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Thanks to All!Crimson drummer Pat Mastelotto joins The Flower Kings for tour
27th September 2007
The Flower Kings will tour most of Europe this november and have the now legendary drumming progrock icon Pat Mastelotto behind the drumkit.Pat Mastelotto, an American that once had big US and worldwide hits with Mr.Mister and later on played on many pop albums including XTC,
The Rembrants etc.The Flower Kings will play most of the new album and most certainly some older fan favourites plus the odd jam that is made out of thin air,
different every night.First a brief note on the album title and its slightly unusual
history, because initially, the new Flower Kings opus was to be
entitled simply 'Love'.Main composer and producer Roine Stolt says.We wanted to make a real
hardcore symphonic rock and prog album.We took away all the pop, the
jazz and the experimental or ambient stuff and concentrated on the pure
prog that we do best.An apt description of the almost 75 (!The Flower Kings mastermind reckons of the effective depth
of The Sum Of No Evil.The album has
some hints of Stardust We Are and Retropolis perhaps, but also has a
lot in common with the two Transatlantic studio albums.As usual I had way too much material.On the
other hand, there's the unusual 'Flight 999 Brimstone Air', an
instrumental track contributed by keyboardist Tomas Bodin.Crimson style and percussionist
Hasse Bruniusson adds all his audio weirdness.Starting with King Crimson through Camel to Marillion, it
has always been debatable exactly how progressive prog rock should be
to deserve its name.For Roine Stolt, guitarist, vocalist and composer
with Swedish band, The Flower Kings, all these considerations are
unnecessary.Over the years, Stolt has developed his own, unmistakeable
songwriting style, a unique signature that leaves no doubt and has
found countless fans all over the world.Although the contemporary
scene may be developing into a tougher direction, the media demanding
innovation and new impulses, The Flower Kings are always at their best
when they don't give a damn about supposedly new trends but simply
continue to do what they do best, grand vintage style symphonic prog
rock and this album proves it, they indeed are the Kings of prog 2007,
by a good margin.Disc Two (75:59)
Ghost Of The Red Cloud
Painter
I Am The Sun (p2)
Different People
Little Deceiver*
Chickenfarmer Song
The Rhythm Of The Sea
Touch My Heaven
Life Will Kill You
Monkey Business
Compassion
The Flower King
Stardust We Are (end section)
* unreleased track from Rainmaker sessions.Zoltan have put into this recording.Per Nordin there videofilming the sessions, so we have hours and hours of filmed material.Yes there are similarities to songs like Stardust We Are or Garden Of Dreams but perhaps even as much to the Transatlantics epics.The sound quality is head and shoulders above what we got from the Medley on Paradox Hotel, Petrus is a genius and the Varispeed
studio with it's 3 NEVE desks and old U 47 Telefunkens, old Neumans etc.We had the pleasure to use lots of vintage keyboards, a custom modified ( by expert Brian Davenport) Hammond B 3 that sounded just
fabulous and along with that we will, or have used real Minimoogs, Wurlizer, Fender Rhodes pianos and a Grand Piano.This means that this album will see more of the vintage keyboard sounds than on any other TFK record, I feel it goes well with the
songs that have great melodic and warm melodies that take me back to the glory days of Procol Harum, ELP, Genesis, Yes, Focus,
Gentle Giant, Jethro Tull, Deep Purple and The Beatles.I've tried to write from that perspective, perhaps with a less intellectual style and more
of a direct soulful vibe.The Flower Kings available at iTunes!The Flower Kings at MySpace.December 2006
The Flower Kings now have an Official MySpace at www.The Flower Kings are a Swedish progressive rock band.Formed in 1993 by veteran guitarist Roine Stolt as a touring band to support his solo album The Flower King, the band stayed together after the tour and have gone on to become one of the most prolific studio recording units in rock music of their era.In ten years they have released nearly 18 hours of music.The Flower Kings have seen frequent personnel changes.Pain of Salvation (vocals, guitar, keyboards and percussion).The music is perhaps best described as "symphonic," bearing a strong resemblance in many instances to that of Yes, and yet there are also hints of strong influence from the jazz fusion genre.The band's lyrics are almost uniformly positive, affirming such values as love, peace, and spirituality.In June 2007 they released Road Back Home, mostly a compilation of remixed songs from 1995 to 2006, plus "Little Deceiver" (a previously unreleased track) and the full version of their cover of Genesis' "The Cinema Show."On September 28, 2007 they released their 11th studio album, "The Sum Of No Evil", containing 6 new songs.See Copyrights for details.What to see and what to do?Flower Kings felt almost out of place.Yet, the Flower Kings became, along with the American Spocks Beard, the 1990s prog rock band with the largest fan base, the biggest sales, and the widest international appeal.Off using Code "charming".Everything is made at the shop in King, NC.Online Orders Pay No Sales Tax.Current Advertisers Sign InHelp improve Yahoo!Learn more about our paid syndication program."Are you sure you want to block this user?The photos are taken by my son Sebeastian with a Canon EOS300D .What seems even more bizarre is buying a compilation of remastered and tweaked tracks that are only a year or two old (Paradox Hotel).My other trepidation is messing with tracks that are so special in the memory and the heart (sounds cheesy, but the flower kings reach parts other bands can't reach).Not only are these songs crisper, clearer and better; they seem more vital, more alive and even more personal than ever before.These tracks are just an emotional overload as everything you previously loved about flower kings comes flooding back with a new vibrancy and a passion for music that no other band can come close to (to me anyway!Ask Roine Stolt coz I don't have a clue!It's just another Flower Kings Gem".Oh, a bit of concert history.Progfest 97
May 31, 1997,England, Rotherham, ,Herringthorpe L.Headliner
September 8, 1998 USA, Washington D.USA, Burlington, VT,Club Metronome (killer broccoli!!USA, New Brunswick, NJ,George Street Playhouse
Sept 10, 2001 USA, Pittsburgh ,PA,Rosebud,
Sept 11, 2001 USA, Detroit, MI,Magic Bag( cancelled!Sept 12, 2001 USA Cincinnati,OH,Barrelhouse
Sept 14, 2001 USA, Milwaukee,WI,Shank Hall
Sept 15, 2001 USA, Lansing, IL, J.Bergkeller, Reichenbach, DE (TRADITION !!!GET THIS LIVE CD FROM :www.Do good and good will come to you !!!Use the power of your word in the direction of truth and love.South America and started to build a worldwide following.It shows the trademark sound of The Flower Kingshave as much in common with Mozart, Debussy, Andrew Lloyd Webber or Miles Davis as with Pink Floyd, The Beatles, Bowie or Yes.Eve tour,the guy on Hasses right side is Andy,who sadly left us after losing the battle with cancer a year ago .He was one of our light guys,we remember him with fondness,he was a great bloke and someone who certainly was not afraid to put some xtra effort into his work as a light designer alongside Chris Curran (far left).Spacehugs Andy,we miss you !!!Flower Kings have built a devoted fanbase of "Flowerheads"
that follow them all over the globe, Europe, USA, Japan, Canada, South America.Tomas Bodin,our keyboard wizard is working on a new ALL synthesizer project to be named "MicroCosmos".The album will be ALL Tomas and his moog and other assorted synthi goodies.It will be available directly from Tomas and via our website www.Jonas Reingold is almost ready with his long awaited follow up to "Wheel Of Life" ,this new
one will be called "Who Is da Boss In The Factory?"The Title is : "THE SUM OF NO EVIL" a true return to the early 90's TFK releases.New Year Comments by Crazyprofile.Sorry but a friend of mine wrote something really bad about u in their myspace blog, u need to see it.PS: DON'T FORGET TO GIVE THE NEW WHITE LION ALBUM "RETURN OF THE PRIDE" A SPIN WHEN IT COMES TO THE STORES ON MARCH 14TH 2008!Hello Flower Kings,thanks for the add.Sorry but a friend of mine wrote something really bad about u in their myspace blog, u need to see it.Congrats, Roine on the Guitar Player article..AndreasYou can download my music at MUSICLOAD, ITUNES etc.Happy New Year and good health to all of you!My wife and I both look forward to seeing you guys again sometime soon.CHEERS FROM MONTREAL CANADA.Hello, thanks for the add!Hope to get to see you at Rosfest.If you make it as close as Chicago (12 hours away) myself and the rest of the squad will not hesitate, my friends.KEEP ON MAKING TIMELESS AND BEAUTIFUL MUSIC.Been a fan of your incredible music for a long time.Seen you in concert, and had the great pleasure of meeting you!Wishing The Flower Kings and all their fans a very Happy, Healthy, and Prosperous 2008!!Hello, greetings from Venezuela !!!!!!!!!Here's wishing you a fantastic New Year!!!It is better to play in our "Apelsin" (the best sound is there) club or in B1 or B2 club!!Round two of tlhe pulse hd battle starts December 28 at 8:30 p.Make sure you all come out and support local music!!Thanks so much for the add!!Hey visit this cool website I found, if you go here you can find out who your crush is, it works great!So come and check this site out!Awesome Graphics at pYzam."Urgent Security Alert","Warning: You are submitting information to an outside site.Id + " Text: " + targetLink. |
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