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7th September 2008 |
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NEW HORIZONS Further to our mid-week news item last week, we are slowly getting things back up and running here, while at the same time trying to get to grips with some new software. If you spot any strange formatting, missing pictures or general oddities, please feel free to drop me a line ( editor at elrose dot demon dot co dot uk) - I will endeavour to get things sorted out as quickly as possible. I have now recovered most of the website, as it was, into a usable form, although I have not yet been able to complete work on the Tour Dates pages - hopefully these be ready in time to be included as part of next weekends regular site update. Once we get the baiscs running again I think the time might be right for a bit of a site overhaul, but one thing at a time. Thanks for bearing with us through what has been a difficult few weeks for us here in the office - I won't tempt fate, but lets hope for some smoother sailing from here to the years end! |
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PROGPOWER EUROPE 2008 Dutch band Sun Caged have been confirmed for ProgPower Europe, and with their inclusion on the bill the full line up for the event is now complete. The final time-schedule has been issued as follows: Friday 3 October Saturday 4 October Sunday 5 October (*) Setlist of 1999, when Wolverine opened the first ProgPower edition ever For further information and ticket details check out the official Progpower website which you can find on our Festivals page. |
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AMON DUUL II Experimental music pioneers Amon Duul 2, whose music defined the German progressive rock scene of the 1970's, are back in the news with the reissuing of the band's back catalog on SPV Records - this includes many titles that have long been out of print. Titles in the series include 'Dance Of The Lemmings', 'Yeti', 'Carnival In Babylon', 'Wolf City', 'Vive Le Trance', 'Hi-Jack', 'Live In London', 'Made In Germany', and 'PyragonyX'. As a point of special interest to Amon Duul 2 fans in the USA, the band's landmark concept album 'Made In Gemany', touted as the first German Rock Opera, is now made available in its original complete form (the DBL LP was only released in the US as a single album with different cover art). "All the important works of Amon Duul 2 are remastered and wherever there was spare room on the CDs, we added bonus tracks recorded in 2005, 2006 and 2007", says guitarist and original band member John Weinzierl. To co-incide with the releases the band are preparing for a major tour scheduled for Autumn 2008 and Spring 2009, with the running title '40 Years since 1968/69'. Other plans include "a DVD called 'Amon Duul 2 History' and a new studio CD by the band. These new releases, along with rare solo CDs by Weinzierl's trio JHM and an album he recorded with the late Robert Calvert of Hawkwind will be available on the band's official website: www.AmonDuul.de For more information on the Amon Duul 2 CD re-issues by SPV records you can also check out www.SPV.de |
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ABEL GANZ On Thursday 11th September Abel Ganz will be back on home turf at Stereo, the venue we used for the "Shooting Albatross" album launch. As on that night, support for the show will be from Stevie Lawrence and Fiona Cuthill of folk band Rallion who will have just returned from festival gigs in Canada. |
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IT BITES John Mitchell was interviewed by Frans Keylard on the Dividing Line's Rogues Gallery radio show on Friday 29th August regarding the new It Bites album 'The Tall Ships'. The conversation also covered john's involvement with Kino, Arena and other projects. The show also played three tracks from the album which included 'Fahrenheit', 'For Safekeeping' and the epic 'This is England'. For those of you who missed the show you can download an mp3 or listen to a web stream of the show for the next few days only - just check out the link here: http://www.thedividingline.com/rg.html The retail release of 'The Tall Ships' should be available in the next month or so, we'll update you with more news as soon as we have it. |
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TROY DONOCKLEY Troy Donockley and the Bad Shepherds are set to undertake a UK tour in the UK this coming November / December time. The Bad Shepherds is the exciting new collaboration conceived by Adrian Edmondson and also featuring Maartin Allcock from Fairport Convention and Jethro Tull, Troy Donockley renowned for his work with Iona, Maddy Prior and Midge Ure plus rising Irish star violinist and vocalist - Eimear Bradley. More information, including all the dates so far announced can be found in Troy's latest blog here! Support for the shows is expected to be provided by some members of Mostly Autumn! |
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PENDRAGON The Pendragon webstore is now accepting PayPal as a form of payment in the Pendragon store and you they are currently accepting pre-orders for the brand new CD, Pure, which is set for release towards the end of the month. Go to www.pendragon.mu for more information. |
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NIKOLO KOTZEV Nikolo Kotzev's Nostradamus rock opera has been nominated for the Nordic Council Music Prize 2008! The theme for this year's award is musicals and musical drama from the Nordic countries, making Nostradamus an obvious choice for nomination! You can read more about the award and the other nominees at Nordic Council's website here! For further details regarding Nostradamus go to http://www.nostramusic.com |
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THIS UNIQUE MUSEUM This Unique Museum is the brainchild of Ben Fitton, mixing the gentle pace of low-fi indie rock with the ambient sound of shoegazing dream pop (if you like No-Man check them out). The band's new release titled Lost at Sea: Out-Takes from the Great Lake, features session out-takes from their most recent albums. The release notes describe the new work as "shedding new light on their lush winter-like sound. A darker tone is apparent throughout with exclusive instrumentals and newly mastered audio. A must for new and old fans alike." 'Lost at Sea: Out-Takes from the Great Lake' is scheduled for release on 8th September 2008, while the follow up entitled 'Chapter Two: Caught Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea' is expected to be recorded later this year for a Spring 2009 release. You can hear some tracks from the bands various released to date on |
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WISHING TREE Work continues, albeit slowly, on the New Wishing Tree album, which it is now hoped will be finished before the start of the upcoming Marillion Tour in November. If you'd like to be kept informed on how things are progressing with the album and to hear news of any possible special editions or future live appearances of the Wishing Tree, you can join the new mailing list that has been set up by visiting www.reverbnation.com/thewishingtree |
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KARDA ESTRA The latest Karda Estra album 'The Last Of The Libertine' is now available to listen to in it's entirety at Lastfm.com - just take the link below: The album has been described as being "a dark slice of instrumental, progressive, gothic, classical influenced music featuring all manner of instrumentation from guitars, oboe, trumpet, choral vocals to flutes, synths, rastrophones and more." There is also a brand new review of the album by Jerry Lucky on his website at http://www.jerrylucky.com/reviews%20k-o_013.htm An interview with Karda Estra is also expected to appear shortly (if it is not up already) on Jerry's website, which we look forward to reading! |
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POWER QUEST Intromental Management have confirmed that they have signed up British/Italian/American power metal band Power Quest to their growing roster of acts. Intromental had the following comment on the deal: We've known about this band for a long time and always liked them. However, the timing to sign them wasn't right, but when keyboardist Steve Williams contacted us a couple of months ago and asked for cooperation, we immediately decided to give it a shot and start working together with these talented guys. The comment from Steve Williams himself was similartly upbeat: Power Quest are really proud to announce our liason with Intromental and we are very excited about our future co-operation with Claus, Lars, Glenn and the rest of the Intromental team. From seeing the work they have done in the past and also the work they are currently doing with the likes of Circle II Circle and Almah, we feel that this is a huge, positive step forward for the band. |
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PURESSENCE The music player on the Puressence MySpace website has been updated to include some of the band's classic tracks including India, Pallisades, It Doesn't Matter Anymore, A Different Sand and Prodigal Song. If you have not yet had a chance to catch up with this and, it'sd well worth checking out! |
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LINKS New sites added to our links pages this week are as follows: Elements - Metal Vantaa, Uusimaa, Finland Hoaxwind - UK based Hawkwind covers band No Fixed Abode - Folk Rock / Folk / Pop Midlands, United Kingdom |
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3rd September 2008 |
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NEW HORIZONS - Important Update Well, it seems New Horizons has been having more than it's fair share of mishaps of late, the most recent being the complete failure of the main PC which contained all the web site design pages, all the site e-mail and much more besides which has prevented our last few scheduled site updates. Having replaced the offending machine with something hopefully a bit more robust, I am now trying to get things back into shape, and while I thought I had a pretty good backup policy, I am now finding all the things I should have taken more care with but obviously did not. One prime example is the loss of all the site e-mail, which included the serial number needed to re-install our site design software! This is inconvenient to say the least as not only have I had to buy a new version of the software, I am also having to get to grips with all the ways it differs from the old version which I had been using for several years now! Ah, well! These things will happen, and at least I have learned some valuable lessons in the process. With all this in mind, I hope you will be patient while I try to get things back on the straight and level. The plan is to try and get the regular news update posted this coming weekend with a view to some more extensive updates in the coming weeks. I really am sorry about all this, but I feel confident that our many regular readers will understand the situation. Finally if you have sent an e-mail to us in the last few weeks and did not get a reply, please contact us again now. As I say I am not in a position to recover my e-mail file in the immediate future but am able to respond to any new mail that is sent in to us. All the best - Simon (editor) |
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