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The wait is over, we are happy to announce that the new Corvus Stone album II Digital Album is now available and the CDs will ship in mid October. Corvus Stone is a critically acclaimed avant garde studio prog band with members and special guest residing all over the world.

Like the first album, Corvus Stone II features a jam packed CD with almost 80 minutes of music and housed in a beautiful Digipak with a 16 page color booklet artwork designed by Sonia Mota. The album features 16 glorious tracks to spark ones imagination and even satisfy the unbelievers that Corvus Stone is a force to be reckoned with, and is here to stay.

01.  The Simple Life (01:59)
Music by Pasi Koivu, Lyrics and Vocals by Phil Naro.  

02.  Early Morning Call (03:51)
Music by Pasi Koivu, Background Vocals by Sean Filkins.  

03.  Boots For Hire (08:58)
Music, Lyrics & Vocals by Stef Flaming.  

04.  Sneaky Entrance In To Lisa (00:30)
Music by Colin Tench.  

05.  Purple Stone (03:21)
Music by Pasi Koivu, Lyrics & Vocals Blake Carpenter (1st Voice). Andres Guazzelli (2nd Voice).  

06.  A Stoned Crow Meets The Rusty Wolff Rat (7:37)
Music by Pasi koivu .  

07.  Lisa Has A Cigar (00:46)
Music by Pasi Koivu.  

08.  Mr Cha Cha (04:49)
Music by Robert Wolff & Pasi Koivu.  

09.  Dark Tower (01:48)
Music by Pasi Koivu. Lyrics & Vocals Blake Carpenter.  

10. Scandinavians In Mexico  (05:06)
Music by Pasi Koivu. Lyrics & Vocals by Sean Filkins.    

11. Mystery Man (06:37)
Music by Pasi Koivu. Lyrics Vocals by Blake Carpenter.  

12. Camelus Bactrianus (Tuolla Tuonnempana) (08:42)
Music by Petri Lindström. Lyrics by Matti Kervinen. Vocals by Timo Rautiainen.  

13. Uncle Schunkle (04:37)
Music by Petri Lindström & Robert Wolff  

14. Eternal Universe (03:52)
Music by Pasi Koivu. Lyrics & Vocals by Phil Naro  

15. Moaning Lisa (14:07)
Music by Colin Tench. Lyrics & Vocals by Sean Filkins. German Vergara (2nd Voice)  

16. Campfire (Tulen Luona) (02:17)
Music by Pasi Koivu. Lyrics by Matti Kervinen. Vocals by Timo Rautiainen.  

All Arrangements: Corvus Stone.

Total time: 79:06

Corvus Stone:
Colin Tench: Guitars - Sweden
Petri Lemmy Lindström: Bass - Finland
Pasi Koivu: Keyboards - Finland
Robert Wolff:  Drums & Percussion - USA 

Special Guests Include:
Phil Naro: (Druckfarben, Talas, DDrive, Backhand) - Canada
Sean Filkins (ex-Big Big Train, Solo) - UK
Stef Flaming (Murky Red, Transmission Rails) - Belgium
Blake Carpenter (The Minstrel's Ghost, Voice of the Enslaved)-  USA
Timo Rautiainen (Trio Niskalaukaus, Solo) - Finland
Andres Guazzelli (Solo, CTP) - Argentina
German Vergara (Aisles) - Chile
Matti Kervinen (Pax Romana) - Finland
Victor Tassone (Unified Past, Andy John Bradford’s Oceans 5) - USA

Further Information Can Be Found At:
Official Website: http://www.corvusstone.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CorvusStone
Power of Prog: http://powerofprog.com/profile/CorvusStone
Melodic Revolution Records: http://melodicrevolution.com/

Our second release is by Finnish Proggers, Progeland - Gate To Fulfilled Fantasies

Progeland was founded in 2007 by one man’s vision of a brighter and better world, The man is Petri “Lemmy” Lindström. In 2011 Progeland self released an EP which gained them some rave reviews in Finland, fast forward to 2014 and the band completed recording their first full length album Gate To Fulfilled Fantasies,” featuring eight new tracks.

“Gate To Fulfilled Fantasies,” is a concept album, yet each track can be enjoyed as individual song. Solar Boat is the 1st single and the 3rd track on the album. According to Petri “This was the first track that was composed and recorded for this album so it is only fitting that this will be the 1st single to be released.

The inspiration of the lyrics can be found in the mythology of the ancient Egypt, but the lyrics aren’t based on any specific story or myth.

Track Listing:
01 The New Era   
02 Dead Calm Waters
03 Solar Boat
04 Ocean
05 One Day I Will Be Your King
06 Under The Ancient Sky
07 So Silently
08 Angel

Progeland is:
Tomi Murtomäki: Vocals
Petri Lemmy Lindström: Bass & Various Instruments
Juha Kaski: Keyboards
Matias Kangasniemi: Guitars
Pasi Manninen: Drums

Further Information Can Be Found At:
Official Website: http://progeland.wix.com/2012#   
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Progeland
Power of Prog: http://powerofprog.com/profile/Progeland
Melodic Revolution Records: http://mrrmusic.com/progeland/

Music is Love - KyoMusic

The experiment of tuning the instruments at 432hz.

The music proposed is made of the Spirit of the Nature.

Enjoy it!

1.  Stream of Consciousness 01:35
2.  Serengeti 04:36        
3.  Abdullah (Secular Trance Remix) 04:33            
4.  Temple of Wires (ARP-Age Mix) 08:05            
5.  Tibet Inward 03:36            
6.  Liquid Shiva (Blue Apple Mix) 06:38            
7.  Ka-Noon Dub 07:26            
8.  Langtang Range(Buddah's Mellotron Mix) 08:43   9.  Prayer Wheels of Tibet 02:24

"A sun parched collection of demo and remix tracks recorded in the 1990s buried deep in the vaults of the frequency pharaohs."

Open Canvas was a three album side project of Alpha Wave Movement (US based ambient/space music),

These tracks are ideas, mixes, remixes and demo's composed prior to Nomadic Impressions and in between and after the second Open Canvas release Indumani.

A new cd/digital album of archival music from my world music project Open Canvas is now available at the Harmonic Resonance Recordings Bandcamp Site

Any DJ's or Music Journalist interested in a complimentary digital promotional copy please feel free to contact me at alphawav2@gmail.com or a simple PM here on the site

Echo Us releases II:XII, À Priori Memoriaé, New Videoclip, And 2001 Memoirs.





(9-17-2014- Portland, Ore.)






A recent series of articles runs through Ethan Matthew's distant past until the forming of Echo Us, his eventual hospitalization in Nov 2001, and the transition that bolted his music in a new direction:
Echo Us Memoirs on 2001



"I had lost complete contact with everyone. I was letting myself out of the house through the front window- I spent 2 weeks in the inpatient mental ward, which is essentially a glorified prison. They ran every test and practice they could, from speaking and personality tests all the way to Rorschach diagrams. I was close to having ECT done, but they couldn't find a big enough excuse, and thus just stuck me on anti-psychotic medication while I still was coming down off a massive binge of psychedelics"




"Echo Us was born under peculiar circumstances, and it's time to let the cat out of the bag after almost 15 years of silence", say's Ethan




Earlier in 2014 Echo Us signed a worldwide deal with Germany's Dust On The Tracks Records for the release of its forth full-length album, II:XII, À Priori Memoriaé. The album is now available on digipak through SPV, and worldwide partners. A Priori Memoriae is the last in a trilogy series started with 2009's The Tide Decides, and as such, represents the close of a journey through some of the strangest and most beautiful music produced by the former Greyhaven guitarist and composer.




II:XII, À Priori Memoriaé continues the Echo Us tradition of combining disparate musical elements seldom seen, from rapid-fire instrumental bravado and developments set apart by choral arrangements, concert harp and woodwinds. Dust On The Tracks writes about the release:




"It is somehow a return to the concept albums that dominated the progressive rock of the 1970s- the album is one the best progressive rock albums of the century. Such a production made up of wonderful melodies, clever dramaturgy and compelling dynamics, is something that even the top of the class Mike Oldfield was not able to achieve through decades of work, including after his album "Ommadawn".




Again, the vocals of GRAMMY-nominee Henta take center stage in the videoclip for "Nightlight" On the 18th of September an all-new video for the cut "Chrysalis" will become available as well.

II:XII, A Priori Memoriae Promo


The October issue of Germany's Eclipsed! Magazine, Echo Us will feature an alternate arrangement from A Priori on the insert CD- The cut is also featured within the while not being on the released album. Fans are encouraged to spot the alternate arrangement by September 28th and those who email Echo Us with the name of the track will receive the two non-album cuts from A Priori Memoriae in the digital format of their choice. Fans can read and watch:

Tune in the Fri night for a chat with Jesse. :)

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