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From the creator of Brain-Salad-Surgery.de – the exhaustive cybershrine to ELP’s masterwork – comes another tribute site, this time for Greg Lake’s I believe in Father Christmas. The website launches tomorrow (12/1) and can be found at:
The good folks over at MVD Entertainment have announced the release of the following CD’s in the coming weeks:
Destroy All Monsters – Live In Tokyo
Live recordings of DAM performances in Tokyo and Osaka, Japan, from 1996. This 17 track 72 minute CD contains early revamped DAM classics of “You Can’t Kill Kill” and “Evil Works” plus many newer exotic oddities like “Indecipherable” and “Show No Shame”. Included are cover versions of the Seed’s “900 Million People Daily All Making Love” and the most bizarre cover yet of Jon Anderson’s Yes classic, “Clear Day”. Stretching out into spacey sonic territory, DAM attacks live in Japan at their crusty best with original founding members Mike Kelley, Jim Shaw and Cary Loren supported by Art Byington and Dave Muller. Learn more here.
Monster Island – Dream Tiger
DREAM TIGER is a 13 song CD album by the Detroit group Monster Island. This is their first album since the 1996 LP recording “From the Michigan Floor” on Ecstatic Peace! Performing members on this album include;Cary Loren (Destroy All Monsters), Warn Defever (His Name is Alive), Erika Hoffman (x-Godzuki) and Matt Smith (Outrageous Cherry, THTX,Volebeats). Dream Tiger features a mixture of ethnic folk instruments: (Oud, Sitar, Tanpura, Harmonium, Shakuhachi, Djembe, Gamelon Gendèr, and African percussion) mixed with traditional (Guitars, Bass, Violin, Cello, Flute, Drums) and novelty sounds: (Chinese organ, Water harp, Mini-moog, samples, Toy piano, gongs). Learn more here.
Plastic Crimewave Sound – No Wonderland
This is the first time on CD for Plastic Crimewave Sound’s 2LP opus, originally released on Eclipse Records and now long out of print in its vinyl form. This is the record you always wanted PCWS to make; stretching out their influences and delving deep into the paranoid times of today, tomorrow and yesterday. You will hear mammoth psych jams, acid punk, soundscapes, heavyosity and calming drones. Featuring cameo appearances by Michael Yonkers, Devendra Banhart, Josephine Foster, Fur Saxa, Spires that in the Sunset Rise, Chris Connelly, and more. Absolutely stunning psych for fans of Hawkwind, Can, Pink Fairies, Acid Mothers Temple and brain damage in general. Learn more here.
Dream Theater will be the Xbox LIVE Artist of the Month for December. Xbox 360 LIVE subscribers will have access to “exclusive performance, interview, and behind the scenes footage from Dream Theater’s recent tour”. Dream Theater will be playing over Xbox LIVE on December 5th in the Game with Fame program.
Learn more at: DreamTheater.net and/or Xbox.com
Courtesy Vai.com
Steve Vai and MusicCares are giving you the chance to bid on a one hour private guitar lesson with Steve, with all procees being donated to the MusicCares Foundation.
This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to learn from world-renowned, Grammy Award-winning guitarist, Steve Vai. From his early days with the legendary Frank Zappa to his 1985 appearance in the film Crossroads to his current and longstanding success as a solo artist, Vai has made his mark in music history. Whether you are a guitarist or your loved one is a guitarist, there is no denying the perfection of this experience as a holiday gift. So place your bids now!
Visit the eBay auction for more details and bidding requirements. This auction ends on December 6, so don’t miss out on the ultimate holiday gift for yourself or a loved one!
Click here to visit the auction.
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AllaboutJazz.com’s John Kelman has reviewed “Ewaz Vader”, the latest release from the French prog-art-fusion outfit One Shot. Formed back in 1999 by members of Magma, One Shot released its first, self-titled album the same year. The group ultimately continued, releasing the live Vendredi 13 (2001) and now Ewaz Vader.
Ewaz Vader’s four extended tracks, all clocking in at between ten and fifteen minutes, are split compositionally amongst the three Magma alumni – This is not fusion for the faint-at-heart; this is fusion for those who like it complex and almost relentlessly intense. Still, despite that the group is no stranger to dynamics, creating plenty of tension and release on one of the freshest fusion albums in recent years.
Visit One Shot’s MySpace page.
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No sleep for Nightwish. They began their European tour Wednesday night at Copenhagen’s KB Hallen. Fan-filmed video footage of the concert is shown above (courtesy of Blabbermouth & “Merlin2090″). Next, Nightwish will hold a signing session at Media Markt in Gothenburg, Sweden on Friday, November 30 beginning at 5:30 p.m. And soon they’ll release a “platinum” edition of their latest album, “Dark Passion Play”, which will include all 13 songs from the original version plus five bonus tracks:
01. Erämaan Viimeinen (new track)
02. The Escapist (new track)
03. Meadows of Heaven (orchestral version)
04. The Poet and the Pendulum (demo)
05. Bye, Bye Beautiful (DJ Orkidea remix).
As always, checkout Nightwish.com for additional info.
Recorded in New Jersey in 1995, this release will be the first time that this performance has been released on DVD although it was previously available as a VHS (unavailable for some time and is now a collectors item). As a bonus there is the promotional footage made to accompany Patricks debut solo album The Story Of I. This footage has not been seen since the initial release of that album and has been eagerly sought out by collectors and Patricks dedicated fan base. The sound reproduction on the DVD has also been personally overseen by Patrick Moraz as with the recent series of reissued CDs and the picture quality has been noticeably improved.
Purchase your copy today at the MVD Entertainment website.
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Bonus Materials: Promotional footage made to accompany Patricks debut solo album ‘The Story Of I’