Tempest is a great tune... and I happen to LOVE that
ripping guitar solo!!!

Would also love to hear any recordings that might come from
this "Phideaux: Live in Europe".

Rob
http://myspace.com/robmartino

--- Marc Moingeon <marcmoingeon@...> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Good news ! :o)
>
> Yesterday, I listened a couple of times to "Tempest of
> Mutiny" on MySpace.
> It's a very good long track, with some strong melodies
> and brilliant instrumental sections.
> Apart from the rather dissonant and rather
> dirty-sounding guitar solo near the end (sorry...it's
> not what I prefer in guitar), I do like the song very
> much. A good contrast between delicate sections with some
> harpsichord-like textures and some more up-tempo parts.
> As always with what you do Phideaux, it's the melody that
> matters first but the arrangements are so rich and clever
> that it makes it all very special.
> Nice to hear those Tull-esque flute parts, for instance
> !
>
> Well done.
> This is one reason to raise my interest in that
> concept-compilation album from Cypherarts.
> I usually don't like too much compilation but if I like
> some of the other band sinvolved, I might well buy this
> one ! .
> I had heard about the "Colossus of Rhodes" from the
> same company but never heard the album until now.
>
> Very nice to hear that the performance at the Crescendo
> festival in the west part of France is confirmed ! :o)
> For once, a little place in France will have the chance
> to see the first performance of a great new band !!
> I haven't got much idea for concerts... I don't dare to
> think about playing a venue in Paris at that time...Not
> only the venues are terribly expensive there, but you
> can't do anything in Paris around the summer months... It
> seems as if most people were on holidays, in August.
>
> Maybe you'll get some insight from people living in
> Holland and Germany, yes.
> They're a bit better thn aus for prog music (it's not
> difficult to do better than France as regards this, by
> the way !)
> A pity the now famous cult-venue in Belgium called The
> Spirit of 66 is closed in August.
>
> The Great Leap is not in my Top 3 out of the 5 Phideaux
> albums that I own (hard to compare them anyway) but I
> still like the album.
> Can't wait to hear "Doomsday afternoon".
>
> Cheers - Marc
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Phideaux777 <phideaux777@...> a écrit :
> Hello folks and friends
>
> I have a few things to tell you. First, we've been
> working on a new
> song with producer Rich Mouser. He's worked with Spock's
> Beard, Neal
> Morse and Dream Theater (as well as many others).
> Together we've done a
> song called "Tempest Of Mutiny". This track is now on our
>
> myspace.com/phideaux page. Take a listen and see what you
> think.
>
> "Tempest Of Mutiny" will be released on an album called
> "Pirate Tales"
> which accompanies a graphic novel/comic book of the same
> name. It is a
> project of CypherArts. So, this will be the only place to
> get this
> track -- until of course we put out our "Best Of" album
> :-)
>
> Additionally, we are close to finishing our new album
> "Doomsday
> Afternoon". This is very exciting news because I believe
> this album is
> our most challenging and intricate work thus far. It was
> recorded at
> the same time as "The Great Leap" and is part two of a
> projected trilogy
> that will end with an album called "Infernal" (but that's
> likely to be
> 2009).
>
> Meanwhile, we are going to perform live this summer in
> France at
> Festival Crescendo. We'd like to play a few gigs leading
> up to that,
> hopefully in Germany and Netherlands. If anyone has any
> ideas of where
> we should play, or any German/Dutch band that we could
> share the bill
> with, please let me know. From my command chair in Los
> Angeles, it is
> hard to figure some of these intercontinental issues.
>
> ANY help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
> Someone suggested
> the club Spirit of 66 in Belgium, but they are closed in
> August. We are
> looking to perform August 12 -16 as this leads up to the
> show in France.
>
> Cheers for now and keep in touch. I hope everyone (who
> got a chance to
> hear it) has enjoyed "The Great Leap". We are very
> pleased with that
> album, and especially the artwork. You can expect a
> similar eye treat
> with the new album. Molly Ruttan is painting the cover as
> we speak.
>
> Cheers for now
> Phideaux Xavier
>
>
>
>
>
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