November 26, 2002
Star One
I have to make a correction to
my news of last week.
The good news remains good news. Star One will release a live album
with some pieces on DVD. The rest of my news, was a bit too fast
without consulting the master himself. The release date, the title and
the number of songs were only rumours. You can find the truth
on
www.ayreon.com
If you have been filming one of the concerts in
Rijssen or Tilburg (or maybe even another one), contact Arjen and
maybe they can use your footage for the DVD.
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Spock’s Beard
Personal Letter from the new
Spock's Beard
Greetings all Beard fans!
As the dust begins to settle over Neal's departure from the band, we
just wanted to say hi and let you know what was going on and what was
going through our heads. First of all, we've been reading the message
board on the SB website, and your positive reaction to us continuing
as a band is absolutely awesome. You guys are truly amazing and we're
very lucky to have you on board with us. Reading those messages is
totally inspiring and it really helps us to go on to the next thing.
Obviously, Spock's Beard will be a different band. In the next few
months we'll be experimenting with new sounds and styles to see which
one fits the best. We kind of wanted to do that anyway, and there is
no better time than now. It will still definitely be Spock's Beard,
though, so don't worry about us trying to become the old guy version
of N'Sync.
To speculate on exactly what we are going to sound like is impossible
at the moment, even for us, but we can say that we're formulating some
really cool ideas and we think you'll like it.
So. . .once again we want to say thanks for your tremendous support
through all of this, and we're looking forward to recording and
touring in the near future.
Al, Dave, Nick and Ryo
 (picture:
Full Strength)
There’s also an interview with
NDV on
http://home.austarnet.com.au/ktulu/fullstrength/interview_spocksbeard2.html
where you can read that Nick is going
to be the new lead singer of SB.
Official Spock's Beard Site :
http://www.spocksbeard.com/
Webmaster Mark Bredius :
http://www.markbredius.com/
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Marillion
"Separated Out" is an extensively researched, comprehensive and
factual history of the band: from early pub gigs through the
pioneering days of Script for a Jester's Tear to the chart topping
Kayleigh-era and onto the highs of Brave and beyond to the present
day.
There have been a number of attempts to write the story of Marillion
over the years. Depending on who you talk to, that story has many
versions. In researching and writing this book Jon Collins has spent
many months talking to everyone who has ever had anything to do with
the Marillion story, including the five of us.
This new book will be published 30 November 2002 on general release.
Racket Records will also be selling the new book in both paperback and
limited edition hardback (signed if you hurry, see on the link below),
and expect to have copies in stock by 9 December.
Along with the Marillion story comes the outside-of-Marillion story as
well. Racket Records has just released an 8-track solo projects
sampler CD, "AWOL", featuring music from Steve Hogarth's "H Band", Ian
Mosley's "Postmankind", Steve Rothery's "Wishing Tree", and Pete
Trewavas's "Transatlantic" projects - at 2 pounds, a great way to get
a taste of the music the band make outside of Marillion!
Full details about the "Separated Out" book and "AWOL" CD are
available at
http://www.marillion.com/racket.
...And now it's off to the studio to start rehearsing for the
Christmas shows!
Marillion
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Lion Music
These are the newest releases from Lion Music
November 2002
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Kelly Simonz' Blind Faith
´The Rule of Right |
Taboo Voodoo
Something's Cookin' |
Elias Viljanen
Taking the Lead |
Randy Coven
Witch Way |
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The Third album from Japan's finest
neoclassical powermetal act. |
Mike Terrana and Cyril Achard's new
instrumetal band. |
Finland's answer to Joe Satriani... |
One of the best bass players on the
planet with guests such as Leslie West, Al Pitrelli and John
Macaluso |
www.lionmusic.com
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Gazpacho
A lot of the songs
of this band is downloadable on their site. Try them out, you won't
regret it.
Gazpacho are "alive and
wild"..
A daunting task
finishing this 6 minute piece... "Ease your mind" was co-produced (a
first for us) by someone who has turned into quite a friend.. Mr Peter
Kearns, producer currently residing in New Zealand.. yes, you heard
us, New Zealand. You can't get further away from Norway if you tried..
Peter Kearns is a New Zealand based producer/arranger/composer. Since
the eighties he has written and recorded with various Australasian
acts and for a year or two collaborated with legendary American record
producer Kim Fowley. He has also worked as keyboard sideman to such
New Zealand acts as Shona Laing (ex Manfred Mann's Earthband) and Dave
Dobbyn. He has a taste for the musically adventurous and inbetween
recording projects, works on his own music and contributes articles to
various music-based websites. After a series of voice and e-mails back
and forth, 4 versions were made for this.. and the one you're going to
listen to is what we're happy with. Anyways, we really hope you enjoy
this one.. As a special thank you for helping us spread the buzz on
gazpacho, we're allowing this song to be downloaded from mp3.com for 1
week starting today(after this, it will return to streaming). Go over
to the site now to get your hands on 'Ease your mind'!
http://www.gazpachoworld.com/
New drummer!
We're pleased to
announce the newest addition to the band: Geir Digernes. A well known
drummer in Norway. His history can boast over 100,000 album sales with
Atlantic signed band, Sons of Angels, their peak of popularity in the
80's. A specialist in drums, he has performed as a session drummer in
various projects with well known artists in Norway.
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A.C.T.
We have just been advised that it will not be possible for A.C.T and
Saga to perform together at one venue so far announced.
Due to the stage size, A.C.T are unable to support Saga on the
following date: February 26, 2003 Verviers, BELGIUM Spirit of '66
We are sorry to make this announcement, however A.C.T will perform at
all other venues unless otherwise noted.
A.C.T will of course perform a headline show in Verviers at the Spirit
of '66 on December 8th, 2002
We hope to see you there!
Take It Easy!
A.C.T / AAUK
www.actworld.nu
http://www.act-todays-report.co.uk
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Aemen
Soon Aemen will play live in
Henk Westbroek’s program on Radio 3FM). The date is still unknown.
After that, there will be a
performance in Giel Beelen’s program on 3FM). A pity it’s gonna be at
6 o’clock in the morning. The 3FM radio is from Holland. This way
we’re crossing Holland from radio to radio.
Meanwhile, Aemen has reached
position 61 in the Megatop 100. Again, there’s some media attention
for our style.
The presentation of the album
( with Sharon den Adel and Fay Lovsky) will take place on december 8,
2002 in Zoetermeer, Holland.
The whole show will be filmed for DVD.
www.distribee.com
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Uriah Heep
-
The waiting is over!! "Moscow & Beyond...", the
5.1 Surround Sound Digitally Remastered DVD version of the legendary
"Live in Moscow" concerts, which took place in Moscow (duh!) in 1987,
is now available – and including extra material! Please go to the
online store to acquire your copy:
http://www.classicrockproductions.com/store/storecontents.asp
.
The DVD will be also available
in London during the Classic Rock Festival and the Heep Festival Club.
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The Official Uriah Heep Website is about to reach the
1,000,000-visitors
mark! Join the Heepworld in congratulating the band! Please submit
your
message here:
http://www.uriah-heep.com/1000000hits.htm
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Classic Rock Festival news!
Caravan have replaced their original keyboards man, Dave Sinclair,
with a guy who used to play with them in the seventies, Jan Schelhaas,
who actually also played with our Lee Kerslake in The National Health
Band in 1971on the "Albert 1" album. There is always a Heep
connection somewhere...
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November 17, 2002
Frozen Rain
Often fans of progressive rock
are also partial to a good portion of melodic rock what is better
known in the trade as being AOR or Adult Oriented Rock. Belgian based
keyboardplayer Kurt Vereecke is putting the final touches to his
Frozen Rain project on which guitar duties will mainly be handled by
the wellknown Tommy Denander a guy who has worked with Toto, Europe
and Richard Marx to name but three. At one point in his career Kurt
was even offered a recording contract by the specialized label Long
Island Records. In order to give everyone more details about Frozen
Rain a brandnew website has just been launched packed with interesting
information and trivia. You can reach the site through
www.frozenrain.be
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Star One
On February 1, 2003, Arjen
will be releasing a new live CD/DVD “Lift off”.
It will be a show from the
last tour of Star One.
There will be 18 songs (played
live) en 5 extra tracks as DVD on the album.
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The
Return of Änglagård
Text by Rob LaDuca, NEARfest
President on
www.nearfest.com :
An irregular NEARfest
tradition is reuniting great "retired" or "split-up" progressive rock
bands to perform for sold-out audiences at our annual festivals. With
the resounding successes of the Happy the Man reunion at NEARfest
2000, and the Nektar reunion at NEARfest 2002, we decided to try once
again to help resurrect an excellent, beloved prog band. Unlike the
previous two reunions, however, we did not cast our net back to the
1970s... but just back 10 or so years.
Chad and I are thrilled and overjoyed to present
to the progressive rock community, and the music scene as a whole, the
grand return to active duty of the mighty Swedish prog legends...
Änglagård. Anglagard will perform as the 4th band on Sunday’s bill at
next year’s NEARfest.
Änglagård released two stunning albums in the
early 1990s, "Hybris" and "Epilog”, which are beloved among prog fans
around the world. Featuring compositions of incredible power, depth,
emotion, and subtlety, this pair of albums are chock full of rippling
Hammond organ, soaring mellotron, analog synth solos, thunderous
Rickenbacker bass, pastoral flute lines, and biting guitar leads,
driven by furious but musical percussion work. Seldom has a rock band
made better use of dynamics than Anglagard. The music can turn on a
dime from whisper quiet to very heavy. Änglagård toured around the
world during their brief but glorious career, highlighted by headline
performances at the first two Progfests in California. After Progfest
1994, the band dissolved... until its rebirth today.
Änglagård has been rehearsing over the past
several months and composing new music towards a third album to be
released some time next year. They are renewed and energized and are
looking forward to being a progressive musical force for some time to
come.. We at NEARfest are absolutely delighted to have been a catalyst
for this reunion. We are even more delighted to be bringing the band
to the US to perform for you next summer. Be sure not to miss
Anglagard’s grand reunion show at NEARfest 2003!
The bands that already are certain to appear
on Nearfest 2003:
There’s a mp3 of each band on
www.nearfest.com
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Peter
Gabriel.
Tour Gabriel has an impressive start in Chicago
After an absence of more than 10 years, Peter Gabriel restarts his
touring live with "Growing up Live". The new tour opened Tuesday night
in the United Centre of Chicago with an impressive production, which
is led by the Canadian Robert LePage, who also did the “Secret World
Live” tour in 1993. Gabriel mostly picked material from his recent
album “Up”, helped by veterans like Tony Levin on bass and David
Rhodes on guitars. The new musicians in the band are Rachel Z on
keyboards, multi-instrumentalist Richard Evans, Ged Lynch on drums and
Melanie Gabriel for the backing vocals. Another new asset for
Gabriel’s stage act is the Blind Boys Of Alabama. Septuagenarians with
age-defying, powerful vocals, the quartet sat in the centre of the
stage as the band moved in closer for "Sky Blue" and “In Your Eyes”.
This time, Gabriel has an arsenal of
high-tech toys, beginning with a versatile centre stage and a second
stage suspended above it, and he uses them to great effect.
A large, clear and dimpled ball emerged from the dangling balloon, and
Gabriel climbed inside as the music for "Growing Up" began. He rolled
the massive sphere around the perimeter of the stage, like a hamster
in a toy, narrowly avoiding plowing down band members and their
instruments.
For fans who had endured ten years of waiting for Gabriel's
return to the concert stage, it was a highly satisfying night of music
and theatrics.
[source: Rolling
Stone]
Picture: Rolling
Stone
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Guy Manning
MANNING - "THE RAGGED CURTAIN" CYCL115
The new CD from Manning
featuring a 26 Minute EPIC is now available from CYCLOPS records
(www.gft-cyclops.co.uk
)
The full track listing, cover
picture, personnel and lyrics can be found on the Official Website
(www.guymanning.com
)
An MP3 of "The Weaver Of Dreams" can also be downloaded from there
This is undoubtedly the bands best and most
mature work to date and again features guest appearances by:
Angela Goldthorpe (from Mostly Autumn) on Flute/Recorders
Andy Tillison-Diskdrive (from Parallel Or 90 Degrees) on
Analogue Synths/Additional Organ
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Ian Anderson Orchestral Concert
Croydon, U.K., December 1st
Ian will be performing with The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra at
Fairfield Hall. Croydon is near London.
Tickets are £25.00 and £22.50. You can reach the
Box Office at +44 (0) 20 8688 9291.
www.j-tull.com
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November 11, 2002
Mindgames
Mindgames is a new Belgian
band. Although they already released a demo in 1999, they now released
their first full CD.
Mindgames is a band writing
own song in a progressive and symphonic way. Their compositions are
inspired by the style and ideas of Yes, Zappa, Pink Floyd, Spock’s
Beard, Marillion,…
Mindgames do not want to copy
or imitate. Therefore they evaluate and consider very carefully every
new idea. It is a deliberate choice to create a proper sound: complex,
surprising, but simple, authentic and enjoyable.
Their new album “International Daylight” will be
presented on november 23 in JH Merlijn, Kerkhofstraat 54, 1970
Wezembeek-Oppem, Belgium.
More info on
www.mindgames.be
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Karnataka
Delicate Flame Of Desire
The new album of Karnataka is due beginning next year. This has been
announced by the band with the following litterary masterpiece:
'This much anticipated new release begins an ambitious new chapter
that makes for a compelling listening experience. Sensual, spiritual
and unrestrained by musical boundaries, the dramatic, multi-layered
arrangements combine with haunting vocal melodies to create a powerful
and epic work where panoramic soundscapes give way to fragile moments
of acoustic intimacy. From the evolving intensity of Heart Of Stone to
the desolate imagery of Out Of Reach, this is an album which embraces
the agony and ecstasy of the delicate flame of desire.'
Delicate Flame Of Desire is officially released in January 2003
through Immrama Records/Voiceprint but will be available exclusively
from this website from Nov 23rd. Pre-orders are now being taken at
www.karnataka.org.uk.
Recorded at Rockfield and Zero Gravity studios, mixed at Rockfield and
Mighty Atom Studios and Mastered at Abbey Road,
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KARDA
ESTRA
Constellations:
Message from Richard Wileman:
“Constellations”. Well, that's the finalised title of the new Karda
Estra album due early 2003 - to be released on Cyclops records. A six
part suite based on the constellations The Southern Cross, Hydra,
Cassiopea, Phoenix, Scorpio and Vela. Plus, a surprise track too - a
homage to a big musical hero of mine. Recording has been the
increasingly usual painstaking and time consuming process, but I'm on
the final stretch now and I'm very happy with how it's finally coming
out.
http://www.kardaestra.co.uk
http://www.mp3.com/kardaestra
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Cyclops
Compilation news:
The Cyclops Sampler 5 is released in November. A double CD featuring
artists on the Cyclops label, all tracks are new, rare or live
exclusives. The Karda Estra track The Projected Future was written and
recorded especially for it.
Track Listing:
Disk One
Rob Andrews - Lake Vinuela 2 / Flamborough Head -
Limestone Rock / Guardians Office - Dark Girl / Henry
Fool - Pills In The Afternoon / Karda Estra -
Projected Future / Lands End - Coming Down In Sheets /
Manning - A Strange Place (live) / Mostly Autumn
- Prints In The Stone / Mostly Autumn - Noise From My
Head / Mysterkah - Red Daylight / Nice Beaver -
Culley On Bleaker St.
Disk Two
Odyssice - Scream (live) / Parallel Or 90
Degrees - Blues For Leah / Pineapple Thief -
Variations On A Dream Pt 0 / Saens - Escaping The Hands Of God
Pt 2 / Sphere3 - An Unusual January (Monkyfrog Mix) /
Transience - No Turning Back Now / Tr3nity - Which Way /
Twelfth Night - Fact And Fiction / Vulgar Unicorn
– Gliders
www.gft-cyclops.co.uk
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November 06, 2002
Renaissance
A special message from Annie
from Renaissance:
Dear Friends,
I am writing to you all on
behalf of myself, Michael, and Terry, to give you the update on
Renaissance.
There have been many wonderful times since the beginning when I joined
the band in the 70’s and these experiences will last for ever. The
music business has changed drastically and seems to be on a downward
spiral. It is now time to close another chapter in the history of the
band, and it has been a hard decision to make.
The memories are so vast, and dreams came true for all of us through
the fans, travelling around the world and performing alongside major
talent wherever we went and having the luxury of performing with the
world’s best orchestra’s too. The early days were especially memorable
with John Tout and Jon Camp in the band. We were very unique and
(thanks to the original Renaissance, without whom I would not be
writing this) were to receive many accolades for the music we created.
Looking back we really wrote some wonderful music and that body of
work will be heard for years to come, thanks to modern technology.
The last working personnel of this band was quite incredible, Rave
Tesar, David Keyes and Mickey Simmonds completed the full complement
that we took to England and Japan in 2001. They are remarkable
musicians who performed the music with great sensitivity and love for
the music we had written through the years, no one could have done
better.
Tuscany was a joy to make and the ‘live’ CD we are also very proud of.
We are living in different times now and it is time to move forward
gracefully.
The future for everyone is more precious than ever, but more important
is living in the moment, that is why we made this decision, a very
difficult one.
Michael is working on his musical of ‘Scheherazade’ and Terry is
working on his own solo CD ‘South of Winter’, to be released soon
(info on both of these will go on the Renaissance site).
Myself, I am still working
with my own band in the USA and am redesigning my website to
accommodate new works.
We thank you from our hearts
for being a part of this incredible journey.
Love and Peace Always,
Annie
Terry Sullivan informs us that
he is in active discussions with John Tout and Jon Camp about the next
incarnation of Renaissance. Over the coming months, Northern Lights
will be kept up-to-date on progress, as plans and the band lineup are
settled.
www.nlightsweb.com
www.gep.co.uk
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The New Grove Project
Six years ago, Ingemar
Hjertqvist from Sweden (living in Switzerland now) made the album
“Fool’s Journey”. He recorded it with friends/musicians Roine Stolt,
Pär Lindh, André Schornoz, Per Sundbom and Jode Leigh from the
legendary band England. (“Garden Shed”).
Five years ago they planned a
second album but Jode Leigh unexpectedly became the victim of a
cerebral haemorrhage, because of which the new album “Brill” was
prosponed. Ingemar wanted Jode on that album, but the synchronisation
between his arms and legs has gone, so they had to look for an
alternative. For a while, it looked like Carl Palmer was going to do
the drums but after a few months he dropped out. Finally they found
Zoltan Csörz to record the drums but two weeks before the recordings
in the Crimsonic Studios he suddenly issued an ultimatum. He only
wanted to play the drums in a studio in Malmö. The costs were too high
so finally Hasse Bruniusson did the job. André Schornoz plays the bass
and Freddy from the band Thonk plays the guitars. Pär Lindh plays the
keyboards and does the production and Per Sundbom plays some extra
keyboards. A few titles: "Neonlight submission", "The light within"
and the 24' long titletrack "Brill". The album will be mixed and
mastered in december, so the new CD of The New Grove Project will hit
the shops beginning of 2003.
Roine Stolt, Andy
Schornoz, Ingemar Hjertqvist, Pär Lindh, Jode Leigh and Per Sundbom
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Runaway Totem
Musea Records is going to
release the Runaway Totem's fourth album called "Tep Zepi". This new
work is about the so called "First Time or Age of the gods" ( L'era
degli dei ) and represents the natural continuation of "Andromeda",
the previous album of 1999.
The music is composed, arranged and performed by the four members of
the group (plus a special guest, Susanna Villanova, female voice). The
whole project has been produced by Runaway Totem (both recording of
the album in the band's own studio and cd design).
At
www.runawaytotem.com
, the official website, you can find 7 extracts from this new album
that you can freely listen using the Real player ( in case you haven't
got it yet, please download it at
www.real.com
). Remember that the audio quality depends on your connection (from 7
kbs to 160 kbs). The website contains also other audio files ( someone
never released) and many info about the band and its albums.
For a list of the on-line music stores where you can buy the new album
and the past ones, please always refer to the related section of the
official website
www.runawaytotem.com/order.htm
.
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WALDROCK BAND VOTE
Every year, the Dutch Waldrock
metal-festival in Burgum sets up a
vote-site where people like us can vote for their favourite band to
play. Bands with the highest amount of votes will eventually be booked
at this festival.
Arabesque has sent us this
message, asking everyone to vote for them. We can only advise you to
look at the list of bands and vote for your choice. In the list,
you’ll also find Sun Caged and The Gathering amongst others.
http://waldrock.no-ip.org/bandpoll/prevote.php
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LATER
WITH THE HEEP
Some time ago we started a campaign
asking the Heepsters to send e-mails suggesting that Uriah Heep should
play live at the "Later with Jools Holland" TV show. We now ask you
to keep sending e-mails! THe address for that is
http://www.bbc.co.uk/later
, click on "Contact Us" and ask for
Uriah Heep!!!!
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Tony
Levin
Ever wondered what Peter
Gabriel, Alice Cooper and John Lennon have in common? Sure, there's a
musician who played with all three - and much, much more great
artists. The name? Please, welcome - Tony Levin! A tireless chopper
comes up with magnificient live album, "Double Espresso", credited to
the TONY LEVIN BAND. The band comprise more than adequate foil to
Levin's bass bricks and consist of Larry Fast on synthesizers, Jesse
Gress on guitars, inimitable Jerry Marotta on vocals, guitars and,
sure, his main choice, drums. And Tony himself sings too!
With CALIFORNIA GUITAR TRIO
guesting, there's much to play and enjoyment oozes throughout,
especially on the covers pulled into the set. (source DMME)
|
CD 1:
1. Pieces
of the Sun
2. Geronimo
3. Silhouette
4. Dog One (Peter Gabriel)
5. Tequila
6. Black Dog (LED ZEPPELIN)
7. Ooze
8. Apollo
9. L'Abito Della Sposa (Ivano Fossati)
10. Sleepless (KING CRIMSON)
|
CD 2:
1. Pillar
Of Fire
2. Ever The Sun Will Rise
3. Phobos (SYNERGY)
4. The Fifth Man
5. Back In New York City (GENESIS)
6. Utopia
7. Elephant Talk (KING CRIMSON)
8. Peter Gunn
9. Belle |
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October 28, 2002
A.C.T
support-act for SAGA
Lots of things going on in the world of A.C.T at the moment. A.C.T
will be on tour February, march and April 2003 appearing as special
guests with SAGA all around Europe. This is not the only thing
happening in February 2003, Last Epic, the upcoming album will be
released late February. We are really, really happy to announce this
news, and we hope you are too. See you on tour. We will give you all
we got, and even more...
Yours Sincerely
Peter, Herman, Thomas, Jerry and Ola
www.actworld.nu
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Anathema
The official tour dates:
|
Date |
Venue |
Country |
Info |
|
29th of November, 2002
|
Mean
Fiddler (formerly La2) |
UK |
Special guests to
be announced |
|
30th of November, 2002
|
Rio's,
Bradford |
UK |
|
|
11th of December, 2002 |
Boule
Noire,Paris |
France |
|
|
12th of December, 2002 |
Tivoli,
Utrecht |
The
Netherlands |
|
|
13th of December, 2002 |
Biebob,
Vosselar |
Belgium |
|
|
14th of December, 2002 |
Lucky,
Rijssen |
The
Netherlands |
|
|
15th of December, 2002 |
O13,
Tilburg |
The
Netherlands |
Afternoon show |
Jamie is not available for these dates, so they are searching for a
bass player for this tour.
http://listen.to/Anathema
You can download an mp3 of “The Last Laugh” by Antimatter.
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DVS
Records
** RE-RELEASE DEBUT CD HEAVEN'S CRY **
During their short European tour (Heaven's Cry played at ProgPower and
a few gigs together with Threshold and the reactions were very
positive), we discussed a lot of things with the band about the future
between DVS and Heaven's Cry. It looks like both parties will go for a
longtime relationship, so far everything fits together perfectly. One
of the things we have decided is that DVS will re-release the debutCD
"Food For Thought Substitude" around June 2003. The band will re-mix
and re-master the whole stuff, new artwork will be made and we
probably will add 1 or 2 bonustracks to the album, to make it
different from the original release. Besides this DVS and Heaven's Cry
made already some plans for the third release from the band for early
2004. So this time we definitely do not have to wait another 6 years
(the time between the first 2 releases of the band)!
** ALIAS EYE ARE RECORDING THEIR SECOND CD **
German artrock band Alias Eye have started the recordings for their
second CD. According to the band they will experiment a little bit
during the recording sessions so we can definitely expect some huge
surprises. The album is scheduled to be released in Oktober 2003.
** PRE-PROMOTION CHROME SHIFT CD WILL START SOON **
In a few weeks we will start with the pre-promotion for our next
release, the debut CD by Danish progressive metal surprise Chrome
Shift. Metalized Magazine, the biggest metal magazine in Denmark, told
us that we can be very happy with this band, to them it is one of the
best Danish newcomers around. Solid progressive metal with and
excellent singer, that is what you can expect. Right now the album is
mixed and soon it will be mastered, Mattias Noren from Sweden will do
the artwork so once again expect a fine package. The album will be out
in Europe in February 2003, we are now negotiating some deals for the
rest of the world.
** WEBSITE UPDATED WITH AN ORDER PAGE **
We have updated the website a little bit with all the latest
information and news, including an order page. People will be able to
order the CDs directly though DVS from now on, we even added a page
where people can pay by credit card using PayPal. So check it
out!
Greetings,
DVS Records
http://www.dvsrecords.com/
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2002 London Classic Rock Festival
- WIN TICKETS FOR THE 2002
LONDON CLASSIC ROCK FESTIVAL Nothing to purchase, no crazy contests.
A random drawing of all correctly submitted entries will be held live
on the air Sunday November 10th, 2002 on Delicious Agony Progressive
Rock Radio
(http://www.deliciousagony.com)
sometime during the hours of 1:00pm
through 7:00pm Eastern time (6:00pm through Midnight GMT). One winner
will receive a set of three, two-day tickets (winner plus two guests)
for the 2002 London Classic Rock Festival held at Shepherds Bush
Empire. Transportation, accommodations and incidentals are not
included. Read all the rules here:
http://www.deliciousagony.com/
Classic
Rock Productions.
Videoclips taken from from
several Classic Rock Productions DVDs can be found here:
http://www.classicrockproductions.com/videoclips.html
. Among them, lots of Heep and related
classics, plus tons of other great classic rock gems! Also, sign up
now to the Classic Rock Productions mailing list, so to be informed on
the coming updates:
http://www.classicrockproductions.com/maillistinfo.html
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Galahad
Just gone up to the site is a page all about the Dutch compilation
album THE READING ROOM (2000), which features a major GALAHAD track,
"The Pleasure House". There are a couple of MP3 soundclips from this
piece for you to
download too.
[http://www.galahadonline.fsnet.co.uk/readingroom.htm]
We've got a new competition running now also -- just think of a witty
caption to go with the cover photo from the VOICEPRINT RADIO SESSIONS
EP and you might just win a copy of this rare item for yourself! [run
via the Forum at
http://www.network54.com/Hide/Forum/thread?forumid=218353&messageid=1035586652&lp=1035586652]
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October 18, 2002
Musea – Selection Of The Month
Musea makes a monthly
selection of three new releases that they offer at the exceptional
price of 45,73 in stead of 66,02 to 69,07 euro, depending on the
postage costs. The three albums contain two Musea releases and one
release from the distribution offer from Musea. The postage is
entirely paid by Musea, so you finally pay only 15 euro per CD. You
don’t have to leave your house and the selection always has top
titles. For more info you can surf to
http://217.128.227.4/panneaux.html
and select “Selection of the month” in the
left frame.
A few examples of the
selection of the previous months:
July:VERSUS X "Live at the Spirit" - La Tulipe Noire " Faded Leaves" -
Nathan Mahl "Volume III"
August:GERARD "Sigh of the Water" - FRAGIL "Sorpresa Del Tiempo" - YES
"Friends & Relatives"
September:ASIDE BESIDE "Tadj
Mahall Gates" - KERRS PINK "Tidings" - Mario MILLO "Oceans of The
Mind"
During the month of October
you can obtain the following albums: "Pigs and pyramids" a tribute to
the music of Pink Floyd, brought to you by an unbelievable cast of
known musicians. (Amongst them Chris Squire en Billy Sherwood); "If
only stones could speak" by The Bollenberg Experience and "Mei" from
Echolyn, two CD's that were already reviewed on our site.
You will soon find a contest on our site to win
one of ten samples part 7 from Musea.
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Aemen
Within Temptations Sharon
den Adel as guest vocals with Aemen.
Bee & Bee Records has signed Aemen from Tilburg.
(Holland). The new album “Fooly Dressed” will be
released in November. The CD will be supported by two singles. On the
second single will be a duet with Sharon den Adel and Aemen’s frontman
Toine van der Meijden. Other Guests on “Fooly Dressed” are Fay Lovsky
and Lana Lane. The cello and violins will be played by a string
orchestra. The production is done by Stephen van Haestregt
(Within Temptation). The album is recorded in Oscar Holleman’s studio.
(RS29)
www.distribee.com
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Arena
"Contagion" will be released
27th of January 2003
Here’s the artwork by David Wyatt
Track Listing:
1.
Witch Hunt / 2.An
Angel Falls / 3. Painted Man / 4. (This Way) Madness Lies / 5. Spectre
At The Feast / 6. Never Ending Night / 7. Skin Game / 8. Salamander /
9. On The Box /
10.
Tsunami / 11. Bitter Harvest / 12. The City Of Lanterns / 13. Riding
The Tide / 14. Mea Culpa / 15. Cutting The Cards / 16. Ascension
There may be some 'unplugged' appearances from
Arena this year, including the presentation in Holland on November 7th
(The Cage members only - so
JOIN NOW!
The whole site of Arena has
been given a new look,
www.verglas.com/Arenaworld/arenaworld.html
There’s also a contest to win
"Contagion"
material.
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Mostly Autumn
Every Tuesday evening, there’s
an hour of progressive rock on
www.arrow.nl, a program by Kees
Baars. On October 22 there’s a Mostly Autumn contest. The 5 winners
get 2 tickets for the gig in Tilburg on November 26. Kees Baars always
gets positive feedback when he plays some Mostly Autumn during his
program.
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The
Lawton-Dunning Project and Caravan.
Classic Rock Productions come up
with two new killer DVD’s, both by classic artists and both recorded
this year.
The first comes from THE LAWTON-DUNNING
PROJECT or, indeed, JOHN LAWTON BAND, because Steve Dunning adds
bass to John Lawton's golden voice. "One More Night" was
committed to tape at London's Mean Fiddler in May - and the DVD
slightly differs from accompanying CD.
Tracklist:
1. I'm Alive - 2. Been Hurt - 3. Still Payin' My Dues To The Blues
- 4. Feelings - 5. Burning Ships - 6. Firefly / Come Back To Me - 7.
Wise Man - 8. Rain
extra features: the recording of "Wise Man" (feat. the URIAH
HEEP at "Top Of The Pops", 1976 ) - "Still Payin' My Dues..."
(Lawton & Dunning at the Festival club, December 2001)
The other title is CARAVAN's "A
Knights' Tale", said to be recorded just ten days ago at the stage
of the Classic Rock Festival in Trenton, NJ. Founder members Pye
Hastings, Richard Coughlan and David Sinclair got violinist Geoff
Richardson back and introduced bassists Doug Boyle and Jim leverton
and percussionist Simon Bentall into the fold.
Tracklist:
1.The Dog He's At It Again - 2. Nine Feet Underground - 3. For
Richard - 4. Caravan Medley - 5. Who Do You Think You Are? - 6. Memory
Headloss - 7. All The Way
extra features: interviews - bonus tracks - archive footage
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The Gathering
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Cirrha Niva
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Spock’s Beard
We know this is a difficult time for Spock's Beard fans with the band
having announced Neal's departure last week, and, while we lament our
losses, we also look forward to a future filled with more amazing
music and surprises.
The
new SPOCK'S BEARD 2 DVD SET will be released
November 11 in Europe and November 19 in the U.S
Click here to pre-order the DVD at Radiant Records:
https://www.radiantrecords.com/orders.asp#115
More details:
DON'T TRY THIS AT HOME - DVD
THE LONG AWAITED FULL LENGTH CONCERT FILM FROM THE DAY FOR NIGHT TOUR.
At last! A full length Spock's Beard concert with good quality film
and sound! This was actually shot by a professional crew with 5
cameras and big cranes and the whole deal. Not by someone with a
camcorder. I know it's hard to believe but it's true! And it’s on DVD!
Witness the Beard in all their glory during the DAY FOR NIGHT tour of
Europe. This performance features everything the band is known for:
stunning technical ability, spot on vocal harmonies, complex
arrangements, and a heavy dose of rockin' good fun. Including a rare
feature performance of the complete Healing Colors of Sound, Spock's
Beard demonstrate why they are known as one of the great live prog
bands!
Set Contains:
Day For Night - In The Mouth of Madness
– Skin – Gibberish
– June - The Healing
Colors of Sound - Go The Way You Go -
Ryo's Solo - The Doorway
- The Light – Squonk
- Waste Away / Fire
PLUS!!
THE MAKING OF V - DVD
A real look inside the recording process of Spock's classic V CD!!
Includes the band recording at Kevin Gilbert's studio, overdubs at Al,
Ryo & Neal's houses, lyric writing sessions, kids dancing to Tarkus,
and Ryo recording the intro for The Great Nothing! Professionally
edited by Phil Satterley and narrated by Neal Morse, this 2-hour film
will make a great edition to your Beard collection.
DELUXE BONUS EXTRAS
All On A Sunday music video - The Doorway
live acoustic in-store performance - June
live in Chicago, with special guest - Go The
Way You Go live at The Whiskey - Space
Truckin' live in Lansing - Day For Night
studio sessions - The legend of The Morse
Brothers - And more surprises!
DOLBY DIGITAL SOUND Total Running Time: Approx. 300 minutes
REGION FREE Will play in any player NTSC & PAL
RELEASE DATE NOV. 11 Europe, NOV 19 USA
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Uriah
Heep
The Classic Rock Festival/Heepvention
in the USA was a total success!!
Heepvention info and assorted links:
A Big Thank You from all the planning members of Heepvention 2002!!!
Heepsters from around the world converged in Trenton, New Jersey, on
Oct 4, 5 and 6th for the time of their lives! It went off without a
hitch, with a very surprise visit by Uriah Heep! The fans went
nuts!!! Autographs were given, tales were told, and the band even did
a rendition of "Lady In Black" using the Heepvention Jam Band's
gear... priceless memories!
Many reviews can be seen at
http://www.classicrockfestival.com/crfreviews.htm
and tons of pictures can be seen at
http://www.streamingrockclips.com/hv02photos
. Also... some live video from the
event can be downloaded at
http://www.uriah-heep.com/hv02video.html
(thanks to Esa Ahola and Helen Fredericks
for the use of the pictures and video).
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The
Flower Kings
The Official Bootleg CD is now
available.
The CD was recorded at New York's Bottom Line club and is a mixture of
an audience recording and a soundboard recording. These two recordings
have been mixed by Roine and are, in his own words; 'slightly more
professional than the audience recordings that circulate.'
The recording was taken from
the 'late' set of the bands two performances on 14th April 2002 and
features the set highlight, a 50 minute rendition of 'Garden Of
Dreams'.
The album will only be available for a limited period and will not be
available in shops.
Track Listing
Garden Of Dreams (47:08) - In The Eyes
Of The World (6:30) - Bass & Drum Solos (4:16) - Circus Brimstone
(3:25) - I Am The Sun (13:38)
There are three ways of buying
it:
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October 11, 2002
Spock’s
Beard
The last week was full of rumours but since October 11, it has become
official:
NEAL MORSE HAS
LEFT SPOCK'S BEARD!!!
This doesn’t mean the end of Spock’s Beard. See:
www.spocksbeard.com
On
www.radiantrecords.com/nealnote.htm you
find a personal statement from Neal.
On
http://www.spocksbeard.com/bandnote.htm
there’s a statement from the band
This also means that Transatlantic will also
loose Neal Morse as singer and keyboardplayer.
(Mike Portnoy and Neal Morse: backstage in the Ancienne Belgique in
Brussels in november 2001)
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King Black Acid
The
new "Soul systems burn" video from King Black Acid is on-line. You can
find it on
www.drugmusic.com.
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Focus
Focus was playing on the Classic Rock Festival in Trenton USA on
October 6th
www.classicrockfestival.com
There’s a short video compilation with a splendid sound on
www.officialfocushomepage.nl
Go to 'Feedback', select 'Gig reviews'. The video starts
automatically. If your screen stays black, you should download the
free real audio player from
www.real.com
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