The Syn have followed-up the critically acclaimed "Syndestructible" CD and recent world
tour with "Armistice Day", a mix of studio and live acoustic tracks recorded over the past year and
with a central theme of peace and understanding. A modern progressive masterpiece. Poignantly, the
release date coincides with Armistice Day.
This latest offering from The Syn, features Yes bassist Chris Squire, original vocalist
Steve Nardelli, and Yes drummer Alan White, joined by world renowned musicians Shane Theriot and
Gerard Johnson.
Track Listing:
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01 Armistice Day
02 Silent Revolution
03 Cathedral Of Love
04 21st Century
05 Golden Age
06 Some Time, Some Way
07 Reach Outro
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Umbrello Records introduces the debut CD from Anton Roolaart entitled Dreamer, composed and produced by Anton himself.
His music conveys the quintessence of melodic symphonic rock keenly arranged with lush orchestration... Read More
Track Listing:
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01 Near or Far
02 On to the Afterglow
03 Dreamer
04 Scary Monsters
05 Color of Your World
06 Mid Summer's Day
07 Manon
08 The Spider
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Outer Worlds is Umbrello Records first release by Kurt Michaels. It follows Michaels' 2004
critically acclaimed debut CD, "Inner Worlds--Part One" that won him the title of
"U-Magazine 2004 Ambient Artist of the Year"... Read More
Track Listing:
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01 Senor Wences (13:24)
02 Lamb Chop (5:50)
03 Chucky (2:24)
04 Jade Princess (6:01)
05 Hitch Hiker On Venus (3:56)
06 One (43:50)
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Description:
For two brief but glorious years The Syn resided at the crossroads of 60s psychedelia and pop.
They shared bills at London's Marquee club with the likes of Pink Floyd and Hendrix, released some
legendary underground singles ("Flowerman", "14 Hour Technicolour Dream")
and created the blueprint for rock innovators Yes.
Four decades later, original founding members
Chris Squire (who went on to found Yes) and Steve Nardelli reunited for a new CD and their first-ever
live dates in America.
This DVD captures the stellar new line-up (featuring Yes drummer Alan White)
on a magical night in Boston, performing material new and old.
DVD extras include extensive band
interviews and backstage footage. An important new chapter in the history of one of rock's great,
nearly-lost treasures.
The tracks:
01 Breaking Down Walls "intro"
02 Some Time, Some Way
03 Reach Outro
04 Cathedral of Love
05 Silent Revolution
06 Grounded Encore
07 Flowerman
08 14th Hour Technicolor Dream
09 Jimi Hendrix Story by Chris Squire
10 21st Century
11 City of Dreams
12 The Promise
13 Golden Age
This superb double CD yokes together, for the first time, fourteen rare (some previously unreleased) tracks from
the band, recorded in the 1960s, including their highly collectable singles, ‘Grounded’, ’14
Hour Technicolor Dream’ and ‘Created By Clive’, plus five tracks recorded in 2004, including
a sizzling, stunningly contemporary new recording of ‘Grounded’, and a new version of the YES classic,
‘Time And A Word’. The album includes a warmly appreciative sleeve note introduction from
PHIL COLLINS.
The album includes a wonderful 24 page booklet outlining the history of the band.
The tracks:
Disc 1 1 Mallard Way (Jackman)
2 Grounded (Nardelli)
3 14 Hour Technicolor Dream (Nardelli,Jackman)
4 Flowerman (Nardelli/Jackman)
5 Created By Clive (Pattison)
6 The Last Performance of The Royal Regimental, Very Victorious and Valiant Band (Nardelli/Jackman)
7 Mr Whites White Flying Machine (Nardelli/Jackman)
8 Cadillac Dreams (Nardelli)
9 Sunset Boulevard Lament (Nardelli)
10 Merry-Go-Round (Korda)
11 The Gangster Opera (excerpts from the rehearsal tape)
i Chorus (Nardelli/Jackman)
ii Legs Diamond (Nardelli/Jackman)
iii Reprise (Nardelli/Jackman)
12 I Can't Explain (P.Townsend)
13 Love You (Jackman)
14 Flowerman Original Recording (Nardelli/Jackman)
Disc 2 1 Illusion (Nardelli/Banks)
2 Grounded 2004 (Nardelli) Time and a Word -
3 Time And A Word (Anderson/Foster)
4 A Tide in the Affairs of Man (Nardelli/Banks/Johnson)
5 Time And A Word (reprise) (Anderson/Foster)
Chris Squire and Steve Nardelli first met in 1965 at a local battle of the bands.
They went on to form 60’s psychedelic rock outfit, THE SYN.
After their split in 1967, Squire went on to join the band YES.
40 years later, the pair have reunited and reformed. Pooling the talents of producer and guitarist Paul Stacey, Jeremy Stacey on drums and Gerard Johnson on keys, the band have signed to Umbrello Records.
The Band now describe themselves as “Prog Modernists” and have stated they are taking the concept of Progressive music into the 21st century. The results are already creating a lot of excitement not only in the music business but in the art world too where critics are quoted as saying the band are leading the renaissance in progressive music.
The tracks:
1. Cathedral of Love is from the forthcoming album, ‘Syndestructible’ and is the ‘single edit’, duration 5.30. The full album version of the track is 9.16.
2. Grounded The original 1967 recording of the classic Syn track regarded as one of the finest freak/beat records of that era. Grounded was Nardelli's first composition aged 14 and has been covered numerous times and is used by Diesel Clothing in their new commercial.
3. 14 Hour Technicolor Dream is from the Original Syn album.
