sexta-feira, outubro 05, 2018

Entropia - Vacuum


Entropia is back with a new album - "Vacuum" it was released in September by Arachnophobia Records.
The ULTRA collective, encouraged by the success of their previous album "Ufonaut", does not stop in search of perfectly psychedelic music. By giving in to the inspirations that have been slowly developing for years now, Entropia develops its acidic formula - this time through exploration of the rhythmic repetition in combination with the riffs and overwhelming atmosphere that are the band's trademark. The result is a mixture of completely opposite worlds in which the instrumental trance and electronics drawing directly from the scene of goa, techno and IDM, as well as from the accomplishments of kraut rock classics, meet alongside the most extreme moments in the band's history. Rhythm patterns bound the album together, shaping the magma of sounds into the form of six songs spanning over one hour in lenght. For Entropia, however, experimentation is not a means to an end, but only a side effect of a constant search for the new ways of expression of one's emotions. "Vacuum" is mirroring the conflicted reality seen through the eyes of the band. It is the testimony of the constant struggle of the psychedelic worldview with human pettiness, and therefore - it's a story of a conflict that is going on inside every each one of us. Entropia on the "Vacuum" finally becomes a band that does not belong to any current. Instead, it creates its own.

The album was recorded live in Raven Studio with sound engineer Andrzej Dziadek with Maciej Wiergowski responsible for the production of the music.
All the illustrations and layout of the album was made by Kuba Sokólski.


Tracklist:
POISON
WISDOM
ASTRAL
VACUUM
HOLLOW
ENDURE

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The Red Masque - New Album "Fathomless" Update



NEW ALBUM FATHOMLESS UPDATE

The songs are currently being mastered and we should have that completed by the end of the week. I have also worked on the album art and put together the cd design for the packaging. Once the files are back from the mastering studio, I'll be uploading them along with the art files to the disc manufacturing plant. So current ETA on the album going public is sometime in October. PERFECT FOR HALLOWEEN GIFT GIVING! :)

THERE IS STILL TIME TO DONATE TO OUR FUNDRAISING CAMPAIGN.I'm taking down the campaign by October but if you want to help us out, there is still a little bit of time to do so. PLEASE donate at www.gofundme.com/theredmasque . 

For those of you who are curious about the cd art for Fathomless, here is the final album cover that I created (See above). I originally painted the shark artwork with ink and acrylic paint on 10 x 10" wood panel earlier this year, then I photographed and digitally edited and combined the shark image with some ink splash background textures I created.

For those who are interested, the original shark artwork is available for purchase for $300 through my online art shop at


Please note: This listing is for shipping to the USA. If you live outside the USA please contact me to figure out shipping to you.

The actual cd packaging itself for Fathomless will be a six panel digipack "lite" style. I think the packaging design will end up looking really nice but you be the judge!

The new album, Fathomless, will feature the following songs:

1. Sand and Sea
2. Where Once Were Rivers
3. The Shallows
4. Fathomless
5. Silver Scales (live)
6. Serpentine
7. Malum
8. Fearless
* 9. Snow Moon (live) (this song will be a bonus, digital download only)

WE STILL NEED YOUR HELP 
We are wrapping up the gofundme campaign by the end of September. We have still not reached our goal.  If you donated already, thank you. If you have not, please consider it, and / or helping us spread the word.

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Star-Studded Salute To Hard Rock Legends KISS Receives A Very Special Reissue With New Title And All New Artwork!



Produced by Bob Kulick and Bruce Bouillet with guest performances by Bruce Kulick, Tommy Shaw, Lemmy Kilmister, Doug Aldrich, Dee Snider, Steve Lukather, Chris Jericho, C.C. DeVille, Dug Pinnick, Page Hamilton, Buzz Osbourne, and more!  

Los Angeles, CA - An incredible line-up of world-class musicians and vocalists gathered together, under the helm of Grammy award-winning producers Bob Kulick and Bruce Bouillet, to recreate 11 classics from the catalog of one of music's greatest, best-loved bands, the icons of theatrical shock rock, the mighty KISS! Originally released as Spin The Bottle in 2004, the resulting album has received a complete makeover this year and will be reissued October 19 with all new artwork. Now titled, Pure Fire - The Ultimate KISS Tribute, the album features unique combinations of A-list performers including former KISS member Bruce Kulick plus some of the bands biggest friends and fans including Tommy Shaw (Styx), Lemmy Kilmister (Motörhead), Dee Snider (Twisted Sister), Steve Lukather (Toto), Chris Jericho (Fozzy), Buzz Osbourne (The Melvins), Dug Pinnick (King's X), C.C. DeVille (Poison) and so many more!

This special multi-media edition also comes with a bonus making-of DVD that features interviews and stories from the artists, including those who are no longer with us, recorded 14 years ago - it's like a beautifully preserved time capsule showing what these artists looked like, sang like and played like, and what they thought about KISS back then. Hear producer Bob Kulick, Tommy Shaw, Tony Franklin, Aynsley Dunbar, Robin McAuley, Robben Ford , Lemmy , Greg Bissonette, Doug Aldrich, Kip Winger, Carmine Appice, Mike Porcaro,  Fred Coury, and many others share their personal stories and recollections about Paul, Gene, Ace & Peter. No self-respecting KISS fan should be without this release!

Track List:
DISC 1: CD
1. Detroit Rock City - Dee Snider, Doug Aldrich, Marco Mendoza, John Tempesta
2. Love Gun - Tommy Shaw, Steve Lukather, Tim Bogert, Jay Schellen
3. Cold Gin - Mark Slaughter, Ryan Roxy, Robben Ford, Phil Soussan, Steve Riley
4. King Of The Night Time World - Chris Jericho, Rich Ward, Mike Inez, Fred Coury
5. I Want You - Kip Winger, Paul Gilbert, Greg Bissonette
6. God Of Thunder - Buzz Osbourne, Bruce Kulick, Blasko, Carmine Appice
7. Calling Dr. Love - Page Hamilton, Mike Porcaro, Greg Bissonette
8. Shout It Out Loud - Lemmy Kilmister, Jennifer Batten, Bob Kulick, Samantha Maloney
9. Parasite - Dug Pinnick, Bob Kulick, John Alderete, Vinnie Colaiuta
10. Strutter - Phil Lewis, Gilby Clarke, Jeff Pilson, Bobby Rock
11. Stole Your Love - Robin McAuley, C.C. DeVille, Tony Franklin, Aynsley Dunbar

DISC 2: BONUS DVD
Interviews and stories with:
Paul Gilbert, Bob Kulick, Tommy Shaw, Tony Franklin, Aynsley Dunbar, Robin McAuley, Robben Ford, Lemmy, Greg Bissonette, C.C. DeVille, Doug Aldrich, Kip Winger, Carmine Appice, Mike Porcaro, Fred Coury, Jennifer Batten, Bobby Rock, Mark Slaughter, Page Hamilton, Tim Bogert, Steve Lukather, Samantha Maloney, Chris Jericho and Bruce Kulick


"After being friends with KISS, knowing them for years, playing on Paul's solo record, it was my pleasure to play on this tribute CD. And also working with Bob Kulick was great fun. I thought it came out great. It ROCKS!" - Carmine Appice (Vanilla Fudge/ Beck, Bogert, Appice) 

"I really liked the new arrangement they had and we screamed through it pretty fast. Wild combinations of players and singers, and in the end a very new twist to some KISS classics." - Steve Lukather (Toto) 

"KISS is and forever will be the most exciting band in the land!" - Kip Winger (Winger) 

"What fun it is to do anything with Bob. Giving KISS some love. I tried to do Gene proud. We're all parasites, baby!!" - Dug Pinnick (King's X) 

"I was thrilled to play on this record, especially with Mark Slaughter and Ryan Roxie, with whom I have played before. The song 'Cold Gin' was special for me because of one morning back in 1990 when I was awoken by a phone call from Gene Simmons inviting me to come up on stage to play a song with them that night. It was indeed a great moment for me!" - Phil Soussan (Ozzy Osbourne) 

"Such an honor to be included then and now, in this list of immensely talented musicians on this KISS tribute. Put your KISS face on and turn it up. Enjoy!!!" - Robin McAuley. ( MSG ) 

"Some seriously great performances by an insane bunch! Being involved on many of the assorted songs, I had the pleasure of enjoying all the different folks and the cool and varied interpretations they all were bringing to the table." - David Glen Eisley (Giuffria/Dirty White Boy) 

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Uli Jon Roth announces Kaleb McKane as special guest

ULI JON ROTH ANNOUNCES KALEB MCKANE
AS SPECIAL GUEST 
ON HIS 50th ANNIVERSARY UK TOUR
NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2018 
CELEBRATING HIS 50TH YEAR STAGE ANNIVERSARY


The former Scorpions guitarist Uli Jon Roth, widely regarded as one of the greatest guitar players ever, is pleased to announce British newcomer Kaleb McKane as his special guest on Uli's upcoming UK November Tour. Kaleb recently released his first EP "Universe in Reverse" produced by Miles James (Michael Kiwanuka, Emile Sande) and mastered by Gavin Lurssen (Foo Fighters, Queens of the Stone Age).  The EP received rave reviews from the press and fans alike. In 2019 Kaleb will release his debut album. 

Uli Jon Roth is one of the last greats who is still around to present his magical style of playing which he already forged in the late Sixties when he was still in his teens. Uli played his first ever show in December 1968 - at the age of 13 - and to celebrate his upcoming 50th Stage Anniversary, he will play 6 very special UK concerts. 

The UK tour starts at the Corporation in Sheffield on Thursday 29th November, followed by University of London Union (Friday 30th November), Coventry's Kasbah (Saturday 1 December), Manchester's Academy 3 (Sunday 2 December), Glasgow's Oran Mor (Monday 3 December) and Milton Keynes' The Stables (Wednesday 5 December).  Tickets are on sale Tuesday 17th July from www.seetickets.com, stables.org and www.ulijonroth.com/tourdates.

The two hour-plus programme will consist of carefully selected highlights from Uli's entire musical career, which - by now - is spanning no less than 5 decades! The amazing thing is that Uli Jon Roth keeps on getting better, as we have seen amply demonstrated by his astonishing and powerful recent appearances at the G3 Tour of Europe and the UK with Joe Satriani and John Petrucci. 

In recent times, Uli has successfully revisited the early music of his celebrated Scorpions days which resulted in the superb "Scorpions Revisited" double CD and "Tokyo Tapes Revisited" DVD/Blu-Ray releases. The 50th Anniversary set will naturally include the best of that timeless material, including 
The Sails of Charon, In Trance, Fly to the Rainbow and many other songs. 

For more information about the Uli Jon Roth's November/December UK Tour click here – www.noblepr.co.uk/press-releases/uli-jon-roth/50th-anniversary-uk-tour.htm 

ULI JON ROTH – '50TH ANNIVERSARY' NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2018 UK TOUR 
WITH SPECIAL GUEST KALEB MCKANE

Corporation, Sheffield Thursday 29 November
ULU, London Friday 30 November
Kasbah, Coventry  Saturday 1 December
Academy 3, Manchester Sunday 2 December
Òran Mór, Glasgow Monday 3 December
The Stables, Milton Keynes Wednesday 5 December 

For interview opportunities, review tickets and photo passes, please contact
Peter Noble & Michaela Sauter at Noble PR Consultancy
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Jann Klose To Release New Single “Love High” In Support Of New Album “In Tandem”



New album features duet with Renaissance vocal legend Annie Haslam!

Award-winning pop singer-songwriter Jann Klose will be releasing the second single titled "Love High" from his latest album "In Tandem" on September 28, 2018! A video of the song is currently being filmed and plans for its premiere in NYC on October 14th at The Cutting Room are currently underway. The song Features top South American musicians: Sakhile Nkosi (AKA) on bass, Ezra Erasmus (Idols SA, John Legend) on keys, Leagan Breda (Lira, Trevor Noah) on drums and Raymond Green (Idols SA) on featured electric guitar. Produced by RJ Benjamin and mixed my Rici Martins (aka SEVVEN) and mastered in Nashville by Ben Kesler.

Says Jann, "'Love High' is about that moment in a relationship where you realize the physical aspect will most likely outweigh the emotional! You reach a point in the relationship where you have to let go because it can only go so far..."

To purchase Jann Klose's "Love High" single: https://spoti.fi/2N7FgDd
YouTube streaming link: https://youtu.be/Ctp2egzU9tQ

Jann Klose is elated to have his brand-new studio album "In Tandem" released worldwide. Fans can download and stream the album, which features a selection of top South African artists such as Karen Zoid and Tamara Dey, on their favorite digital platform. "In Tandem" also features a duet between Jann and legendary Renaissance vocalist Annie Haslam on a cover version of Peter Gabriel's "Don't Give Up," which has also been released as a single.

The wait is finally over after almost a year's worth of work going into the writing and recording of the album, and Jann is ready for people to hear all the songs on "In Tandem"! "I am so excited to release 'In Tandem' to the world! Making this album has been the most beautiful creative experience of my life and career thus far. Working with all these great guest artists from three continents has opened my mind in ways I never expected. I think this is my most honest work to date and I hope everyone enjoys listening to it as much as we did making it."

Watch the music video for "Take Me 2 Forever": https://youtu.be/1Z3WHpXIPS8

Jann spent time in SA last year recording his 6th studio album in partnership with the Academy of Sound Engineering, in addition to lending his time and supporting the work of Desmond Tutu's TutuDesk foundation. The album features a selection of SA's finest with RJ Benjamin as producer, songwriting contributions from James Stewart (The Usual), Ziyon (Liquideep), Karen Zoid (who also features on the song she co-wrote), and collab feature from Tamara Dey.


"In Tandem" Tracklisting:
01. Love High
02. Dear Mel
03. Don't Give Up (feat. Annie Haslam)
04. What Have You Got to Say?
05. Never Fall
06. You and I (Cosmic Love) (feat. Tamara Dey)
07. Hochzeitslied
08. Pour the Champagne (feat. Karen Zoid)
09. After the Last
10. Take Me 2 Forever
11. What it Is
12. Win This Fight (feat. The RJ Benjamin Voices)
13. Wedding Song (Hochzeitslied English Version)

"In Tandem" is out now on digital and CD. Download or stream Jann Klose's brand-new album "In Tandem" now – http://smarturl.it/JannKloseInTandem
 

Jann Klose is an award-winning pop singer-songwriter, who has released six albums and two EPs. Jann was raised in Kenya, South Africa, Germany, and the United States and now resides in New York City. His music has been streamed over 1,000,000 times online and his song "Make It Better" is featured on the Billboard Top 10 charting compilation album "Action Moves People United." His new album "In Tandem" was released by Gallo Records in June 2018. Jann is an ambassador for Desmond Tutu's Tutudesk campaign.

Jann's most recent solo album, "Mosaic" featuring "Make It Better" entered the Roots Rock charts at #22 and won three 2014 Independent Music Awards. The record also made the first round of the 2014 Grammys® in the categories Pop Vocal Album and Album Of The Year.

His voice is featured in the movie "Greetings From Tim Buckley" (Universal) as the voice of Tim Buckley starring Penn Badgley and Imogen Poots. His songs have been heard on the Grammy® nominated "Healthy Food For Thought"compilation as well as MTV Cribs and movies "Dead Broke" (Warner Bros) featuring Paul Sorvino and "A Venue For The End Of The World" (BrinkVision) featuring Dick Cavett and Ian Anderson. Most recently Jann scored the music for the award-winning short "The Beauty of Disaster."

He has performed as an actor and singer in touring companies of Broadway musicals, including "Jesus Christ Superstar," "Jekyll & Hyde," and "The Who's Tommy." In 2005, the off-Broadway production "Moonlight Interior," a musical based on Klose's music, premiered in New York City.

Jann Klose has periodically collaborated with members of classical rock group Renaissance and tours regularly in the U.S., Europe, Africa and Asia. He has worked with a wide range of artists including Pat Benatar, John Oates of Hall and Oates, Suzanne Vega, Paula Cole, Annie Haslam, Denny Laine and Steve Holley (Paul McCartney & Wings), Ann & Liz Callaway, Gary Lucas, Brett Dennen, Rusted Root, Vonda Shepard, Ben Taylor, RJ Benjamin, Karen Zoid, Tamara Day, Ziyon (Liquideep), Shekhinah, Amanda Black, Jeffrey Gaines, Bret Michaels, Rosanne Cash, The Byrds' Roger McGuinn, Marty Stuart, The Yardbirds' Jim McCarty, Pete Seeger and Les Paul.

To purchase Jann Klose's "In Tandem": http://smarturl.it/JannKloseInTandem  ;

Follow Jann Klose Online:
Official Site: jannklose.com

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“The Fall Live: Set of Ten Box” Set Available For Pre-order



10 Previously Unreleased Live Performances in one Box Set 

London - The Fall were an English post-punk band, formed in 1976 in Prestwich, Greater Manchester. They underwent many line up changes, with vocalist and founder Mark E. Smith as the only constant member. "The Fall Live: Set of Ten Box" featuring 10 previously unreleased live performances in one Box Set is now available for pre-order!

First associated with the late 1970's punk movement, the Fall's music has always pushed & challenged the boundaries, with Mark E. Smith at the helm on and off stage, it has been characterised by an abrasive, repetitive guitar-driven sound, tense bass and drum rhythms, along with Smith's caustic lyrics, described by critic Simon Reynolds as "a kind of Northern English magic realism that mixed industrial grime with the unearthly and uncanny, voiced through a unique, one-note delivery somewhere between amphetamine-spiked rant and alcohol-addled yarn."

The Fall have been called "the most prolific band of the British post-punk movement." From 1979 to 2017, they released thirty-two studio albums. They were long associated with BBC disc jockey John Peel, who championed them from early on in their career and described them as his favourite band, famously explaining, "they are always different; they are always the same." In 2018, Smith died at the age of 60, effectively putting an end to the group.

No other band in the world can touch The Fall's magnificence, the sheer volume that's captured in, "Set of Ten." (Issued on Cog Sinister, The Fall's official label), is limited edition (only 500 units) of 10 discs of previously unreleased live recordings, spanning three decades. The earliest recording taken from 1980 and most recent being 2001, including the legendry London, Astoria from 1998 and the ultra rare New Orleans recording from way back in 1981.

The full list of CDs 
Birmingham 20/11/80
New Orleans 23/06/81
Frankfurt 01/10/93
London 23/10/95
Kings Lynn 28/09/96
Stoke 30/11/97
London 12/08/98


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New UK dates for 'Glenn Hughes performs Classic Deep Purple Live' in May 2019

'GLENN HUGHES PERFORMS CLASSIC DEEP PURPLE LIVE' 
MAY 2019 UK TOUR 
PLANET ROCK 48-HOUR TICKET PRE-SALE
WEDNESDAY 3 OCTOBER 
ON GENERAL SALE FRIDAY 5 OCTOBER

24 HR BOX OFFICE: 08444 780 898, www.thegigcartel.com 

Just before starting his "GLENN HUGHES PERFORMS CLASSIC DEEP PURPLE LIVE" 2018 UK Tour, Glenn Hughes, the former bassist and singer of Deep Purple, known to millions as the 'Voice of Rock', Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee, and the current front man for rock super group Black Country Communion, announces a new set UK tour dates for 2019. 

Planet Rock will  start a 48-hour pre-sale on Wednesday 3rd October via www.planetrocktickets.co.uk and tickets will go on general sale on Friday 5th October via www.thegigcartel.com.  

The eight date UK 2019 tour promise to be a dynamic, turn-back-the-clocks, two-hour live extravaganza homage to his tenure in MK 3 and MK 4 incarnations of Deep Purple - one of music history's most seminal and influential rock and roll groups. 

"I'm excited to be touring the "Classic Deep Purple Live" in the UK in May 2019. I first toured Classic Deep Purple Live in Australia and New Zealand last year and it went down like a storm. We're currently touring a first set of dates in the UK and are looking forward for a second round in 2019," says Glenn Hughes. 

Deep Purple took a quantum leap when the then 20-year-old Glenn Hughes was seconded from British funk-rock outfit Trapeze in mid-1973. As bassist and co-vocalist (with David Coverdale), he helped steer the legendary rock group in the progressive direction of Burn (1974), Stormbringer (1974) and Come Taste the Band (1975), while touring the world for three years. 

For further info about Glenn Hughes' May 2019 UK Tour, click here – www.noblepr.co.uk/press-releases/glenn-hughes/classic-deep-purple-live-2019.htm

'GLENN HUGHES PERFORMS CLASSIC DEEP PURPLE LIVE' – MAY 2019 UK TOUR
TICKETS: 08444 780 898 (24HR Box Office), www.thegigcartel.com 

The Picturedome, Holmfirth Tuesday 14 May
The Queen's Hall, Edinburgh Wednesday 15 May
O2 Institute, Birmingham Friday 17 May
UEA Student's Union, Norwich Saturday 18 May
Alban Arena, St Albans Monday 20 May
City Hall, Salisbury Tuesday 21 May
O2 Academy, Liverpool Thursday 23 May
Rock City, Nottingham Friday 24 May 

For more information, please contact:
Michaela Sauter & Peter Noble at Noble PR Consultancy
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Swiss Music Ensemble Sonar to Release New Live Album with Legendary Guest Guitaris


Recorded live at Moods Jazz Club, Zürich 

Swiss music ensemble Sonar will be releasing their new live album "Live At Moods" with guest soloist/texturalist David Torn on November 16, 2018 on 7d Media. It was recorded live at Moods Jazz Club in Zürich, Switzerland, on May 24th 2018.

Fusing a rigorous minimal concept with the power of a rock band and the sensitivity of a jazz combo, Sonar have quickly gained international reputation for creating a unique blend of music. With their slow-build approach to dramaturgy and avoidance of conventional forms, they focus on collective group efforts and a deeper kind of interaction amongst their members Stephan Thelen (guitar), Bernhard Wagner (guitar), Christian Kuntner (electric bass) and Manuel Pasquinelli (drums). Sonar's music is complex but still visceral, hypnotic but still dynamic. The ground feels as though it's continuously shifting beneath your feet in opposing directions as multiple motifs and rhythms flit about your head, circulating in different orbits.

Sonar was formed in late 2010 and has been on tour in the USA, UK, Canada, Japan, Switzerland, Germany, France, Romania, Liechtenstein and Austria. In 2012, they released their first CD A Flaw of Nature on Nik Bärtsch's Ronin Rhythm Records label. Cuneiform Records released their second full-length CD Static Motion in 2014. Their third album Black Light was recorded and mixed by Peter Gabriel and Tool producer David Bottrill and released by Cuneiform in 2015 on CD and vinyl.

For their 4th full-length studio album Vortex, Sonar invited producer, guitarist and film-composer David Torn to work with them. During the recording, the chemistry between Sonar and David Torn worked so well that Torn was invited to play on every track. David Torn is regarded by many as one of the most influential electronic guitarists of our time. He's worked with many well-known musicians including David Bowie, Madonna (also co-writing), Tim Berne, Jan Garbarek, The Pineapple Thief, Jeff Beck (Grammy-winning production of "Jeff"), Kit Taylor, Mick Karn, David Sylvian, Craig Taborn, Tony Levin, Meshell Ndegeocello, Bill Bruford, Don Cherry, John Legend, Laurie Anderson, k.d. lang, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Matt Mitchell, Tori Amos, Kaki King, Donna Lewis etc.

The stylistic blending of Sonar's precisely structured, polyrhythmic rock music and David Torn's freely improvised, raw and emotional guitar interjections - a trademark of Vortex - is now continued in a live context on the six tracks of the Live at Moods album. There are three pieces from Vortex ("Waves and Particles", "Red Shift" and "Lookface!"), a piece from Static Motion called "Twofold Covering" (the title of the track refers to the fact that the main bass riff of the piece is exactly the same as the guitar riff, just played half as fast and two octaves lower), a completely improvised David Torn solo piece called "For Lost Sailors" and "Tromsø", a piece that Sonar played without David Torn. "Tromsø" is one of the first pieces that Sonar rehearsed together and it is the first track on the band's first album A Flaw of Nature. As a composition, it is a very minimal and austere piece that consists of only six small fragments in 9/8, but it remains one of Sonar's most dramatic and dynamic pieces.

Watch Sonar's video for "Twofold Covering": https://youtu.be/7ONsovhVdmI 

Tracklist: 

01 TWOFOLD COVERING 12:37
02 WAVES & PARTICLES 7:43
03 RED SHIFT 10:03
04 TROMSØ (SONAR) 10:23
05 FOR LOST SAILORS (DAVID TORN) 10:18
06 LOOKFACE! 5:22

Recorded live at Moods Jazz Club, Zürich, May 24, 2018

David Torn: Electric Guitar & Live Looping
Stephan Thelen: Tritone Guitar
Bernhard Wagner: Tritone Guitar
Christian Kuntner: Tritone Bass
Manuel Pasquinelli: Drums

Edited & Mixed by Stephen Thelen except "For Lost Sailors" Edited & Mixed by David Torn

All tracks written by Stephan Thelen except:
"For Lost Sailors" written by David Torn
"Lookface!" written by Stephan Thelen, Bernhard Wagner, Christian Kuntner, Manuel Pasquinelli & David Torn

Cover photograph by Tim Berne, Band photo by Joel Gilardini

Special Thanks to Nicole Grau, Trey Gunn, Anil Prasad & The Moods Team

David Torn appears courtesy of ECM Records

Here's what the press has said about Sonar: 

"Sonar, Swiss masters of multi-rhythm tritone minimalism, continue their career-long quest for a state of grace with Vortex, an album made with American impressionist guitar slinger David Torn, a combination of opposites that compliments one another marvellously on a scintillating journey into the abyss." (Roger Trenwith, The Progressive Aspect) 

"Torn's blasts, arches, and suspensions decisively enrich the sound of the quartet. Their mutual fascination for sonic textures is contagious, and I found myself exploring every minute of this well-weaved tapestry of polyrhythmic rock lustiness and groovy backgrounds. Vortex is a masterstroke that treats sound with prestige." (Felipe Freitag, JazzTrail) 

"One listen to even just a minute or two from Vortex and it becomes crystal clear that, in the 21st century, few groups have emerged as incomparable, innovative and imaginative as Sonar." (John Kelman, All About Jazz) 

"The combination of two seemingly disparate and distinct musical styles can often be an abject failure, or surprisingly may occasionally create an unexpected delight. In the case of Sonar's Vortex, the band's polyrhythmic math rock style has been mixed and melded with David Torn's exquisite tones and expressive, improvised guitar interjections to create something that is rarely unappealing, but is frequently magnificent." (Owen Davies, dprp.net) 

"Sonar is life at ground level; Torn is the weather. Their interaction feels at once organic and bifurcated. The aptly named title track could be a 10-minute sonic simulation of a tornado moving through a town...Torn add(s) a sunset-like brilliance to the already translucent beauty of Sonar's tuneful math." (Britt Robson, The Jazz Times) 

"Torn explodes chords into millisecond shards and sustains single notes through eons of emotion in rhythmically complex multipart compositions that sound unlike anything else in rock." (Richard Gehr, Relix) 

"Why else did I, one day, play this mesmeric album continuously, seven or eight times straight through? Is it rock or is it jazz – and, who cares? It"s brilliant." (Michael Tucker, Jazz Journal) 

 "An anti-hero's masterpiece ... a revolutionary shot across the bow ... Sonar has defied the norm by crafting something singular and magical." (Jeff Miers, Static Motion review, The Buffalo News) 
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Barclay James Harvest



50th Anniversary CD and DVD Set



Cherry Red will issue a 2CD plus DVD set of The 50th Anniversary Concert by John Lees' Barclay James Harvest on November 23rd. The set includes the entire performance from the band's rapturously received sell-out celebration of fifty years of BJH music, which took place at Manchester's Royal Northern College of Music on 6th May this year, on two CDs and a DVD, and comes in a foldout digipack. Copies of this standard edition can be pre-ordered now from our secure online shop.

Those of you who pre-ordered the special limited edition set with signed card and your name in the booklet and on the rolling credits of the DVD can expect to receive your copies about two to three weeks before the release of the standard set, and we'll e-mail everybody once their order has been sent. A massive thanks again to everyone who pre-ordered that edition, as without your support it would not have been possible to film what was a very special performance and release it in this way.

The Orchestral Shows In Athens

The two orchestral concerts in Athens were a truly magical experience in the stunning setting of the Odeon of Herodes Atticus amphitheatre, with the band and a seventy-piece orchestra playing to a capacity audience of four thousand each night. You can now see the official photos of the event, taken across both nights, on the JLBJH web site gallery
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RIVERSIDE – New album “Wasteland” out NOW!




Polish Rock masters RIVERSIDE are releasing their seventh studio album "Wasteland" via InsideOutMusic today.
 
RIVERSIDE's Mariusz Duda checked in with the following comment:
 
"Today sees the release of an album, which for me is the finale of quite a painful journey. After two Lunatic Soul releases, this is the last part of a private trilogy about surviving and trying to find yourself in a new reality. In music, emotions are the most important aspect for me. All the rest is superficial, more or less polished, it attracts or puts off only those who think they are in the know.
Thanks to all of you who have stood by our side, by my side for the past few years. Thanks for taking the journey together and for your understanding. I hope you'll like 'Wasteland'."

"That day is coming
I know that you are calling to me
I don't want you to make me wait too long
It's time to get on the road."

The full statement to be found here: http://bit.ly/2xISJfQ

Check out the three singles launched so far for "Wasteland":
"River Down Below": https://youtu.be/ZS1crIkpnwc

Starting with the album release date, RIVERSIDE will be performing special acoustic in-store sets across Poland.  Check out an excerpt of an acoustic rendition of the single track "Vale Of Tears" and look up all exact dates and times of the performances here:


The track-listing for RIVERSIDE "Wasteland" album reads as follows:
 
RIVERSIDE – "Wasteland":
1. The Day After
2. Acid Rain
3. Vale Of Tears
4. Guardian Angel
5. Lament
6. The Struggle For Survival
7. River Down Below
8. Wasteland
9. The Night Before
 
Next to the standard edition of "Wasteland" as Jewelcase CD, CD Digipak, and Digital Album, the release will also be available as limited edition Mediabook CD (with extended booklet, a bonus track radio edit version and a set of 3 stickers) and as Gatefold 2LP (on 180gr. vinyl with the album on CD as bonus and an Etching of the D-Side).
 
The various editions and limitations of the vinyl release are as follows:
Black 2LP+CD: Unlimited
Clear 2LP+CD: 100x copies / IOM Webshop Europe
Silver 2LP+CD: 100x copies / IOM Webshop Europe
Golden 2LP+CD: 100x copies / Laser's Edge – IOM Webshop USA
Lilac 2LP+CD: 200x copies / JPC Germany
Dark Green 2LP+CD: 300x copies / Burning Shed UK
White 2LP+CD: 300x copies / CM Distro Europe
 
Pre-order "Wasteland" in your format of choice of choice from here:
Or from other locations here: https://Riverside.lnk.to/Wasteland



RIVERSIDE will be embarking on the "Wasteland 2018 Tour" in October/November to support the release of their upcoming album. Here are the dates:
 
RIVERSIDE – "Wasteland 2018 Tour":
12.10.2018 Gdansk (Poland) – B90
13.10.2018 Poznan (Poland) – Tama
14.10.2018 Wroclaw (Poland) – A2
16.10.2018 Katowice (Poland) – Miasto Ogrodów
17.10.2018 Lódz (Poland) – Magnetofon
18.10.2018 Torun (Poland) – Od Nowa
20.10.2018 Kraków (Poland) – Studio
21.10.2018 Warszawa (Poland) – Hala Kolo
30.10.2018 Berlin (Germany) – Kesselhaus
31.10.2018 Schorndorf (Germany) – Manufaktur
03.11.2018 Lisbon (Portugal) – LAV
04.11.2018 Madrid (Spain) – MON LIVE
05.11.2018 Barcelona (Spain) – Salamandra 1
06.11.2018 Lyon (France) – CCO
07.11.2018 Paris (France) – La Machine
09.11.2018 Manchester (UK) – Academy 2
10.11.2018 London (UK) – The Electric Ballroom
11.11.2018 Sint-Niklaas (Belgium) – Casino
12.11.2018 Utrecht (The Netherlands) – TivoliVredenburg
14.11.2018 Hamburg (Germany) – Markthalle
15.11.2018 Oberhausen (Germany) – Turbinenhalle 2
16.11.2018 Pratteln (Switzerland) – Z7
17.11.2018 Neunkirchen (Germany) – Gloomaar Festival
 
RIVERSIDE – Festivals 2019:
Feb 4-9, 2019 Tampa to Key West & Cozumel - Cruise To The Edge
More dates to follow soon…
 
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Italian Prog Ensemble Syndone To Release Seventh Album “Mysoginia”


The new road to symphonic rock! 

Italy - Much to the excitement of Prog fans worldwide, Italian ensemble Syndone is releasing their seventh album "Mysoginia"! Born in 1989, in the wake of the second progressive wave, Syndone – led by Nik Comoglio – have delved into every aspect of niche music during their first quarter of a century. Seven excellent albums ("Spleen"/1990, "Inca"/1992, "Melapesante"/2010, "La Bella è la Bestia"/2012 and "Odysséas"/2014, "Eros & Thanatos"/2016 and the new "Mysoginia"/2018) have come out of this collaboration, contaminated with tones that, more often than not, have gone beyond all codes and frontiers.

Their sound – which reflects the moods of Emerson Lake & Palmer to a certain extent – is not restricted to a slavish reading of the British band though. It tends to revitalise their spirit with formulas that have little to do with the style per se and move towards new shores, new sounds characterised by a rock background with extensive classical openings (sometimes played on strings), all tied together by a very expressive, sometimes theatrical, voice which brings everything together in an original, cultural and innovative product.

While their name might elicit thoughts of the Holy Shroud or Sindon (and all the rules and regulations surrounding it) kept in Turin, we could say that, in the meantime, it also brings to mind the provocative magic of this subalpine capital. Says Nik, "We wanted a name that would evoke all together 'Sacredness', 'Turin', 'Spirituality' and 'Scored Grooves' (like an old vinyl LP) so I thought of Syndone, with the 'Y' to distinguish it from the famous relic and make it International at the same time, without being blasphemous. This name in fact immediately evokes Turin in any part of the world... and I liked this!"

Syndone is the band that it trying to re-launch progressive rock onto the Italian and European scene, in an attempt to give it a new lease of life, while remaining closely attached to its cultural roots.

Watch the 2016 documentary Inside Syndone:

Syndone is: 
NIK COMOGLIO  (composition/keyboards)
RICCARDO RUGGERI  (lyrics/vocals/acoustic guitar)
MAURINO DELLACQUA (bass/taurus bass)
MARTA CALDARA (vibraphone/keyboards)
GIGI RIVETTI (keyboards)
MARTINO MALACRIDA (drums)

Misogyny. It already emerges from its very single word, from people reactions, through certains looks, from a grimace. Humanity and its fight against female sex. Misogyny – of men and women – against who can damage the power, against who gets the power to procreate, against those which can give life but aren't able to give love.  A crime destined to go on for centuries, in which we are all immersed and accomplices. A story we must not forget, for all the victims and all the heroines respect. A tribute to those women which have suffered violence in our blind, bully and ignorant society. From Caterina de Medici to Ipazia, passing through personal dramas and serial killers. To remeber for not to forget, as for the mafia. To look for the germs we carry on hidden in ourselves. Look at yourself in the mirror, you cowardly man! You woman daughter of a cold mother! And rip out this evil from your heart! - Riccardo Ruggeri 

To purchase Syndone's "Mysoginia": 

For more information: 
Website: www.syndone.it 

VIDEO LINKS 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_gst-NMu00 (Teaser new album MYSOGINIA)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8OSamgbR_8 (Teaser: live in Veruno 4/09/2016)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFf8nAkQl7k ("Daimones" - from Odysseas - live at Gouveia Art Rock Festival 2015)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-kxiG2VfPQ (Teaser: Eros&Thanatos album 2016)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=odDlEZlU7Lk&t=1s (INSIDE SYNDONE 2016: documentary)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_jWeA0ohsA4 ("Dentro L'Inconscio" - from Melapesante - live Hiroshima Mon Amour Turin 2014)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B7K7GczYCjA ("Focus" - from Odysséas - studio album track)
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