In conjunction with their appearance at RoSfest on May 2nd, Haken are excited to announce some additional dates in North America and Canada.
If you are reading this and thinking, "Why aren't they coming to my city!?", remember, it isn't that simple. If these shows are a success, the chances are the promoter will want to book them for more in the future, so if you can make a road trip, they'd really, really appreciate it!
Haken released the critically acclaimed The Mountain in 2013 and recently released an EP called Restoration.
And contrary to Magma's limited North American Tour, Haken is coming to Montreal. Ticketing info is coming soon.
25/4 Detroit (MI) Token Lounge
26/4 Chicago (IL) Reggie's
28/4 Quebec City (QC) Imperial
29/4 Montreal (QC) Club Soda - Double bill with Spock's Beard30/4 New York (NY) Studio at Webster Hall
01/5 Philadelphia (PA) Bull Shooters Saloon
02/5 Gettysburg (PA) Rosfest
03/5 Springfield (VA) Empire
One of music's most innovative and eclectic ensembles Magma will be performing select North American dates beginning in April 2015. Swirling riffs in odd time signatures, theatrical choir arrangements, heavy and distorted pulsing bass guitar, bombastic and minimalistic (sometimes both at the same time), dark and brooding, adventurous and angelic, jazzy or classical, but always with the highly innovative and original drums of founder and main composer Christian Vander. On the forthcoming US dates the legendary ensemble will be performing selections of new and classic Magma music.
“Magma is happy to return to the United States to play for Americans. We know you are passionate, respectful and curious about music. We find you to be generous and open. It will be a joy for us to see you this year.” - Christian Vander
Magma was founded in Paris in 1969 by Christian Vander, who derived his inspiration from a "vision of humanity's spiritual and ecological future" that profoundly disturbed him. A distinguished aspect of Magma's music is that Vander actually invented a constructed language, Kobaïan, in which most lyrics are sung. Their most recent release is the album Slag Tanz.
Magma is:
Christian Vander
Stella Vander
Isabelle Feuillebois
Hervé Aknin
Benoit Alziary
James Mac Gaw
Jérémie Ternoy
Philippe Bussonnet
Magma North American tour dates (to purchase tickets, click on the links):
April 2 – Venue - Vancouver, BC, Canada
April 3 – Crocodile - Seattle, WA, USA
April 4 – Aladdin Theater - Portland, OR, USA
April 6 – Echoplex - Los Angeles, CA, USA
April 8 – Slim's - San Francisco, CA, USA
April 10 – Reggies - Chicago, IL, USA
April 11 – Brighton Music Hall - Boston, MA, USA
April 13 – Le Poisson Rouge - New York, NY, USA
May 15 – Théatre du Petit Champlain - Quebec City, QC, Canada
May 17 – Colisée - Victoriaville, QC, Canada (Festival de Musique Actuelle)
For more information:
Magma official website:
http://www.magmamusic.org
Magma official Facebook page:
https://www.facebook.com/pages/MAGMA/123777837633298?fref=ts
www.youtube.com/user/MagmaOfficialTV
Singer/songwriter Jon Anderson's “Mysteries of Music” special is now on Soundcloud.
In this 40-minute special, Jon talks about his own musical development as well as his appreciation for World Music and the sounds of nature. The soundtrack includes many examples of these topics, as well as the Yes masterpiece Awaken.
To listen go to: https://soundcloud.com/jon-anderson-online/jon-anderson-mysteries-of-music-special
In other news, Gonzo Multimedia recently released of a new charity single The Family Circle by Jon Anderson and former Counting Crows bassist Matt Malley. The money received from the single will go to the following charities: Flutie Foundation – (Jon Anderson), Sahaja Yoga Meditation – (Matt Malley) and National Autistic Society (Rob Ayling, GONZO Multimedia president).
Listen to a sample of the track here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hATdN-XMBSQ
To purchase Jon Anderson & Matt Malley's Family Circle: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/family-circle-single/id911786898
For more information:
Jon Anderson's official website: www.JonAnderson.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheJonAnderson?ref=br_tf
We have just learned of the passing of Greek composer and singer Demis Roussos in the morning of Sunday, January 25th 2015, in Athens, at the age of 68.
Known worldwide for his international hit singles, it is well known to us "prog heads" that Demis met Evangelos Papathanassiou (Vangelis) and Loukas Sideras when he was 17 years of age in a band called The Idols, and later formed Aphrodite's Child in 1967 with those same band mates.
Although having recorded only three albums together, the band is still recognized today as one of the founders of the early progressive rock movement, thanks mostly to their final record, a concept album called 666.
Founding member and leader of Tangerine Dream, Edgar Willmar Froese, died on January 20, 2015 due to a pulmonary embolism, in Vienna, Austria. The news was made public by his son Jerome on Tangerine Dream's website on the 23rd of January with the following words:
Dear friends & colleagues, the Captain has left the ship ... I'm very sorry to inform you that my father Edgar Froese passed away on Tuesday afternoon (20th of January) in Vienna. And as you already know: Life plays no encores. Rest in peace Edgar, you will be sadly missed.
As the member of Tangerine Dream to have gone through all of its incarnations, Edgar leaves behind him friends, family, and co-workers, as well as an impressive body of work written over the course of 48 years.
Rest in peace.
