New ‘Refestramus’ Christmas Song and Upcoming Music Video

by | Nov 21, 2024 | New Releases

The new Refestramus single “I Ruined Christmas” is a wet blanket for the holidays, chronicling the perils of parental disappointment, political disagreements, sleeping with someone’s hot sister and smoking joints in the garage before Xmas dinner.   

Refestramus composer/drummer/ leader Derek Ferguson says, “My favorite bit is the line ‘it’s like I told you before, it won’t happen again, my dear’ – we know that even as they apologize, they haven’t really learned anything from their mistakes and will undoubtedly be repeating them.”

The music video features clips of Refestramus’ rock video girl Agent M plotting mayhem on friends and family, who aren’t in very good moods at their holiday tables. It shows the band in the studio looking mighty ornery, too.

The video goes live on Friday, 12 noon CT/ 10 AM PT/ 5 pm UK time at:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Z1o-P6qBlc 

Along with Derek Ferguson, the band members are guitarist Derek Pavlic and producer Ian Beabout (Colouratura), with long time vocalist NIDA, and a host of festivity-spoiling guests: bassist Jerry King (Cloud over Jupiter), keyboardist Dyanne Potter Voegtlin (Potter’s Daughter), and saxophonist Mitch Lawrence.

The basic tracks of which were recorded at Aardvark Productions in Steubenville with engineering talents of Dan Bozek and Crack the Sky’s Rick Witkowski.

 “I Ruined Christmas” appears on Melodic Revolution Records’ latest holiday anthology ‘Spirit of December Eight’ which will be available on Bandcamp at 
https://myrevolution.bandcamp.com/album/spirit-of-december-eight
 
“I Ruined Christmas” comes to you hot off the heels of the critically divisive “Intouríst” album, released through Melodic Revolution Records. After ruining progressive art rock last May, the Grinche’s of Prog, Refestramus, have simply grown in ambition.

Hailing from Lakeview Chicago, Illinois, fans are calling Refestramus “the Punks of Prog” because “this song is out to spoil your holidaze next month,”  says Derek Ferguson, “The good news is you can make everyone’s holidays better by gifting ‘I Ruined Christmas!’”  

 left to right  Derek Pavlic, Derek Ferguson, Ian Beabout

The I Ruined Christmas Sessions
NIDA – lead and backing vocals
Mitch Lawrence – saxophones
Derek Pavlic – guitar 
Dyanne Potter Voegtlin – piano, keyboards and Moog synthesizer
Jerry King – bass
Derek Ferguson – drums, sleigh bells, glockenspiel, bass drum

Agent M from the Music Video “I Ruined Christmas”

Additional Information:
Produced by Ian Beabout and Derek Ferguson
Mastering Engineer: Ian Beabout
Recording studio: Aardvark Productions and The Rec. Room, Steubenville OH
Record label: Melodic Revolution Records

Refestramus Online:
Website: www.refestramus.com

Melodic Revolution Records Online:
https://li.sten.to/mrrmusiccom

Colouratura Signs with Melodic Revolution Records

by | Apr 4, 2018 | New Releases, News

Please help Melodic Revolution Records welcome Wheeling, WV (Enter Genre Here) band Colouratura to our family of musicians.

    

We will be releasing Colouratura’s sophomore album Unfamiliar Skies in early May 2018 with eight brand new songs that also feature many guests, some well-known others not so well known or new ones on the scene. The CD will be presented in a beautiful 6-panel digipak designed by Eric Kearns (Diratz, Stop Motion Orchestra)

Colouratura Is:
Nathan James – voice, keyboards, bass, horn
Ian Beabout – flute, editing, sound design and production

Guest Musicians On Unfamiliar Skies
Derek Pavlic (Van Gilder)
Eric Holskey (Sabo Cat, plus many others)
Dave Newhouse (The Muffins, Diratz, Moonmen, Proletarians)
Brandon Collins
Damon Waitkus (Jack o’ the Clock)
Michael P. Dawson
Nathan Lestini
Bret Harold Hart (Diratz, Moonmen)
Chris Kuskey

In a Statement from the band
“On the strength of Unfamiliar Skies, Colouratura has signed to Nick Katona’s long-running Melodic Revolution Records label, which will release the album this May (?) (TBD).”

“We’re obviously quite excited to have joined this great progressive label,” said Beabout. “One of the goals with Unfamiliar Skies was we wanted to expand Colouratura’s audience and reach, and having the support that a label provides will in no doubt help us reach our goals.”
 

“MRR is an eclectic label with a 10-year history of great artists, such as Marco Ragni and Colin Tench. The family atmosphere and team effort will surely help Colouratura grow and thrive.’

In a Statement from the label
“I first discovered Colouratura through a friend at House of Prog, a popular internet radio station that I DJ for a few days a week. However, I was aware of one of the talented guys (Ian Beabout) in this project who has been a guest musician on a few of our releases. Once I  after hearing the pre-masters for Unfamiliar Skies I knew this band had something to offer the world that was just a bit different than what was already flooding Spotify and the like. This album will appeal to all age groups and breaks all the rules when it comes to defining a genre, yet the album Unfamiliar Skies feels fresh and cohesive and I believe it will appeal to the masses rather than the far few and between”
– Nick Katona President @ Melodic Revolution Records

Links:
| Official Website Coming Soon | Facebook | MRR Profile Page |

Media Contact:
Ian Beabout
Beaboutproductions@gmail.com

Label:
Melodic Revolution Records
Nick Katona
nick@melodicrevolution.com