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June 30, 2005
EMI has scored a coup over rival music companies by
securing the DVD rights to this weekend’s Live 8 concerts after
agreeing to pay several million pounds upfront to the event’s
organisers, The Times has learnt.
Autumn 2005 sees the release of the new Guy Manning album "One Small
Step...". This will be album Number 7.
Artwork - Ed Unitsky
www.guymanning.com
Studio recordings Another Messiah to be followed "live"!Starting June 20th, Another Messiah is recording their first official full length album. The band will share their progressions, worries and pictures on a special weblog. For more details, take a look at www.anothermessiah.com!
CHAVIS RECORDS is back with another monstrous signing! CR has reached a potential 2 album deal with Houston, Texas metal artists AZRAEL'S BANE featuring former DISTANT THUNDER drummer Rick Ward. CR will reissue the blistering debut Wings Of Innocence. The reissue will come with the bonus track 'Diary Of A Madman' along with modified artwork. In addition the band will head into the studio later this year to begin the follow up to Wings Of Innocence.
www.chavisrecords.net
Newsletter from the band: Dear Karma friends, Like most things in life, the letter comes with some good and some bad news. The bad news is, NO GIGS IN JULY. The good news is: we're playing Ypres City festival on friday august 19th. Details will follow soon on our website. In the meantime, you definitely should check out the picture in the news section of our site: it's bold, it plays fast... Karma Depth, http://www.karmadepth.org Brian
Wilson Presents SMiLE (the DVD):
DISC ONE Bonus Material
DISC TWO Bonus Material
Ghost Particle
Project
Hello, Maybe you know me as leader/guitarist of Shylock, Philharmonie and now Yang.
I
organize a guitar workshop in Paris in September about modes and
rhythms, addressing to advanced musicians. Thank you Frederic L'Epée
http://www.laspada.perso.cegetel.net/index.html
MAGIC PIE SIGNED TO
PROGRESS RECORDS -
La Maschera Di Cera are finishing the recordings of the new album that will be available in autumn 2005 on IMMAGINIFICA label. MDC's new album, which has not yet been named, has been recorded and mixed. the album contains seven songs and is currently being mastered. it is expected to be released in the autumn. we will notify you of the confirmed release date, as well as other details regarding the album, as soon as we have them. This new work is produced by historical PFM's drummer FRANZ DI CIOCCIO and will follow the traces of the other 2 MDC albums in the glorious tradition of Italian progressive sound of the '70s!
La MASCHERA DI CERA and D&D CONCERTI are working on the organization of a tour for the next autumn for the promotion of this new album.
www.immaginifica.it
June 19, 2005 The event we have all been waiting for for years and years: Roger Waters reuniting with David Gilmour, Rick Wright and Nick Mason. The reunion will take place during the Live8 gig at Hyde Park, London, July 2. According to The Times, Pink Floyd will play 4 songs, of which three will be coming form Dark Side Of The Moon. Large screens will be placed outside the fenced area in Hyde Park, so that unlucky fans can join the festivities as well. (source: www.thetimes.co.uk ) David Gilmour: "Like most people I want to do everything I can to persuade the G8 leaders to make huge commitments to the relief of poverty and increased aid to the third world. It's crazy that America gives such a paltry percentage of its GNP to the starving nations. Any squabbles Roger and the band have had in the past are so petty in this context, and if re-forming for this concert will help focus attention then it's got to be worthwhile." (source: www.pinkfloyd.com) Roger Waters: "It's great to be asked to help Bob raise public awareness on the issues of third world debt and poverty. The cynics will scoff, screw 'em! Also, to be given the opportunity to put the band back together, even if it's only for a few numbers, is a big bonus." (source: www.yahoo.com) Multi-instrumentalist Henry Meeuws ( Casual Silence) has signed a deal with Snakebite Records / Rock Inc for his project MEDEA and for the release of his new Rock opera “ROOM XVII “. Henry , who’s playing all keyboards, guitars and bass guitars has chosen an interesting line up for his album. Edwin Balogh ( Ayreon , Omega ) , Rob Laarhoven ( Casual Silence) , Joss Mennen , Robbie van Stiphout ( Day Six) and Sandra Peeters ( V-Male) are a few names that will join the thrilling story in Amsterdam and in which the V.O.C (Batavia, 1628) is the main topic. The drums are played by Fon Janssen ( Mennen, Project Fear). Recordings are in progress right now.
Release date November 15th.
New on Open Sky Records 'From
Silence' - Troy Donockley & Dave Bainbridge.
Roadrunner's latest signing OPETH have completed their new album Ghost Reveries. The 65 minute album was mastered in Stockholm, Sweden yesterday (June 16th). The complete tracklisting is as follows: 'Ghost Of
Perdition', 'The Baying Of The Hounds', 'Beneath The Mire',
'Atonement', 'Reverie/Harlequin Forest', 'Hours Of Wealth', 'The
Grand Conjuration', 'Isolation Years'.
Believe in
August A remastered Jewel
Release Date June
27th
Arjen Lucassen as no one knew him: with his band project AYREON, usually appreciated for its fabluous mix of metal and bombast, folk, hard and progressive rock, on the new four track single “Come Back To Me” he offers two original “sound experiments“. Apart from “Come Back To Me”, a variation of the “The Human Equation” song “Day Seven: Hope” with a new title as well as the previously unreleased “August Fire” the single contains a “Come Back To Me” dance version (!) and also the very original Beatles cover “When I’m Sixty-Four” which was already recorded ten years ago. A video clip for “Come Back To Me” and a “Making of“ video complete the package. The first edition comes with a digipak and got a code with which one gets access to exclusive downloads on the Ayreon website until the end of September.
To match the tenth Ayreon anniversary InsideOut Music recently has completed the new edition of Ayeron’s five album backcatalogue. www.arjenlucassen.com Stream of Passion (Arjen Lucassen) After Dutch guitarist/composer/producer Arjen Anthony Lucassen had finished his latest endeavour, the Ayreon rock opera The Human Equation, he wanted to do two things: showcase the many talents of Mexican singer Marcela Bovio, one of the vocalists on the Ayreon album, and form a band for the first time in 10 years. The response of critics and fans to Marcela’s vocals on the Ayreon album was really great. People were simply blown away.” Arjen explains, “However, already when she was in my studio recording for the Ayreon project, I realized that she had many more talents that I regretted not being able to use at that time. So, hating to let a good thing go to waste, I decided to construct a project completely centered on her singing, composing and writing.” To form the band, Lucassen used the Internet to tap into the numerous talents that reside all across the globe. A year ago, Dutch drummer Davy Mickers downloaded a special track from Lucassen’s website to enter a musicians contest, and used it to showcase his incredible drumming skills. And just recently Lucassen discovered Lori Linstruth, an amazingly skilled American female guitarist residing in Sweden, among the members of the online Ayreon Yahoo group. Completing the band are Mexican pianist Alejandro Millán and Dutch bass player Johan van Stratum from the Rock Academy in Tilburg. |
