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Hi All

As promised, here is the final instalment of our seasonal emails.
Rather than try to flog you anything specific this time, we thought
we'd look forward to 2007. However, if you do want to order
anything, the code YVQAV40 gets you 15% off everything on the site
until the New Year. From January 1st the default discount code will
be ECWGB41 – getting you 11% off.

2006 was an excellent year – but even at first glance 2007 looks
like it will be something quite remarkable – with bands both new and
well-established active during the year. Early in January we'll
update the site with several new artists, but for now here are just
a few highlights (and there really is loads more than this!):

It's possible that the all the component parts from the first
incarnation of Karnataka will release new product next year. The
first will be Rachel's new band The Reasoning, which also includes
Matthew Cohen (ex Magenta) on bass. Their album Awakening is due in
late winter, while Jonathan Edward's Panic Room project – featuring
vocalist Anne Marie Helder – should finally see the light of day.
With Ian Jones' Karnataka on tour in the spring, we may even see
their first album at some point in the year, not to mention his long-
awaited Chasing the Monsoon project.

Meanwhile, Mostly Autumn release the one-disc edition of new opus
Heart Full of Sky in February and what promises to be a very busy
month also sees releases by Steven Wilson's Blackfield project,
Swedish prog-metallers Pain of Salvation and, most amazingly, the
first new material in nearly 30 years from US prog rockers
Starcastle.

The first few months of the year also sees new albums from abroad
including, Brazilians Ashtar, German Band Arilyn, US band Little
Atlas and a double live from Frogg Café. For many, the highlight
early in the year will be the second album in the promised two-album
sequence by Sylvan, which began with Posthumous Silence.

From Britain there will be new albums in the first part of the year
from Galahad, Threshold, Waking the Witch, Bristol band Crimson Sky
and, of course, Marillion!

Finally, the Magenta camp will unleash their as-yet untitled fourth
studio album around the middle of the year, with several other
products – including the long-awaited Trippa album – still to be
scheduled.

That's it for now – a very happy and prosperous 2007 to you all.

Best wishes

Stephen Lambe
www.sonicbond.com