January 2004

March 18, 2004

Magenta

Magenta - Seven (CD album)
Release date - 01 March 2004

Magenta, one of the best new Progressive Rock bands in years, have just released their follow-up CD to the mighty 'Revolutions'. And yes, it really has been worth the wait! The new CD, called 'Seven', contains powerful, melodic music and the beautiful voice of Christina, said by many to be one of the best singers around at the moment. Rob Reed (Cyan, The Fyreworks) has again written a masterpiece full of twists and turns - it's a roller coaster ride that you won't want to get off!

The track listing is Gluttony [12.04], Envy [09.42], Lust [12.22], Greed [13.49], Anger [05.11], Pride[12.09] and Sloth [10.06].

Magenta - Broken (CD Single)
Release date - 01 June 2004

June 2004 will see the release of Magenta's first CD single containing 5 previously unreleased tracks.

The track listing is Broken, Call Me (2004), Lemminkainen's Lament (Celtic Remix),
Opus 3, Sloth (Orchestral mix).

If you need any more information on these releases, or want to hear samples of the music, you can do so by visiting http://www.f2music.co.uk. Enter the site by clicking on the F2 logo and choose samples from the top menu. You can even download an MP3 of the complete opening track from 'Seven' called 'Gluttony', but hurry because it won't be there forever!

Visit http://www.progrock.co.uk NOW for a very special offer!

Magenta - gigs
2003 saw the band play some great gigs including the Progeny Festival at London's Astoria Theatre, Baja Prog in Mexico and headlining at the Spirit of 66 in Belgium. A tour is currently being planned to promote 'Seven' and dates will be posted on the Magenta and F2 web site as and when they are confirmed.

Other F2 artists
Other artists on the F2 label include Cyan, The Fyreworks, Abel Ganz, Ezra, Erasmus and The Othello Syndrome. Please visit the F2 web site for more information. Both Abel Ganz & Ezra are currently working on new CD's to be released later this year.

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Tony Banks

Now available for pre-order - released 29th March 2004

'Seven: A Suite for Orchestra' is Tony Banks' long-awaited classical album, recorded with the London Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Mike Dixon, released on the Naxos label

Famous for his role as keyboard player in the progressive rock band Genesis, Tony Banks has always been fascinated by the idea of writing orchestral music. Five of the seven pieces in this orchestral suite were written specifically for the Seven project; the remaining two were older pieces. Throughout the seven movements Banks creates intense orchestral sound pictures. The calm serenity which characterises the main themes of the separate movements is often contrasted with uncomfortable stormy turbulence, the overall result being a scenic overview of orchestral colours and timbres.

For more info on the recording in Tony's own words click here

Track List

Spring Tide
Black Down
The Gateway
The Ram
Earthlight
Neap Tide
The Spirit of Gravity

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Schwung 2004

Complete program for this year's edition of the Belgian festival:

www.schwung.be

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Rush Tribute

Hemispheres Productions is a new organisational bureau, momentarily specialized in rock concerts.

We want to organize things in a different (read better) way than what is common in the music world.
You can read more about them on www.hemispheresproductions.com.

In the period of Ascencion they organize two special gigs:

YYZ : A Tribute To Rush	date: Mai 20 2004	Venue: De Boerderij, Zoetermeer (NL)
("An evening with"; a complete show with never shown live footage of RUSH during the break)
more information>>
order tickets here
YYZ : A Tribute To Rush	date: Mai 21 2004	venue: Podium Hardenberg, Hardenberg (NL)
(Support-act: Another Journey, a superb Journey-tributeband from Holland. Never shown live footage of RUSH after the gig)
more information>>
order tickets here

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Progpower 2004

Message from the Progpower site:

So, after serveral listening session we have completed half of the line-up now, which means that we have 6 more bands to go. We are in touch with some bands right now and will have one final listening session, because again we got a lot of CDs recently. So keep an eye on the site, we try to complete the line in April at the latest.

ALCHEMIST (australia)
ALL TOO HUMAN (usa)
AMORPHIS (finland)
PLATITUDE (sweden)
THE DUST CONNECTION (the netherlands)
TOMORROW'S EVE (germany)

www.progpower.com

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Sylvan

German Progressive Rock band Sylvan will release their newest album on March 29.
Title: “X-Rayed”

It features 10 tracks. Running time: 70 minutes.

You can find a sample on www.sylvan.de

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