UNICORN DIGITAL (Canada)
News - June 2006 |
KARFGEN
Continium (UNCR-5030)
BarCode 777078913340 - Release Date: July 1st 2006
Unicorn Digital is proud to welcome Ukrainian band KARFAGEN
into the family. The album CONTINIUM will be released on UNICORN on the 1st
of July 2006. Produced by Antony Kalugin, Matered by Richard Addison at Trillium
Sound Studios and Artwork by Jonas Thuren. Antiquity in all times attracts and
inspires people of the art. And this band is not an exception. Karfagen - (means
Karthago) a symbol of glory and wisdom and also it is a never-ending journey
into the world of the forgotten past and un-predictable future.
Skeptics say that the Karthago was destroyed and all the music
is written. Our goal is to refute This, And even though there is no hockey in
Ukraine, there is definitely pure art-rock with bright melodies.
The name Karfagen was first heard in 1997 when Antony Kalugin
formed the band at school. While he was studying at the architectural university
(1998) he began to record the first KARFAGEN album. It was far from the style
of nowadays band but it was the first steps which needed to be done... In 2000
KARFAGEN played a few concerts with concept new material. But in consequence
of discrepancy between the band members, plans for the next album was put aside.
And then they were two... Antony Kalugin and his close friend Sergei Kovalev
(accordion and harmonica).
In 2002 Antony completed his first solo album "The Water"
Then there was another period of silence where Antony worked on commercial new
age – relax projects. From 2003 - 2005, Antony composed and performed on more
than 40 albums, that were released in Russia and Ukraine. With those projects,
Antony gathered the necessary funds to record the first KARFAGEN Album and in
2005 the band reformed and went into the studio to record CONTINIUM, the first
KARFAGEN album which led the band to sign with UNICORN DIGITAL in a country
where ironically there is plenty of Hockey.
AVAILABLE: July 1st 2006
MP3 samples available here: http://www.unicornrecords.com/mp3.html
SPACED OUT
Unstable Matter (UNCR-5031)
BarCode: 777078913364 - Release date: July 10 2006
It is with great enthusiasm that Spaced Out presents their
fourth and latest studio work entitled "Unstable Matter". The album
contains the high-energy jazz-rock which is now the band's signature, offering
ten new exciting original compositions.
A lot of time has been dedicated on the performance and production
of this new record and Spaced Out fans can expect to listen some interesting
music, including more intricate interplay and dazzling improvisation than ever
before.
Unstable Matter presents compositions written and produced
by Antoine Fafard who is responsible for all the bass work, keyboard programming
and, for the first time on a Spaced Out album, many guitar tracks. Martin Maheux
still on the drums and Mark Tremblay performs the guitar solos and additional
guitars for his second contribution on a Spaced Out album.
It is a record with explorations through various dynamics,
unusual rhythmical patterns and modal textures. As always, the unique compositional
style found in Spaced Out's music makes it hard to classify the band. But the
purpose of the band has never been to be classified. There is no compromise
in the music offered by Spaced Out. The only rule is that the band must offer
the world continuous high quality based on their own rigorous standards.
"Unstable Matter" is new a release that should indeed
please many ears. Produced by Antoine Fafard; Mastered by Richard Addison at
Trillium Sound Studios; Artwork by Jonas Thuren.
AVAILABLE JULY 10 2006
MP3 samples available here: http://www.unicornrecords.com/mp3.html
OTHER CDs from Spaced Out and Martin
Maheux Circle
UNICORN DIGITAL Inc.
C.P. 95016 LORRAINE, QUEBEC CANADA, J6Z 4P1
www.unicorndigital.com / www.unicornrecords.com
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