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July 25, 2003
"BE" - the show
"BE" - the album
“BE” is about you, about the world that we all inhabit and the patterns we all participate in. About the fact that the humans we allow ourselves to become today will create the world that forms our descendants tomorrow. It’s about you. It’s about us!
Unplugged album Ian's fourth solo album will be released August 19th in the USA and August 25, 2003 in Europe.
Arena Tour Rumours Arena will also be back out on tour in Europe during early December. They've promised to take the stage show out again, so don't miss it! There are whispers in the air that they will be visiting Scandinavia, Italy and even possibly Russia! Just keep checking that tour hotline, and remember.... if it's not up there, it isn't official!
As the first of the special EPs ('Contagious') is about to go on general release, work has begun on the second one. It seems that the format of 'Contagium' will be similar to its predecessor: There will be four new tracks featuring at least two with vocals. We hear unconfirmed rumours that Clive is in fact threatening to drag people off the streets to provide another 'crowd', like the 'Floodgate Choir'. There will also be another 'fun remix' from the main album. The front runner for this is 'Salamander', but this, of course may change. There will also be more multimedia extras, including another video clip, as well as more photos.
Meanwhile, if you haven't got your copy of the first EP, 'Contagious'
yet, then you can always take a trip to the verglas store by simply
pressing this link:
http://www.verglas.com/Shop/vstore.htm Clive Nolan and Nick Barrett are teaming up for a two man show in Chile and Argentina, later this year. It's something they've threatened to do for a while, and now it seems it's really going to happen! The actual concert dates are pretty much confirmed, with an evening at 'The House of Rock' in Santiago, Chile on Thursday September 25th, and an appearance on Saturday September 27th in Buenos Aires, Argentina (Venue not as yet named). Watch this space!
Fear not, Europe, because they have also just agreed to appear at the
Boerderij in Zoetermeer Holland as part of a co-headline with Ray
Wilson, on Sunday, September 21st. Clive said that the plan was always
to include music that doesn't usually get heard live at the moment,
like Shadowland, Strangers on a Train or Nolan&Wakeman, but there will
also be a good smattering of Arena and Pendragon as well as a few
'fun track's (knowing their love of Monty Python, we have a good idea
what they may be!).
photo
by: Nathalie de Hoest Crimson II This is a metal project from the band Edge of Sanity. Renowned Swedish music Dan Swano has written a sequel to their acclaimed 'Crimson' album, and Clive Nolan had written the lyrics. This was an unusual departure for Clive, because he's never created lyrics without being involved in the music: "It was a lot of fun, not having to consider any musical restrictions. I'm looking forward to the result" said Clive. Apparently, in exchange for the lyrics, Dan has agreed to feature on the next Nolan & Wakeman album. Nice one! The album will be out in August by the Black Mark label, and if you want to know more simply go to www.blackmark.net News from Radiant Records: We have some great news for you! Neal Morse's new double CD "Testimony" has been mixed and mastered and the release date is set for September 23rd. They'll be more news about it in the coming weeks. All we're going to say right now is that if you liked Neal's music in the past, you're going LOVE this one (in my humble opinion). Neal will also be launching his new website, nealmorse.com soon and you'll find sound sound clips, photos and other goodies there. Soon: www.nealmorse.com The Ultimate Yes - 35th Anniversary Collection Warner Strategic Marketing is releasing The Ultimate Yes - 35th Anniversary Collection. This two-disc set includes a poster with artwork by Roger Dean. It will be released in the UK on July 28, followed by Japan and Australia in August, then the rest of Europe in October which will coincide with the airing of a brand new documentary on the band’s career by Classic Pictures.
The North American release is scheduled for January 2004, to be supported by a committed TV marketing campaign as well as the debut of the documentary on U.S. & Canadian television. The footage will be part of a DVD scheduled to be released in Europe in November and in North America in January. In tandem with the announcement for this release tour plans for next year were unveiled:
April/May 2004:
Arena dates in US Already confirmed:
Note that these tours are for Yes, not the proposed Yes/Dead tour. That would be a separate tour if it happens. Below is the track listing for the collection.
Yes Albums Remastered and Expanded Due August 26 Rhino continues to re-release the Yes catalog with the next four albums due August 26. Below are the bonus tracks included with these upcoming releases. Watch for info on preordering each album from amazon.com, coming soon.
Bonus tracks:
Tales:
Relayer:
Going for the One:
Upcoming Heep gigs:
The "Lady In Black Maxi Single CD" is now available at http://www.ken-hensley.com
It
includes 4 different, brand new versions of the Uriah Heep classic
"Lady In Black", recorded in 2003. At the website's online store it's
possible to listen to some soundbytes of 2 of the versions. Also
available now are signed Russian "Running Blind Posters", as well as
the last batch of signed "A Glimpse Of Glory" CDs (the
Message from Steve Hogarth: It is therefore with great pleasure, pride, and relief that I can invite you out to a gig! If you haven't seen the h band, I can promise something extraordinary, spiritual and mind-blowing from some of the finest musicians in the country who have left a trail of internationally-known successful bands in their wake including XTC, Massive Attack, The Stone Roses, Japan AND I GET TO SING ON IT!! If you have seen the h band then I don't really have to say anything except "See you there.." and to let you know we'll be planning a different set list to previous outings. The line up remains the same apart from a little-known bass player from Aylesbury..
Drums - Andy Gangadeen We will be weaving our magic at the following venues... (Complete ticket information is on http://www.marillion.com/tour )
19 September -
De Kade, Zandaam, Netherlands New live album “XM”
Recorded Live during the XM Satellite Radio Performance in Studio One,
Washington DC, USA on November 12th 2002. Mixed
by SW in No Man’s Land, UK, December 2002. This CD is available end july at www.porcupinetree.com or on the coming gigs. Don’t buy it on ebay, where it’s already auctioned for a lot of money.
Tracklist:
Blackest Eyes (4.26) After the great success of his Beatles Tribute band Yellow Matter Custard, Mike Portnoy has been asked to assemble another special one-off tribute project for his appearance at the Montreal Drum Fest in November. His LED ZEPPELIN tribute band HAMMER OF THE GODS will once again feature Paul Gilbert on Guitar, as well as Dave LaRue on Bass and Daniel Gildenlow on Vocals. This special one-time-only project will appear on Friday November 7th at the Montreal Drum Festival with a possible "warm-up" gig to the general public earlier in the week.... Stay tuned for more details.....http://www.dreamtheater.net Last year heralded return of mighty THE NICE featuring original members Keith Emerson, Brian Davidson and Lee Jackson, plus phenomenal Dave Kilminster on guitar. Those who visited their unique shows though are a small bunch compared to those who couldn't make it to the gigs. Still, there's an opportunity to have a bite of experience with the fresh album called "Vivacitas: Live At Glasgow 2002", a three-CD set that has the band's classic pieces on the first disc, the ELP material (sure, Emerson wouldn't have leave alive without this) on the second, and a chat with a well-known rock scribe Chris Welch on the third.
Disc 1:
1.
America 2. Little Arabella 3. She Belongs To Me 4. The Cry Of Eugene Disc 2: 1. Blade Of Grass 2. A Cajun Ally 3. Tarkus 4. Hoedown 5. Fanfare For The Common Man 6. Honky Tonk Train Blues Disc 3: Interview with Chris Welch July 12, 2003
So,
the next band is confirmed, only one to go.
EVERGREY will once
again perform at ProgPower Europe, besides
VandenPlas this is
the second headliner of the festival. It will be an exclusive show
which means that the band will not do any other show in Holland,
Belgium or Germany around the 4th and 5th of October. The first 2
years Evergrey
was one of the bands that surprised many people so we are proud to
have them back once more, this time to close the festival on Sunday
October 5, 2003. Bands for this year (1 to come) EVERGREY (swe) VANDENPLAS (ger) GREEN CARNATION (nor) NIGTHINGALE (swe) ELEGY (hol) PAGAN'S MIND (nor) NOVEMBRE (it) ANDROMEDA (swe) SYMMETRY (hol) CHROME SHIFT (dk) XYSTUD (hol) http://www.progpower.com/pp_europe/index.htm KAIPA: KEYHOLDER Release date August 25th (Europe) September 9th (USA) Label : Inside Out (America) The Swedish progressive rock group Kaipa is back to follow up the highly acclaimed reunion-album "Notes from the past" from 2002. The new album "Keyholder" is their 7th studio album since 1975. Hans Lundin and Roine Stolt (Flower Kings, Transatlantic,Tangent ) decided to bring all the musicians that participated on the last album together again and perform some new music, searching for a new level of progress, yet echoing fragments of a glorious 70’s, trying to bring the new Kaipa-sound to a higher level.
Musicians:
Hans Lundin: Hammond organ, synthesizers, mellotron, pianos &
vocals
Songs:
1.
Lifetime of a journey (8:14) Produced by Lundin & Stolt As if a new Hackett studio album wasn't enough, there are now two (yes, two!) new live releases also available from the Sales Desk. (http://www.caminorecords.co.uk/sales/) HUNGARIAN HORIZONS:
BUT..... (Please note - The European edition DVD is in NTSC/Region 0 format to ensure playback compatibility on the vast majority of systems worldwide.) For more info & video streaming samples see http://www.stevehackett.com/NewsItems/Hungary.htm
LIVE ARCHIVE NEARfest: The other new release is an addition to the popular Live Archive series... this will not be available in stores and is exclusive to stevehackett.com and NEARfest. 'Live Archive NEARfest' is a recording of Steve and the band's phenomenal festival-closing performance from NEARfest 2002 and provides a stunning 2CD set including solo favorites like Spectral Mornings, The Steppes and Every Day in addition to timeless Genesis classics like Watcher of the Skies, Firth of Fifth and Los Endos http://www.stevehackett.com/NewsItems/LiveArchiveNEARfest.htm A limited number of signed copies of both releases are still available on a strictly 'first come, first served' basis. DVD news:
With the release date, late August early September, getting nearer
we'd like to start collecting e-mail address of all of you wishing to
be informed of when we will start taking advance orders prior to
release. Ordering directly from the band will ensure you get your copy
before the official release date, so please consider adding your name!
DVD - CD CONFIRMED TRACK LISTING
Plackband has a new lead singer. Starting August 1st, the symphonic rockband from The Hague (Holland) has a new lead singer, Karel Messemaker. The decision to change singer Kees Bik was a coincidence. It looked as if the reunion of the legendary sympho band from the seventies was finished. All targets since their reunion in 1999 were reached, great shows in Belgium, Holland and England. A debute album (after 25 years), a single and a radio special. A last gig on the progressive rock festival in Verviers in the Spirit of 66 (Belgium) on October 4 would end it. But things went different...
Guitarist Ronald Brautigam and keyboard player Michel van Wassem did a few acoustic gigs in Holland and Belgium with their previous band November, with Karel Messemaker. This band released an excellent CD in 1994 “The First Of November” and had a small hit with the single ‘Memory”. This led to the idea to start all over again with November. The search for a drummer and a bass player resulted in engaging their current band members from Plackband. So Plackband decided to go on with Karel. Now they can choose from a wide repertoire from Plackband, November and a few covers from Genesis. Ronald Brautigam Tel: 0031 615041184 E-mail: ronald.brautigam@tenovis.com Internet: www.plackband.com Hamish and Andrew (My Dying Bride) have founded a new label: Blackdoom Records). The first band that they signed up is The Prophecy and their “Ashes” of which you can find a review on our site. (http://www.prog-nose.org/engels/albums_2003/prophecy_ashes.htm). More information www.blackdoom.com
Special semi-acoustic gigs!
sales start Monday July 14th from 11:00 till 22:30 CET New 2nd Cd-single 'Monsters' The up-tempo track 'Monsters' from the Souvenirs album will be released as second single. Beside the album version the cd single will also contain a special heavy rock remix and a dance remix from 'Monsters'. First the single will be released in Benelux and Germany. -------- THE GATHERING TOUR DATES:
12
July Bospop Festival - Weert - NL The creator and writer of the Alan Parsons Project, ERIC WOOLFSON, presents his first new concept album in thirteen years.
My fascination with the world of Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849) began more than thirty years ago. It led to the creation of the Alan Parsons Project and the first album ‘Tales Of Mystery And Imagination – Edgar Allan Poe’ in 1976. At that time, I already had in mind a volume two of ‘Tales’, but a change of record labels took the APP in other directions. Some years later, I decided it was time for me to revisit my hero, Poe, or “Eddy” as his friends called him. The first result of this was a stage musical and a concert version of ‘POE’ which tells the story of his extraordinary life and works. I realized that half of the songs in the musical contained the basis for a possible follow-up to ‘Tales’ and after preliminary work in my own studio, I went back into the legendary Abbey Road Studios where ‘More Tales Of Mystery And Imagination’ was completed. During the recordings, I had the immense good fortune to be introduced to Steve Balsamo. His remarkable voice lifted the tracks to a level I had not previously experienced and I pay full tribute to him and the many other talented and dedicated musicians, singers and studio engineers without whom I could not have fulfilled my dream of making a worthy follow up. It has taken over 6 years to make the album. The top session musicians have been used including John Parricelli (played THE mandolin in Captain Correlli’s Mandolin), Laurence Cottle (played with Sting, Cher and Seal), Simon Chamberlain (played with Bjork, Pet Shop Boys, Paul McCartney) and Ralph Salmins (played with Madonna, Van Morrison, Mike Oldfield) A forty piece orchestra and 80 strong choir were used in the recordings
Tracklist:
1.Angel
of the Odd
(instrumental) Release date: September 2003 We released our new CD entitled "Willow Whisper" in June this year and now everybody can download one song from this release (called "Madness") from Mind Gate's official site (www.mindgate.republika.pl) . You can also buy this album by contacting with us - our e-mail: mindgate@wp.pl . Mind Gate is already working on new material, which will be "Willow Whisper's" second and last part. Everything should ready in september/october and we hope to record it by the end of 2003. regards, Mikołaj Marcela, Mind Gate
July 05, 2003 Talks for a joint tour next year are underway between the camps for Yes and the Dead (formerly known as the Other Ones, and before that the Grateful Dead). Nothing is confirmed and there are no additional details at this time.
A while back Roine Stolt was talking to Neal Morse (when he released his Transatlantic demos CD) and said "hey, you know a lot of people have somehow gotten a hold of my mixes of our 1st album on the internet. Perhaps we should make it available officially" So, here it is! Roine's mixes of Transatlantic's classic first CD SMPTe are lush and rich (one might almost say flowery!) and full of things unheard on the original version. They only pressed up a few and there won't be another run for contractual reasons so, get 'em while you can.
Transatlantic - SMPTe - The Roine Stolt Mixes 1. All of the Above (30:59) 2. We all need some Light (5:45) 3. Mystery Train (6:52) 4. My New World (16:16) 5. In held (twas) in I (17:21) "The Roine Stolt Mixes" is available exclusively from Radiant Records. Expected release July 16th, 2003 Antimatter, the band of ex-Anathema bass player Duncan Patterson has just returned from the States after a week of touring and a few gigs in South Europe. Their new album “Lights Out” has been released on June 16th. It was recorded in February in the Sun Studios in Dublin. There’s a taster on their site: www.antimatter.tk The band will give a show in Paris (July 16th) and in Estonia. We just heard that the gigs in Finland were cancelled.
The
Strangelight cd will be highly collectable, featuring exclusive bonus
acoustic versions not to be found anywhere else. This version will be
available to shops in UK and France, and will also be available
mail-order to the rest of the world. For ordering information, see the
ORDER section, or
alternatively, contact
duncan@strangelight-records.com
Three (ex) members of Darzamat from Poland have recorded a very beautiful, experimental and psychedelic CD “Underaba”. They used the name Taboo for their project. Comparisons are difficult, but the music refers to Tiamat, Hawkwind and Porcupine Tree., with a wave gothic edge. The band is still searching for a label to release ‘Underaba’. If you’re interested you can mail to Rafal Goral at taboo@pal-mar.pl
More details about the music is on our site: http://www.prog-nose.org/nederlands/albums_2003/taboo_underaba.htm It is probably a quite well known fact that Apocalyptica is an incredible live act. To stress that a little bit - and, of course, for all those living in countries, that Apocalyptica hasn't visited to often - they are starting a live special on www.apocalyptica.com .
As of today, they will
publish one live video each week from Apocalyptica's gig in Hamburg
for their "Arte" feature. Starting it all will be their performance of
"Cortège" from the new album "Reflections". Enjoy!
For those, who can't wait
to see them in person, here are some more dates for this summer:
A
Rock Opera written by Gary Hughes
Gary spent more than two years writing the lyrical textures and
finding the appropriate singers to play the various parts in this
majestic piece of work.
Cover artwork for both records have been designed by none other than
Chris Achilleos
(creator of Whitesnake’s “Lovehunter”
artwork).
Kingcrow (classic prog metal from Italy) will enter Legend Studios in
Rome on September 13th to record their second album, tentatively
entitled "Insider". It will be a Concept album that will show the
heavier, histrionic and progressive sides of the band. 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 ‘Matzmariels', a demo as a teaser for that new album, was recorded from January to April 2003 and mixed by Kingcrow. Drums were recorded at Legend Digital studios, Rome, by Mauro Matteucci. All vocals, guitars, bass, keyboards and additional percussions were recorded at Mad House studios in Anguillara by Kingcrow.
Much has changed since
"Something Unknown", but it's still Kingcrow. This EP will be
distributed only to the fans who will expressly request it writing a
mail to the band at the address
band@kingcrow.it. Well, the champagne corks are popping! (actually we just put the kettle on) - the backing tracks are all recorded! There was a time when I'd have said they were "on tape" but tapes becoming a thing of the past. This CD is being recorded on to computer hard-drives - the new "tape". We've spent the last 6 weeks revisiting and tweaking (that's "final fine adjustments" for our overseas readers) the arrangements of the songs then going for takes. The drums are the most important thing at the backing-track stage of recording, so the pressure's on, but Mosley The Cat has been in fine form lately, and effortlessly rose to the occasion. We record as a band, so although Dave's principally listening to the drums, everyone's being recorded all the time so that if a good accident happens, we capture it. My main function at this stage is to provide guide vocals during the takes so that the players know where they are in the song (bearing in mind that we've probably altered the song structure numerous times already!) and to work on melodies and words while I'm at it. We have never had so much new music before. We have AT LEAST a double album in the offing and more. The few people outside the band who've heard the tracks have gone away buzzing, so we're all feeling pretty confident. Dave Meegan will spend the next few weeks editing between the many takes already recorded and choosing his favourite moments - intentional and accidental - before calling us back in for overdubs. The fun starts here.. h
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