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| Erik Norlander is an American musician who describes himself as a ''keyboardist', composer, producer and engineer'.Asia Featuring John Payne.This page was last modified 10:04, 21 November 2007.November 20, 2007:
Erik Norlander joins Asia
featuring John Payne.Read the press release here!Visit Erik Norlander's pages on
MySpace
and YouTube!Download
Erik Norlander's songs and albums on Mindawn.Last update: December 19,
2007
Photo by Raj Naik.Sounds LikeErik Norlander and Lana Lane!Erik Norlander and Lana Lane have created some of the most enchanting rock music in recent years appearing on over 30 albums since the early 90s.Erik takes many of the classic riffs and phrases of his heroes and reinvents them with highly emotional pitch bending, vibrato and authoritative phrasing.Erik has personally led sound design efforts on several major brand synthesizers, and his knowledge of synthesis and audio engineering are second to none.Erik's perpetual live use of vintage instruments such as Hammond organ and Moog synthesizer give his concerts a depth and authenticity of sound seldom seen in modern stage productions.LANA is an accomplished rock vocalist with a long history of albums and tours.Since music was always in the house, singing came very naturally to Lana, and she started singing in bands straight out of high school.The company released Lana's second CD, Curious Goods, in 1996, and then in 1998, Marquee launched a new high profile label called Avalon with the Lana Lane as their flagship artist.Avalon released Lana's Garden of the Moon album which skyrocketed her career on the international stage, resulting in her first European release.Lana released her first DVD, Storybook: Tales from Europe and Japan, in 2004 that documents her first years of touring on two continents.Erik Norlander was born in 1967 in Hollywood, California.He grew up in Los Angeles studying both jazz and classical music on several instruments from a young age through his years at the university where he also graduated with a degree in English Literature.Erik lists his keyboard influences as Rick Wakeman, Keith Emerson, Mike Pinder, Geoff Downes, and even Geddy Lee!While clearly a prog rocker, Erik is surprisingly quite adamant that he prefers melody over flashy playing and strong songwriting over artsy meandering.Erik Norlander's releases span several music genres.Also in 2004 Norlander released Stars Rain Down, a live album from his tours in Europe recorded between 2001 and 2003 with a full rock band featuring vocalists Kelly Keeling and Lana Lane.In 2003 Norlander recorded a grandiose 2CD rock opera concept album called Music Machine about the dramatic rise and fall of a genetically engineered rock star.Buy Erik Norlander and Lana Lane CDs at thetank.Download high quality FLAC and OGG audio from Erik Norlander at mindawn.Download high quality FLAC and OGG audio from Lana Lane at mindawn.Petersburg site at thetank.Lana Lane news along with the opportunity to communicate with Erik, Lana, and many of their friends and fans!Click on the banner below to join.Erik have a happy new year with great music!Eric, Lana, we re loving you and will love you forever.Be happy 2008 times in 2008 together!We re in Berlin now and miss you on the main stage of Germany.Always a pleasure to me to be here!!!Hello friend from earth!From a short christmas holiday on planet Wave World we wish you a wonderfull christmas and a very happy new year!ClausulaThe show are available at the section called "Programas" at: THE NOISE HOUR WEB for listen or download, as you likeListen my radios show:.SATURDAYS' EDITION at: THE NOISE HOUR WEB.WEDNESDAYS EDITIONS at: TNT RADIO ROCK.Dear friendsa very special Merry Christmasand a 2008 full of gift!!!Looking forward to seeing Lana's work again.Thanks for your friendship....Christmas Kwanzaa or any other holiday (even Festivus) may it be filled with joy and peace.Of course, if Hanukkah or Yule is your particular flavor, then I hope it WAS wonderful.Best wishes from Russia.Hi Erik and Lana, wishing you aAwesome Graphics at pYzam.Hey Lana, thanks a lot for being friend!And I have a new Flash Player on my page.Hope you'll like those old and new songs.Un Sadico En Tu CasaThe show are available at the section called "Programas" at: THE NOISE HOUR WEB.That's all for now, take care!Just got Red Planet Blvd tonight in the mail!Listening to it right now!!!Seems to me you should be a perfect fit with them!Thank you so much for the add!!The music on this release is truly on an epic scale.After just one listen, I've come to this conclusion, this album is, for lack of a better word, PERFECT and comes HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.Very honored for the add!Discovered your music through Progression Magazine some years back.Also enjoy Erik's Alesis synth tips at the Keyboard forum!Hey, thank you very much for adding me!Hi Erik, Hi LanaThanks for the friendchip and for the great Music.Your sounds are awesome!!!This could be an attempt to steal your username and password.This is not a MySpace login page, please do not enter your MySpace login information (email address or password).Do you wish to continue your form submission?"Progressive rock synthesizer album released by Los Angeles artist
(Los Angeles, California, 5 May 1997) Progressive rock keyboardist
Erik Norlander makes a powerful and focused statement in his debut
solo project entitled Threshold.Norlander captures the
spirit of the prog giants but with a 21st century approach.He has worked extensively with keyboard icon Keith Emerson on
projects ranging from recording to synthesizer programming.Norlander
not only programmed the two Alesis QS8 synthesizers that were
prominantly used on the 1996 ELP tour, he was also a leading designer
of them.Keith at a NAMM show a few years ago" says Norlander.QuadraSynth
Plus), and I very much wanted to get Keith to play it.Emerson shows his
support for Norlander by penning the liner notes to Threshold.Pictures at an Exhibition when I
was a kid, and now here I am, not only working with the man, but
finding that he's listening to my music.He also favors the bands Procol Harum, Rush,
Supertramp, ELO and Jethro Tull.He also produced two albums for symphonic rock vocalist
Lana Lane called Love is an Illusion and Curious Goods.Threshold will doubtless receive similar
praise as great care was taken from the initial tracking sessions all
the way down to the final mastering.When asked about the recording
process, Norlander responds, "I can confidently say that no shortcuts
were taken.Norlander points to producers Alan Parsons and Jeff Lynne as
influences on his production style.Singles will come
and go, but strong, cohesive albums will live forever.Threshold is rich in concept and cohesion.There is a scheme to the whole thing.Particular memorable is what
Norlander calls the "Neuro Theme".Vintage and modern keyboards alike adorn Threshold."Now
there are some sonic possibilities" he says."There's something about
discrete analog circuits.Norlander was born in Hollywood during the Summer of Love.He is a
great fan of literature and especially science fiction.Also a fan
of fantastic and surrealist paintings, Norlander was able to procure
a suitably wild image by English artist Jim Burns for the cover of
Threshold.Suitably wild and surreal in its own right, Threshold now begins it's
burn into progressive rock history.Remove leading spaces and carriage returns
while ((s.Lana Lane), and anchoring the group Rocket Scientists with guitarist Mark McCrite.At the same time, it displays the kind of originality, virtuosity, and cohesion best achieved by one artist taking a vision from conception to final mix.He also makes heavy use of both the Miroslav Philarmonik orchestral instrument and Classik Studio Reverb from IK Multimedia, and a second dual G4 Mac carries some of the soft synth load.Two features make the Wall of Doom truly unique, though.Keyboard Magazine is part of the Music Player Network.Sign in to get personalized recommendations.Too many keywords can constrain your search.If you want to specify which of your search terms should match the author's name and which should match the title, you should conduct an Advanced Search.Track your recent orders.You have no recently viewed items or searches.After viewing product detail pages or search results, look here to find an easy way to navigate back to pages you are interested in.Look to the right column to find helpful suggestions for your shopping session.Erik Norlander is the keyboardist and leader of Rocket Scientists.Threshold does not suffer from the weak tracks that
plague many keyboard albums.Neuro Boogie will have Emerson devotees in their seventh heaven, and the
title track itself is electronic music of the highest order.The only blatant nod to Emerson
surfaces with brief flourishes on No Cross to Carry.Hammond, and Waltz
of the Biots, with its mesmerizing electronic chimes.Morgenstein project, which is similar in many respects.But the big difference that Norlander brings to the fusion keyboard rock sound
is his progressive influences.At times it even gets quite spacey and tenderly reminds me
of Eloy.Trace than with anything else.Prog keyboard lovers get ready to drool!Yes or, to be exact, the solo works by Keith Emerson and Rick Wakeman.In addition to Erik on all keyboards, we find drummer Greg Ellis and bass player
Don Schiff.But this is nothing else than a keyboard dominated album, and
what an album it is.Nice atmospheres, flashing solos, strong piano playing and mighty Mellotron tapestries...Thumbs up for Erik Norlander.Norlander knows when to hold back.Don Schiff, and drummer Greg Ellis created here on Threshold.Norlander for the most part stays away from the ELP
formula.Keith Emerson who tells us what we already know: Erik Norlander
is one of the most innovative keyboardists around.Again a keyboard virtuoso is born.Rocket Scientists songs, because that often suits the
compositions.But know that the beast has been loosed.The heavy keyboard work is out front with the use of many different types of
keyboards: Hammond, Mellotron, ARP, Moog, Rhodes piano, Oberheim, etc...The liner notes by Keith Emerson speak for
themself.This instrumental CD echoes music made by the classic period prog
bands by way of the arrangements and the instruments used.Leslie speaker), Arps and many
more helping build up the huge, grandiose sound that is all over this album.Erik Norlander is the
leader of one of the prestigious recent North American groups, Rocket Scientists...Norlander does succeed in using vintage equipment, and is a master in the use of the
latest developments as well.As stated in the liner notes of the album by Keith Emerson
(yes, he himself!English painter Jim Burns), the Threshold
trip is not always cosmic.Rick van der Linden, Rick Wakeman and of course
Keith Emerson.Progressive rock keyboardist Erik Norlander makes a powerful and focused statement
in his debut solo project entitled Threshold.Norlander is no stranger to the progressive giants of which he
speaks.Keith Emerson on projects ranging from recording to
synthesizer programming.Alesis QS8 synthesizers that were
prominently used on the 1996 ELP tour, he was also a leading designer of them.QuadraSynth Plus), and I very much
wanted to get Keith to play it.He loved the machine,
and since then we have become friends.Rocket Scientists: Earthbound
and Brutal Architecture.He also produced two albums for symphonic rock vocalist
Lana Lane, Love is an Illusion and Curious Goods.Norlander points to producers Alan Parsons and Jeff Lynne as influences
on his production style.Singles will come and go, but
strong, cohesive albums will live forever.Neuro Boogie, and then makes
its final statement in the suite, Critical Mass.He is a great
fan of literature and especially science fiction.Suitably wild and surreal in its own right, Threshold
now begins its burn into progressive rock history.The Erik Norlander web
page is located at www.With our Resume service you can add photos and build a complete resume to help you achieve the best possible presentation on the IMDb.Terms and Privacy Policy under which this service is provided to you.Photo by Lana Lane
Erik Norlander has created some of the most enchanting rock music in recent years appearing on over 25 albums since 1993 with his diva spouse Lana Lane, his band Rocket Scientists, his own solo albums and guest appearances on CDs by many artists.Erik Norlander was born in 1967 in Hollywood, California.He grew up in Los Angeles studying both jazz and classical music on several instruments from a young age through his years at the university where he also graduated with a degree in English Literature.Erik lists his keyboard influences as Rick Wakeman, Keith Emerson, Mike Pinder, Geoff Downes, and even Geddy Lee!In 2004 he released an electronic album, Seas of Orion, commissioned by and debuted at the Dutch Alfa Centauri Electronic Music Festival.Also in 2004 Norlander released Stars Rain Down, a live album from his tours in Europe recorded between 2001 and 2003 with a full rock band featuring vocalists Kelly Keeling and Lana Lane.In 2003 Norlander recorded a grandiose 2CD rock opera concept album called Music Machine about the dramatic rise and fall of a genetically engineered rock star.Erik Norlander is also the producer, keyboardist and leading songwriter for his wife, Lana Lane.DVDs including her 10th Anniversary Concert from 2005.For more info, tour dates and or to send Erik Norlander a myspace friend request make sure to check the websites below. |
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