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February 21, 2003 Sioban,Madelgaire, Ken’s Novel and Globalys.
These 4 Belgian bands are going to work together, so they formed an
association called Unison Prockject.
(UP) Saturday, there’s already a first double gig in Vilvoorde (Belgium):
MADELGAIRE - SIOBAN
Info at http://users.swing.be/madelgaire/ or at http://www.sioban.fr.st/ For Unison (Globalys, Madelgaire, Sioban, Ken’s Novel), CD “Once in a Blue Moon”, new album from Casual Silence. Saturday, April 12, 2003: CD presentation Casual Silence at Poppodium PLATO: CASUAL SILENCE + Support by DARWIN’S PRIDE and RICOCHER.
At
last it’s there. The long wait was certainly worth it: Casual Silence will perform that evening and the whole new album will be played live that night. Also some older stuff will be on the setlist.
Casual Silence will also celebrate their 10th anniversary the same
evening. It promises to become a great Sympho and progrock party.
Ernst
Le Cocq d’Armandville: guitar, vocals - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - CASUAL SILENCE is proud to announce that there will be two great support acts that night: RICOCHER: The Classic Rock Society / Wondrous Stories gave them the award of Best New Band 2001. They already have two albums “Quest for The Heartland” en “Cathedral of Emotions”.
They already stood on stage with Arena, Pallas, Threshold, Landmarq
and Saga. This year they will do some gigs with Everon (14-03-’03, De
Boerderij at Zoetermeer) and with Queen of Hearts and Casual Silence
(28-06-’03, De Bosuil at Weert). After having played on Bospop,
England’s Rotherham Rocks festival and the French Prog Sud festival,
they will play on Baja Prog festival in Mexico this year. And now
they’ll do the support for the CD presentation of Casual Silence.
Erwin Boerenkamps:
vocals, guitar DARWIN’S PRIDE: This band will also give their CD presentation on April 12 in Poppodium Plato. They once were the second band of Rob Laarhoven, but after the release of their debut CD “State Of Mind”, they grew to become a very good band with an own sound. Darwin's Pride; result of evolution or God’s gift, Darwin's Pride is a progressive metal /rock band, founded in October 2000 with the intention to express the qualities of the different members. Darwin´s Pride is a name to remember. Darwin´s Pride: www.geocities.com/darwinspride .
Rob Laarhoven:
vocals Plato:
www.plato.helmondweb.nl
From Classic Rock
Productions:
www.mostly-autumn.com A message from Paris Ford. (Camel Productions): Booking a tour is never an easy process for any independent band, most especially when the band members are scattered around the globe. Unlike 30 years ago, they can't just grab their gear, hop in a van and drive to any venue that has a stage. Aah, the 'good' ol' days. The financial burden of touring is something CP has mentioned numerous times in the past and with the global economy such as it is, this problem has changed only in the sense of having grown larger in expense and smaller in performance opportunities. As a result, Camel have made the decision they have long-since tried to avoid: Tour 2003 will be Camel's final tour. Andrew Latimer assures us that Camel will continue to record music. But the all-consuming effort and expense of putting a tour together will soon be a thing of the past. "I'll miss touring, no doubt about that. But we haven't broken enough new ground to ease the pressures and obstacles involved." he explained to Paris Ford. "I'm going to concentrate on projects in the studio". Paris Ford http://www.camelproductions.com Jadis is doing some gigs to promote the new album “Fanatic”. These are the dates which have been confirmed so far. 07 May 2003 Wednesday - The Brook, Southampton (UK) 08 May 2003 Thursday - Colosaal, Aschaffensburg (D) 09 May 2003 Friday - Parkhaus, Duisburg (D) 11 May 2003 Sunday - Logo, Hamburg (D) 14 May 2003 Wednesday - De Boerderij, Zoetermeer (NL) 15 May 2003 Thursday - Hedon, Zwolle (NL) 16 May 2003 Friday - Plato, Helmond (NL)
As we get more details and more gigs are confirmed, I'll be sure to
pass them onto you Website : www.jadis-net.co.uk
Anima
ANIMA (Argentina) Mega rarity discovered just by coincidence at a vinyl store !!! This group released their sole album independently to a vastly ignoring and unperturbed market. No data whatsoever on the band & album exists anywhere at all in books and/or specialized Web pages. Featuring a style of their own performed around a perfectly balanced blend of sophisticated instrumental tracks and appealing melodies sung in Spanish by a gorgeous female voice, a concoction which reminds us a bit of what Pink Floyd sounded like in the '80's.
Progpower 2003 and Headway Festival We have a long way to go, but this is the first, short newsletter regarding ProgPower Europe 2003. The exact date (first or second weekend of October 2003) and the first two bands will be announced early March, but we would like to let you know that bands who want to play can send in their material until March 10, that will be the deadline for this year. So far we already have received over 100 demos/CDs and still every week some new ones are delivered by the postman. The quality is extremely huge, so we are sure that we can offer a splendid line-up this year. And because it will be the 5th edition we try to offer something special. If you announce some news on your website, magazine or radio program, bands can check out all the details at our website, www.progpower.com!
Well, this is it for now regarding ProgPower Europe 2003, we have almost 8 months to go, but we cannot start early enough this year. In the meantime I would like to ask your attention for our friends at HeadWay Festival, an idea of Sun Caged drummer Dennis Leeflang in corporation with the venue P60 in Amstelveen (close to Amsterdam). Headway Festival is, besides ProgPower, the second festival in The Netherlands that will promote progressive metal related music. The festival also booked a lot of young talents, together with some more known bands.
This festival will be held the first weekend of April, so those of you who cannot wait until ProgPower, check out Headway, I am sure you will discover some new bands in the progressive scene. Some of the bands that will play are Sun Caged (nl), Prototype (nl), Morgana X (nl), Freak Kitchen (swe) and the progmasters of Pain Of Salvation (swe). Check out the website for the full line-up and all other details, it will be worth it : http://www.headwayfestival.com/ !
EDITION
SPECIALE Peter FROHMADER MINDGAMES
OCTOHPERA Warning ! The titles in the table aren't available yet! FEBRUARY 4480 New CD UN VOYAGE EN PROG VOLUME 8 FRANCE 9013 DVD NTSC ANGE 70's / 80's FRANCE 9014 DVD NTSC ANGE ANTHOLOGIE SEVE QUI PEUT FRANCE 2100 CD mini LP Format ATOLL MUSICIEN MAGICIEN FRANCE 4458 New CD PANGAEA A TIME IN A PLACE USA 4473 New CD STRINGS ARGUMENTS THE ENCOUNTER JAPAN 8665 New CD SHUB NIGGURATH TESTAMENT FRANCE 4466 New Cd NETHERWORLD SAME USA - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - MARCH 9012 DVD NTSC VITAL DUO LE JARDIN HORS DU TEMPS FRANCE 9011 DVD NTSC PROGFEST 2000 SAME VARIOUS 2101 CD mini LP Format ATOLL L'ARAIGNEE MAL FRANCE 2102 CD mini LP Format ATOLL TERTIO FRANCE 4391 New CD DAVID ROSE LIVE - OUEST DE LA GROSNE FRANCE 4483 New CD TALL SKYMIND FRANCE 4406 New CD SHOW YEN SAME JAPAN 8661 Reissue CD ETRON FOU LELOUBLAN LES POUMONS FRANCE - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - APRIL 9010 DVD NTSC MONA LISA LIVE PROGFEST 2000 FRANCE 2103 CD mini LP Format ATOLL ROCK PUZZLE FRANCE 2104 CD mini LP Format TRACE SAME HOLLAND 4429 Reissue CD François BREANT VOYEUR EXTRALUCIDE FRANCE 8663 Reissue CD ETRON FOU LELOUBLAN LES SILLONS FRANCE 4482 New CD ULTIME ATOME DARK VISIONS JAPAN 4470 New CD ZIPO SAME FRANCE Stunning debut album from Swedish all-star quintet Spektrum to be released in March 2003. The band features members of Galleon, Cross and Grand Stand as well as female singer extraordinaire Lizette von Panajotte. Expect to experience something very fresh, different, challenging, melodic and yet highly progressive with female vocals of a quality rarely heard in the genre! Visit the bands website at www.progressrec.com/spektrum to learn more and to relieve your newborn curiosity!
Finally after many years, Aeolus finished their debut album and is proud they signed a record deal at LaBraD'or records! The conceptalbum "Dust on the mirror" contains 11 songs and travels through many different styles of music and let the listener touch the feelings of the character Jason. The orginal founders of Aeolus, Michiel Kramp (synths, piano) and Jurrie Teeuwen (guitar, bass) created together with singer-songwriter Raymond van Kooten this amazing piece of art and were able to record the whole album with the help from many friends like: Matthijs Hekking (drums/percussion), Ron Oppelaar (sologuitars), Ruud Groenendijk (acoustic guitars), Femke Feenstra (female vocals) and more.
The album "Dust on the
mirror" will be released march 2003 and will be available worldwide.
To get your hands on the Aeolus http://www.aeolusmusic.net LaBraD'or records http://www.cdistributions.com DREADNAUGHT SIGNS CONTRACT WITH COMET RECORDS Acclaimed progabilly trio Dreadnaught has inked a deal with the Italian label Comet Records for a double-disc live album to be released internationally in April. LIVE AT MOJO (recorded live at Mojo Music Studios in Franconia NH) will feature 30 tracks, including material from the band’s studio releases THE AMERICAN STANDARD (2001), UNA VEZ MAS (2000), and DREADNAUGHT (1998), as well as covers by John Entwistle, Jerry Lee Lewis, Dick Curless, and Frank Zappa. The album also boasts half a dozen new, unreleased original cuts. Comet Records can be found online at www.cometrecords.com. Dreadnaught will hit the road again in support of LIVE AT MOJO, kicking off a U.S. tour in the middle of April. Confirmed stops include NY, PA, KS, ID, CO, UT, MA, and NH; more dates and states will be announced shortly. DREADNAUGHT ON PROGWEST Dreadnaught has agreed to appear at ProgWest in sunny California and is the latest act to be announced for the 2-day prog festival on November 8 and 9. ProgWest has become one of the premier progressive events in the world, and we're pumped to have been invited. Also announced is the UK's Pineapple Thief; the show will be held in Claremont CA, just outside of LA. Check out the announcement here.
Visit www.dreadnaughtrock.com for the latest news regarding LIVE AT MOJO, the tour, and more. New Album on MLP CD TITLE CARAVAN – LIVE UK TOUR 1975 LABEL: MLP CATALOGUE NO: MLP03CD RELEASE DATE: APRIL 21st 2003 DISTRIBUTION-UK: RSK/Koch Int (London) EUROPE/WORLD: BERTUS (Holland) CAROLINE2 LTD (London)
MLP announce their third release is out on Monday April 21st 2003.
76 minutes of LIVE Classic Progressive Rock from one of the originators of the Canterbury Scene.
In 2003, CARAVAN celebrate their 35th anniversary with a UK tour, new album and this rare live recording from their classic mid-seventies period. The LIVE set was recorded on 5th December 1975 at Nottingham Polytechnic for a live radio broadcast’ and features live versions of songs from the 1975 album `Cunning Stunts’ plus several favourites from their earlier albums. The CD includes an eight page booklet with rare photos and liner notes.
TRACKS inc: THE SHOW OF OUR LIVES / MEMORY LANE, HUGH / HEADLOSS / THE DABSONG CONSHIRTOE / VIRGIN ON THE RIDICULOUS / BE ALRIGHT / CHANCE OF A LIFETIME / LOVE IN YOUR EYE / FOR RICHARD.
CARAVAN line-up:
PYE HASTINGS ( guitar, vocals)
Satellite's debut album is finally going to be out in about two weeks
from now!!! The official release date is February 27, but I think
there will be a few more days before the record company actually
releases it. The booklet is in the print right now! Wojtek Szadkowski,
Satellite, has a deadline to give the music to the record company on
February 24. Everything is ready and Wojtek is just giving some final
touches to the album. Just take a look at the new line-up:
Wojtek
Szadkowski (Collage): Drums, Percussion, Additional
Guitars, Keyboards, Backing Vocals I think those changes in the line-up themselves were worth the wait! It looks very much like Collage now, isn't it? The only difference is that all music and lyrics were written by one man, Wojtek Szadkowski. Fortunately, he also is the one who wrote most of the music for Collage albums. I almost forgot. There will be a guest star on the album - Maciek Meller from Quidam. He is going to play some guitar solos on the title track and "On the Run."
Artwork by Mark Wilkinsson (known by his Marillion cover-artwork) Please check Satellite's website for more details. We have added new pictures, lyrics, and detailed credits.
February 10, 2003 The next issue of Prog-résiste (n° 32 - april 2003), a Belgian magazine on progressive music, will be very special, especially for the Belgian readers. There will be a big special (20 pages) about Machiavel, with the focus on their progressive period. (76-79). You will find the following items in that special:
The cover of the magazine will be an unreleased work from Celle, made in that period, which was taken from his attic for this occasion. There will be 900 copies of this edition, and it will be impossible to reprint it afterwards. The brand new Machiavel studio album called " Welcome to Paradise " is out now, following the last studio album " Virtual Sun " released in 1999. A first single called " Wild as the Wind " taken from the tracks of this new album has been released by CNR Arcade Music in November 2002. All the tracks from this brand new album have been recorded and mixed at I.C.P., Zoo and Rox Studios. You can discover a piece of each track from "Welcome to paradise" in MP3 in the discography section of their site. The band will be on the road again during 2003 with Radio Contact and Contact2, starting from March, 1 in Nivelles at the Waux Hall Don’t forget their show at the Ancienne Belgique (Brussels) on May 30th, 2003.
http://www.machiavelmusic.com/ Yes regret to announce that due to a recent back injury sustained by Jon Anderson the band is forced to postpone their tour of Southeast Asia, Japan, and Australia until the Fall. Jon fractured three vertebrae over the Christmas holidays in an accident. Under doctor’s orders he will be unable to travel or perform while he recovers, forcing the band to postpone the opening leg of the Full Circle Tour. Most of the dates, which were scheduled to start February 16, were sold out and efforts are underway to reschedule for later this year. "The entire band and I are very disappointed about having to postpone this tour, which we were really looking forward to doing," says Jon. "I personally appreciate the understanding of our fans, as it is certainly not in our history to cancel or postpone tours. We are eager to reschedule the dates in these territories as soon as possible." The band is indeed close to finalizing replacement dates, possibly in September (dates reportedly disclosed are not yet confirmed). Due to this postponement Yes may not perform in North America this year, though that remains to be seen. However, this will not affect the band's plans to tour Europe in the summer. The Full Circle Tour will now begin in Sweden on June 7, and with the success of the shows already on sale Yes will probably tour Europe through the end of August. New dates have been added and can be found on the Tour page (many dates are already on sale).
Rick Wakeman and the New English Rock Ensemble "Out There" Rick even
finds the time to tour, in between Yes concerts, with a solo project.
The shows
are between half of April and the end of May. http://www.rickwakeman.com/rwcc/code/live.asp#tour
New single Aemen on February 17i Bee & Bee Records
releases on February 17th the new single “Time” from the Dutch band
Aemen. The original version, as you can hear it on their album “Fooly
Dressed” has got some airplay on Dutch radio.
www.distribee.com Nederpop Classics – A new website. The Nederpop Classics Collective promotes the heroes from the past to get on the stage again. It’s a collaboration between the Rock Radio program Paperlate and the webmasters of the official websites of Alquin, Focus, & The Touch. Louis Rentrop, webmaster of the sites of Focus, Alquin, rock-classic@pagina.nl Paperlate and Uriah Heep, has, in collaboration with BRTO (Bergen op Zoom ) program makers Andre Steyns, Theo Hubers and Michel Breuker taken the initiative for a Nederpopclassics-website. http://www.nederpopclassics.tk/
Steve Rothery and Pete Trewavas from Marillion get "Stranger by the Minute"! Steve Rothery: “Stranger by the Minute is very much a guitar based band with both Matt Prior (Bonnie Tyler's guitarist/producer) and myself letting rip with a solo or two whenever possible! Chris Difford from Squeeze is also going to join us for a couple of songs. Think "The Commitments" meets "ZZ Top" and you'd be halfway there.” Steve Rothery - Guitar Matt Prior- Guitar Pete Trewavas - Bass & Vocals Phil Beaumont- Drums Paul Sturman - Vocals John Williams - Keyboards If you are wondering just what the JYB are going to be like they now provide a full song in QuickTime video for you to download and digest: In addition to JY the band comprises Robin Boult on guitar, John Jowitt on bass and Dave Stewart on drums who have played with, among others, the Scorpions, Camel, Deacon Blue, Fish, Jadis, Howard Jones, IQ, Greenslade, Bonnie Tyler and even Sugarbabes. The shows comprise an evening of meaningful songs with thought provoking lyrics plus emotional ballads from John's latest critically acclaimed solo release 'Significance'. In addition the progressive side is covered by the sheer musicality of tracks from the forthcoming JYB album 'Stranger In A Strange Land'. We have reviews of two shows on the site already and welcome further submissions.
Full details and MP3 music samples are available from http://youngjohn.co.uk/discography.html
The John Young Band
tour continues this month: If that is not enough JY for you he will be touring solo as support to Midge Ure from mid Feb to the end of March. That set will comprise of material from 'Significance'. A premiere of the new SAGA album "Marathon" will be playing on February 14th at 9pm EST on PROGROCK.com! This online radio station requires a cable or higher connection for best performance. Marathon has 11 tracks, featuring 3 new Chapters. This album will be released February 17th in Europe and March 4th in North America! MARATHON TRACK LISTING
01. Marathon You can pre-order a copy of "Marathon" at www.hmv.com
For information on tour dates and more, visit the official site at www.SAGA-WORLD.com
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