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CRAVEN, BEN Monsters From The Id VÖ: 06.05.2022 Vorschau
CD+DVD#34759 • 18,99€
Australien-Import - New studioalbum of the australian prog maestro Ben Craven. CD/DVD package with Roger Dean/ Freyja Dean artwork+ surround mix and single edit videos. His 2011 album, Great & Terrible Potions, blurred the boundaries between conventional songs and orchestral soundtracks. Augmented by a stunning cover designed by legendary artist Roger Dean (Yes, Asia, Avatar), Potions was dense, complicated and unashamedly pretentious. That is, everything a good prog rock album should be! 2016‘s Last Chance To Hear was a triumphant masterpiece of progressive rock. Expanding upon Craven‘s one-person musical pallette, the album featured legendary Star Trek actor William Shatner providing spoken-word vocals for the track Spy In The Sky. Meanwhile, the album‘s opener, Critical Mass, went on to win the 2016 Australian Independent Music Award for Best Instrumental.
Here’s what the press has raved about Ben Craven‘s releases: • „Heavy-duty prog rock monster“ - Anil Prasad, Innerviews • „Cracking virtuoso performance by an absurdly talented individual“ - Classic Rock Society • „Craven‘s one-man-band production is a prog opus for the 21st century“ - Musoscribe • „Press play and this album does the rest“ - Muzikreviews • „Seriously well-distilled and blended“ - Van Dyke Parks Monsters From The Id is the logical realisation of Craven‘s musical trajectory thus far. It‘s an album of two halves, each containing a traditional progressive rock „epic“ the length of a side of vinyl. The two pieces comprise fl owing parts and movements with both rock and Hans Zimmer-esque orchestral arrangements, punctuated by Ben‘s distinctive lead guitar and vocals. Yet the album is predominantly instrumental. „Lyrics are incredibly important to me,“ explains Craven, „but this music was not driven by words or language. It‘s pure other- worldly escapism. It‘s playing dress-up, wanting to make the world look much bigger than it seems right now, trying to recall the feeling that anything is possible, no matter how unlikely that might be.“ Visually, the album cover is a treat, featuring breathtaking artwork by Freyja Dean adorning the triple gatefold CD/ DVD wallet. Sonically, things are equally ambitious. A 5.1 surround mix is included on the DVD, while both stereo and surround versions are available for digital download in 24-bit 96kHz high resolution. Tracklist - CD/DVD triple gatefold wallet: 01 Die Before You Wake [19:32] 02 Amnis Flows Aeternum [19:11] 03 Die Before You Wake (Single Edit) [4:47] 04 Wicked Delights (Single Edit) [2:40] 05 Guiding Voice (Single Edit) [3:31] 06 Amnis Flows Aeternum (Single Edit) [4:51] Bonus DVD includes: • album audio in 5.1 surround (DTS 96/24) • album audio in high resolution stereo (24-bit PCM) • Single Edit videos
KERZNER, DAVE
The Traveller VÖ: 17.06.2022
2CD Deluxe#34978 • 21,99€ CD#34977 • 17,99€
„The Traveler“ is Dave Kerzner‘s third studio solo album. This 2CD Deluxe version includes the main CD plus an additional bonus disc of outtakes and alternate versions of the songs from the album. The main character of his debut solo album „New World“ returns! The Traveler takes you further along in the journey tying in the stories of not only Kerzner‘s fi rst three solo albums but there‘s even a connection to In Continuum‘s Acceleration Theory storyline and beyond! For the fi rst time Kerzner has combined collaboration his band mates from four diff erent bands/projects: In Continuum, Sound of Contact, Mantra Vega and Arc of Life! Featuring an all All Star cast of Prog musicians including Fernando Perdomo, Durga McBroom, Nick D‘Virgilio, Marco Minnemann, Randy McStine, Matt Dorsey, Billy Sherwood, Jon Davison, Alex Cromarty, Stuart Fletcher, Ruti Celli, Joe Deninzon and more!
PORCUPINE TREE
Closure/Continuation VÖ: 24.06.2022
Porcupine Tree – eine der zukunftsorientiertesten Genregrenzen überschreitenden Bands Großbritanniens – melden sich am 1. November 2021 nach zwölf Jahren mit neuer Musik zurück. Der kraftvolle, achtminütige Track „Harridan“ kündet von der Rückkehr einer wahrlich einzigartigen Rockband in den aktiven Dienst. Zugleich ist „Harridan“ der erste Vorbote des kommenden elften Albums der Band: „CLOSER/CONTINUATION“, ihrem ersten Werk seit dem 2009 erschienenen „The Incident“.
