PROGTALKS by The Progspace

In this new episode of the Progtalks, Stefan Altzar of Swedish Prog Rockers PreHistoric Animals talks about his love for It Bites, the importance of humour in music and of course their brand new album “The Magical Mystery Machine - Chapter Two”. We also reminisce about fun past tour shenanigans at ProgPower Europe as well as look at upcoming concert plans.

Chapters:

00:55 Introducing Stefan

02:10 The new PhA album is about to drop! And the artwork is gorgeous!

04:00 The journey from Consider it a Work of Art to The Magical Mystery Machine

06:42 The musical universe of PreHistoric Animals: focus on SONGwriting

13:15 Composing Chapter 1 and Chapter 2

20:30 The Magical Mystery Machine: The Story

23:55 DIY Music Videos: the making of What A Lucky & Ghostfires videos

29:37 Pretentiousness and taking everything a bit too serious in the prog world: adding humour!

🎵 PreHistoric Animals is:

Samuel Granath - drums and keys

Stefan Altzar - vocals, guitars and keys

Daniel Magdic - guitars and keys

Noah Magnusson - bass

💿 Discography:

Consider it a work of art (2018)

The Magical Mystery Machine - Chapter One (2020)

The Magical Mystery Machine - Chapter Two (2022)

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Bandcamp: https://prehistoricanimals.bandcamp.com/

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You have to diversify yourself if you’re working in the music business: Karcius’ Sylvain Auclair on their new album “Grey White Silver Yellow and Gold” and surviving the pandemic as a full-time musician. We also talk about the songwriting ping-pong game, embracing heaviness with age rather than growing softer and we also touch on the chances for new material from his other band, Heaven’s Cry.

Chapters:

01:00 Introducing Sylvain

02:20 The Karcius story so far

05:33 Grey White Silver Yellow and Gold - a Baroness discography Boxset?

06:50 The Ping-Pong Game: songwriting in Karcius

10:40 From The Fold to the new album: ramping up the heaviness

13:20 Getting heavier with age: discovering grit and false vocal chords

16:28 Writing vocal melodies for Karcius and Heaven’s Cry

20:10 Avoiding boxes and drawers: writing instinctively

25:15 Surviving the pandemic as a full-time musician

32:20 Concert plans with Karcius

36:48 Any news about Heaven’s Cry?

42:48 Playing the bass with a metal plectrum

🎵 Karcius is:

Sylvain Auclair (lead vocals, bass, percussion)

Thomas Brodeur (drums & percussion, programming & sound design)

Sebastien Cloutier (piano, B3, Mellotron, backing vocals)

Simon L’Espérance (guitars, synths, percussion, keyboards, loops programming)

💿 Discography:

Sphere (2004)

Kaleidoscope (2006)

Episodes (2008)

The First Day (2012)

The Fold (2018)

Live in France (2019)

Grey White Silver Yellow & Gold (2022)

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Youtube: https://bit.ly/KarciusYouTube

Bandcamp: https://karcius.bandcamp.com/

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Guitarist Michael Kotsirakis and keyboardist Orestis Zafeiriou from Greek post-proggers Playgrounded talk about the production of their massive new album “The death of Death”, out on March 18 through Pelagic Records. We talk about the concept behind sound and lyrics, how the pandemic affected the release of the album and their upcoming live plans.

Chapters:

01:10 Introducing Playgrounded

02:32 How The death of Death came to be

06:20 Greece or The Netherlands?

07:48 Spending time on songwriting vs. sound production

12:35 Movement: the concept behind The death of Death

13:39 That very first chord on the album!

14:42 Maintaining a warm quality to the overall sound

20:45 How has the pandemic affected the release of The death of Death

23:38 The death of Death: Playgrounded’s Night is the New Day?

25:55 What are the next steps for Playgrounded?

27:50 With which band(s) would you want to tour?

🎵 Playgrounded is:

Odisseas Zafeiriou – bass guitar

Orestis Zafeiriou – keyboards, programming

Stavros Markonis - vocals

Giorgos Pouliasis - drums

Michael Kotsirakis - guitar

💿 Discography:

Athens EP (2014)

In Time With Gravity (2017)

The death of Death (2022)

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Returning with their sophomore effort “Connection” after the highly acclaimed surprise 2019 debut “Salutogenesis”, German prog collective Soulsplitter talk about line-up changes, string arrangements and confronting your inner toad on this new episode of the Progtalks.

Chapters:

01:10 Introducing Soulsplitter

04:00 Incorporating Sami as main vocalist after “Salutogenesis”

06:00 Writing and recording process for “Connection”

08:50 Changing pianists

11:40 Incorporating real string ensembles in the production

14:25 Arranging for rock band vs. orchestra

17:20 Blending colours on the sound-palette together to one cohesive unit

19:52 The lyrical concept of “Connection”

26:33 “Disconnected” music video

33:33 New albums that ‘connected’ with Soulsplitter

38:06 Vocal influences and concepts: fan expectations vs. song requirements

43:30 playing 3 live shows in 2021

🎵 Soulsplitter is:

Fenix Gayed - drums

Simon Kramer - guitars

Sami Gayed - vocals

Felix Jacobs - bass

Lewin Krumpschmid - keys

💿 Discography:

Salutogenesis (2019)

Connection (2022)

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Website & Shop: https://www.soulsplitter.com

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/soulsplitter.prog

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A true virtuoso on piano and synth, Vikram Shankar talked to us about how difficult it is to write shorter songs, how you definitely can’t unburn a piano and making Raphael Weinroth-Browne’s  Cello-playing a little less pretty. Silent Skies’ sophomore album “Nectar” is out right now via Napalm Records and Threads of Fate’s debut full length “The Cold Embrace of the Light” is coming through Layered Reality Productions on March 11.

Chapters:

01:08 A wild day in Silent Skies land

02:00 2021 Vikram Shankar releases

05:00 Silent Skies - Nectar: a quick follow-up to Satellites

10:10 The origins of a Silent Skies song

16:28 flying to Sweden, shooting the video for Leaving and burning a piano

22:40 Raphael Weinroth-Browne’s Cello contributions to Nectar

26:35 Choosing synth sounds

30:00 Threads of Fate’s The Cold Embrace of Light

33:22 More from Vikram in 2022?! (Redemption, Lux Terminus)

🎵 Silent Skies is:

Vikram Shankar - piano, keyboards, production

Tom S. Englund - vocals, production

💿 Silent Skies Discography:

Satellites (2020)

Nectar (2022)

🎵 Threads of Fate is:

John Pyres - vocals

Jack Kosto - guitars

Vikram Shankar - keyboards

💿 Threads of Fate Discography:

A Funeral for the Virtuous EP (2018)

The Cold Embrace of the Light (2022)

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Twitter: https://twitter.com/vikramshankar_

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/VikramShankarMusic

Bandcamp: https://thevikramshankarorchestra.bandcamp.com/

Spotify: https://spoti.fi/36hcejI

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Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/SilentSkiesBand

Bandcamp: https://silentskiessweden.bandcamp.com/

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After some busy years with Ayreon on both the album and live front, the tall dutch hippie Arjen Lucassen returns to his Sci-Fi metal project Star One with “Revel in Time”. Reason enough to invite him for a relaxed Progtalk. We chat about some of his old and new guest vocalists, Star One’s arrival in a contemporary earth setting thematically and how many cymbals Ed Warby broke during the recording sessions.

Chapters:

01:45 The third Star One in 20 years!

03:00 Revel in Time!

03:50 The most diverse Star One album so far!?

06:30 Core ensemble vs. a bigger, more diverse cast of vocalists

07:43 Mike Mills saving the day once again

09:38 New faces in the Ayreon/Star One Universe

17:35 Guide vocals for the guide vocalists?

18:22 The last Arjen album that was NOT a double album?

19:54 Anyone left on the wishlist?

21:45 working with different source material…

25:18 a theme for the next Star One album in 10 years?

26:40 Arjen/Ayreon live activities: what’s next?

31:48 Selling out all the different bundle versions in advance: unexpected success!

40:42 Endorsement deals?

41:54 How many cymbals did Ed Warby break during the recording sessions?

44:00 Ed Warby & Joost van den Broek: official band members!?

46:25 Coming up in Ayreon-Land: remixing The Universal Migrator for a vinyl release!

🎵 Star One is:

Ed Warby - drums

Arjen Anthony Lucassen - everything else

Joost Van Den Broek - production

💿 Discography:

Space Metal (2002)

Live on Earth (2003)

Victims of the Modern Age (2010)

Revel in Time (2022)

✔️ Follow Arjen Lucassen:

Website: https://www.arjenlucassen.com/

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Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCihO6uVisilu1mn4x2u-HOA

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Special thanks to Mattias Norén https://progart.com/ for providing the original Star One - Space Metal Crew Booklet Picture

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Gearing up for EUROVISION - Australia Decides on Feb. 26, Voyager’s Alex Canion and Scott Kay join our host Dario for a full hour of good prog, pop and Eurovision banter! Nerding out on Symphony X and Textures, musing about the evolving progscene and evaluating their chances against stiff competition in the heavy department this year. Don’t miss out on them before they might go to Italy as the next step of their (World) Domination Game!

Chapters:

01:25 Why did we invite Voyager to the Progtalks with ‘only’ a new single out?

03:12 Why is Australia competing in the EUROVISION song contest?

04:20 Shooting the video for Dreamer after wrapping up A Voyage Through Time

09:15 Songwriters and performers at once: a novelty at Eurovision?

10:47 Writing Dreamer

16:08 Any other Voyager songs that are fit for Eurovision?

20:05 The Domination vs. The Damnation Game (Symphony X)

23.38 Evaluating the other contestants Voyager are up against

26:18 How heavy is too heavy for a Eurovision audience?

27:50 Pain of Salvations Eurovision run: Daniel Gildenlöw the Shaman

30:22 Danny, the compass for navigating through the Eurovision ocean

32:20 The challenge of writing a short song

33:20 ‘selling out’ in the eyes of an elitist heavy music crowd

38:40 2022: the year of heavy bands at Eurovision: stiff competition!

43:18 Australia Decides

43:48 Any other Prog bands who should enter Eurovision?

46:19 More Voyager plans apart from Eurovision? New album?

50:30 A stable line-up for more than a decade: the secret ingredient for songwriting chemistry?

🎵 Voyager is:

Danny Estrin - Vocals, Keyboards

Alex Canion - Bass, Vocals

Simone Dow - Guitars

Scott Kay - Guitars

Ash Doodkorte - Drums

💿 Discography:

Element V (2003)

uniVers (2007)

I Am the ReVolution (2009)

The Meaning of I (2011)

V (2014)

Ghost Mile (2017)

Colours in the Sun (2019)

Dreamer (Single) (2022)

✔️ Follow Voyager:

Website: https://www.voyagerau.com/

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Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/voyageraustralia

Bandcamp: https://voyager.bandcamp.com/

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In the new episode of the Progtalks, founding member, keyboardist and clean vocalist Miguel “Moe” Espinosa talks with host Dario about the songwriting process, lyrical themes and guest musicians on Persefone’s new opus “metanoia”.

Chapters:

01:25 from Aathma via In Lak’Ech and The Truth Inside the Shades to metanoia

05:50 Merkabah and Katabasis vs. the rest of the album and the evolution of Persefone

11:00 Spiritual metaphysic journeys vs. the material process of change through pain 

14:32 Consciousness Pt. 3: having fun writing music together!

19:58 guest musicians on metanoia

26:56 testing out the waters of writing more epic soundtrack type music with Leap of Faith

29:30 the steady ascent of Persefone

33:30 touring plans in a pandemic world

35:45 “The Riverside Song”

🎵 Persefone is:

Carlos Lozano Quintanilla - Guitar

Miguel Espinosa Ortiz - Keyboards, Vocals

Sergi Verdeguer Moyano - Drums

Toni Mestre Coy - Bass

Marc Martins Pia - Vocals

Filipe Baldaia - Guitar

💿 Discography:

Truth Inside the Shades (2004)

Core (2006)

Shin-Ken (2009)

Spiritual Migration (2013)

Aathma (2017)

In Lak’Ech EP (2017)

The Truth Inside the Shades 2020 (2020)

metanoia (2021)

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French composer Vivien Lalu finally returned with his 3rd studio album “Paint the Sky”. We talked about all the amazing musicians he invited to play this time, the departure from the melodic prog metal sounds of his early work towards a modernised, heavy progressive rock style and much more in this newest episode of the Progtalks.

Chapters:

01:30 The story so far…

02:20 Changes

04:48 Songwriting process for Paint the Sky

07:09 The core band line-up

10:44 Band? Project? Band-project!

12:35 Guest musicians on Paint the Sky

15:16 Asking other keyboard players for guest solos

19:00 Rebooting the Lalu sound

22:02 Dreaming of another guest vocalist…

23:13 Wrong CD

24:12 ‘Jammable Jazz’

25:05 Bonus Track: Paint the Sky instrumental!

29:14 Favourite albums from 2021?

32:00 Modernising traditional progressive rock

33:06 Upcoming albums by Viv’s favourites

35:45 Nerding out about Spock’s Beard

37:09 Dirty Loops and Jonah Nilsson worship

🎵 Lalu is:

Damian Wilson - Vocals

Jelly Cardarelli - Drums

Joop Wolters - Guitars/Bass

Vivien Lalu - Keyboards

💿 Discography:

Oniric Metal (2005)

Atomic Ark (2013)

Live at P60 (2015)

Paint the Sky (2022)

✔️ Follow Lalu:

Website: http://www.vivienlalu.com/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/laluprog

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/vivlalu

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vivlalu

Bandcamp: https://lalu.bandcamp.com/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/vivlalu

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClCn4szxoLNtCW9iVGZXrmQ

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In the newest episode of the Progtalks you can learn how to pronounce Wilderun properly - from Evan Berry himself! How about that? We also talk about their new album “Epigone”, going back on tour after such a long time and some of his songwriting influences from outside the prog world.

Chapters:

01:33 How do you pronounce Wilderun?

02:20 Epigone, being picked up by a label and the initial reception of the new album…

04:15 From Veil of Imagination to Epigone: the songwriting journey

11:10 Arrangements and Orchestrations with Daniel Müller and Wayne Ingram: How to ‘dress’ a song

16:15 Lead-guitar switcharoo from Wayne to Joe Gettler back to Wayne

18:23 Finally touring again with Swallow the Sun & Abigail Williams

24:00 Discussing various influences not only, but also from outside the prog and metal world

🎵 Wilderun is:

Evan Anderson Berry - Vocals, Guitars, Piano

Dan Müller - Bass, Synths, Orchestrations

Jon Teachey - Drums

Wayne Ingram - Orchestrations

Joe Gettler - Lead Guitar (on Epigone)

💿 Discography:

Olden Tales & Deathly Trails (2012)

Sleep at the Edge of the Earth (2015)

Veil of Imagination (2019)

Epigone (2022)

✔️ Follow Wilderun:

Website: https://wilderun.com/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/OfficialWilderun/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wilderunband/

Bandcamp: https://wilderun.bandcamp.com/

Youtube: https://bit.ly/WilderunYoutube

Twitter: https://twitter.com/Wilderunband

Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3q58Qjo

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