Sontaag (USA): Debut s/t album soon - Progressive Rock Music Forum

Too early for a post in 'Suggest New Bands', but that is where this will certainly eventually go. From http://www.progressiveears.org/forum/showthread.php/8100-Fantastic-new-prog-concept-album-Sontaag:

"Sontaag’s eponymous debut album has been described as ‘the rock opera that Pink Floyd never wrote’, ‘a modern-day Tubular Bells’, ‘a prog-rock War Of The Worlds’, but no reference point or sound-bite nails its seamless combination of space rock, narrative spoken word, and evocative ambience quite as neatly as ‘sonic cinema’."

The debut album 'Sontaag - Sontaag' wil be released on April 28th by Esoteric Antenna.

"Recorded in New York City and London, co-produced and mixed by Youth for Big Life Management, ‘Sontaag’ is a stunning and immersive listening experience. An evolutionary progression combining cutting edge sounds with classic dynamics, adapting the rock experience for today’s digital environment."

Sontaag (the band) features Richard Sontaag (composition, instruments, concept, co-production), Ian Fortnam (story, lyrics, voice, concept) with Milo Venter (drums) and Amanda Cross (vocals).

The storyline is based in the distant past, when giant harmonic machines were used to bring dead planets back to life – but in order to remain alive, inhabitants were forced to create music to continue the harmonies.

SONTAAG: “Sontaag”
Esoteric Antenna EANTCD 1031
Released: 28th April 2014

1. Empyrean
2. The Great Harmodulator
3. Spaceshifter
4. Harmodulation
5. The Minor Keys of Anguished Weeping
6. Serena Serenarum (Parts 1, 2 & 3)
7. Syn and Phonic
8. Interstellar Genocide
9. Chokuto
10. Glissandor
11. The Skull-Scraping Caterwaul
12. Aftershock Cacophony
13. Memoria Tenere

There is a short trailer available in this 'Prog' magazine article: http://www.progrockmag.com/news/sontaag-trail-science-fiction-album/:

A longer trailer will be available shortly - probably at https://soundcloud.com/#sontaag, where there is currently no music (a trailer did exist there before, but it has been removed for the time being).

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Nogbad_The_Bad Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum & Site Admin Group RIO/Avant/Zeuhl & Eclectic Team Joined: March 16 2007 Location: Boston Status: Offline Points: 21506	Topic: Sontaag (USA): Debut s/t album soon Posted: March 06 2014 at 06:40
	Was listening to a sample of this the other day. Like the music and certainly hear Floydian, Calvert era Hawkwind and WotW references but I not not sure of the spoken word stuff. Seem's just a bit too much twee pretentiousness for my tastes.
	Ian Host of the Post-Avant Jazzcore Happy Hour on Progrock.com https://podcasts.progrock.com/post-avant-jazzcore-happy-hour/

yam yam Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Crossover Team Joined: June 16 2011 Location: Kerberos Status: Offline Points: 7452	Posted: March 06 2014 at 06:26
	Too early for a post in 'Suggest New Bands', but that is where this will certainly eventually go. From http://www.progressiveears.org/forum/showthread.php/8100-Fantastic-new-prog-concept-album-Sontaag: "Sontaag’s eponymous debut album has been described as ‘the rock opera that Pink Floyd never wrote’, ‘a modern-day Tubular Bells’, ‘a prog-rock War Of The Worlds’, but no reference point or sound-bite nails its seamless combination of space rock, narrative spoken word, and evocative ambience quite as neatly as ‘sonic cinema’." The debut album 'Sontaag - Sontaag' wil be released on April 28th by Esoteric Antenna. "Recorded in New York City and London, co-produced and mixed by Youth for Big Life Management, ‘Sontaag’ is a stunning and immersive listening experience. An evolutionary progression combining cutting edge sounds with classic dynamics, adapting the rock experience for today’s digital environment." Sontaag (the band) features Richard Sontaag (composition, instruments, concept, co-production), Ian Fortnam (story, lyrics, voice, concept) with Milo Venter (drums) and Amanda Cross (vocals). The storyline is based in the distant past, when giant harmonic machines were used to bring dead planets back to life – but in order to remain alive, inhabitants were forced to create music to continue the harmonies. SONTAAG: “Sontaag” Esoteric Antenna EANTCD 1031 Released: 28th April 2014 1. Empyrean 2. The Great Harmodulator 3. Spaceshifter 4. Harmodulation 5. The Minor Keys of Anguished Weeping 6. Serena Serenarum (Parts 1, 2 & 3) 7. Syn and Phonic 8. Interstellar Genocide 9. Chokuto 10. Glissandor 11. The Skull-Scraping Caterwaul 12. Aftershock Cacophony 13. Memoria Tenere There is a short trailer available in this 'Prog' magazine article: http://www.progrockmag.com/news/sontaag-trail-science-fiction-album/: A longer trailer will be available shortly - probably at https://soundcloud.com/#sontaag, where there is currently no music (a trailer did exist there before, but it has been removed for the time being). See also: www.twitter.com/sontaag and http://www.sontaag.tumblr.com/