Rock Legends YES begin preparations for their 2016 UK-European Tour
Grammy Award winning pioneers of progressive rock, YES have achieved worldwide success with a history spanning 47 years and 21 studio albums. The band is known for its expansive songs, mystical lyrics, elaborate album art and live stage sets.
Earlier this year YES tragically lost founding member, bassist Chris Squire. Chris had a career spanning over four decades and has influenced as well as played with some of the most notable musicians in rock and pop history. “It’s hard to imagine the future without Chris! He will always be in our thoughts and mind. Chris was a one-off, larger than life human being, who brought a serious amount to everything he was part of,” said YES guitarist, Steve Howe
“It’s been harder than I can say to put thoughts to words—to express the sense of loss I feel upon the passing of my cherished friend and band mate, Chris Squire. I am without one of the most important, most loved people in my life. Chris was always a gentle but strong leader; a steadfast rock of my existence,” added YES drummer, Alan White.
YES MOVING FORWARD & STRONGER THAN EVER
There is no better way to honor the memory of Chris than moving forward and continuing the legacy of the band he co-founded back in 1968.
YES have just finished a successful tour in North America with rock legends TOTO, and Billy Sherwood doing an amazing job taking over for Chris. YES are now planning a massive 25 date tour across the UK and Europe. YES, for the first time in their history, will perform 1971’s ‘Fragile’ and 1980’s ‘Drama’.
“This is the first time we’ll be performing ‘Drama’ in its entirety. And most of the songs haven’t been performed in some 30 years,” stated Steve Howe.
YES are among of the longest lasting and the most successful of the ’70s progressive rock groups, proving to be one of the lasting success stories from that musical genre. The band, founded in 1968, overcame a generational shift in its audience and the departure of its most visible members at key points in its history to reach the end of the century as the definitive progressive rock band. YES retained the same sound, and performed much of the same repertoire they were doing in 1971, and for their trouble, found themselves being taken seriously a quarter of a century later. Their audience remained huge because they had always attracted younger listeners drawn to their mix of daunting virtuosity, cosmic (often mystical) lyrics, complex musical textures, and powerful yet delicate lead vocals.
UK and European Tour Date 2016
27th April – Royal Concert Hall, Glasgow, UK
29th April – City Hall, Newcastle, UK
30th April – Apollo, Manchester, UK
2nd May – Philharmonic, Liverpool, UK
3rd May – City Hall, Sheffield, UK
4th May – Colston Hall, Bristol, UK
6th May – Symphony Hall, Birmingham, UK
7th May – Brighton Centre, Brighton, UK
9th May – New Theatre, Oxford, UK
10th May – Royal Albert Hall, London, UK
13th May – Olympia Paris, France
14th May – Ancienne Belgique, Brussels, Belgium
15th May – Tivolivredenburg, Utrecht, Netherlands
17th May – Mehr Theater, Hamburg, Germany
19th May – Alte Oper, Frankfurt, Germany
20th May – Haus Avensee, Leipzig, Germany
21st May – Admiralspalast, Berlin, Germany
23rd May – Beethovenhalle, Bonn, Germany
24th May – Hegelsaal, Stuttgart, Germany
25th May – Cirkus Krone, Munich, Germany
27th May – Volkshaus, Zurich, Switzerland
28th May – Teatro Nazionale, Milan, Italy
29th May – Gran Teatro Geox, Padova, Italy
31st May – Dbihall, Florence, Italy
1st June – Teatro Olimpico, Rome, Italy
IRFAN’s new, third album “The Eternal Return” is out through the French label PRIKOSNOVENIE /Mandalia-Music.
8 years after the majestic album "Seraphim", Irfan are now back with an album which continues the beauty of the journey: 'The Eternal Return'. This new album was recorded with the original singer of the band Denitza Seraphim.
The new masterpiece counts 10 titles; it travels from the Sahara desert, to the Siberian steppes via the Gardens of Jerusalem and even the mystical worlds of Hildegarde Von Bingen.
The flutes are hypnotic and the voices transcendental. Transcendence is all across the album, together with the theme of the eternal return, return to our original source, the Garden of Eden.
The male/female duo unavoidably reminds us of Dead Can Dance ; Irfan adapts "Salamander" from the album "Toward the within".
How can we best define this album? Overpowering ? Mystical ? Dreamlike ? Romantic ? Touched by divine grace ? All at once. The quintet gathers the Earth, the Sky, the fire and water in a kind of modern liturgy which honours the past, the Egyptian, the medieval and the Christian cultures. This journey, through numerous oriental instruments such as oud, santoor, psalterion, daf, bodhran, duduk, ney, kaval elevates us to the level of Life’s mystery.
May Irfan’s music allow you to dream, dance, sing and see beyond the veil of illusions to taste the beauty of now / the present moment.
Musical references of this album draw from Dead Can Dance, Azam Ali Niyaz, Hildegarde Von Bingen.
Irfan will do a tour in 2015/2016 to introduce their new album to the public
Mortiis has unveiled the video for "Doppelganger," the first single from the long-awaited upcoming The Great Deceiver album.
The "Doppelganger" single will also be available as a free download at www.mortiis.com beginning Monday, October 5. The download also includes a :Wumpscut: remix, the downloadable video, a screensaver and other graphics.
"As a song, 'Doppelganger' not so much investigates or peeks into a conflicted psyche, as it just rips it open and exposes someone for being a two faced piece of shit," Mortiis said. "I absolutely see myself as that. Sometimes. Other times I try to be a good person. I often fail. Perhaps I treat myself harshly. But it´s there now, in my face, and I don´t disagree with what the song is saying."
The video, directed by Robyn Van Swank with Nick Plotquin, brings the track to life with horrific images of bloodletting, mutilation and torture. "I thought there was a rough sort of irony in it all with the physical and psychological mutilation," Mortiis said. "The knife imitates the words...the truth bleeds out..."
The video for "Doppelganger" is also Mortiis' reaction to years of being artistically held back by record companies that shied away from the graphic content that visually sums up Mortiis' music. "I always thought that was ridiculous," he said. "We wanted to make videos that people would notice, that would cause a reaction, something they wouldn´t forget as soon as the next video came on. I always thought that if our music or imagery pissed someone off, or made them want to puke in their mouths that would be a way better reaction than indifference."
Mortiis had previously discussed making a video that would be one straight seen of self-mutilation but always knew the powers that be would put the kibosh on it. When he connected with Von Swank to discuss filming "Doppelganger," self-mutilation was naturally the first topic.
October 6, 2015 - New York based Dark Alternative Rock band Echo Black has released their debut music video "Burn Another Day" (featuring Davey Suicide) which originally premiered with REVOLVER Magazine and was directed by Nathan Crooker. The track was produced by Nick Scott and is available for purchase now on iTunes & Amazon. The band also has announced the dates of their upcoming North American tour with Combichrist and The Birthday Massacre. The tour kicks off on October 28th in Baltimore, Maryland and works its way throughout the United States wrapping up on November 23rd in Indianapolis, Indiana.
Watch Echo Black's "Burn Another Day" (featuring Davey Suicide) music video below:
SUNDAY 22.NOV.2015 / 19h30
Lubomyr Melnyk
Lubomyr Melnyk is a 66 -year-old Ukrainian pianist and the inventor of the 'continuous music'. On November 27th his new album " Rivers And Streams will be released on Erased Tapes (Peter Broderick, Nils Frahm ). For lovers of pure musical beauty.
ZO.22.NOV.2015 / 19U30
LUBOMYR MELNYK
Lubomyr Melnyk is een 66-jarige Oekraïense pianist en de uitvinder van de ‘continuous music’. Op 27 november verschijnt zijn nieuwe album ‘Rivers And Streams’ bij het geweldige Erased Tapes (Peter Broderick, Nils Frahm). Voor liefhebbers van pure muzikale schoonheid.
