A Japanese promising unit Stella Lee Jones were founded as a progressive rock septet by Satoshi HIRATA (guitar) who was one of the founders of FLAT 122, soon after their disbandment in 2009. They have highlighted their originality under Satoshi's soundscape mixed with jazz, avantgarde, and art rock. Thie debut album "A Floating Place", released in late 2011, came out as a gem crystallized rigidly with their innovative eclecticism. Escape From Reality is the second album by Stella Lee Jones, released 2016.11.16 by Dizziness Records.
Orange Mountain Music is proud to present the new album ESCAPE from guitarist Gerard Cousins featuring arrangements for solo guitar of Philip Glass's best known music. Appropriately, Cousins starts with a flowing account of Opening, the first track from Glass's iconic 1983 album Glassworks, designed to introduce people to the public to the composer’s music. Cousins follows the mood with four tracks from Glass's piano pieces Metamorphosis, the second of which, Metamorphosis No.2, became the basis for the piece Escape! from the Oscar Nominated score to The Hours. The album concludes with Knee Play 2 from Glass's 1976 opera Einstein on the Beach, a landmark of 20th century theater, and finally Truman Sleeps from Glass's Golden Globewinning score to The Truman Show.
A continuous work in four sections – "Drift," "Contact," "Gallop," "Assemblage" – for winds, synthesizers, many types of guitars and percussion. "Drift" is a lovely, meditative piece with slowly changing drones on a synthesizer which are added to by other instruments playing sustained tones or soft percussion, while a muted bass guitar plays a quasi-random staccato line. The second section, "Contact," a kind of interlude, features synthesizer alone with slow de-tuning beats and additional waveforms.
Ektoplazm and Escape Into proudly present The Mirror, the last release by the duo Dan Flict and Werther Azevedo, from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. After a three year hiatus Escape Into is back with their most adventurous release yet. Without the pressures of having to conform to a particular genre, what emerged is a blend of freestyle electronic music with strong Rock influences: they call it Trip-Rock. The melodies are more complex and refined than before, while the tracks twist and turn unpredictably. Their use of analogue synthesisers shines through the complex arrangements bringing an organic warmth to the whole journey. A very original trip through extraordinary and harmonious soundscapes. Produced with care and focus on details, it rewards repeated listens. Their deepest offering yet!