The Enid announce new DVD- The Enid At Town Hall Birmingham

After a huge amount of work donated by Enidi members Anthony Meadley and Algie Gray, we are all proud to announce that this fascinating DVD HD Video will be completed on November 1st.

Before the official, international release by EMI next year, the band is pressing up a special limited run of just 1000 discs for the fans.

The DVD is shot in 1080p high definition video and contains extra features including interviews with the band at Enid HQ in Northampton as well as the world premiere of the new album, Journey's End.

There are two soundtrack options; a standard stereo mix and a true 5.1 Dolby Digital surround sound mix, both engineered by Max Read at The Lodge Recording Studio. 

TRACK LISTING:

Terra Firma
Terra Nova
Space Surfing
Malacandra
Shiva
Judgement (2009 Revision)
In The Region of the Summer Stars (2009 Revision)
Childe Roland
Ondine (featuring Francis Lickerish on lute)
The Lovers (piano solo)
Fand (2009 Revision)
Featuring guests Francis Lickerish, Grant Jamieson and John Beedle plus the brass section of the Chandos Symphony Orchestra
Dark Hydraulic

 

£18.00 PLUS P&P

Order Online from www.theenid.co.uk

New Magenta live set announced for order

Magenta is thrilled to announce the release of Live at Real World, the 3 disc set of its acoustic performance at Peter Gabriel's Real World Studio recorded in November 2009. This special package features a 2 CD recording of the concert, with the addition of three additional songs also recorded at Real World the following day. A DVD is also included featuring NTSC format video of the entire concert with audio in stereo and 5.1 mixes. Extras include a 5.1 mix of 'Joe' from 'Home', the promotional video of 'Blind Faith' and two photo galleries.

The whole package costs £14.99+ p&p and is available EXCLUSIVELY now from the Magenta shop via www.magenta-web.com

"Saturday 21st November 2009 will linger long in the memories of around 60 lucky Magenta fans as Peter Gabriel's Real World Studios near Bath, UK, played host to the band's first live acoustic recording.

This is a visual record of a remarkable event. With Rob Reed making use of the Wooden Room's superb acoustic piano, and the band supplemented by a string quartet and oboe player, Magenta present beautiful new arrangements of many of its best known pieces. As well as extensive excerpts from both the Home and Metamorphosis albums, there are rare outings for 'Greed' (from Seven) and both 'Cold' and 'Lemminkainen's Lament' (from The Singles).

This is an opportunity to appreciate the charm and subtleties of a band best known for its high-energy electric performances, and is not to be missed. Magenta - unplugged but still the Real Deal."

Two Youtube clips are available from the performance. A promotional compilation:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sVlLrX6FyLg

Plus the complete video of Anger from Seven: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=97Apv7p18d0

Track listing:
Children of the Sun
Cold
Lemminkainen's Lament
Hate You (Hanging by a thread)
Anger
Blind Faith
King of the Skies
Speechless
This Life
Moving On
Demons
Morning Sunlight
Journey's End
Greed
The Ballad of Samuel Lane
Prekestolen
Metamorphosis

CD Bonus tracks:
Night and Day
I'm Alive
All Around the World

Transatlantic - new live CD/DVD info

This just in from Radiant Records:

The new Transatlantic Live album and DVD, Transatlantic - Whirld Tour 2010, Live At Shepherd’s Bush Empire London, will be released October 26, 2010 in North America, November 8 in Europe.

Here’s a bit about it:

Prog rock supergroup Transatlantic unleashes:

Whirld Tour 2010, Live At Shepherd’s Bush Empire London –

A mammoth live 2-dvd set with 6 hours of amazing footage.

Release on October 26th, 2010

Available as 2-DVD set, 3-CD audio version, and 5-disc deluxe edition

More info to come. We just wanted to get you excited. We will start taking pre-orders September 28th.

New Keith Emerson Band DVD w/Marc Bonilla

Keith Emerson is hailed as a keyboard legend. He is known as one of the most prominent leaders in the progressive rock movement, fusing rock ‘n’ roll with a myriad of musical styles, such as classical, jazz and world music.

Marc Bonilla has played guitar and toured with Toy Matinee as well as recording two critically acclaimed guitar instrumental albums. For over a decade he has composed and performed for numerous television shows such as Justified, The PJ’s and 90210 as well as major motion pictures including Iron Man 2, The Replacements, Scorpion King, and Falling Down, collaborating with such notables as James Newton Howard, John Debney, Joel McNeely and Snuffy Walden, and receiving an Emmy award nomination in 2001 for his score for David Milch’s Big Apple.

Filmed 2008 in Moscow, Russia with Dolby Digital 5.1 surround sound.

Last year marked Keith Emerson’s return as composer and performer with the highly acclaimed CD, The Keith Emerson Band Featuring Marc Bonilla. This DVD captures the live recordings of six songs from that CD.

Highlights include re-workings of several classic ELP tracks such as a full version of “Tarkus,” “Karn Evil 9,” “Lucky Man,” “Bitches Crystal” and “The Barbarian.” What distingushes these new arrangements has been the addition of guitar wizard, Marc Bonilla, both as singer and co-arranger. When interviewed recently Keith confessed that these new re-constructions with guitar reflected more accurately the way he had originally envisioned them.

Besides Emerson and Bonilla, the band members include drummer Tony Pia (who has played with Edgar Winter, Brian Setzer, and is currently with the Doobie Brothers) and multi-faceted newcomer Travis Davis on bass and backing vocals.

1. Karn Evil 9 (1st impression)
2. Piano Concerto (3rd movement)
3. Bitches Crystal
4. Malambo
5. Touch And Go
6. Lucky Man
7. Miles Away (pt.1)
8. Miles Away (pt. 2)
9. Crusaders Cross
10. Fugue
11. Marche Train
12. Finale
13. The Barbarian
14. Tarkus
15. Nutrocker

From.UZ: Inside Seventh Story DVD available to order

I can finally announce all the rest of the goodness about this one!


10T Records is excited to announce the release of the live concert DVD Inside Seventh Story by Uzbekistan-based prog-fusion rockers, From.uz. Inside Seventh Story captures these master musicians performing an expanded version of their latest, critically acclaimed release live before an appreciative hometown crowd at the Youth Theater of Uzbekistan, in Tashkent. This is the same venue that was featured in the band’s live debut CD/DVD, Audio Diplomacy.

Featuring founding members Vitaly Popeloff (guitars) and Albert Khalmurzaev (keyboards), the blistering performances captured on Inside Seventh Story also include the other musicians from the original CD release, Igor Elizov (grand piano & keyboards), Ali Izmailov (percussion) and Sur’at Kasimov (bass).

In their inimitable way, From.uz first worked out the music that would become Seventh Story for live performance before entering the studio. This DVD represents the culmination of that process, filmed with multiple cameras over 2 nights. The DVD also includes footage of the band rehearsing and preparing for their stage performance, as well as an interview with the band, and their producer, Igor Iosis.

“Those who have been fortunate enough to see From.uz perform live, either in person or on DVD, know that it is onstage that the band is at their absolute best,” says 10T Records president, Steve Carroll. “Everyone who enjoyed the band’s last studio release will want to seek out Inside Seventh Story to experience this material anew, now expanded and taken to a whole new level of energy and passion.”

Like all of the previous From.uz releases, Inside Seventh Story features artwork by renowned illustrator Ken Westphal, and is available for immediate shipping through the 10T Records website.

Video samples can be viewed here: http://www.youtube.com/user/artguyken



(NB: My review of the DVD is forthcoming soon!)

Renaissance DVD to be released

Light details HERE.

To be released 24 November 2008 in the UK.

"Legendary prog-rocker Renaissance perform live during a US tour, following the release of their hit 1976 album SONG OF SCHEHEREZADE. Tracks include 'Running Hard', 'Ocean Gypsy', 'Mother Russia', 'The Festival', and many more."

Page states 120 minutes, which is significantly longer than the typical Renaissance concert of that era. It will be interesting to see what's actually on this release. Renaissance is one of my favourite groups, and it was an honour to finally meet Annie Haslam several years ago.

Porcupine Tree mini-Europe tour

London show announced

In October Porcupine Tree will undertake a short European tour in order to shoot their second live DVD - this will be the final time that the Fear of a Blank Planet tour repertoire will be performed, but there may also be some surprises! The first show to be announced is at the Indigo2 venue in London. This is situated within the same building (formerly the Millenium Dome) as the O2 Arena, and is a wonderful new venue. Tickets will shortly be on sale from ticketmaster.