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It was late fall 2006. Christiaan Bruin, Rik van Honk and Wabe Wieringa already went to the same school for half a year and noticed they had the same love for Progressive music and the like. 'Let's jam a bit!' someone suggested, and so Seraphine was born. An instrumental rock trio who loved the Hammond stashed away in some dusty practice room at the conservatoire in Rotterdam. Always jamming with weird riffs, strange progressions and time signatures they wrote together their first little 'songs'. As they where studying 'Music Production', they thought: 'Why the hell won't we produce a little demo for ourself?', and so it was done. Lot's of jam sessions, discussions about which Flower Kings cd is the best, discussions about which guitar player to shoot and many minutes of music later they decided it was time for change! Change! CHANGE!. Nah, they just wanted a singer and a bass player.
So it all happened in 2008. There were a lot of changes in school, the course the guys were studying merged with the pop-academy (first the jazz-academy ruled it, and if there's something we can't stand it's those standards/irritating sax players/improvised jazz music etc etc.. *shudders* ).They soon noticed that there were more crazy guys out there who thought that we were cool! And so it happened that Guus van Mierlo and Tom Luchies joined the formation, not sure what they got themselves into, but thinking it was cool somehow.
Lots of rehearsing took plays in those days, Guus and Tom were struggling to remember our great songs but doing a good job at it! It was getting summer, and Wabe thought: 'Hey, why won't we abuse our school's recording studio? lets book it for a week and record an album!'. What a fun they had! Christiaan did the drums a week before and was sitting in Italy thinking it all would be alright.
'Excavations of the mind' was born! It took a long time to mix/post-produce all the work, but Wabe managed to finish it early 2009. Soon they teamed up with Michel vd Wiel, who really liked the band, and asked him to take some pictures of htem. On a cold day, with tasty beer in a fancy bar, he was the one who suggested to think of a new name. He thought the old one sounded like a metal-band! HA! So they picked a brainstorm day, with lots of whiskey and good music they talked about anything except a new name. But later Sky Architect was chosen to be the perfect match for their style. Their combined love for progressive music, nature, science and art is the new drive for the band.
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FramePictures represents a musical balance between the photography and the frame.
FramePictures were formed back in 2004 in Oporto, Portugal, with musicians descendant from different styles and backgrounds but united under a common substance: Musicianship.
FramePictures' sound comes from a strong musical melting pot that combine distinct elements, such as progressive rock, experimental post-metal and fusion/ambient, to form a conceptual structure of arrangements and styles.
The long awaited "Remember It" debut CD of FramePictures will begin the band's "musical snapshots" collection.
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Galileo in coopeation with Wiv Entertainment presents
GAZPACHO
DVD - A night at Loreley
The DVD / 2 CD Digipack "A Night at Loreley" is in the printery and if everything will work out, we can send them out as of december 19th, so you will have it under the christmas tree on the 24th of december.
Wiv Entertainment informed us that they will get the CD's on january 7.
The CD's will be shipped as soon as possible.
Format is PAL. As long as we have them in stock, customers will receive a free Tick Tock Tour Shirt.
ATTENTION: The free T-Shirts are already out of stock!
Please write in the comment field the size of the shirt - if we do not have the size anymore we put in the next best that fits.
Official release date is February 26, 2010 in stores.
The DVD will be shipped by Wiv Entertainment
Price: Euro 36.95 incl. shipping
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Founded in 2007, but the lyrical and musical concept of Tangent Plane goes back to the mid 90´s and the head of keyboard-player and composer Ralph Swan Krieger.
Over and over again he worked together with project musicians to fulfill his musical visions, as done in 1996 with a 4-Track-EP or for miscellanoeous concerts (e.g. support for Fates Warning, Mind Odyssey, Nevermore, Sieges Even and so on…)
In that time many songs and ideas were created, that were recorded but never actually released. Ralph realised that he had to find musicians with the same love and patience for the power and emotional side of his music. Musicians that believed in the same way as he does, that music has the power to move our hearts and souls. Finally, in early 2007, Tangent Plane became a real Band with the strong will to get a label deal to spread their music all over the world.
In 2008 their first LP „Among Grey Masks“ was recorded and released in a direct selling manner. The album recieved conistently positive and excellent reviews and critics.
In early 2009 Tangent Plane, that now consisted of the following musicians: Jan Michaelis (vocals), Piero Pellegrino (guitars), Kostas Kontos (bass), Ralph Swan Krieger (keys) and Dennis Hoffmann, hit the studio again to record the first part of their „PROJECT ELIMI“ – Triology. It did not took much time until Tangent Plane signed with the label GALILEO RECORDS, where Tangent Plane feels that they are in good hands for their first official release.
The enthusiasm of the fans and people that work with and around Tangent Plane will culminate in many concerts and more records that Tangent Plane have planned for the next years…
The CRUSADE CONTINUES!
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Formed in Geneva in 2005, This Misery Garden is a Dark rock/metal band
influenced by bands such as Katatonia, Tool and A Perfect Circle and aim to deliver a genuine, intense music:
Melancholy and hope, anger and serenity, love and death, all of this blend altogether to create a vivid and
illuminating sound.
After many changes, the line-up has been stabilized and is now composed by: Laurent (ex-Zuul FX), playing the
guitar. Jay (ex-Body Bag) playing the bass. Stephan (past member of Oyate and The Learned), playing drums.
Antoine (who studied under the guidance of Christophe Godin), as second guitar player. Steve (Middlecage),
handling the vocals.
During the year 2006, the band recorded 2 demo tracks for promotional use, which allowed them to emerge in the
local scene. They eventually began to record their first album, “Another Great Day on Earth”, during 2007, under
the supervision of Drop (Sybreed) at the “Drone Studio”. 14 powerful yet melodic songs were recorded. (Vocals and
Lyrics by Benjamin, Sybreed.)
However, this is only the first step and the goal is now to show the “live” dimension of their music through
entertaining and professional performances.
In any way, This Misery Garden won’t let you indifferent.
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Album Description:
JOLLY's first full length release "Forty-Six Minutes, Twelve seconds of Music" is an aggressive, and
eclectic blend of musical soundscapes both
elegant and hard-hitting. JOLLY covers all
auditory ground in this release, venturing from haunting
ambience, to slicing guitar riffs, all interwoven with beautiful melodies.
This album contains stunning originality while
simultaneously striking a familiar chord with the listener.
Aside from the impressive musicianship, and refreshing writing
styles, 46:12 also offers something new.
Embedded throughout the album are various
forms of brain wave stimulation known as Binaural Tones. These tones are scientifically proven to enrich
feelings of happiness, focus, creativity,and relaxation
through inaudible changes in audio frequencies. This phenomenon will
greatly enhance the listening experience, drawing listeners deeper into the world of JOLLY.
46:12 is an album for the ages that will
not be forgotten.
This is the beginning of a new age in music history, and
you are all a part of it. Galileo
Records and JOLLY loves you.  ...Jolly gehören
aktuell zu den vielversprechensten New Artrock Bands. Das war wohl das Fazit. Was soll ich sonst noch schreiben?
Kaufen!
Proggies (4.5 out of 5)
...Großartige Klangflächen, beeindruckende Kunst - und 46:12 Minuten purer
Genuss!
Powermetal.de (9 out of
10)
...Album des Monats? Newcomer des Jahres? Ganz
gleich wie man es nimmt, JOLLY spielen 2009 definitiv ganz oben mit und gehören auf die Merkliste von allen, die
Rockmusik mit Tiefe und Substanz suchen. 46 Minuten Musik - 46 Minuten Befreiung von Alltag und Realität, 46
Minuten große Klasse!
Mescaline
Injection (9 out of 10)
...Forty-Six Minutes, Twelve
Seconds of Music is a fantastic album and I expect great things of Jolly in the time to come. Their mix of
alternative and progressive rock elements creates an ambient sound unlike anything else heard today.
Dangerdog (album of the month july, 4.75
out of 5)
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"Dark" is the 4th album by METAMORPHOSIS
after "After all these years", "Nobody
cares" and "Then all
was silent". Jean-Pierre Schenk the
head of METAMORPHOSIS began his musical career in the
70ies in Biel/Bienne
(Switzerland). He then played with NATURE.
"Dark" became the most mature work. Dark,
powerful, meditative, psychedelic, obsessing,
with beautiful melodies, guitar and Moog
solos, this is the METAMORPHOSIS new album. If
the other ones were inspired by Pink Floyd,
the music of “Dark” is totally personal and
original. It is Prog at its best!
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"The never ending illusion" is the second
album by the Italian prog metal band Daedalus: each of
the ten songs deals with a
different way of being concerned with the
dualism between reality and dream/illusion. The lyrics
draw a sort of path starting
from facing the every-day life, passing
through the sensation of "something"
existing beyond the common aspects of life,
then ending with a contemplation of one's own
dreams, in a way that could be seen as
closing the circle. Roland Grapow
(Masterplan, Helloween) mixed the tracks of
the album, while Mark Wilkinson (Marillion, Judas
Priest, Iron Maiden) drew the artwork.
Roberto Tiranti
(Labyrinth) and Alessandro Corvaglia (La
Maschera Di Cera) appear as guest vocalists.
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Last Updated on Monday, 08 March 2010 12:22 |
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Progressor (very good)
