Steven Wilson's 'Get All You Deserve' World premiere screening in London

The world premiere of Get All You Deserve, a new concert film from Steven Wilson will take place at the Prince Charles cinema at London’s Leicester Square on September 6^th at 7.30pm.

Directed by long-time visual collaborator Lasse Hoile, Get All You Deserve was filmed in Mexico City during the recent Grace For Drowning Tour. The film is part of a new high definition audio-visual set which captures the spectacular live experience that Wilson and Hoile created for the tour on Blu-ray, DVD and 2CD.

Following the screening there will be a Q&A session where Steven will be available to answer questions from the audience about the film. Tickets for the screening are available from the cinema website for £12 (plus 75p booking fee).

Grace For Drowning was the second album released under Wilson’s own name, following 2009’s exceptionally well-receivedInsurgentes. The album, released in September 2011, entered the UK top 40 album chart at #34, both the Dutch and German national charts at #22, the US Billboard Rock album chart at #19 (#13 in independent chart) and debuted at #7 in the Polish national charts.

Following the release of Grace For Drowning, Steven embarked on his first ever solo tour, assembling a virtuoso band, featuring Marco Minnemann (drums), Nick Beggs (bass), Theo Travis (flute and sax), Adam Holzman (keys) and Niko Tsonev (guitars), to accompany him. For the shows he worked extensively with Lasse to create a show unlike nothing else that he had ever done with his other bands, Porcupine Tree, Blackfield, No-Man or Bass Communion.

The shows submerged fans in a rich sensory experience: rear speakers provide surround-sound effects, giant screens show off Lasse’s films made specifically to accompany these songs, and cutting-edge lighting designs giving texture to each song.

Get All You Deserve captures one of the highlight shows from the tour. Recorded at a sold-out Teatro Metropólitan in Mexico City, the gig features tracks from both Wilson’s solo albums along with the new, as yet unreleased, track Luminol.

The limited deluxe edition of the 4 disc set (Blu-ray, DVD & 2CD) is packaged in a DVD sized hard-back 40 page book. It is now available to pre-order from the Kscope store for the early-bird price of £24.99 (+ P&P).

Standard retail editions (stand alone DVD and Blu-ray plus 4disc set) will also be in stores from September 24th.

www.gracefordrowning.com
www.princecharlescinema.com

IZZ's John Galgano to Release Debut Solo Album

Doone Records is pleased to announce the release of Real Life is Meeting,the debut solo album by John Galgano.

 

John Galgano is a founding member of art-rock group, IZZ, and has been one of the band’s primary songwriters throughout its career. Real Life is Meeting presents eight tracks varying in styles and instrumentation, from the catchy, art-pop flavor of “Bigger on the Inside,” to the experimental, synth-based “The Only Thing,” to the 19-minute piece “1000,”all the while taking the listener in unexpected directions.

 

Real Life is Meeting showcases Galgano’s humor, his introspective and confessional lyrics, and his surprising song structures. In turns breathtakingly adventurous and heartrendingly beautiful, this music represents a musician and songwriter unencumbered byany preconceived ideas. The result is a fluid, naked, and daring collection of universal musings set to music - meditations on what it means to be human in the 21^stcentury.

 

Galgano also recently played bass on Renaissance keyboardist Jason Hart’s new release, I and Thou’s Speak. Galgano has performed with IZZ at many art-rock festivals in the United States and Canada and has played bass for Hart while serving as the opening act during two Marillion Weekends (2007, 2011).

 

The line-up for Real Life is Meeting is:

John Galgano: Bass guitar, vocals, electric and acoustic guitars, keyboards

Laura Meade: Vocals

Paul Bremner: Electric guitar solos on “The Only Thing” and “Look Around”

Brian Coralian: Drums on “Lucky for Me” and “1000”

Greg DiMiceli: Drums on “This is How it Happens”

Shawn Bishop: Backing vocals, keyboards, percussion

John Raimondo: Drums on“Bigger on the Inside,” “The Only Thing” and “Look Around”

Chris Baldini: Lead vocals on“Look Around”

Greg Meade: Electric guitar solo on “Lucky for Me”

 

Mixed and Produced by Shawn Bishop

Mastered by Grammy-nominated engineer John Shyloski

 

For more information on Real Life is Meeting and for the most updated information about John Galgano and IZZ, please visit:
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twitter: @johngalmusic

www.izznet.com

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twitter: @izzmusic

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Steve Hackett Reveals More About Revisited II

Steve Hackett just released a video where he talks about his latest release, the eagerly awaited Genesis Revisited II. The cover of the album has also been revealed, so listen up -  I know you will be pleasantly surprised!!

Subterranea Kickstarter More than Halfway There!

(SEE UPDATE BELOW) You may have noticed that I've been spending a lot of time promoting the Kickstarter page for Mathew Miller's Subterranea film project. Well now, with 5 days left to amass the $30,000 he needs to produce the film, the project was pledged $17,675!! Four days ago the pledges didn't amount to 8,000, so a big thank you to the people who have decided to pledge for this worthwhile project.

Now that the halfway mark has been reached, Mathew posted a test preview of Subterranea. Here it is:



Of coursem this doesn't mean you must still wait. If this project interests you and you haven't pledged yet, go now to the Subterranea Film Kickstarter page and read up on the project and pledge!

UPDATE: With less than 53 hours left to go, the Kickstarter page has ammased $25,910!!! Only 4,090 left to go... I know it can be done!

Magenta's Rob Reed Reveals New Project

After three years of hard work, Kompendium, a side project of Magenta’s Rob Reed, will release their debut album, "Beneath The Waves," on September 24th.

“It’s ridiculous, but it has taken three years to get things finished. The project has been massive, the idea being to emulate what people like Mike Oldfield, Peter Gabriel and Kate Bush used to do.

 “This is classic prog with Celtic influences. It’s a concept album, and hopefully will appeal to those who enjoy War Of The Worlds, Dark Side Of The Moon and Tubular Bells.”

Featuring a veritable who’s who from the progressive world icluding Steve Balsamo – vocals, Steve Hackett – nylon guitar, Gavin Harrison (Porcupine Tree) – drums, Nick Beggs (Steve Hackett Band) – stick bass, Troy Donockley (Nightwish) – Uilleann Pipes, whistles, Nick Barrett (Pendragon) – guitar, Neil Taylor (Tears For Fears) – guitar, Jakko Jackzyk (20th Century Skitzoid Band) – guitar, Francis Dunnery – guitar, John Mitchell (It Bites, Arena etc.) – guitar, Mel Collins (King Crimson, Camel) – saxophone, BJ Cole (Elton John, David Gilmour) – pedal steel guitar, Chris Fry (Magenta) – guitar and Christina Booth (Magenta) – backing vocals.

"Beneath The Waves" will be released on 24th September and will be available in various formats including a vinyl version complete with gatefold sleeve cover.

Pre-ordering information will be announced shortly. In the meantime, listen to this promo video: