Hymnomancer has released their first album:
Holier Than Meow
Among the members of the band is Kodiak, Alaska's own Keegan Keplinger.
Holier Than Meow was recorded in Gator's basement (in various rooms).
Album art by: LorDeimos
lordeimos.deviantart.com
All songs mixed by Jeremy J. Porche, mastered by Hymnomancer.
Studio Album, released in 2009
Songs / Tracks Listing
1. The Mighty Arp (5:14)
2. Gods of 1973 (4:30)
3. Random Gates (0:22)
4. Canoeing on the River Styx (7:29)
5. Bombs Away (3:30)
6. Fjordic Njord (1:23)
7. Triskaidekaphobia (12:54)
8. Symphony of Sorrowful Songs-Cantabile Semplice (8:04)
9. The Last Song Ever (3:42)
Total time 47:08
Line-up / Musicians
- Fred Chalenor / bass
- Erik Ian Walker / keyboards
- Paul Elias / drums
Castle Canyon biography
US band Castle Canyon started out in 1973. Friends from Portland, Oregon
that had a shared fascination for shroom hunting and weird music. They
wrote a handful or so of tunes back then, but their local environment
wasn't the best to pursue music outside of the mainstream format, and
life and circumstance saw to it that the band fell apart sometime around
1975.
Some 20 odd years laters Fred Chalenor and Ian Walker
reconnect, as they had on several occasions over the years, but now they
had the means and possibility to do something with the material created
back then. That they had found a drummer, paul Elias, who could connect
with their visions from yesteryear was the vital ingredient needed for
this to happen.
Compositions were brought forth, examined and
tweaked. And in 2009 the final result was released as Gods of 1973. The
document of a bygone era, of a mental state of mind, and a creative
effort that for a generation had nagged at it's creators to be released,
set free, and be known.
If there is a future as well for this
trio remains to be seen. The distant past has been released, but over
the years each member has attained and gained skills and experiences
that might just lead to a new creative hothouse being established. And
they do have a third member as well these days, one who can add other
influences to the mix. The potential for new productions seems to be
present, perhaps even without the need of the thrills of shroom hunting
to release it.
Solaris is a
progressive rock band from
Hungary. Established in 1980, the band went through several formations. Their music has a strong
melodic content, often laced with
Eastern European
themes, and is highlighted by the use of dynamics and extended thematic
development. There is a great deal of interplay among the lead
instruments of
flute,
guitar and
keyboard
which is used regularly to develop their themes. The emphasis is not on
providing solo spots for the various instruments, but rather in
employing those instruments within the context of the development of the
individual piece.
The band's name is a reference to the
Stanisław Lem sci-fi novel,
Solaris. The first album's title is a reference to
The Martian Chronicles. The members have said that they were influenced by these - and other - sci-fi books.
The majority of Solaris' songs are instrumentals. The first track on their first LP,
Marsbéli Krónikák,
is an exception, with a few lines spoken over the music. The
pitch-shifting, distortion, and album's theme have led many listeners to
assume that the voiceover is in a putative Martian language, but it's
actually in Hungarian: "Megrepedt tükrök (Cracked mirrors) / Kormos
acélfalak (Sooty steel walls) / Halott szeméthegyek (Dead piles of
garbage) / És szennyes tavak (And polluted lakes) / Azt mondod, itt élt
valaha az ember? (Do you say mankind used to live here?)". "Egészséges
Optimizmus" (Healthy Optimism) from the
SOLARIS 1990 LP also has an introductory voiceover in Hungarian, and chanting in Latin
[verification needed] appears in several tracks on the album
Nostradamus: Próféciák könyve.
In June 2003, Attila Kollár said in an interview that the band is
still alive, and they will start working on a new studio album that
year.
Following their regular albums (and a live double CD recorded in 1995
during the Progfest in Los Angeles), the band also started a 3-volume
"Official Bootleg" series. As the title says, these contain recordings
that were never officially released before and consist of mainly live
material. The title track of the second volume was originally intended
to appear on the first album but has never been recorded in the studio.
In December 2007, drummer László Gömör told Alternative Press
magazine that "the band has made few attempts to reunite and it seems
unlikely (Solaris) will reunite."
Recently, it was announced that a brand new studio album 'Martian Chronicles II.' will be released on October 26, 2014.
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