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  • For this year’s End of the Year episode, we assembled an illustrious round again: Karl Westerlund, Robert Stenvall & Christian Berglönn (An Abstract Illusion), Andy Schmidt (Disillusion), Colin MacAndrew (Ashbreather) & Rioghan Darcy, talking about all of their own 2022 records as well as our favorite albums of the year.

    Chapters:

    01:00 An Abstract Illusion

    05:30 Disillusion

    10:00 Ashbreather

    18:00 Rioghan

    22:20 Favorite Albums of 2022

    39:12 Expectations and plans for 2023

    🎵 An Abstract Illusion is:

    Karl Westerlund - guitars, bass

    Robert Stenvall - keyboards, vocals

    Christian Berglönn - vocals

    💿 An Abstract Illusion Discography:

    Atonement is Nigh EP (2014)

    Illuminate the Path (2016)

    Woe (2022)

    ✔️ Follow An Abstract Illusion:

    Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/anabstractillusion/

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    Twitter: https://twitter.com/aai_swe/

    Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@anabstractillusion/

    Bandcamp: https://anabstractillusion.bandcamp.com/

    Spotify: https://bit.ly/3YgZXlC

    🎵 Disillusion is:

    Andy Schmidt - vocals, guitars, bass, keyboards

    Ben Haugg - guitars

    Robby Kranz - bass

    Martin Schulz - drums

    💿 Disillusion Discography:

    Back to Times of Splendor (2004)

    Gloria (2006)

    The Liberation (2019)

    Ayam (2022)

    ✔️ Follow Disillusion:

    Website: https://disillusion.de/

    Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/disillusionBand/

    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/disillusion_band/

    Twitter: https://twitter.com/DisillusionBand/

    Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@DisillusionBand/

    Bandcamp: https://disillusion-official.bandcamp.com/

    Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/disillusion/

    Spotify: https://bit.ly/3uEEUfc

    🎵 Ashbreather is:

    Mackay Agellon: guitars, vocals, percussion, saxophone

    Charles Richards: bass, vocals, percussion, drones

    Colin MacAndrew: drums, vocals, percussion

    💿 Ashbreather Discography:

    Ashbreather (2020)

    Ow, My Eye! EP (2021)

    Hivemind (2022)

    ✔️ Follow Ashbreather:

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    Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@ashbreatherofficial8986

    Bandcamp: https://ashbreather.bandcamp.com/

    Spotify: https://bit.ly/3W4TRD6

    🎵 Rioghan is:

    Rioghan Darcy - vocals, lyrics

    Teemu Liekkala - guitars, bass, keys, production

    Valtteri Revonkorpi - drums

    💿 Rioghan Discography:

    Blackened Sky EP (2021)

    Different Kinds of Losses (2022)

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  • There must have been something in the water in Providence, Rhode Island around 2004: Dirt Poor Robins emerged parallel to The Dear Hunter to go on a separate, but similarly artistic journey, culminating in their latest record and silent film, “Queen of the Night”. Mastermind Neil DeGraide told us everything about it!

    Chapters:

    03:30 A brief history of Dirt Poor Robins

    13:18 Making a movie as an extension of the album

    15:58 The Dear Hunter connection

    17:40 Queen of the Night: Soundtrack vs. Score

    22:30 The hybrid approach to orchestration

    25:33 Komm Jesu: layering choral arrangements and adapting Bach

    30:45 The average prog fan

    32:00 Making a DIY low budget movie

    37:04 The entire timespan until completion of Queen of the Night

    42:28 The Patreon Community and upcoming plans

    🎵 Dirt Poor Robins is:

    Neil DeGraide

    Kate DeGraide

    💿 Discography:

    The Cage (2007)

    Last Days of Leviathan (2010)

    The Raven Locks (Act 1) (2013)

    The Raven Locks (Act 2) (2014)

    The Raven Locks (Act 3) (2017)

    The Raven Locks (Complete Record) (2019)

    Dead Horse, Alaska (RED) (2019)

    Dead Horse, Alaska (Gold) (2019)

    Dead Horse, Alaska (Onyx) (2020)

    Deadhorse (Deluxe Edition) (2020)

    Anthems to the Edge of the Earth (Compilation) (2021)

    Queen of the Night (Soundtrack) (2022)

    ✔️ Follow Dirt Poor Robins:

    Website: https://www.dirtpoorrobins.com/

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    Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@dirtpoorrobins/

    Bandcamp: https://dirtpoorrobins.bandcamp.com/

    Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/dirtpoorrobins/

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  • Lars Enok Åhlund, multi-instrumentalist, arranger, moustache man and all around secret weapon of Swedish prog masters Soen, called mid-tour from Quebec, Canada to talk about their current and future live activities, choosing a certain cover version and of course everything about their new album “Atlantis”.

    Chapters:

    01:44 Soen goes North America

    03:40 The origins of and approach to Atlantis

    05:28 Arranging Soen songs for Atlantis

    06:18 The song selection on Atlantis

    08:12 Trials

    09:25 Bringing the Atlantis show on tour

    10:00 Snuff

    12:55 Songwriting for the new album

    15:00 Coming back to the stage after the pandemic years

    16:15 Improving the live show

    🎵 Soen is:

    Joel Ekelöf – Vocals

    Martin Lopez – Drums

    Lars Enok Åhlund – Keyboards & Guitar

    Cody Lee Ford – Guitar

    Oleksii “Zlatoyar” Kobel – Bass

    💿 Discography:

    Cognitive (2012)

    Tellurian (2014)

    Lykaia (2017)

    Lotus (2019)

    Imperial (2021)

    Atlantis (2022)

    ✔️ Follow Soen:

    Website: https://soenmusic.com/

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    Bandcamp: https://soenmusic.bandcamp.com/

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  • Pondering the similarities of Hip Hop and Psychedelic Rock while talking about Progressive Metal: Canadian-born, Leipzig-based guitarist Morgan Reid presents his very first solo album Terran. We covered a lot of ground including sight reading sheet music, his admiration for Philip Glass, creating a dance choreography to David Maxim Micic’s music and not to forget the #ibanezgiveaway! Hop on board!

    LINK TO GIVEAWAY: https://youtu.be/DV64EUnl3Dk

    Chapters:

    02:15 Is Terran a child of the pandemic?

    05:10 Phase Zero Productions

    06:00 Composing for different outlets

    17:35 Guitar influences

    30:55 Guitar giveaway #IbanezGiveaway

    🎵 Morgan Reid is:

    Morgan Reid - everything

    💿 Discography:

    Terran (2022)

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    Website: https://morganreidguitar.com/

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    Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/MorganRNReid

    Bandcamp: https://morganreid.bandcamp.com/

    Spotify: http://bit.ly/3AIGBMo

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  • Calling from Cologne, ÆRIES guitarist Julian Suhr talked to us about the ÆRIES sound, working in the studio vs. recording at home and everything else there is to know about the band’s debut album, “Arcanum”.

    Chapters:

    02:40 Releasing Arcanum and presenting it at Euroblast

    05:05 Why ‘Waves’ didn’t make the cut for the album

    06:32 What’s the ÆRIES sound?

    08:36 Recording at home vs. booking a proper studio

    10:30 Working with Christoph Wieczorek (Annisokay)

    13:25 Infusing more old school guitar shred into an overall modern sound

    16:22 Playing live without a bassist for the time being

    18:10 Gear talk

    19:25 Upcoming live plans and continuing the journey of ÆRIES

    21:38 What’s in your Walkman?

    🎵 ÆRIES is:

    Laura Kiddo - Vox

    Julian Suhr - Guitars, Programming

    Dominik Zester - Drums

    💿 Discography:

    Arcanum (2022)

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    Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aeriesband

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    Spotify: http://bit.ly/3NoYkNG

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  • Joe Branton, bassist and designated mic-duty guy of London/Brighton instrumental proggers Poly-Math talks standard Fripp tuning, the very broad church of prog, full-on bass gear nerdery and of course “Zenith”, Poly-Math’s brand new album, out Nov. 18 on Nice Weather For Airstrikes!

    Chapters:

    01:55 Discovering Poly-Math at Radar Festival

    06:04 Discovering Poly-Math with House of Wisdom

    07:10 Going from House of Wisdom to Zenith via The Cadaver Tombs

    11:30 Expanding the line-up while condensing the songwriting

    15:50 Bass/guitar gear nerd out

    19:15 The big question: pick or fingers?

    22:40 Post-Zenith Poly-Math: which way?

    🎵Poly-Math is:

    Branton, Joe Leigh

    Gesner, Joshua A

    Olsen, Christopher Daniel

    Walters, Timothy William

    Woollison, Christopher James

    💿 Discography:

    Reptiles EP (2015)

    Live at Old Mill Studios EP (2016)

    Melencolia EP (2016)

    House of Wisdom / We Are The Devil (2018)

    The Cadaver Tomb Pt. 1 & Pt. 2 (2021)

    Zenith (2022)

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    Website: https://www.poly-math.net/

    Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wearepolymath

    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wearepolymath/

    Twitter: https://twitter.com/polymathrock

    Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/PolyMathBand

    Bandcamp: https://wearepolymath.bandcamp.com/

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  • Andrew Stout, initiator, composer and guitarist of schizo prog metal upstarts Apeiron Bound talks about the conception of the band, the initial reception of their debut album “Multiplicity” (released Aug. 26 through Layered Reality Productions), crazy music video shoots and upcoming plans.

    Chapters:

    02:00 The conception of the band and origins of the name Apeiron Bound

    06:00 The organized musical chaos of Apeiron Bound

    10:45 The initial reception to Multiplicity

    11:57 Putting together a crazy music video like Absent Familiarity

    17:12 Working together with Costin Chioreanu for the My Sweet Stockholm video

    23:10 The next steps for Apeiron Bound

    🎵 Apeiron Bound is:

    Michael Calza - vocals/lyricist

    Andrew Stout - composer/guitars

    Phillip Colacecchi - guitars

    Kyle Sokol - electric bass & upright bass

    Kristopher Huffman - drums/percussion

    💿 Discography:

    Multiplicity (2022)

    ✔️ Follow Apeiron Bound:

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  • The artistic core trio of international prog metal band Seventh Station, Dmitri Alperovich, Eren Başbuğ & Davidavi Dolev called from their respective corners of the world to talk about arranging Shostakovich for a prog metal ensemble, channeling and translating the artistic vision of a song into a music video and of course everything else about their second album, “Heal the Unhealed”, out Nov. 7th!

    Chapters:

    01:10 Introducing Seventh Station

    02:40 Getting the elephant out of the room: the origins of the soviet style artwork and parts of the concept

    06:30 Fleshing out a Progressive Metal arrangement of Shostakovich

    09:15 Being the vocalist in Seventh Station: lots of space to go crazy

    14:40 The artistic process behind the music videos

    20:14 Working together as a multi-national band

    24:32 Enhancing the live experience with an orchestra or other things

    29:45 The reaction to the three singles from the Heal the Unhealed so far

    🎵 Seventh Station is:

    Dmitri Alperovich - Guitar

    Eren Başbuğ - Keyboards

    Davidavi Dolev - Vocals

    Jure Lopatic - Bass

    Grega Plamberger - Drums and Percussion

    💿 Discography:

    Between Life And Dreams (2016)

    Heal the Unhealed (2022)

    ✔️ Follow Seventh Station:

    Website: https://www.seventh-station.com/

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    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/seventhstationofficial/

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    Bandcamp: https://seventhstation.bandcamp.com/

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  • Violinist Olivier Allard of Canadian genre-benders Cydemind talks about composing instrumental music, making the classical influence interesting in a metal context and of course their new sophomore album, “The Descent”.

    Chapters:

    02:45 Erosion to The Descent: Cydemind 1 to 2

    06:00 Composing instrumental music

    07:34 Composing for Cydemind

    09:35 Shooting the video for Hoax

    12:30 Applying classical music to a metal context

    18:20 Getting back on stage after a long time

    23:35 Which bands would you like to support with Cydemind?

    24:40 Instrumental bands that are not guitar driven

    🎵 Cydemind is:

    Olivier Allard – Violin

    Alexandre Dagenais – Drums

    Nico Damoulianos – Bass

    Camille Delage – Piano & Keyboards

    Kevin Paquet – Guitars

    💿 Discography:

    Through Mists and Ages EP (2014)

    Erosion (2017)

    The Descent (2022)

    ✔️ Follow Cydemind:

    Website: http://cydemind.com/

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    Bandcamp: https://cydemind.bandcamp.com/

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  • Jon, Øystein, Lars, Claudia and Sondre from Major Parkinson called in from Bergen and Oslo respectively to talk about the creation of “Valesa - Chapter I: Velvet Prison” (with hints to Chapters II and III), good and bad pop music and upcoming live plans.

    Chapters:

    01:10 Introducing Major Parkinson

    03:55 The initial response to Valesa - Chapter I: Velvet Prison

    05:10 Good pop music - bad pop music

    08:50 Finding the new direction for Major Parkinson

    11:30 The usual writing process in Major Parkinson

    15:15 Writing the lyrics for Valesa

    17:59 Writing shorter songs vs. writing longer songs

    21:26 Upcoming live plans

    🎵 Major Parkinson is:

    Jon Ivar Kollbotn / lead vocals, synths

    Sondre Skollevoll / guitars

    Øystein Bech-Eriksen / guitars

    Lars Christian Bjørknes / synths, piano, backing vocals

    Peri Winkle (Claudia Cox) / violins, co-lead vocals

    Eivind Gammersvik / bass, synths

    Sondre Veland / drums

    💿 Discography:

    Major Parkinson (2008)

    Songs from a Solitary Home (2010)

    Twilight Cinema (2014)

    Blackbox (2017)

    Valesa - Chapter I: Velvet Prison (2022)

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  • What does “epic” mean? What is “progressive”? Roy Khan and Tore Østby of Norwegian Prog Metal Legends Conception ponder the big questions while reminiscing about their 4 classic albums that just got a proper Deluxe Reissue treatment. We also talked about the successful reunion, future plans and the “Conception Camp” they just returned from.

    Chapters:

    01:20 Introducing Roy Khan and Tore Østby of Conception

    02:14 The beginning of Conception and The Last Sunset

    05:44 The Last Sunset to Parallel Minds

    11:30 Introducing a classical timbre into metal

    14:25 Tore’s & Roy’s favorite song on The Last Sunset

    18:02 Tore’s & Roy’s favorite song on Parallel Minds

    21:15 Bonus demo tracks on the new Deluxe Editions

    25:36 Growing up as a (Prog) Metal band in the 90s

    29:30 In Your Multitude

    34:43 Tore’s & Roy’s favorite song on In Your Multitude

    36:20 Flow(ing into grooviness)

    43:18 My Dark Symphony & State of Deception: the most diverse Conception releases to date!?

    47:05 The spark for the reunion

    50:35 Upcoming plans in Camp Conception

    🎵 Conception is:

    Roy Khan - vocals

    Tore Østby - guitars

    Ingar Amlien - bass

    Arve Heimdal - drums

    💿 Discography:

    The Last Sunset (1991)

    Parallel Minds (1993)

    In Your Multitude (1995)

    Flow (1997)

    My Dark Symphony EP (2018)

    State of Deception (2020)

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  • The chances of a huge social media platform re-naming itself after your album vs. a brain appearing out of nowhere: big Boltzmann Brain times with Simen Hundere Ruud & Magnus Johansen of Norwegian prog shooting stars Maraton talking about their impending sophomore album “Unseen Color” and more.

    Chapters:

    02:55 A quick history of Maraton

    07:30 The difference between Meta and Meta+

    11:30 Choosing the singles for Unseen Color

    14:25 What is a Boltzmann Brain?

    17:50 Going from Meta to Unseen Color: letting go of songwriting constraints

    24:50 Vocal melodies and arrangements

    27:20 Putting together the string arrangement on A Body of Your Own

    30:00 Upcoming live plans

    🎵 Maraton is:

    Fredrik Bergersen Klemp – Vocals

    Simen Hundere Ruud – Guitar

    Frank Nordeng Røe - Drums

    Magnus Johansen – Keys

    Ruben Aksnes – Bass

    💿 Discography:

    Meta (2019)

    Unseen Color (2022)

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  • Avandra Mastermind Christian Ayala called from Puerto Rico shortly before boarding the plane to ProgPower Europe to talk about power blackouts after hurricanes, the magic of discovering bands live first before diving into their studio recordings, the new album “Prodigal” coming in November and more upcoming Avandra plans.

    Chapters:

    01:00 Welcoming Christian Ayala

    03:00 How does Avandra sound

    06:50 Avandra’s progression from album to album

    10:40 Putting together a band

    22:55 The difference between the live feel and studio recordings

    🎵 Avandra is:

    Christian Ayala - Guitars/Vocals/Synths

    José Miguel Vázaquez - Bass

    Luis Javier Rivera - Guitars

    Adrián Arroyo - Drums

    Recurring Guest Synths - Vikram Shankar

    💿 Discography:

    Tymora (2017)

    Descender (2022)

    Skylighting (2020)

    Prodigal (2022)

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  • “You don’t get that organic band sound unless you play the songs and feel the pain!” Electric Cuatro player Abraham Sarache and bassist Tristan Turner talk about how to play the famous Melkweg in Amsterdam for the first time three times, fast moving chats at The Progspace Online Festival, the upcoming ProgPower Europe Pre-Party and more…

    Chapters:

    00:55 Welcome Abraham & Tristan

    02:15 Abraham Sarache: the band and the sounds

    06:10 From the Gardener to Kaleidoscope of Fears & Dreams

    13:10 Completing the trio: Jan Kohrt on drums

    14:30 Participating in The Progspace Online Festival

    17:15 Finally playing Melkweg in Amsterdam

    20:10 Preparing for the ProgPower Pre-Party presented by The Progspace

    22:25 The new custom-made electro-acoustic Cuatro

    26:35 Upcoming plans

    🎵 Abraham Sarache is:

    Abraham Sarache - Electric and Acoustic Cuatro, Guitars

    Tristan Turner - Bass

    Jan Kohrt - Drums

    💿 Discography:

    The Gardener (2016)

    Kaleidoscope of Fears EP (2018)

    Kaleidoscope of Dreams (2020)

    Live at the Progspace Online Festival EP (2021)

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  • Danish prog newcomers return with a very. personal sophomore album in the form of “To Exit A Maelstrom”. We talked to vocalist Mikkel A. Lohmann and drummer Christian Dahl-Blumenberg about increasing the heaviness, why they don’t play Bossa Nova and the challenges of playing emotionally heavy music live. Don’t miss out on their performance at ProgPower Europe in the Netherlands on Oct. 1st!

    Chapters:

    01:00 Welcome (back) Feather Mountain

    02:25 Making “To Exit A Maelstrom”

    04:45 Composing “To Exit A Maelstrom”

    07:35 Increasing the heaviness

    09:20 Going instrumental in ‘Air Hunger’

    10:25 What is it with prog bands and long songs at the end of albums?

    12:30 The music video for ‘Sincere’

    15:00 Picking the singles

    17:55 Presenting the new songs live

    18:30 Finally going to ProgPower Europe!

    20:00 Playing emotionally challenging music in a live setting

    🎵 Feather Mountain is:

    Andreas Dahl-Blumenberg - Bass, Vocals

    Christian Dahl-Blumenberg - Drums

    Jens Baalkilde Andersen - Guitar, Vocals

    Mikkel Aaen Lohmann - Lead Vocals

    💿 Discography:

    Nidus (2019)

    To Exit A Maelstrom (2022)

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  • The Progtalks are back after the summer break, and we have Australian multi-instrumentalist Mike Mills, sole (musician) member of Toehider calling and talking about his new album “I Have Little To No Memory of These Memories”, adequately rated artists and advantages and disadvantages of being a one man band.

    Chapters:

    01:30 Recalling some memories recording “I Have Little To No Memory of These Memories”

    06:30 Solo project vs. full band: advantages and disadvantages

    09:30 The importance of the Patreon community during the pandemic downtime

    11:00 Streaming shows: prepared or spontaneous?

    13:30 Which artist is adequately rated?

    16:20 New merch!

    17:50 Live plans?

    22:10 The Australian Prog scene

    🎵 Toehider is:

    Mike Mills - all instruments and vocals

    Andrew Saltmarsh - illustrations

    💿 Discography:

    To Hide Her (2011)

    What Kind Of Creature Am I? (2014)

    Good (2017)

    I Like It! (2020)

    I Have Little To No Memory of these Memories (2022)

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  • One last Progtalks episode before our summer break: Porcupine Tree’s Richard Barbieri talks about different approaches to composing, sound design and of course the most anticipated album of the year in the Prog world: “Closure/Continuation”. Don’t miss out on the last Progtalks episode before our summer break!

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    00:55 Porcupine Tree’s growing popularity during the hiatus

    02:15 Closure/Continuation: the songwriting origins and process

    05:25 exploring ambient sound design worlds in a more metal environment

    09:25 combining electronics & acoustics

    11:00 combining the melancholic pop era with the abrasive metal riffs: is “Closure/Continuation the definite Porcupine Tree album?

    14:25 upcoming live plans

    17:30 RIchard’s favourite Porcupine Tree songs

    18:48 more Closure? Or more Continuation?

    🎵 Porcupine Tree is:

    Steven Wilson - guitars, bass, vocals

    Richard Barbieri - keyboards, sound design

    Gavin Harrison - drums

    💿 Discography:

    On The Sunday of Life (1992)

    Up the Downstair (1993)

    The Sky Moves Sideways (1995)

    Signify (1996)

    Stupid Dream (1999)

    Lightbulb Sun (2000)

    In Absentia (2002)

    Deadwing (2005)

    Fear of a Blank Planet (2007)

    The Incident (2009)

    Closure/Continuation (2022)

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  • Tim Smolens & Chris Bogen, the driving duo behind the newly founded High Castle Teleorkestra, talk about the creation of “The Egg That Never Opened”, the first part of a planned trilogy based on Philip K. Dick’s novel “Radio Free Albemuth”, out July 17 on Art As Catharsis.

    Chapters:

    02:45 the spark that initiated the creation of High Castle Teleorkestra

    07:30 dissecting the first chapter of Philip K. Dick’s Radio Free Albemuth

    11:00 mashing up genres that don’t seem to fit together on paper

    16:35 Estradasphere and HCT: integrating folk music from around the world into heavy music in an interesting way

    19:30 playing Metal while not being a Metal band

    23:30 live plans with High Castle Teleorkestra?

    26:40 the all-star Teleorkestra line-up on The Egg that Never Opened

    🎵 High Castle Teleorkestra is:

    Tim Smolens (Estradasphere, I.S.S., Don Salsa, Secret Chiefs 3 etc.) (Colorado): bass, chief producer, keyboards, cello, vox

    Chris Bogen (Doc Booger) (New Orleans): guitars, co-producer, analog synths, noise collages

    Bär McKinnon (Umlaut, Mr. Bungle) (Australia): tenor sax, flute, keyboards, clarinet, vox

    Dave Murray (Estradasphere, Traun) (California): drums, resident polyrhythmic metal specialist

    Stian Carstensen (Farmers Market) (Norway) accordions, pedal steel guitar, our resident Bulgarian music specialist, virtuosic multi-instrumentalist

    Timba Harris (Estradasphere, Secret Chiefs 3, Probosci) (France): violin, viola, string arrangements

    💿 Discography:

    The Egg That Never Opened - Radio Free Albemuth Part 1 (2022)

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  • The Aristocrats drumming powerhouse and resident master of polyrhythmic insanity, Marco Minnemann, talks working with an orchestra (namely the Primuz Chamber Orchestra), his current main projects besides The Aristocrats and (self-)releasing music in the age of streaming services.

    Chapters:

    05:00 The Aristocrats teaming up with the Primuz Chamber Orchestra

    10:00 Picking songs and re-arranging them

    13:00 playing with an Orchestra

    15:00 growing out of a competitive playing style, finding balance

    18:50 main Marco Minnemann projects

    27:50 (self-)releasing music in the age of streaming services

    🎵 The Aristocrats is:

    Bryan Beller - bass

    Marco Minnemann - drums

    Guthrie Govan - guitar

    💿 Discography:

    The Aristocrats (2011)

    Culture Clash (2013)

    Tres Caballeros (2015)

    You Know What…? (2019)

    The Aristocrats with the Primuz Chamber Orchestra (2021)

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    Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/voyageraustralia

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  • Sometimes, musical innovation is simply born out of a desire to listen to a specific mash-up of styles that you’ve never heard mixed together - or at least not in the way you’re imagining it. French band Ckraft, led by accordionist Charles Kieny did exactly that. Their debut album “Epic Discordant Vision” is out on June 3rd.

    Chapters:

    01:45 Accidental Innovation

    06:00 The Ckraft band line-up

    08:30 building the enhanced accordion

    10:45 songwriting for Ckraft

    12:40 playing Ckraft music live

    18:40 dream bands to play with

    21:45 never enough Jazz Metal!

    🎵 Ckraft is:

    Charles Kieny – augmented accordion, composition

    Théo Nguyen Duc Long – tenor saxophone

    Antoine Morisot – electric guitar

    Marc Karapetian – electric bass

    William Bur – drums

    💿 Discography:

    Epic Discordant Vision (2022)

    ✔️ Follow Ckraft:

    Website: https://www.charleskieny.com/ckraft

    Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ckraft.band

    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ckraft_band/

    Youtube: https://bit.ly/CkraftYouTube

    Bandcamp: https://ckraft.bandcamp.com/

    Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3ldsTJ8

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