NEWS
ARCHIVE 2002-2004
| 28/12/04 |
 Although
a definite date hasn't been set, ANDREW LATIMER and Susan Hoover have
decided to return to England. As Camel Productions is such an intimately
run company, it will make this change also, and CP USA will shut down. |
| Swiss
band SHAKARY decided to bring fans for free a new composition, about
20 minutes long, available only on the net. It's what remains of the
BAX project, compressed into a single song. Lele Hoffmann's currently
working on this, while Giovanni and Scandy are dealing with a new
concept album about friendship, based on lyrics from a new collaborator,
but long time friend of ours. |
Polish
label Wydawnictwo 21 announces two new releases: JOZEF SKRZEK FORMATION
"Wojna Swiatow - Live"
(War of the Worlds), recorded live in Lucerna Hall, Prague 1981.
DER SPYRA "Headphone Concert" - Little Garden of Sounds
II, recorded live in the Little Garden of Sounds, Kassel, Germany.
Both are digipack editions.
|
| 06/12/04 |
3
EARS, the UK-based label has new releases coming soon: Steve
Adams - Camera Obscura. Official Release date 25 Jan 2005
- Former Pete Bardens and Mirage guitarist 3rd solo album and a
stunner. Mirage - Afterlive ( 3 CD + 1 DVD ). Official
Release date 25 Jan 2005. The classic Mirage Live DEC 1994 album
re-released: Remixed - Remastered - Repackaged - Bonus CD - Bonus
Material & DVD region free 0 NTSC format. Pete Bardens - Dave
Sinclair - Andy Ward - Steve Adams - Rick Biddulph - Pye Hastings
- Jimmy Hastings - Dave Cohen - Desha Dunnahoe. Camel material -
Caravan Material - Pete Bardens Solo material. Steve Adams
- Vertigo - RE-ISSUE Official Release date February 2005
-
Former Pete Bardens and Mirage guitarist 2nd solo album with ANDY
WARD on drums. If you like extended solos keyboard and guitar with
a dash of something orginal this is for you. Now completely re-mastered
and re-packaged this album is
brought further up to date with the inclusion of a Bonus Track.
The bonus track is a previously unreleased song by KIT WATKINS (
ex Happy the Man and Camel) entitled " Underwater " and
written during Kits spell with Camel. |
| 16/11/04 |
Some
news regarding CAMEL. The live DVD and CD from the Farewell Tour
are on hold. Little Barn studios will be undergoing some major changes
in the not too distant future, and Andrew Latimer has elected to
wait until his new setup is finalised, before proceeding with the
mixing and mastering of the recordings. "The Brew" album:
This, too, has been put on hold temporarily. The time the trio spent
together wasn't quite enough to finish off the intended album, and
they are looking forward to additional recording sessions in 2005.
New studio album: Since the live recordings have been put on hold,
Andrew has returned to writing and a new studio album is starting
to take shape. |
| The
recordings for HUBI MEISEL's next concept album were recently completed
and during the next few months Hubi will work on the mixdown in his
studio in Munich. Line-up: Hubi Meisel - vocals / Vivien Lalu - keys
(Shadrane) / Marcel Coenen - guitars (Sun Caged) / Jorge Salán
- guitars (José Andrea, Mago de Oz) / Daniel Flores - drums
(Mind's Eye) / Johan Niemann - bass (Therion) |
| 28/10/04 |
| ARCANSIEL
will play live at Mezzago "Bloom" (near Milan, Italy) next
November 12th. Start: 10,30 p.m. |
| Hot
on the heels of the release of ASIA's latest studio album, "Silent
Nation", the second edition of David Gallant's band biography
"Asia: The Heat Goes On" is now available. The new edition
features several changes and additions: Larger 8.5" by 11"
format - New chapters updating the band's activities 2001 to present
- 50+ new photos from all stages of the band's history - A complete
two page spread Asia family tree - Track-by-track commentary by John
Payne and Geoff Downes on Silent Nation - New track-by-track commentary
from John Wetton and Geoff Downes on the creative process behind the
debut Asia album - An exclusive interview with legendary A&R man,
John Kalodner, who was at ground zero as Asia formed back in 1981
- Amazing new cover design. |
| At
long last the reissue of Sabah Habas Mustapha’s long unavailable
classic first CD, „Denpasar Moon“ is now imminent, with
extra bonus audio and video material. Official release date is November
5th. Orders can now be made from the Kartini Music Shop at www.kartini-music.com
. |
| The
official release date for FARPOINT's new album, "From Dreaming
to Dreaming", has been set for November 9. 2004. Current info
can be found at www.farpointband.com. |
| Unicorn
Records is proud to announce that Norwegian prog band RETROHEADS will
be releasing its first CD "Retrospective" on UNICORN RECORDS
this 15th of November 2004. The
band consists of 5 musicians with various musical backgrounds; from
jazz, pop and rock to African and world-music. |
| 06/10/04 |
| SHAKARY's
official website has been updated for the second time this year. It's
a record !!! They announce they abandoned the "Bax" project,
'cause "some others bands came up with similar ideas during the
last year, so it didn't seem to be a good idea anymore". While
Lele recovered from his arm fracture (he broke his right arm), Scandy
and Giovanni wrote some music and from here to the new record it's
only a matter of time. |
The
new album "Prelude a la ruine" by french band NEMO is available!
The release date has been advanced,
and everyone can order it from Nemo website since today. It will be
available somewhere in october in retailers shops, depending on the
country. www.nemo-world.com After Benoit's departure, the band is
also happy to introduce Lionel B. Guichard, the new NEMO bass player
! |
| 17/09/04 |
| The
new David Kendall's ROOT album will be released next 2005 January
5th. No more details at the moment .... |
| On
18th November 2004 IONA will be performing their first UK concert
in 2 years at the University of London. This is to be filmed for the
band's first ever full length concert DVD release. Tickets
can be purchased by emailing Voiceprint_mailorder@compuserve.com.
The price is £25. However, this price includes the DVD of the
concert, which will be despatched to you upon release and a special
thanks name check on the actual DVD programme for everyone attending
the concert who takes up this offer. Those wanting to attend the concert
without purchasing the DVD will be able to get tickets for £15.
More info as it comes in Iona website http://www.iona.uk.com
|
| All
tracks for the new PILGRYM album ‘The Great Divide’ are
now basically recorded with the inclusion of Andy’s long term
cohort Jool’s Slater on Flute featured on various tracks throughout
the album. A limited edition CD single is to be released late September
/ early October, and will include ‘Believe Me Now’, from
the Pilgrimage album, as well as two previously un-released tracks,
‘Waiting For The Night’ and an early studio version of
‘Reborn’ with Andy Well’s on vocals instead Tony
Drake’s live version. The limited edition EP will be available
on Holyground Records (100 copies only). |
| The
SYLVAN X-Rayed tour continues: several
concerts are planned in September within the scope of their X-Rayed
tour, which finally leads them to their east European neighbors in
Poland! September 10th 2004 - Singwitz (Germany) - Kesselhauslager
September 11th 2004 - Warschau (Poland) - Festival "Rock against
terrorism" September 12th 2004 - Poznan (Poland) - Blue Note. |
| Over
a year in the making, FARPOINT's third cd "From Dreaming to Dreaming"
is nearing completion and should be released in October, 2004. This
cd sees the return of original Farpoint drummer Rick Walker, as well
as bold steps forward in songwriting, production and performance by
the Farpoint members. Comprising 11 tracks totalling around 65 minutes,
"From Dreaming to Dreaming" will once again feature artwork
by the talented David Frain. Up to date info can be found at the newly
redesigned www.farpointband.com.
In other Farpoint news, Italian progressive rock label Mellow Records
will be releasing a tribute to the Moody Blues, either late 2004 or
early 2005, which will feature Farpoint's cover of the Moodies' "New
Horizons." Also, Farpoint plans to record an all acoustic show
later in 2004 for release in 2005. |
|
New
RAIN FOR A DAY album "Elemental“, is going to be released
October 11th 2004. After a long, busy and productive time, xxx xxx
is very happy to announce the release of his own new Rain For A Day
album. For those of you who haven’t heard of it before, it’s
his personal side project simultaneously to SYLVAN, in which he's
performing on the keyboards and doing all the song writing. The Voice
is the terrific singer Miriam Schell, who should be familiar to you
as the choral singer on the "Artificial Paradise" album.
The CD will be distributed by POINT Music from October 11th 2004 in
Germany, Austria and Switzerland. Of course it will also be available
at the SYLVAN Shop. You can catch a first impression of this CD on
www.rainforaday.de |
| VOX
TEMPUS is proud to announce the U.S release of their debut album,
"In The Eye Of Time", through Progman Records. The album
will be available exclusively at this month's ProgPower Festival in
Atlanta (where the band is also featured on the festival CD sampler),
followed by a formal U.S. release on September 21st. |
Unicorn
Records is proud to announce that the cd "Greeting form Nostradamus"
from VLADIMIR BADIROV will be released on the label on the 1st of
October 2004. While
working with other musicians, Vladimir has never put aside the idea
of creating his own project, and as a result, he recorded and released
his first solo album "Greeting from Nostradamus" with
11 compositions representing a symbiosis of modern rhythms, electronic
sounds and splendid oriental colors along with traditional Uzbek
folk instruments - Nai, ud, tanbur, karnai, sato, were used for
the recording of the album. Unicorn also announces the first release
of a new prog band STEP INTO THE CIRCLE very soon. |
| 29/07/04 |
As
a little gift of thanks for fans patience during CAMEL's long down
time, Andrew Latimer has put up a download of a jam from the Brew
session, called "Left Luggage". They've included a bit
of fun graphic work from Debbie Dyke and a few snapshots taken while
Doug, Andy and Andrew took a few moments to relax and enjoy themselves:
http://www.camelproductions.com/brew.html.
There's also alittle surprise on the horizon, that is a remastering
of Camel' 1984 album "Stationary Traveller". Originally,
it was meant to begin with a track called "In the Arms of Waltzing
Frauleins" but the record company had their doubts and so,
back into the studio went Andrew for a marathon writing, recording,
mixing & mastering session which produced 'Pressure Points'.
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| 13/07/04 |
KNIGHT
AREA is currently writing new songs. Working title: "Woefdram".
Some of them will occur as a sample on their
new website which will be published this summer.
|
GONG
FESTIVAL: Sunday 1/08/2004 - Reggio Emilia (Italy) Agriturismo "La
Razza". Free Entrance from 4 pm to 12 pm. The bill: Mangala
Vallis / F.O.G. (E.L. & P. tribute) / Sequencer (Genesis tribute)
/ Arcanoise / Master Experience / Trama Sonora. In case of rain
the festival date will be shifted to 8/08/2004.
|
| Pilgrimage
the debut album of british band PILGRYM will now be released and distributed
by Swedish label Transsubstance Records, a subsidiary of Record Heaven
distributions. The album will be repackaged and released in early
July on the new label.
Recording and writing for the new Pilgrym album ‘The Great Divide’,
is around half way complete and includes slightly heavier material
but also still steeped in progressive influences including the now
complete, full orchestration of the epic 3 part Unknown Soldier. Orchestra
recorded at HSA with the HSA Youth orchestra conducted by Andy Wells.
New tape frames have been acquired for Hydeaway Studio’s Mellotron
and are been put to god use on new track, The Great Divide, Part 1
&2. Another inclusion on the album is a composition by Pilgrym
new recruit, Rob Jarvis, ‘On Second Thoughts (What If)’.
Another new track will also be included form Andy Wells, strangely
titled ‘Rupert Giles’. |
"Ricordo", the new album by italian band RANDONE is finally
out. For more informations and how to purchase it visit the official
site: http://www.ricordo.randone.com/ |
| 12/06/04 |
After
a long time of silence and no updates of their official site, at
last there's a good new from them: TIMOTHY PURE will be recording
their next CD this summer. They also will be headlining Roguefest
in Atlanta on Saturday, 2004 July 17. |
Kartini
Music is pleased to announce that a selection of songs from the
recent COLIN BASS solo tour in Poland is now available for downloading
from the Colin Bass Homepage on the kartini-music.com website. Thedirect
link is the following: http://kartini-music.com/home/ColinBass/?mainm1
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| The
VOGHERA PROG FESTIVAL will take place in the eponymous town next July
2nd. The bill includes Malaavia (feauturing Tony Pagliuca), Pfm and
Yes. |
The dutch band EYES CAN'T SEE is proud to announce their first album
containing a small part (five songs) of the forthcoming concept
album. |
| 20/05/04 |
PMM
is proud to announce that their latest release from new group RAZOR
WIRE SHRINE called "Going Deaf for a Living" is now available.
Furious instrumental prog rock built on completely over the top
performances, challenging arrangements and the perfect balance of
passion and precision. Razor Wire Shrine describe their style as
"loud, complex, high-energy, rhythmically challenging, harmonically
sophisticated, metal-coated, instrumental prog-rock with a bad attitude".
A must have release for the more technical minded prog freak. Check
out the samples at pmm-music.net |
VOX
TEMPUS is going to release their first album "In The Eye Of
Time". The album currently features: Vocals - Dan Reed (Millennium,
Equinox) Guitars - Ray Mantor (Equinox) Keyboards - Eric Ragno (Takara,
Equinox) Bass - Jim Turba (Equinox) Drums - Gregg Bissonette (David
Lee Roth, Joe Satriani, etc.). For further infos www.vox-tempus.com.
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| 01/05/04 |
"When
Earth Lets Go" is the second newborn CD, by norwegian band
GAZPACHO. It will be finished just in time for their european tour
as supporting act of Marillion. A limited edition CD will be sold
directly in the merchandise stall throughout this tour. Track
listing: Intro / Snowman / Put it on the air / Souvenir / Steal
Yourself / 117 / Beach house / Substitute for murder / Dinglers
horses / When earth lets go |
The
second edition of Big Wave Fest scheduled for last april 25th in
Vercelli (Italy) has been cancelled and shifted to next september. |
| 14/04/04 |
| "Dark
Matter” is the new studio album from IQ, announced as a work
with attitude and aggression reminiscent of IQ’s early days.
Tracklist: Sacred Ground, Red Dust Shadow, You Never Will, Born Brilliant,
Harvest of Souls. The
official release date in record shops will be June 21st |
Here
are the latest dates for the Colin Bass alone in Poland mini-tour
in April : 15.4- OSTROLEKA - KLUB AVALON
16.4- KONIN - GDK OSKARD, Al. 1 MAJA 7 a. 17.4- JAROCIN - PAB STOLARNIA
18.4- BYDGOSZCZ - KLUB KUZNIA, ul. GDANSKA 6 19.4- POZNAN - KLUB
BLUE NOTE ul. KOSCIUSZKI 21.4- LODZ - KLUB 77 (SIODEMKI) ul. PIOTRKOWSKA
77 29.4- CHORZOW - PLANETARIUM SLASKIE - special concert together
with keyboard maestro JOZEF SKRZEK |
| 27/03/04 |
| The
new edition of Festival PROG'SUD will take place next May 20th, 21th
and 22th 2004 at Les Pennes-Mirabeau ( near Marseille). For further
informations www.progsud2004.fr.fm |
The
new album from CROSS, titled "Playgrounds" wll be released
in late May on the Progress Records label. The line-up:
Hansi Cross - guitars, keyboards and vocals / Lollo Andersson -
basses / Tomas Hjort - drums, backing vocals with: Olov Andersson
- keyboards, backing vocals and all members of Spektrum will be
appearing in one way or another. For more info feel free to visit:
www.progressrec.com/cross |
| The
second edition of BIG WAVE FEST will take place next April 25th always
in Vercelli. The top of the bill includes Maalavia, Il Castello di
Atlante and Arti & Mestieri. |
German
band SYLVAN announces that everyone who would like to get a first
impression of the new album can now
listen to an MP3 teaser of X-Rayed at www.sylvan.de!!! |
Unicorn
records is proud to announce that "Da 63 projekt" , the
first CD from French progressive rock group ALKEMY, will be released
on April the first 2004. Alkemy is playing a unique blend of rock
and fusion, formed during the summer of 2000 and based in Bordeaux,
France. Together their songs mix the energy, the form and the rhythms
of rock music with the harmony, the soloing and the precision of
jazz. Their influences range from Dream Theater, Queensrÿche
to Chick Corea Elektric Band, Miles Davis or Pat Metheny Group.
More informations at: http://www.unicornrecords.com/alkemy.html |
| 15/02/04 |
| THE
RITES OF SPRING festival will take place during the days 24 and 25
of April in Phoenixville, PA (USA). The bands confirmed are the following:
Orphan Project, Izz, Alias Eye, Sonus Umbra, Jadis, Little Atlas,
Salem Hill and RPWL. For more information: http://www.rosfest.com/
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| 05/01/04 |
| A
good new especially for italian readers: italian writer Giancarlo
Nanni, the author of a beautiful book "Rock Progressivo inglese"
dedicated to the golden age of British progressive rock (from 1965
to 1974), decided to put his book on line after the publisher's bankruptcy.
It's fully downloadable from his own site
as a Pdf file. In italian of course .... |
| IL
CASTELLO DI ATLANTE is ready to come out with the fifth release. No
dates have been announced yet. |
| After
10 years of silence italian band ARCANSIEL is back with a new web
site and a new album coming out in 2004. Now you can downoload the
new Arcansiel's screen saver 1.0 for windows directly from the homepage
www.arcansiel.co.uk
or www.arcansiel.com
. |
| 24/12/03 |
| DJAM
KARET will be self-releasing a specially priced 2 CD set in honor
of our 20 Year Anniversary that will be available direct from the
band as well as a few independent specialty web based retailers. “No
Commercial Potential & ... And Still Getting The Ladies”
ties together the band's roots in improvisational rock as it presents
the band's first cassette-only release of live direct to analog 8
track improvisations from 1985 (digitally mastered and transferred
to CD) along with live in-the-studio improvisations recorded during
the Night For Baku sessions in 2002. Heady energetic stuff that both
shows our roots and breaks new ground! Both releases will be available
thru their website and for a limited time as fully autographed at
no extra cost versions. The rest of 2004 will be spent writing and
recording a (as yet untitled) studio CD and companion DVD for release
on Cuneiform in May of 2005. There will be no live Djam Karet performances
during 2004. 2005 is another story... |
| Some
news about german band SYLVAN: in January they will play two more
concerts of their "Artificial paradise" tour: 01/28/2004
Frankfurt a.M. - Germany --- 01/29/2004 Essen - Germany
(Double gig with JADIS). After those two gigs, the New Year will be
all dedicated to their new album: "X-RAYED". The official
release date is March 29th 2004! |
| SHAKARY
are back, at last !!! Their official website has been updated with
a downloadable live version of "Dreaming In L.A.". They're
also working on the new album coming soon. Welcome back !!! |
| KINGCROW
announces "Insider", a concept prog-rock/class metal album.
3000 copies of this album will be printed. You can download "Eyes
Of A Betrayer" at the following address http://www.vitaminic.it/cgi-php/get_file.php3?modo=1&bid=493914&cob=0 |
| 8/12/03 |
| German
ANYONE'S DAUGHTER are working on a new album which should be ready
for release early next year. Some concerts have already been scheduled
for next march 2004. |
| Ravenhurst
Records are proud to announce the signing of the band DELUSION , whose
long-awaited new album The Tragedy of Regrets will be released to
stores worldwide on November 28, 2003. The album was recorded at Highview
Studios with Drew Mazurek , whose credits include Gwar , Nothingface
, Linkin' Park , Dog Fashion Disco , Click , Desolate Angel , and
others. Ravenhurst Records released earlier this month the Delusion
- "I'll Fly" Video Presentation , containing the bands first
music video from their upcoming cd release , brief bio , and behind
the scenes. Delusion have gained modest popularity through the release
of several compilation and tribute cds which contain the bands music.
From these releases and their internet website the band now has a
U.K. based website run by one of their fans that is over 5,000 members
strong. Their new album is anticipated to cross several genres of
rock and metal music fans. |
14/10/03 |
KINGCROW
are in full immersion with the recording session of the new album,
"Insider", out in the end of 2003. A "making of"
videoclip is available through the official site at this location:
http://www.kingcrow.it/main.htm
|
UNICORN
RECORDS is proud to announced that Montreal's progressive rock band
TALISMA are now part of the UNICORN family.Formed in 2000, TALISMA
is an instrumental progressive Rock trio from the Montreal region.
They will be releasing their first CD in the coming weeks. The album
will contain 15 songs, Crisis, L’empalé, Corpus, Corpus
II, Satanusky and more. The music of TALISMA could be described as
pure progressive Rock, Nice fluid mellotron textured songs in odd
time signatures.
6 MP3 samples are available here www.unicornrecords.com/mp3.html |
16/09/03 |
| Great
prog festival next september 21 in Vercelli, piazza Zumaglini (Zumaglini
square). The bill includes Distillerie di Malto, Stereokimono, Finisterre
and Pfm. The gig is for free. Music will start 5:30 p.m.. We'll see
there !!! Distillerie di Malto recently wrote me they will play two
new songs "Il Guardiano" and "Il suono seducente del
sogno" and "Aria e sogno" from their self-produced
debut cd. |
13/07/03 |
KINGCROW
(classic prog metal from Rome, www.kingcrow.it)
will start the recording process of "Insider" at the Legend
studios next 13/09/03. It will be a concept album.
The track list: 1. Friendship 2. The Project 3. Temptation 4. Never
Say Die 5. Eyes Of A Betrayer 6. The Cell 7. Lies 8. The Killing Hand
9. Stardust 10. Save Me 11. Finale |
| 03/04/03 |
| The
third SPACED OUT release "Slow Gin" is out from April 1st
for Unicorn records. |
| Some
dates of the forthcoming CAMEL farewell tour have been announced but
not yet confirmed. For more details: http://www.camelproduction.com |
| American
prog-folk band FARPOINT is going to release their second album "Grace". |
| UNICORN
RECORDS is proud to welcome a new artist onboard. HEON has been signed
to the label and the album "Electro-acoustic Requiem" will
be released very soon. |
| 28/02/03 |
| SUBLIME
LABEL announces the new web-site address http://www.sublime-label.com |
|
Debut album from Swedish all-star quintet SPEKTRUM to be released
next March 10th 2003. The band features members of Galleon, Cross
and Grand Stand as well as female singer Lizette von Panajotte. For
further informations, visit www.progressrec.com/spektrum. |
| CAMEL's
tour 2003 is officially announced with the confirmation of NEARfest
in Trenton, NJ, on 29th June only. Other performance dates are gradually
beginning to take shape but nothing is yet confirmed. But the actual
sad new is that Camel have made the decision they have long-since
tried to avoid: Tour 2003 will be Camel's final tour. |
| Year
2003 is 35th CARAVAN anniversary celebrated with a new album, a Uk
tour and a live album out next april 21st for Mdp. |
| CONSCIENCE,
a French prog metal band is launching its demo called "Bereavement
Before Dawn" : You can download excerpts of some songs from their
official Web
site. |
27/01/03 |
| The
new SATELLITE release has been delayed for several times but now it's
going to come out very soon. All the impatient Collage fans have not
to wait for it anymore. The official release date is February 27th
2003 for polish label Metal Mind. Welcome back Collage, at last!!!! |
| Kartini
Music is pleased to announce the imminent release (17/02/2003) of
the new COLIN BASS cd "in the meantime". Track listing :
Dissident song 5.19 So hard to say goodbye 8.57 As we say goodbye
4.13 Slow train blues 4.43 Talk to me 5.38 In the meantime 4.35 Bridge
of sighs 1.05 When will you ever learn? 8.58 One small moment 3.06.
Everyone who pre-order directly at www.kartini-music.com
before
the official release date will receive a free "Gently Kindly"
CD-single. |
| Luis
Nasser, SONUS UMBRA's leader, recently wrote me about the new album:
"The new albums (they are two, believe it or not) are very close
to completion, but it's always the last few details that seem to take
the longest! I was hoping the first one, "Spiritual Vertigo",
would be ready by february, and the second one, "The invisible
World' would be ready by either Nearfest or christmas... "
|
| The
new A.C.T. album called "Last Epic" will come out February
17th for european fans. The band will be touring in support of Saga. |
| TIMOTHY
PURE are still working on the new album. After some delays of releasing
date, Andrè Neitzel told me it will be available next spring. |
| The
Polish independent label Wydawnictwo 21 announced two new releases:
Colt "From The Fridge" (progressive hard rock 70s style)
and Józef Skrzek "Koncert Swietokrzyski" a live album
from 1983. |
| 03/09/2002 |
| La
Maschera di cera (featuring Fabio Zuffanti) will start the recording
process of the second cd entitled "Il grande Labirinto"
next September. |
| News
from Dutch band Ricocher. At this moment Ricocher is trying to arrange
some gigs in the UK. This way Ricocher is trying to put together a
(mini-) tour around the Rotherham Rocks Festival (18th October). Ricocher
has already written two new songs. These songs, "Question within
the Answer" and "Bitter Tears" will be added to the
setlist very soon. Some ideas about a new album have been discussed.
Watch the internetsite http://www.ricocher.com/
for the latest info about Ricocher. |
| Legendary
italian prog band Premiata Forneria Marconi (PFM) will perform live
in my hometown (Vercelli) next September 20th. I'll be there for sure
and I hope to post a gig report with pictures in the next site update. |
| 31/07/2002 |
| The
Zuffanti projects website has moved to a new address
and has been updated with a new download area and some interesting
news. FINISTERRE is back with touring plans for next autumn and a
new record scheduled for 2003. QUADRAPHONIC will release the new cd
"Il giorno sottile" on July 25th and LA ZONA with "Le
notti difficili" (scheduled for September) both for Mellow records.
LA MASCHERA DI CERA will play a gig next September 7th in Genova (Italy).
More informations will follow... |
A
new GARY MOORE studio album is due for release by Sanctuary Records
next September 2002. It will be produced by Gary Moore and mixed by
Chris Tsangradies & Gary Moore.
Gary recently said: "It's a lot rawer and 'earthier' than my
recent blues and I'm experimenting with some new guitar sounds. I'm
back with the strat and you'll hear the Hendrix influence in some
of the riff based songs which I haven't been known for. I'm
very into the Jimi thing at the moment. No further information
(track list or release date). |
The
new PORCUPINE TREE album "In Absentia" is scheduled for
release in September by Lava/Atlantic Records. The album contains
12 tracks with a total running time of approximately 70 minutes.
Blackest Eyes / Trains / Lips of Ashes / The Sound of Muzak / Gravity
Eyelids / Wedding Nails /Prodigal / .3 / The Creator Has a Mastertape
/ Heartattack in a Layby / Strip the Soul / Collapse the Light Into
Earth |
| UNICORN
RECORDS is proud to announced two releases scheduled for the next
August 15th. Swedish Aor-Prog band XINEMA with their first CD "
Different Ways" that will please fans of SAGA, ASIA and the likes.
The second release is "Physics Of Light" the debut
cd from MM CIRCLES, an album of ambient/jazz. MP3 samples are
available at: http://www.unicornrecords.com/Mp3/mp3.html |
| SONUS
UMBRA members are currently working on the new tracks of the acclaimed
"Snapshots From Limbo" follower. It should have been a double
cd but the band recently changed his mind. Two different projects
will be released and one of the two cd's will be called "Spiritual
Vertigo". No release dates have been announced. |
| English
progsters THIEVES KITCHEN have a new singer, Amy Darby replacing Simon
Boys "having unfortunately succumbed to family commitments".
The band has three gigs in the coming weeks - on August 3rd, they
will be playing with Clear Blue Sky at the Peel in Kingston On Thames.
The latter part of the month will see them back on the USA, as they
play Club Nostradamus on Philadelphia on Thursday August 29th, and
then the legendary ProgDay festival in Chapel Hill, North Carolina
on Saturday August 31st. From September on they plan to work on the
next album. |
| After
five years of silence, norwegian prog/folk heroes KERRS PINK updated
their official website announcing the new album coming out soon for
Musea records. It will be more focused on the vocal part than
their previous releases. The exact date of release will be announced
shortly. |
| 17/06/2002 |
| New
fantastic look for Camel
official site (the previous one was really terrible). In News
section they confirmed the release date of the new studio album "A
Wink And The Nod" for summer and you can vote the ten Camel songs
you'd like they rearrange in acoustic version. The results will be
included in a special acoustic release coming soon. It's not over:
a Dvd entitled "The History of Camel" will be available
later this year. Andrew Latimer, Andy Ward and Peter Bardens will
be the storytellers. In addition it will contain clips of TV performances. |
| Landmarq:
Cyclops records reissued second album "Infinity Parade"
and the debut "Solitary Witness" with new cover artworks.
In "S.W." there is also a bonus track "Suite: St. Helens"
sung by Rob Lewis-Jones before Damian Wilson joined the band. |
| The
next Happy the Man album "The Muse Awakens" is going to
be released in the fall of this year. |
| Marco
Cerulli left swiss progsters Clepsydra to dedicate himself to solo
projects. The name of the new guitar player is William Rossi. |
| The
Dutch band Fluxury invites everyone to visit www.fluxury.nl
and download 6 complete songs in mp3 format taken from their first
album. They say to have invented a new province in the progressive
kingdom. Give them a try. I hope to review the album in its entirety
very soon !! |
| German
proggers Rousseau are back !! After 3 albums (from 1980 to 1986) they
come back with original line-up and a new album entitled "At
The Cinema". Visit their new official
site. |
| A
new Fabio Zuffanti (Hostsonaten, Finisterre) project will see the
light next september under the monicker of La Zona. The cd will be
entitled "Le notti difficili" and will contain one 45 minutes
track only divided in 4 parts. http://digilander.iol.it/laZona/ |
|
UNICORN RECORDS
is proud to announce that 2 new artists have been signed to the label.
Swedish Aor/Prog band XINEMA have signed with UNICORN records for
the release of their first album “Different Ways” and Spaced Out drummer
Martin Maheux will release “The Physics of Light” his first solo album
on UNICORN records. |
A
new Colin Bass maxi-single will be ready for shipping on 20th June.
"Gently Kindly" will contain two preview tracks from the
forthcoming album of the same name and two bonus tracks from the currently
out-of-print album "Denpasar Moon" recorded 1994 by alter-ego
Sabah Habas Mustapha.
Track listing : Gently Kindly - One Small Moment - The River &
the Sea part 1 - The River & the Sea part 2.
See website for further information: http://kartini-music.com |
| 05/05/2002 |
| Ex
Finisterre bassist Fabio Zuffanti is back to satisfy our prog hungry
with the third chapter of his solo project Hostsonaten. The title
is "Springsong" a fantastic all instrumental album. That's
the right way to explore new progressive lands. Absolutely the
best album come out in this first part of 2002. Read
full review. That's all? No, Zuffanti can't stand still !! Now
he's very busy on a new release that will see the light very soon
under the moniker of La Maschera di Cera. I hope to post a complete
review very soon !!!!!! |
| Next
Camel album will be titled "A Wink And A Nod": the duo
Latimer/LeBlanc is hardly working on. Recordings started last April
15th and everybody hope in a summertime release. Manager Susan Hoover
is already working on 30th Anniversary tour planning but there are
no details about dates and venues at the moment. |
| Porcupine
Tree: It's sadly official that drummer Chris Maitland left the band
for personal reasons. |
Poor
Genetic Material have just released their new album "Leap into
Fall". PGM, who once started as an experimental studio project,
have now turned into a full five piece band featuring two members
from Alias Eye, most notably singer Philip Griffiths (son of the legendary
Beggars Opera singer Martin G.).
The song "Star of Eden" from the new album is available
for free download
from the band's homepage at www.poorgeneticmaterial.de"
|
| 14/04/2002 |
| Good
news for all Collage fans around the world. Three out of five authors
of all times-masterpiece "Moonshine" are back with a new
name (Satellite) and a new album going to be released in July 2002
by Ars Mundi. It will be called "A Street Between Sunrise and
Sunset" approximately 72 minutes long. The track list is: 1.
The Evening Wind 2. On The Run 3. Midnight Snow 4. No Disgrace 5.
Not Afraid 6. Now 7. Bye Bye Bye 8. One Empty Hand 9. Fight 10. A
Street Between Sunrise And Sunset 11. Children. Mark Wilkinson (Marillion,
Fish..) is working on booklet artwork. I’m looking forward to listen
Rober Amirian’ s wonderful voice and Wojtek Szadkowski compositions.
For more details visit their updated (at last !!!) website: http://satelliteprog.com
|
| American
prog-band TIMOTHY PURE will be on tour across Europe (Germany, Belgium
and Netherlands) next April/May 2002. For further informations on
dates and venues, visit Timothy
Pure official site. Don't miss them !!! |
| British
label Decca reissued old Camel masterpieces, remastered and with bonus
tracks added. Visit
official Camel site for more details. |
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