27.03.12 UK - Wolverhampton - The Robin 2
28.03.12 UK - London - The Relentless Garage
European Tour Dates in 2012
24.03.12 GER - Dresden - Puschkin BUY TICKETS
25.03.12 GER - Cologne - Gloria Theater BUY TICKETS
27.03.12 UK - Wolverhampton - The Robin 2 BUY TICKETS
28.03.12 UK - London - The Relentless Garage BUY TICKETS
29.03.12 NL - Zoetermeer - De Boerderij BUY TICKETS
30.03.12 NL - Den Bosch - W2 BUY TICKETS
01.04.12 BE - Verviers - Spirit of 66 BUY TICKETS
02.04.12 GER - Aschaffenburg - Colossaal BUY TICKETS
03.04.12 GER - Berlin - C-Club BUY TICKETS
The new studio album from acclaimed norwegian post-progressive art rockers
Gazpacho return with their new album, 'March of Ghosts', which will be
released on Kscope in March 2012.
Formed in Oslo in 1996 by childhood friends Jon-Arne Vilbo and Thomas
Andersen along with Jan-Henrik Ohme (later joined by Mikael Krømer,
Lars Erik Asp and Kristian Torp), Gazpacho have honed their unique
sound over a string of critically acclaimed albums and numerous tours,
including several with long-time supporters Marillion.
March of Ghosts is the band's follow-up to Missa Atropos, which was
released on Kscope in 2011 along with the live album, London. London
was recorded on the band's recent European tour and the success of
this tour helped provide the genesis for March of Ghosts, as Jon-Arne
explains: 'the previous tour gave us lots of inspiration. So, the week
after returning we went straight into the studio to capture whatever
came. As a result, the majority of the album was written in a day
writing orgy where the band got together and jammed for a full day and
night… "March of Ghosts" was surprisingly easy to write.'
Such was the success of these early sessions that a lot of the
material that can be heard on the final album comes from this original
jam session. This material was then honed, dissected and refined
throughout the summer and autumn of 2011 to create a coherent whole.
While Missa Atropos can be viewed as a concept album, following the
story of one person leaving everything behind, Thomas sees March of
Ghosts is much more as a collection of short tales; 'The idea was to
have the lead character spend a night where all these ghosts (dead and
alive) would march past him to tell their stories.'
Characters include Haitian war criminals, the crew of the Marie
Celeste, a returning American WWI soldier who finds himself in 2012
and the ghost of an English comedy writer who was wrongly accused of
treason and who will sit for eternity listening to gramophone
recordings of the broadcasts he did on enemy radio. As lead singer
Jan-Henrik explains, 'They are short stories. They are a march of
ghosts. They are tales that need to be told.'
http://www.kscopemusic.com/gazpacho/marchofghosts/
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