TheAsiaBand.com reports they “are pleased to officially announce” the addition of keyboardist Erik Norlander. Vocalist John Payne adds:
We know that the keyboard position is extremely critical to this band and therefore much time was invested to find the right person and all roads lead us to Erik.
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Erik Norlander has contributed “high quality samples” of his famous modular Moog synthesizer along with samples of other Moog instruments from his collection to the forthcoming “SampleMoog” virtual instrument from Sonic Reality and IK Multimedia.
The most powerful and diverse plug-in of Moog sounds ever made featuring sampled sounds from 16 different legendary Moog instruments programmed by IK Multimedia and Sonic Reality and done in cooperation with Moog Music Inc.
You can pre-order your very own SampleMoog here.
Rocket Scientists will release a box set, Looking Backward, this coming October. The 5-disc collection will contain remastered versions of their first three studio albums, Earthbound, Brutal Architecture and Oblvion Days, along with a 4th audio CD of new recordings of classic Rocket Scientists songs reinterpreted by the band. Also included will be extensive interviews and historical archive footage from sessions going back to 1993. Visit their MySpace page for more info.
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