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January 08, 2005 3 Dutch bands will perform on Dutch Prog Night 3 on Sunday January 9th in The Spirit of 66 in Verviers (Belgium)
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Riverside cancels;
Knight Area steps up royally As their replacement, the Dutch symphonic band Knight Area (another Laser's Edge act) has graciously accepted the invitation to play the festival next summer. Knight Area made a big splash last spring with their debut album, "The Sun Also Rises". A conceptual work conceived over a 20-year span, brothers Gerben and Joop Klazinga finally composed and recorded the music between 2001 and 2004. Gerben (drums/keyboards) and Joop (flautist) called upon an assortment of musicians from the Dutch progressive rock scene to help them complete their vision. According to Ken Golden of The Laser's Edge, "the results is a stunning work of epic progressive rock that will appeal to fans of Camel, Pendragon, Genesis, and IQ." Knight Area is also not afraid to add a little edge to their brand of symphonic rock as well. The band played two raved-about live performances in Holland at the end of 2004 that blew audiences away.
Knight Area employs a full sonic palette, including Mellotron, flute, Hammond organ, liquid lead synth, soaring guitar solos and dramatic vocals. A full seven-piece version of Knight Area will adorn the stage to open Day Two of NEARfest 2005 Weekend schedule: (Zoellner Arts Centre in Bethlehem, PA, USA)
On Friday there’s already a “Progressive Legends Showcase” with PFM and Proto-Kaw Ayreon 10th anniversary Arjen: “I just finished recording and mixing a semi-acoustic bonus CD for the re-issue of my first Ayreon album 'The Final Experiment'. It will be released February 28th, 2005, which is very appropriate because 2005 will mark the 10th anniversary of this album, and thus the 10th anniversary of Ayreon! This bonus CD-- which started out as an idea to record just a couple of acoustic tracks with guitar and vocals but became a full CD on its own-- features some musicians you already know but also some new names. You can check the site for all the details. You might also be interested to know that, just as I introduced Ambeon's Astrid van der Veen on my 'Ayreonauts Only' release, some of the new musicians on this bonus CD will also appear on my upcoming CD...”
New Project Ah yes... the new CD... First off, it will be an entirely new project/band and I fully intent to make it sound very different from my other projects Ayreon, Ambeon and Star One. This actually means that ...if I succeed... there will be no analog keyboards, there will be no concept and there will be just one singer (there, I said it out loud, so now I have to stick to it!). I know I am not supposed to talk about this yet because it's far too early (and my manager Yvette will probably kill me for this) but I really can't stop myself from revealing the vocalist for this project to you (just don't tell anyone I told you) ;-) The singer is the very talented and beautiful Marcela Bovio from Mexico, who sang the part of 'Wife' on 'The Human Equation'
From www.thetangent.org : At last we are able to announce the new lineup of the Tangent. Firstly we have to announce that sadly, Roine Stolt will NOT be playing with the Tangent this year, and this includes all the gigs already organized, both in the USA and in Europe. He is replaced by fellow Swede, the amazing Krister Jonsson who many of you will already have met and been dazzled by in Jonas Reingold's project Karmakanic.
Jaime Salazar, former drummer with the Flower Kings, replaces Zoltan Csorsz- the current drummer with the Flower Kings... in a kind of weird reversal of history.
Andy Tillison and Sam Baine continue as before on keyboards and vocals... Jonas Reingold remains with the band (and remains also with the Flower Kings!!) and Theo Travis, the saxophonist and flautist who played such a crucial role in The Tangent's second album will make his debut live appearances with The Tangent on this next series of gigs. In short.... the Lineup for 2005.... The band will commence recording of a third studio album in the Summer of 2005, with an expected release in 2006. It's likely that other musicians will be involved on those recordings, including Guy Manning as well as others. The album will be principally recorded at Reingold Music studios in Malmo Sweden, and and Andy & Sam's new studio near Rodez in southern France where they have recently taken up residence. In the meantime Andy Tillison is working on an "official bootleg" style recording of the gigs that The Tangent played in Europe late last year. Further news as and when!! '12 Stories Down' special edition is now SOLD OUT
The fans of Pineapple Thief could order a limited edition of ’12 stories down”, the new album. Now it’s sold out, but Bruce isn’t happy with the result and decided to remix and change the whole album before it’s officially released.
The limited edition is gone, but the official release is just round the corner. We've had quite a few emails from fans who are concerned about the differences: To clarify, the 'official' release has a revised, shorter track order and has been completely remixed. Bruce has also taken off 4 tracks to reduce the running time. However, we realise fans who bought the limited edition may be put out that the official release may the definitive one to own - so we are making it available to all of you at LESS than cost price. The last thing we want to do is exploit our true fans. We'll drop you all an email when they are available. Anyone who missed out on the limited edition, we will be taking orders in our shop as soon the new CDs arrive in Jan/Feb 2005..
Anyone desperate to get their hands on the special 'beta' edition may try GFT-Cyclops direct.
Terry Bozzio
Track info: 1) “Sick Jazz Surgery” – 10:32 – Artist: Terry Bozzio Bonus MP3: “Gigantipithicus” (excerpt) from Explorers Club - “Raising The Mammoth” More Than Meets The Eye Special Edition (2005) Reworked version of the classic Jadis album, incl. Bonus CD!
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