog metal band is launching its demo called "Bereavement
Before Dawn" : You can download excerpts of some songs from their
official Web
site. |
27/01/03 |
| The
new SATELLITE release has been delayed for several times but now it's
going to come out very soon. All the impatient Collage fans have not
to wait for it anymore. The official release date is February 27th
2003 for polish label Metal Mind. Welcome back Collage, at last!!!! |
| Kartini
Music is pleased to announce the imminent release (17/02/2003) of
the new COLIN BASS cd "in the meantime". Track listing :
Dissident song 5.19 So hard to say goodbye 8.57 As we say goodbye
4.13 Slow train blues 4.43 Talk to me 5.38 In the meantime 4.35 Bridge
of sighs 1.05 When will you ever learn? 8.58 One small moment 3.06.
Everyone who pre-order directly at www.kartini-music.com
before
the official release date will receive a free "Gently Kindly"
CD-single. |
| Luis
Nasser, SONUS UMBRA's leader, recently wrote me about the new album:
"The new albums (they are two, believe it or not) are very close
to completion, but it's always the last few details that seem to take
the longest! I was hoping the first one, "Spiritual Vertigo",
would be ready by february, and the second one, "The invisible
World' would be ready by either Nearfest or christmas... "
|
| The
new A.C.T. album called "Last Epic" will come out February
17th for european fans. The band will be touring in support of Saga. |
| TIMOTHY
PURE are still working on the new album. After some delays of releasing
date, Andrè Neitzel told me it will be available next spring. |
| The
Polish independent label Wydawnictwo 21 announced two new releases:
Colt "From The Fridge" (progressive hard rock 70s style)
and Józef Skrzek "Koncert Swietokrzyski" a live album
from 1983. |
| 03/09/2002 |
| La
Maschera di cera (featuring Fabio Zuffanti) will start the recording
process of the second cd entitled "Il grande Labirinto"
next September. |
| News
from Dutch band Ricocher. At this moment Ricocher is trying to arrange
some gigs in the UK. This way Ricocher is trying to put together a
(mini-) tour around the Rotherham Rocks Festival (18th October). Ricocher
has already written two new songs. These songs, "Question within
the Answer" and "Bitter Tears" will be added to the
setlist very soon. Some ideas about a new album have been discussed.
Watch the internetsite http://www.ricocher.com/
for the latest info about Ricocher. |
| Legendary
italian prog band Premiata Forneria Marconi (PFM) will perform live
in my hometown (Vercelli) next September 20th. I'll be there for sure
and I hope to post a gig report with pictures in the next site update. |
| 31/07/2002 |
| The
Zuffanti projects website has moved to a new address
and has been updated with a new download area and some interesting
news. FINISTERRE is back with touring plans for next autumn and a
new record scheduled for 2003. QUADRAPHONIC will release the new cd
"Il giorno sottile" on July 25th and LA ZONA with "Le
notti difficili" (scheduled for September) both for Mellow records.
LA MASCHERA DI CERA will play a gig next September 7th in Genova (Italy).
More informations will follow... |
A
new GARY MOORE studio album is due for release by Sanctuary Records
next September 2002. It will be produced by Gary Moore and mixed by
Chris Tsangradies & Gary Moore.
Gary recently said: "It's a lot rawer and 'earthier' than my
recent blues and I'm experimenting with some new guitar sounds. I'm
back with the strat and you'll hear the Hendrix influence in some
of the riff based songs which I haven't been known for. I'm
very into the Jimi thing at the moment. No further information
(track list or release date). |
The
new PORCUPINE TREE album "In Absentia" is scheduled for
release in September by Lava/Atlantic Records. The album contains
12 tracks with a total running time of approximately 70 minutes.
Blackest Eyes / Trains / Lips of Ashes / The Sound of Muzak / Gravity
Eyelids / Wedding Nails /Prodigal / .3 / The Creator Has a Mastertape
/ Heartattack in a Layby / Strip the Soul / Collapse the Light Into
Earth |
| UNICORN
RECORDS is proud to announced two releases scheduled for the next
August 15th. Swedish Aor-Prog band XINEMA with their first CD "
Different Ways" that will please fans of SAGA, ASIA and the likes.
The second release is "Physics Of Light" the debut
cd from MM CIRCLES, an album of ambient/jazz. MP3 samples are
available at: http://www.unicornrecords.com/Mp3/mp3.html |
| SONUS
UMBRA members are currently working on the new tracks of the acclaimed
"Snapshots From Limbo" follower. It should have been a double
cd but the band recently changed his mind. Two different projects
will be released and one of the two cd's will be called "Spiritual
Vertigo". No release dates have been announced. |
| English
progsters THIEVES KITCHEN have a new singer, Amy Darby replacing Simon
Boys "having unfortunately succumbed to family commitments".
The band has three gigs in the coming weeks - on August 3rd, they
will be playing with Clear Blue Sky at the Peel in Kingston On Thames.
The latter part of the month will see them back on the USA, as they
play Club Nostradamus on Philadelphia on Thursday August 29th, and
then the legendary ProgDay festival in Chapel Hill, North Carolina
on Saturday August 31st. From September on they plan to work on the
next album. |
| After
five years of silence, norwegian prog/folk heroes KERRS PINK updated
their official website announcing the new album coming out soon for
Musea records. It will be more focused on the vocal part than
their previous releases. The exact date of release will be announced
shortly. |
| 17/06/2002 |
| New
fantastic look for Camel
official site (the previous one was really terrible). In News
section they confirmed the release date of the new studio album "A
Wink And The Nod" for summer and you can vote the ten Camel songs
you'd like they rearrange in acoustic version. The results will be
included in a special acoustic release coming soon. It's not over:
a Dvd entitled "The History of Camel" will be available
later this year. Andrew Latimer, Andy Ward and Peter Bardens will
be the storytellers. In addition it will contain clips of TV performances. |
| Landmarq:
Cyclops records reissued second album "Infinity Parade"
and the debut "Solitary Witness" with new cover artworks.
In "S.W." there is also a bonus track "Suite: St. Helens"
sung by Rob Lewis-Jones before Damian Wilson joined the band. |
| The
next Happy the Man album "The Muse Awakens" is going to
be released in the fall of this year. |
| Marco
Cerulli left swiss progsters Clepsydra to dedicate himself to solo
projects. The name of the new guitar player is William Rossi. |
| The
Dutch band Fluxury invites everyone to visit www.fluxury.nl
and download 6 complete songs in mp3 format taken from their first
album. They say to have invented a new province in the progressive
kingdom. Give them a try. I hope to review the album in its entirety
very soon !! |
| German
proggers Rousseau are back !! After 3 albums (from 1980 to 1986) they
come back with original line-up and a new album entitled "At
The Cinema". Visit their new official
site. |
| A
new Fabio Zuffanti (Hostsonaten, Finisterre) project will see the
light next september under the monicker of La Zona. The cd will be
entitled "Le notti difficili" and will contain one 45 minutes
track only divided in 4 parts. http://digilander.iol.it/laZona/ |
|
UNICORN RECORDS
is proud to announce that 2 new artists have been signed to the label.
Swedish Aor/Prog band XINEMA have signed with UNICORN records for
the release of their first album “Different Ways” and Spaced Out drummer
Martin Maheux will release “The Physics of Light” his first solo album
on UNICORN records. |
A
new Colin Bass maxi-single will be ready for shipping on 20th June.
"Gently Kindly" will contain two preview tracks from the
forthcoming album of the same name and two bonus tracks from the currently
out-of-print album "Denpasar Moon" recorded 1994 by alter-ego
Sabah Habas Mustapha.
Track listing : Gently Kindly - One Small Moment - The River &
the Sea part 1 - The River & the Sea part 2.
See website for further information: http://kartini-music.com |
| 05/05/2002 |
| Ex
Finisterre bassist Fabio Zuffanti is back to satisfy our prog hungry
with the third chapter of his solo project Hostsonaten. The title
is "Springsong" a fantastic all instrumental album. That's
the right way to explore new progressive lands. Absolutely the
best album come out in this first part of 2002. Read
full review. That's all? No, Zuffanti can't stand still !! Now
he's very busy on a new release that will see the light very soon
under the moniker of La Maschera di Cera. I hope to post a complete
review very soon !!!!!! |
| Next
Camel album will be titled "A Wink And A Nod": the duo
Latimer/LeBlanc is hardly working on. Recordings started last April
15th and everybody hope in a summertime release. Manager Susan Hoover
is already working on 30th Anniversary tour planning but there are
no details about dates and venues at the moment. |
| Porcupine
Tree: It's sadly official that drummer Chris Maitland left the band
for personal reasons. |
Poor
Genetic Material have just released their new album "Leap into
Fall". PGM, who once started as an experimental studio project,
have now turned into a full five piece band featuring two members
from Alias Eye, most notably singer Philip Griffiths (son of the legendary
Beggars Opera singer Martin G.).
The song "Star of Eden" from the new album is available
for free download
from the band's homepage at www.poorgeneticmaterial.de"
|
| 14/04/2002 |
| Good
news for all Collage fans around the world. Three out of five authors
of all times-masterpiece "Moonshine" are back with a new
name (Satellite) and a new album going to be released in July 2002
by Ars Mundi. It will be called "A Street Between Sunrise and
Sunset" approximately 72 minutes long. The track list is: 1.
The Evening Wind 2. On The Run 3. Midnight Snow 4. No Disgrace 5.
Not Afraid 6. Now 7. Bye Bye Bye 8. One Empty Hand 9. Fight 10. A
Street Between Sunrise And Sunset 11. Children. Mark Wilkinson (Marillion,
Fish..) is working on booklet artwork. I’m looking forward to listen
Rober Amirian’ s wonderful voice and Wojtek Szadkowski compositions.
For more details visit their updated (at last !!!) website: http://satelliteprog.com
|
| American
prog-band TIMOTHY PURE will be on tour across Europe (Germany, Belgium
and Netherlands) next April/May 2002. For further informations on
dates and venues, visit Timothy
Pure official site. Don't miss them !!! |
| British
label Decca reissued old Camel masterpieces, remastered and with bonus
tracks added. Visit
official Camel site for more details. |
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