This box set contains 5 Alan Parsons Project albums (Pyramid, Turn of a Friendly Card, Eve, Stereotomy and Gaudi) as remastered in 2008, including the bonus tracks issued at that time. The Alan Parsons Project were a British progressive rock band, active between 1975 and 1990, consisting of singer Eric Woolfson and keyboardist Alan Parsons surrounded by a varying number of session musicians. Behind the revolving lineup and the regular sidemen, the true core of the Project was the duo of Parsons and Woolfson. Woolfson was a songwriter by profession, but also a composer and pianist. Parsons was a successful producer and accomplished engineer. Almost all songs on the band's albums are credited to "Woolfson/Parsons".
After well over 60 album releases with his bands and projects such as: Seven Steps To The Green Door, Toxic Smile, Cyril, Manuel Schmid & Marek Arnold, as a member of the German art rock legends Stern-Combo Meißen and internationally Bands like UPF, Flaming Row or Damanek, as well as a guest of established projects like The Samurai of Prog, Melanie Mau & Martin Schnella, Argos, Subsignal or Southern Empire are presented by the German saxophonist, keyboarder and producer Marek Arnold with the participation of many international guest stars the progressive rock scene - his first solo album.
It was clear from the start that this album should reflect the full stylistic diversity that always played a role in the compositions for Marek's bands…
The Italian quartet Barock Project have been making musical waves lately through their outstanding studio album Skyline, released in 2015, which they followed up last year with the live double album Vivo.
In a nutshell, Detachment further enhances them as one of Europe's current finest and most innovative bands, whose distinctive classically-led sound should attract a much wider appeal among serious prog listeners.
If you like your progressive rock to be open, inviting and with a keen focus on melodies and harmonies, without loosing track of being sophisticated on a structural level, Detachment is an album with your name written on it.
After well over 60 album releases with his bands and projects such as: Seven Steps To The Green Door, Toxic Smile, Cyril, Manuel Schmid & Marek Arnold, as a member of the German art rock legends Stern-Combo Meißen and internationally Bands like UPF, Flaming Row or Damanek, as well as a guest of established projects like The Samurai of Prog, Melanie Mau & Martin Schnella, Argos, Subsignal or Southern Empire are presented by the German saxophonist, keyboarder and producer Marek Arnold with the participation of many international guest stars the progressive rock scene - his first solo album.
It was clear from the start that this album should reflect the full stylistic diversity that always played a role in the compositions for Marek's bands…
This box set contains 5 Alan Parsons Project albums (Pyramid, Turn of a Friendly Card, Eve, Stereotomy and Gaudi) as remastered in 2008, including the bonus tracks issued at that time. The Alan Parsons Project were a British progressive rock band, active between 1975 and 1990, consisting of singer Eric Woolfson and keyboardist Alan Parsons surrounded by a varying number of session musicians. Behind the revolving lineup and the regular sidemen, the true core of the Project was the duo of Parsons and Woolfson. Woolfson was a songwriter by profession, but also a composer and pianist. Parsons was a successful producer and accomplished engineer. Almost all songs on the band's albums are credited to "Woolfson/Parsons".
The Alan Parsons Project were a British rock band active between 1975 and 1990, whose core membership consisted of Alan Parsons and Eric Woolfson. They were accompanied by a varying number of session musicians and some relatively consistent session players such as guitarist Ian Bairnson, arranger Andrew Powell, bassist and vocalist David Paton, drummer Stuart Elliott, and vocalists Lenny Zakatek and Chris Rainbow…