Lonely Robot, the project masterminded by the producer, guitarist and singer/songwriter John Mitchell (Kino, Frost*, Arena, It Bites), is set to release their new album ‘Under Stars’ – due out 26th April 2019. Today sees the launch of the video for the albums second single, ‘How Bright Is the Sun ?’, which you can watch here:
John comments: “How Bright Is The Sun? A cheery lament to our beautiful star. How much longer will she burn for? Will we even be around for half that time? Questions within questions. I hope you like it.”
It was recently announced that Lonely Robot will be teaming up with Space Rocks for a special launch event to celebrate the release of the new studio album. The event will take place on the 23rd April at the Everyman Cinema in King’s Cross, London, and will see John take part in a special Q&A session with Space Rocks co-founder Alexander Milas, discussing the influence of space and science fiction on his trilogy of albums under the Lonely Robot name. This will be followed by a talk by Space Rocks partner and European Space Agency (ESA) Senior Advisor for Science & Exploration, Mark McCaughrean. The event will feature an exclusive advance playback of the new album in full, accompanied by special imagery created using visuals inspired by the work of the European Space Agency.
John comments: “Space and science fiction permeate throughout the trilogy of Lonely Robot albums and with Space Rocks, I can’t think of better people to team up with to celebrate the release of the final part of the astronaut’s story. It should be a very special evening.”
Space Rocks co-founder Alexander Milas adds: “As headliners of our inaugural Space Rocks event in London last year, Lonely Robot and John are the personification of that inexorable link between art, music, and the great beyond. His music is the perfect bridge between those worlds. Roll on the 23rd!” For more info head to www.spacerocksofficial.com
Lonely Robot recently launched a video for ‘Ancient Ascendant’, the first single from the new album. Watch it now here: https://youtu.be/zwf-bm-sd3Y
The album once again features drums by long-time collaborator Craig Blundell (Steven Wilson), plus bass contributions from Steve Vantsis (Fish), with all other instrumentation on the album delivered by Mitchell himself.
Of the record, John comments: “It is the final part in the astronaut trilogy, and was recorded over an intensive month and a half period. This time I wanted to reference my love of 80’s synthwave pop a little more, so beware the 808! The title is derived from belief that we as humans spend far too much time not noticing the beauty around us and far too much time tethered to technology.”
‘Under Stars’ will be released as a limited edition digipak CD (featuring 3 bonus tracks), gatefold 2LP + CD & as digital album. Pre-order now here: www.insideoutmusicshop.com
The track-listing is as follows:1.Terminal Earth2.Ancient Ascendant3.Icarus4.Under Stars5.Authorship Of Our Lives6.The Signal7.The Only Time I Don’t Belong Is Now8.When Gravity Fails9.How Bright Is The Sun?10.Inside This Machine11.An Ending12.How Bright Is The Sun? (Cosmic Mix)* CD / digital bonus track13.Under Stars (Cosmic Mix)* CD / digital bonus track14.Lonely Robot – Chapter One – Airlock* CD / digital bonus track ‘Under Stars’ is the final album in a trilogy for Lonely Robot, John Mitchell’s visionary project. This began in 2015 with the ‘Please Come Home’ album and continued two years later with ”The Big Dream’. “I always saw this as a trilogy, and it feels like the third part of the Lonely Robot master plan has reached a natural conclusion.”
As with the two previous albums, there is a theme running across the songs here, as Mitchell explains. “On ‘Please Come Home’, the theme was about the idea that life on Earth didn’t originate from this planet, while for ‘The Big Dream’, I was really giving everyone the benefit of Zen musings according to John Mitchell. This time things are a little more down to earth. What I am doing is looking the millennial generation, and the fact that kids today are so tied to their phones and to technology. They really have no clue what is actually going on around them, and I find that worrying.”
John Mitchell is a man with a rich musical heritage and history – from musician and vocalist, to songwriter and producer. With bands like Arena, Frost*, Kino, It Bites and Lonely Robot, to name but a few, Mitchell has left his mark on the current progressive rock scene and has been involved in dozens of recordings. He is also a respected producer & mixer, running Outhouse Studios in the UK and working with artists as diverse as You Me At Six, Enter Shikari, Alter Bridge, Asia, Don Broco, Funeral For A Friend, McFly & much more.
The Storm Warning video trailer clocks in at 8:37 and features music from all eight tracks on Storm Warning, Andrew’s third solo album.
Special thanks to Panmichelle on Fiverr.com ( video effects and editing ) Mike Koenig, Mark DiAnge on Soundbible.com ( sound effects ) www.visitmalta.com for the aerial views of Valetta
Album Track Listing
1. Enter Code 2. Bringing Peace And Progress 3. Left Alone Outside 4. Regata Storica 5. Chasing Shadows 6. Storm Warning 7. Can She Excuse My Wrongs 8. Malta Sketches a. Hola Beach Boogie b. 1565 c. Sunset in Valetta
All compositions except “Can She Excuse My Wrongs” written, recorded, produced, mixed and mastered by Andrew Roussak.
“Can She Excuse My Wrongs” composed by John Dowland (1563 – 1626) lyricists unknown.
All instruments played or programmed by Andrew Roussak Backing Vocals Andrew Roussak
Guest Musicians:
Nadia Ayche – Lead Vocals on Chasing Shadows Max Kottler – Lead Vocals on Left Alone Outside Selina Weidmann – Lead Vocals on Malta Sketches (Sunset in Valetta) Oli Weislogele -Guitar solos on Left Alone Outside, Chasing Shadows, Sunset in Valetta
AEON ZEN are (L to R): Alistair Bell – Guitars Andi Kravljaca – Vocals Steve Burton – Drums Rich Hinks – Bass, Vocals & Keyboards
UK Progressive Metal band AEON ZEN will release their fifth studio album, ‘INVERITAS‘, on May 10. The follow-up to 2014’s ‘Ephemera’ will be available in digipack, digital download, and producer pack versions. Pre-orders will go live on April 8th.
“This is the first AEON ZEN album to be written collectively by all band members and it really is the next logical step on our journey, something that fans have been consistently asking for,” says AEON ZEN founder Rich Hinks. “It captures all sides of our personalities and it’s an album of intense meaning for all of us, exploring our passions and views on the darker and lighter side of life. It’s also the first AEON ZEN album we’ve released since I joined Annihilator in 2015, so we’re even more excited for the release.”
Merging modern metal with complex song structures and a broad range of styles, ‘INVERITAS’ contains just as many hooks as it is complex, with songwriting always being at the forefront. Also featured are the talents of Vadim Pruzhanov from DragonForce on the album’s title track, showing how different points of view and diverse musical opinions can be used to make Aeon Zen’s strongest statement to date.
Hinks continues, “I think all fans of melodic, heavy, technical and progressive metal can find something to love in ‘INVERITAS'”.
‘INVERITAS’ track listing:
1. Rebel Theory 2. The First And Only Line 3. Another Piece That Fits 4. The Last Alive 5. The Treachery of Images 6. Disconnected 7. The World Without Sky 8. Inveritas (Featuring Vadim Pruzhanov from DragonForce)
Dear friends, We are excited to release a new video (click on the image above) of California Guitar Trio playing the classic Melrose Avenue. The video was filmed in Hollywood and features the original Bert Lams house where CGT was formed in 1991, composed Melrose Ave and recorded the first CGT album. Video by tourbuslive.com
Album cover photography by Paul RichardsFirst collaborative studio release by revered guitar trios delivers unique arrangements of David Bowie’s “Space Oddity” and Radiohead’s “Weird Fishes,” and dynamic originals. The album’s original works showcase the wide range of the sextet. “New Horizons” kicks off the release and builds up from an initial pulse into a beautiful, complex, percussive arrangement. “Magneto” is a kinetic, mercurial piece full of addictive riffs and flurries. “Fortune Island” features complex, engaging rhythms and time signatures, as well as inventive processed sounds. Minimalism meets shifting melodies on “Glass Tango.” The beautiful, lilting “First Steps” rounds out the recording’s new compositions. – Anil Prasad
We recorded “In a Landscape” in a small historic church on a lake about 1 hour north of Montreal in Gore Quebec. Buy CDDownload MP3Download WAVBert Lams and Fabio Mittino Bert Lams is proud to announce the upcoming release of a new CD‘MOVIMENTI’ , with Italian guitarist Fabio Mittino: Sacred Dances, composed by Gurdjieff/De Hartmann, arranged for two guitars. Please support their project, and download the new album, or buy the CD HERE. Photo Richard Sylvarnes Visit Our New WebsiteVisit Our Facebook Page
In a Landscape New Horizons / Glenn Lévesque 4:54 Weird Fishes / Radiohead (arr. MG3 / CGT) 5:16 Magneto / Sébastien Dufour 3:39 In a Landscape / John Cage (arr. S. Dufour) 6:31 Fortune Island / Hideyo Moriya 4:48 Glass Tango / Paul Richards, Bert Lams 4:19 Space Oddity / David Bowie (arr. CGT / MG3) 4:55 First Steps (To Emerik) / Glenn Lévesque 3:03Perpetuum Mobile – Live in Atlanta / Penguin Café Orchestra (arr. CGT / MG3) 3:35
“In A Landscape” is now available on CD, MP3 and WAV. Listen to two sample tracks and Buy it here now!
pcoming Tour Dates On the road again with our Spring Tour, starting next week! CGT will tour the West Coast and the Southwest in April. In May we’ll be touring with Montreal Guitar Trio, celebrating ten years of collaboration, and our brand new Sextet album ” In A Landscape“. Here’s an overview:CGT:April 3: SOQUEL, CAApril 4: SUNNYVALE,CA April 5: WHITTIER, CA April 7: CHANDLER, AZ April 9: ARTESIA, NM April 10: ALBUQUERQUE, NM April 11: SANTA FE, NM April 12: CORTEZ, CO April 14:DENVER, CO —————————————CGT with Montreal Guitar Trio: May 1: AUSTIN, TX May 2: HOUSTON, TX May 3: DALLAS, TX May 5: CHICAGO, IL May 7: CLEVELAND, OH May 8: ANN ARBOR, MI May 9: CINCINNATTI, OH May 10: LOUISVILLE, KY May 11: MARYVILLE, TNMay 12: CHATTANOOGA, TN (CGT only)For details, please go to Tour Schedule
Djam Karet has just finished recording their 19th album, titled “A Sky Full of Stars for a Roof”. No specific release date has been set but plans tentatively the band are thinking about a possible April 2019.
The first video from the album is Beyond The Frontier
The group was formed back in 1984, and this is a celebration of the band’s 35 years together. Featuring all four original members of the group, this is their most melodic and acoustic album so far.
About the album Combining analog and modular synthesizers with numerous acoustic instruments from around the world, Djam Karet is exploring new territory on this psychedelic journey of discovery. Harmonium, dilruba, mbira, udu and other exotic instruments, help bring a warm vibe to this highly melodic and visionary work. Swirling electronic soundscapes expand to reveal new acoustic environments of exotic goodness. In order to maintain a more lively and dynamic sound, no compression was used in the mixing of this album. Featured guest musicians include Willie Nelson’s son Micah Nelson (from Neil Young’s band) on charango, Todd Montgomery (Fernwood) on sitar, Mark Cook (Herd Of Instinct) on fretless guitar and bass, and Shannon Michael Terry (Primal Future Now) on mbira. With a sound that is a blend of West Coast Psychedelic music, UK Canterbury, and 1970’s Progressive music … this new album is sure to become a fan favorite!
LINER NOTES: A Sky Full of Stars for a Roof
1 Beyond The Frontier 5:49 2 Long Ride To Eden 5:58 3 West Coast 5:57 4 A Sky Full Of Stars For A Roof 11:05 5 Dust In The Sun 3:00 6 On The Third Day Arrived The Crow 4:03 7 Specter Of Twilight 3:27 8 Night Falls 4:58 total time: 44:34
All music composed by Djam Karet Produced, mixed and mastered by Gayle Ellett Recorded at Foggy Mountain Studios in Topanga and White Arrow Studios in Claremont, California Art design: Mike Murray Drum tech: Sebastian Harris
Director: Myriam Santos Producer: Thom Fennessey Production Company: Collaboration Factory DP: Matthew Macar Editor: Adam Levine
“We’re Still Here” is off the Steve Perry album “Traces”
Track Listing according to Amazon: 01. No Erasin’ 02. We’re Still Here 03. Most Of All 04. No More Cryin’ 05. In The Rain 06. Sun Shines Gray 07. You Belong To Me 08. Easy To Love 09. I Need You 10. We Fly
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