Yuka & Chronoship was formed in 2009 by Yuka Funakoshi (one of the most distinguished female prog-rock artists in the world) and three experienced session musicians (Shun Taguchi, Takashi Miyazawa, and Ikko Tanaka). Via MUSEA (France), the band have released two albums in 31 countries.
The setting of the band’s third album is the Earth or the third planet from the Sun. "The Third Planetary Chronicles” is a grandiose concept album themed with scientific/technological revolutions in the human history: stone-age, Copernican theory, industrial revolution, and theory of relativity.
"Water Reincarnation”, the band’s first album released in 2011, is centred around the theme of perpetual and cyclic transmigration of water.
Their second album in 2013, "Dino Rocket Oxygen”, is comprised of three suites, and the album cover was designed by Roger Dean.
The band has been expanding their popularity with live performances overseas: Prog’ Sud 2013 (Marseille, France) and Festival Crescendo 2014 (Saint Palais sur Mer, France). In 2015, Yuka & Chronoship will appear at 2Dasy Prog+ 2015 and Veruno Prog Fes (Italy).
Track Listing:
1. BIRTH OF THE EARTH - COLLISION
2. STONE AGE
3. GALILEO I - AND YET IT MOVES ( E PUR SI MUOVE )
4. GALILEO II - COPERNICAN THEORY
5. BIRTH OF THE EARTH - MERGER
6. AGE OF STEAM
I. PASTORAL GARDEN
II. MACHINE CITY
7. WRIGHT FLYER 1903
8. ON THE RADIO
9. BIRTH OF THE EARTH - MAGMA OCEAN
10. E = C#M
11. I AM THEE ( AWAKENING OF CLONEROID )
12. BIRTH OF THE EARTH - EMBRYONIC PLANET
'COME & SEE ME is a double CD of 60’s female Beat, Mod, Northern Soul and Psych from the world’s greatest musical melting pot - Australia and New Zealand.
This collection is based on the successful RPM Records 'Dream Babes' series which ran for 8 volumes, and is a must have addition for all collectors of that series.
The accompanying 20 page booklet is bristling with colour and excitement to match the tone of the music. With rare photos and great stories, this is a detailed insight into a fascinating adjunct to the 60’s Femme Pop genre.
Whilst cutting their own sounds the ‘down under’ scene also naturally drew on musical influences from the US and UK. The cross pollination with the UK inevitable following the gigantic migration during the 50’s and 60’s, with two of the biggest names, Sandy Edmonds and Lynne Randell, born in Liverpool. Others went on to have further careers in the UK.
The tracks on COME & SEE ME are taken from a wide range of labels ; from the Aus-NZ branches of the larger companies such as Philips, CBS, EPIC, HMV , Polydor to the successful indies Festival , Impact, Viking , Astor ,Sunshine, Zodiac , Allied International, GO , Clarion and more. Yet via this collection mostly released outside Aus-NZ for the first time.
All tracks hard to find these days. 11 tracks also released on CD for the first time, with one more previously unreleased altogether.
This is the second in RPM’s series of collaborations with Frenzy Productions in New Zealand following the Larry’s Rebels album. Created and Produced by Aus-NZ music expert Grant Gillanders. Grant’s ‘Quin-Tiki’s’ collection is currently no.1 in the NZ album charts.
Track Listing:
DISC ONE
1. When You Walk In The Room - SANDY EDMONDS
2. The Rebel Kind - THE CHICKS
3. Saturday Date -TONI McCANN
4. He's Ready - THE CLEVEDONAIRES
5. Someone Cares For Me - THE FIELD TWINS
6. Be My Baby - JOY LEMMON
7. Come And See Me - SANDY EDMONDS
8. No - TONI McCANN
9. Hard Loving Loser - GWYNN OWEN
10. See You Sam - APRIL BYRON
11. What Am I Doing Here With You - THE CHICKS
12. Stranger In My Arms - LYNNE RANDELL
13. Let's Take A Stroll With Allison Durbin Ad -
ALLISON DURBIN
14. Yo Yo - ALLISON DURBIN
15. Soul Time - SANDY EDMONDS
16. Ambush - MARIA DALLAS
17. Bad Reputation - THE EXECUTIVES
18. That's When Happiness Began - GWYNN
OWEN
19. You're Messin' Up My Mind - JUDY JACQUES
20. That's A Hoe Down - LYNNE RANDELL
21. Working On A Groovy Thing - ALLISON
DURBIN
22. Hey, Beach Boy - DONNA GAYE
23. Do You Want To Dance - THE CHICKS with
PETER POSA
24. I Am A Ginger Group Girl ad - ROCHELLE
VINSEN & THE PLEASERS
25. I Wanna Swim With Him - ROCHELLE VINSEN
26. He's My Boy - CATHY HOWE
27. Little People - YVONNE BARRETT
DISC TWO
1. You Were Born For Me - THE TUNESPINNERS
2. Moving In A Circle - THE EXECUTIVES
3. Sunshine River - GEMINI
4. I Think I Just Lost Out - LYNNE PIKE
5. You Don't Know Where Your Interest Lies - FIA
KARIN
6. Society's Child - JUDY STONE
7. You Won't Forget Me - THE CHICKS
8. Heaven Is The Place - JUDY DONALDSON
9. The Proud One - THE NEWFOLK
10. Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood - JANICE
SLATER
11. There's A Scarlet River Running - THE
VALARIA VENGERS
12. Leave Me Alone - RONNIE AND DOUGAL
13. You've Done Your Best - THE TUNESPINNERS
14. High Flying Bird - MAGGIE HAMMOND
15. Midnight Bus - BETTY McQUADE
16. Go Laddie - MAGGIE HAMMOND
17. A Lone Time Comin' - THE CHICKS
18. I'll Forgive You, Then Forget You - DINAH LEE
19. Jet Girl Ad - ALLISON DURBIN
20. I Have Loved Me A Man (version 1) - ALLISON DURBIN
21. I Can Hear The Picture - JUDY DONALDSON
22. Given Time - LYNNE PIKE
23. Beat The Clock - THE SHEVELLES
24. Quiet - MARCIE JONES
25. I Love How You Love Me - THE FAIR SECT PLUS ONE
26. Come On Down - DINAH LEE
27. Clings The Thing Ad - DINAH LEE
28. She Would Not Fade - SCRA feat Sheryl Black
Esoteric Recordings’ REACTIVE label is proud to announce the release of the first volume of an official bootleg series by the legendary TANGERINE DREAM. Formed in Berlin in September 1967 by Edgar Froese, Tangerine Dream are simply one of the most important groups to have emerged on the German music scene of the late 1960s / early 1970s. Always guided by the genius of Edgar Froese, Tangerine Dream developed a sound based on the use of synthesisers and keyboards, first revealed on their marvellous "Alpha Centuari” album in 1971. In Britain, John Peel soon began to promote the band on his influential radio show which ultimately led to Tangerine Dream becoming one of the first acts to sign to Richard Branson’s newly established Virgin label in 1973. Tangerine Dream’s music would influence a whole host of musicians who followed in their wake, such as Julian Cope.
Featuring recordings made at Reims Cathedral, France in December 1974 and at the Mozarthalle, Mannheim, West Germany in October 1976, this 4 CD set (with over four hours of music) has been compiled with the official approval of Tangerine Dream and features two concerts that were voted as some of the finest bootlegs in existence in a recent poll of fans.
The concert at Reims Cathedral has gone down in Tangerine Dream history as a legendary event. The music performed by Edgar Froese, Christopher Franke and Peter Baumann was exemplary, although the circumstances surrounding the staging of the concert led to a ban on further performances in Cathedrals by The Vatican. The concert at the Mozarthalle in Mannheim is another fine example of the excellence of this incarnation of Tangerine Dream on stage.
This official 4CD clamshell boxed set has been re-mastered from the best available sources and includes an illustrated booklet with a new essay.
Track Listing:
DISC ONE
REIMS CATHEDRAL, FRANCE - 13TH DECEMBER 1974
1. REIMS SET ONE
DISC TWO
REIMS CATHEDRAL, FRANCE - 13TH DECEMBER 1974
1. REIMS SET TWO
DISC THREE
MOZARTSAAL, MANNHEIM, GERMANY – 31ST OCTOBER 1976
1. MANNHEIM SET – PART ONE 2. MANNHEIM SET – PART TWO
DISC FOUR
MOZARTSAAL, MANNHEIM, GERMANY – 31ST OCTOBER 1976
1. MANNHEIM ENCORE – PART ONE 2. MANNHEIM ENCORE – PART TWO
ESOTERIC RECORDINGS are pleased to announce the release of a newly remastered edition of the classic debut album by the acclaimed saxophonist and woodwind player Johnny Almond.
"Patent Pending” was the first album by the Johnny Almond Music machine and was issued on Decca’s "Progressive” imprint Deram in 1969. The album was one of the finest Jazz Rock albums of the era, by a band featuring Geoff Condon ( Trumpet, Flugel Horn), Johnny Wiggins (Piano, Organ), Jimmy Crawford (Electric Guitar), Steve Hammond (Guitars), Roger Sutton (Bass) and future Yes member Alan White (Drums).
Johnny Almond first came to prominence through his work with John Mayall, Zoot Money, Alan Price and Chicken Shack, before he formed his own group in 1969. A truly original album, "Patent Pending” showcased Almond’s prowess as a composer and outstanding multi-instrumentalist, with him also playing Organ, Mellotron and Vibes in addition to a variety of Woodwind instruments.
This Esoteric Recordings reissue has been remastered from the original Deram master tapes and includes a booklet which fully restores the original album artwork and a new essay.
Track Listing:
1. ENSINGLE
2. BEFORE DAWN
3. VOODOO FOREST
4. SOLAR LEVEL
5. TO R.K.
6. REVERSED FOR TWO HORNS
7. PEQUENO NOVA
8. TALES OF JUNIOR
Esoteric Antenna are pleased to announce the release of a stunning new album by the award winning producer, sound designer, engineer & mixer STEPHEN W. TAYLER.
‘Ostinato’ is a labour of love, built on a forty years’ vision by Stephen, who is influenced by modern electronica and is a Minimalist composer in the tradition of Terry Riley, Philip Glass, and Steve Reich. "I had so many ideas for music and sound running around inside my head as a teenager, and now, more than 40 years on, technology has evolved to the point where I can realise this vision, as if the outer world and my inner music have finally synchronised, and the production of this album has at last been made possible.” says Stephen. "These are the sounds and ideas that have lived in my mind… the sound of voices, choirs, organs, the piano, the clarinet, synthesizers, vocoders, places and environments, from the depths of my memory and across the years.”
As a mixing and recording engineer, music producer, musician, composer and sound designer, Stephen has contributed this collection of talents to hundreds of world-class albums for artists including Rupert Hine, Suzanne Vega, Peter Gabriel, Underworld, Duncan Sheik, Howard Jones, Stevie Nicks, Milla Jovovich, Rush, Bob Geldof and Tina Turner. He most recently has been working with Kate Bush on her last two albums, as well as her first live performances in thirty-five years.
Stephen has always stayed on the leading edge of audio technology, starting with analogue and tape techniques, and subsequently he has been an early adopter of synthesis, sampling and digital technology. His current work includes engagements with moving image and sound design, as well as digital and installation art. "Ostinato” brings together all of Stephen’s talents and is a stunning example of the art of ambient and minimalist composition.
Track Listing:
1. EURO STAR
2. AT THE EDGE OF LIGHT 3. PERIPHERIQUE
4. TERMINUS
5. ON THE BEACH
6. GLASS IN RAIN
7. SACRE-COUER
8. METRO
9. THE BOY WHO SAID YES
