Album: Stellardrive - ERS-2 (EP)

Programmed in 2005, Stellardrive only takes off in 2006 after the crew has been modified, shipping onboard pilots familiar with interstellar space, since some of them used to work on other spaceships such as Aside From A Day (mission planned on 2008) and Gantz which has crashed since. Therefor, the number of hours of flight is not to be counted. The five Stellardrivers [Steph /drums | Florian /guitar & clarinet | Nicolas /guitar | Sebastien / bass & machine | Jean-Charles / guitar & keyboards ] keep on discovering unexplored galactic landscapes, as beautiful as various. Please note that the vocal commands have been voluntary deactivated from the take-off to let enough space for the sound particles caught during the trip. Lead by satelites such as Explosion In The Sky, Red Sparowes and Mono, the spaceship also uses the coordonates left by supernovas such as Mogwai, The Mars Volta, King Crimson, Pink Floyd and so many others. The dark and intimate spaces let suspect huge galaxies, bringing the passengers far from the solar system for a while.

The second EP 'ERS-2' was recorded during march 2007 @ Le cube by Yann Morel, Cyril Hentzen and Sebastien Descamps, and is a great progression from the first EP, taking the huge guitar sound and epic song structure then adding big melodic hooks to their new brand of instrumental rock. (LostChildren)

Tracklist:
01.Departure
02.Sagittarius A
03.Turbulences (A Nice Day To See All The Damages Done)

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Band: Frech Teen Idol

French Teen Idol is an instrumental-solo prject run by the Roman artist Andrea Di Carlo.
His music offers a typical post-rock mood, from the song structure to the melodies, blended with an electronic approach based on basic beats, thick strings and vocal samples.
Sounds like: Sigur Ros, M83, God Is An Astronaut, Mogwai



Artist: French Teen Idol
Album: French Teen Idol
Label: Nishi
Year: 2005







Further confounding the frontier between electronica and post-rock, French Teen Idol weaves a fabric of intricate piano figures, impassioned sequences and intriguing samples. Meticulous harmonies and a fine sense of dynamics pervade this self-titled album.

Tracklist:
01.Shouting Can Have Different Meanings
02.(Un)told Prejudices
03.Do You Want To Make Me Hate You?
04.Your Fault
05.Lamb
06.Inspired By A Galaxy
07.Some Moral Content
08.Same Tempos (Changing)

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Artist: French Teen Idol
Album: Enlightened False Consciousness
Label: Lost Children
Year: 2007







Enlightened False Consciousness is French Teen Idol's second release, following the 2005 self-titled debut album.

Melancholic piano patterns, dreamy atmospheres, vocal samples and striking instrumental crescendos, some of the ingredients of French Teen Idol's debut album, are sill there, enriched by the continuous search for new musical solutions, including a more classical "song-structure" approach in some tracks.

Athens-based band GardenBox and Roman artist Patrizio Piastra collaborated with French Teen Idol on track #2, "The Longest Night". Other collaborations include Fabrizio Lagani (track #3) and Olalla Rey Fernández (track #5).

Tracklist:
01. The Following Takes Place Between 0'00'' And 57'30''
02. The Longest Night
03. Memento
04. Departure
05. The Fleeting Beauty Of A Butterfly
06. Compromise Your (He)Art
07. Ode To A Departing Friend
08. Enlightened False Consciousness.
09. Stay
10. Rebirth

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For further information and a digital copy of the albums go to the official FTI site.

Album: Generation Of Vipers - Grace

Drawing equally from doom metal, epic droning soundscapes, and psychedelia, Knoxville, Tennessee's Generation Of Vipers have crafted an aurally captivating , epic, and profoundly elegiac work in their aptly-titled debut LP "Grace". Over the course of four tracks and 41 minutes, Generation Of Vipers pilot an aural rollercoaster of tension and release; each moment is tempered in dense atmospherics and thunderous rhythms as the band seamlessly trods from plaintive dirges akin to early Neurosis to more pensive passages reminiscent of bands like Swans and Grails . The band displays a certain mastery of tone and songcraft, as crushing distorted bass, enveloping rhythmic onslaughts, soaring guitars, and mournful, throaty wails collide to create sonically dense and captivating music. (interpunk.com)

Band Members:

• B.J. Graves: Percussion
• C. Rawls: Bass Guitar
• J. Holt: Guitar, Vocals

Artist:Generation Of Vipers
Album:Grace
Label:Red Witch Recordings





Tracklist:
1.Thaw
2.O Great Deceiver
3.In The Crushing Fists Of God
4.Blood In The Belly

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Album: The Other Side Of The Sky - Rorschach

The Other Side of the Sky from Daytona Beach, Florida deliver a unique brand of ambient sludge metal related to bands like Isis, Neurosis, Pelican and Mogwai. Recorded at Godcity Studios under the guidance of Kurt Ballou (Converge), it is a representation of massive volume inducing emotion, combining droning riffs and subtle effects-induced builds.





Genre: Sludge Metal
Label: Retribute Records
Playing time: 39:37
Band homepage: -

Tracklist:

1. No Compromise
2. Rorschach
3. Times Square Spectre
4. Street Ethics
5. Harlem
6. Reluctant Hero
7. Justice Is A Vagrant

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Album: Sika Redem - Entheogen

Coventry based 5 piece band. Describe themselves as prog or screamo, although Rock Sound described them as sounding like "A chaotic escape plan utilising elements of thrash, hardcore and even emo to drag you into a strange dimention of screaming uncertainty".

The current lineup is:
Tommy Jones - Vocals
Luke McCusker - Drums
Stein Fletcher - Guitar
Ian Lee - Bass
Lewis Roden - Guitar

They released they're debut full on the 29th of May 2006, titled "Entheogen". (from last.fm)

Tracklist:
1. The October Bird of Death
2. Mr.Hunk
3. The Race From Hominid to Starflight
4. Euglena
5. The Protagonist Fails, the Pugilist Falls
6. Shields
7. Proud Sons of a Magnanimous Land
8. Stretching For The Zenith
9. Sekret Redem

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Band: They Don't Sleep

They Don't Sleep are a piano led progressive band hailing from London. The band consists of Glenn Kerrigan - Piano/Keys/Vocals, Will Kendrew - Bass/Vocals, Andi Newman - Drums, William Young - guitar. William is not the original guitarist of the band, their previous guitarist left due to undisclosed reasons and William was (at the time) 'drinking mates' with the band.

They Don't Sleep's most recent E.P, 'The Drawing Game', was a self release by the band near the end of 2006, they decided to release it themselves after having many meetings with various different major labels to no avail.

2007 is looking exiting for TDS as they have shows booked with such bands as 'Jenniferever' and they have been tipped for big things by Rock Sound (on of the more reputable journals of musical opinion), it's only a matter of time before They Don't Sleep hit it big.
(last.fm)

They Don't Sleep
The Drawing Game

Tracklist:
01. Signature
02. Face To The Floor
03. The Eel's Foot
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Album: Envy - A Dead Sinking Story

Envy is one of the foremost hardcore/screamo bands in Japan. They have a large following outside of their native Japan, and are signed to Rock Action Records in Europe and Temporary Residence Limited in North America, though originally they worked with Level Plane Records. Vocalist Tetsuya Fukagawa was featured on the song "I Chose Horses" from the album Mr.Beast by Scottish post-rock band Mogwai, the same band that owns and operates Rock Action Records.

Envy
A Dead Sinking Story

Released: 2003.04.25 (SO-004)
Label: Sonzai Records

Tracklist:
01.Chain Wandering Deeply
02.Distress of Ignorance
03.Evidence
04.Color of Fetters
05.Unrepairable Gentleness
06.Go Mad and Mark
07.Conviction That Speeds
08.Reasons and Oblivion
09.Will Remains in the Ashes
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Members:

• Tetsuya Fukagawa (vocals/sequencer)
• Nobukata Kawai (guitar)
• Masahiro Tobita (guitar)
• Manabu Nakagawa (bass guitar)
• Dairoku Seki (drums)