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aapatsos
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Posted: October 17 2014 at 14:34 |
That's great, could any of you two please spell out the bio as it should be and I will upload it. Also, what source should I use? Thanks
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yam yam
Collaborator Crossover Team Joined: June 16 2011 Location: Kerberos Status: Offline Points: 6354 |
Posted: October 17 2014 at 15:30 |
Lars-Olof's corrections have now been added in to the original text.
The Roots of Echo were: Lars-Olof Ström - Vocals Sven Lorentzon - Guitar Mats Segerdahl - Drums Andreas Niemi - Bass Jörgen Oscarsson - Keyboards "The Roots of Echo" was started by Sven Lorentzon & Lars-Olof Ström, April 1990, in Gothenburg - Sweden, originally just known as 'Roots'. They changed the name to "The Roots Of Echo" in the summer of 1990. In 1991 they recorded their first songs on an 4-channel porta-studio with the help from some friends. In 1992 they recorded some songs from a live gig they did. The song "The Garden" was recorded and later released (1993) on a collection-CD called "Life's A Joke", with Swedish psychedelic and Indie bands, released by "101", a small fanzine. The album "The Roots of Echo" was recorded January 1993 and released at the summer the same year. This album was put together at "MVR-studio" in Fjärsås, (a very old and dusty 8-channel studio) and received great response from magazines in Italy, Belgium, U.K. and The Netherlands. "Let your freak flag fly" was another collection-CD The Roots of Echo were on, with "Answer". Garageland Records liked the band's music so much that they decided to finance The Roots of Echo's second album; "Söabu". This album was recorded in spring 1994, and had a more folk music attitude than the first album. "Söabu" was released in February 1995. All this time they had taken help from a bunch of musical friends (including "Sinkadus" who had helped them at recordings and live gigs) 1994 - Played live at Gothenburg Art-Rock Festival (G.A.R.F.) together with Sinkadus. In the summer of 1994 Mats Svensson (who is now also with Sinkadus, & later changed his name to Segerdahl), who had earlier helped the band at live gigs, joined the band. In autumn 1994 Andreas Niemi joined the band. Andreas had at that time recently broken up his heavy metal band "Akilles" to hang the bass on the wall, but Sven & L-O phoned him and after they heard him play they asked him to become a member of the band. Shortly after that they changed their rehearsal-local from the ceiling-room at Sven's home deep in a forest to a larger place that was a bit closer to Gothenburg. The Roots of Echo had now developed an very original psychedelic sound, with a lot of guitar solos and a pounding rhythm section. In April 1995 they went back to the "MVR-studio" to record "Total live ninety-five", a raw three track cassette including the new songs "As time goes by" and "Guilt" and a new version on "Catch this moment". In May the same year Jörgen Oscarsson did the keyboard work for the cassette. In May 1995 the band played live with Sinkadus again, but this time as two separate bands. Sinkadus took notice of The Roots of Echo's new drummer Mats and they later asked him for his help. Jörgen Oscarsson joined as keyboard player in the band later that spring. After contact from Phil McMullen they released "As time goes by" as a EP for Phil's "The Ptolemaic Terrascope" in U.K. September 1995. Over 8000 copies were made and sold on three weeks. This EP is completely sold out. "Nothing Between You and the Sun" was recorded spring 1996 at "MVR" and because the band was short on money, most of the songs were recorded in one take and with a lot of improvisation. The album was released by the Italian company Mellow Records in May 1997, and is considered by many as The Roots of Echo's most progressive and powerful record ever. April 97 - The Roots of Echo did a live gig for "G.A.R.F." again, at Dojan, Gothenburg. 1998 - Due to Lars-Olof's health problems at the time, Mats' heavy involvement with Sinkadus, and Andreas' and Jörgen's own projects, "The Roots of Echo" was dissolved. The group re-formed in 2012 as a project in order to manage the group's heritage and aiming at some future plans of the resumption of business, initially as a collaboration between Sven and Lars-Olof, then as a non-profit project run by Lars-Olof on his own. Discography: Standard CD: 1993 - 'The Roots of Echo' 1995 - 'Söabu' 1996 - 'Nothing Between You and the Sun' 2013 - 'Into The Unknown From Yesterday Volume 1' (Limited, now withdrawn, collection of mostly previously unreleased material. Only released as MP3 files without artwork). Cassettes: 1991 - 'The Roots of Echo' (demo 1) 1992 - 'The Roots of Echo' (demo 2) 1995 - 'Total Live 95' (Live in studio 1995) Singles: 1995 - 'As Time Goes By': http://rateyourmusic.com/release/single/the_roots_of_echo/as_time_goes_by/ Compilation albums: 1993 - 'Life's A Joke ' (Collection of various artists which we contribute the song "The Garden"): http://rateyourmusic.com/release/comp/various_artists_f2/lifes_a_joke/ 1994 - 'Let Your Freak Flag Fly' (Collection of various artists which we contribute the song "Answers"): http://rateyourmusic.com/release/comp/various_artists_f2/let_your_freak_flag_fly/ I'll let the final editing be done by someone who is familiar with the proper format of biography entries on PA. The source of the info is given at the top of the post - or you can just credit it directly to Lars-Olof, since he has kindly provided all the corrections.
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NotAProghead
Special Collaborator Errors & Omissions Team Joined: October 22 2005 Location: Russia Status: Offline Points: 7851 |
Posted: October 17 2014 at 16:14 |
^ Thanks, I've managed this. But without links to RYM (links don't work well on artists' pages). We can use these links for updating the band's discography on PA.
Please look is it OK: http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=2290? It would be also helpful to have a link to the band's website. Edited by NotAProghead - October 17 2014 at 16:46 |
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XunknownX
Forum Senior Member Joined: October 02 2008 Status: Offline Points: 158 |
Posted: October 17 2014 at 17:26 |
Hi all and thank you very much.
Just one more thing that I noticed now in the beginning of the text - it says "Initially THE ROOTS OF ECHO were". That is incorrect. Doesn't "initially" mean "from the beginning"? As it says in the text it was me (Lars-Olof Ström) and Sven Lorentzon who started the band. The mentioned line up was the last one before we dissolved. The thing is that before that we consisted of myself and Sven with different musicians we borrowed in for different projects over the years, meaning the only real band line up was the mentioned five members line up. My suggestion therefore is to change that sentence to: "The last line up before dissolving was", or something that fits this sites standards when a band has had different line ups. Alternatively, it could be changed into just me and Sven, it depends on how you usually write line ups in cases like this. If so, I did more then sing and Sven played more then just guitar. Regarding our website, please see this topic: http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=99968 Regards, L-O Ström |
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NotAProghead
Special Collaborator Errors & Omissions Team Joined: October 22 2005 Location: Russia Status: Offline Points: 7851 |
Posted: October 17 2014 at 18:14 |
^ It was my mistake to add the word "initially".
What else could I think reading these lines: " Lars-Olof Ström - Vocals Sven Lorentzon - Guitar Mats Segerdahl - Drums Andreas Niemi - Bass Jörgen Oscarsson - Keyboards "The Roots of Echo" was started by Sven Lorentzon & Lars-Olof Ström, April 1990, in Gothenburg - Sweden, originally just known as 'Roots'. They changed the name to "The Roots Of Echo" in the summer of 1990..."? Though that's not the point. I've deleted the first lines and started the bio with "THE ROOTS OF ECHO was started by Sven Lorentzon & Lars-Olof Ström, April 1990, in Gothenburg - Sweden...". If you prefer I can add this info closer to the end: "1998 - Due to Lars-Olof's health problems at the time, Mats' heavy involvement with SINKADUS, and Andreas' and Jörgen's own projects, THE ROOTS OF ECHO was dissolved. The last line up before dissolving was:Lars-Olof Ström - vocals Sven Lorentzon - guitar Mats Segerdahl - drums Andreas Niemi - bass Jörgen Oscarsson - keyboards The group re-formed in 2012 as a project in order to manage the group's heritage and aiming at some future plans of the resumption of business, initially as a collaboration between Sven and Lars-Olof, then as a non-profit project run by Lars-Olof on his own." And thanks, I've added the facebok page. By the way, usually people give direct links to their websites instead of the link to the thread where you can find requested link. Edited by NotAProghead - October 17 2014 at 18:50 |
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NotAProghead
Special Collaborator Errors & Omissions Team Joined: October 22 2005 Location: Russia Status: Offline Points: 7851 |
Posted: October 17 2014 at 19:19 |
There are also questions to albums info.
1. "The Roots of Echo": http://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=10534 1. Catch This Moment (4:33) 2. Too Close To Come Near (3:35) 3. The Easy Way To Go (6:12) 4. The Dream (5:52) 5. Let Love Flow Over (3:01) 6. Another Goddamned War (6:33) 7. Reality And Dreams (5:26) 8. Looking Deeper (3:20) 9. Don't Hide The Sun (4:20) 10. Roots Of Echo (2:53) 11. Soon After Dark (3:03) 12. Somewhere In This World (7:29) 13. [untitled] (2:56) The last track, [untitled], is listed on RYM: http://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/the_roots_of_echo/the_roots_of_echo/, but missing on Discogs: http://www.discogs.com/Roots-Of-Echo-The-Roots-Of-Echo/release/2902928. Does the album contain this track? The line-up info now: - Lars-Olof Ström / vocals - Sven Lorentzon / guitar - Lisbeth Ingvarsson / bass - Erik Kullgren / - Mia Lorentzon / - Karolina Wikander / Is it posible to complete it? 2. "Söabu": http://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=10535 The line-up info is a bit confusing: - Sven Lorentzon / acoustic & electric guitar, bass, tamburine - L. O. Ström / vocals, keyboards, drums, tamburine, xylofon, percussion - Lars / drums - Lisbeth Ingvarsson / bass - Mia Lorentzon / recorder - Björn / bassoon, tin whistle - Fredrik / keyboards - Jonas / keyboards - Leif / violin - Linda / angelvoice - Rickard / drums - Robert / bass - Stefan / bass Is it correct? |
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Who are you and who am I to say we know the reason why... (D. Gilmour)
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XunknownX
Forum Senior Member Joined: October 02 2008 Status: Offline Points: 158 |
Posted: October 18 2014 at 07:54 |
Hi!
I'd prefer that you add it in the end and that you write it like you suggested, please. While at it, please change it to the following: Lars-Olof Ström - Vocals, Keyboards Sven Lorentzon - Guitars Mats Segerdahl - Drums Andreas Niemi - Bass Jörgen Oscarsson - Keyboards The reason I gave the link to the thread was to show how the conversation started, including some useful information about the work with the biography - here's also the link to our new home page, which also could be found there, just a click away: https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Roots-Of-Echo/1507750599468141 Lars-Olof Edited by XunknownX - October 18 2014 at 07:55 |
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NotAProghead
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Posted: October 18 2014 at 08:29 |
^ Thanks, Lars-Olof, done as you prefer.
Would you like to help us with albums' info (see 2 posts above)?
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Who are you and who am I to say we know the reason why... (D. Gilmour)
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XunknownX
Forum Senior Member Joined: October 02 2008 Status: Offline Points: 158 |
Posted: October 18 2014 at 09:03 |
Regarding "The Roots Of Echo": 1, Yes, it does - but it should say 13. [hidden track] (2:56), instead. 2, Yes, please change the line up into this: - Lars-Olof Ström / vocals, keyboards, tambourine, xylophone, sound effects - Sven Lorentzon / electric and acoustic guitar, bass, drums, banjo - Lisbeth Ingvarsson / bass - Pelle Andersson / drums - Erik Kullgren / clarinet - Mia Lorentzon / recorder - Karolina Wikander / violin Regarding "Söabu": Not really, there's some misprints and missing facts in the booklet, so please correct it into the following: - Lars-Olof Ström / vocals, keyboards, tambourine, xylophone, sound effects, percussion - Sven Lorentzon / electric and acoustic guitar, bass, percussion, keyboards, mandolin - Lisbeth Ingvarsson / bass - Pelle Andersson / drums - Robert Sjöback / bass - Fredrik Karlsson / keyboards - Rickard Biström / drums - Linda Ågren / background vocals - Jonas Kernell / keyboards - Stefan Nilsson / bass - Lars Malmros / drums - Mia Lorentzon / recorder - Björn Johansson / bassoon, tin whistle - Leif ? / violin Regretfully, no one remembers the last name of this Leif who played violin on one track and for some reason we only wrote the first names of our collaborating musicians in the booklet, so his first name has to do, I'm afraid. Finally, would you also please change the line up on our third CD "Nothing Between You And The Sun" (http://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=10533) to: - Lars-Olof Ström / vocals, keyboards, sound effects - Sven Lorentzon / electric and acoustic guitar - Andreas Niemi / bass - Jörgen Oscarsson / keyboards - Mats Svensson / drums
I think that is all :) Best regards, Lars-Olof Ström Edited by XunknownX - October 18 2014 at 09:10 |
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XunknownX
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Posted: October 18 2014 at 09:07 |
Thanks!
Of course, please see above post Edited by XunknownX - October 18 2014 at 09:07 |
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XunknownX
Forum Senior Member Joined: October 02 2008 Status: Offline Points: 158 |
Posted: October 18 2014 at 09:41 |
Note:
The above mentioned source website: http://home.wish.net/~antlady/troe.html was administrated for several years by bassist Andreas Neimi but was taken down a while back, that's why the link no longer works - just if some one wonders.
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NotAProghead
Special Collaborator Errors & Omissions Team Joined: October 22 2005 Location: Russia Status: Offline Points: 7851 |
Posted: October 18 2014 at 10:37 |
^ Let's change the line to "Taken from Andreas Neimi's website (THE ROOTS OF ECHO's bass guitarist)" or something like this. OK?
Many thanks, L-O, the albums' info updated.
Edited by NotAProghead - October 18 2014 at 10:49 |
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XunknownX
Forum Senior Member Joined: October 02 2008 Status: Offline Points: 158 |
Posted: October 18 2014 at 14:16 |
No need to change that, IMO - I just wrote that as an internal info.
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NotAProghead
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Posted: October 18 2014 at 17:45 |
OK, though a dead link looks a bit strange.
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XunknownX
Forum Senior Member Joined: October 02 2008 Status: Offline Points: 158 |
Posted: October 19 2014 at 08:17 |
Yes, it does - I leave that to you guys.
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NotAProghead
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Posted: October 19 2014 at 11:37 |
^ Because you don't mind, I've changed mentioned line. Thanks.
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Who are you and who am I to say we know the reason why... (D. Gilmour)
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XunknownX
Forum Senior Member Joined: October 02 2008 Status: Offline Points: 158 |
Posted: October 20 2014 at 09:35 |
Thank you! ... and thanks everyone! :)
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NotAProghead
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Posted: October 20 2014 at 16:11 |
^ You're always welcome. :)
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Who are you and who am I to say we know the reason why... (D. Gilmour)
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apps79
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Posted: November 22 2014 at 16:35 |
Pye Fyte bio launched: http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=910
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aapatsos
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Posted: November 22 2014 at 16:59 |
We just need Scott to update us on the situation now , I 've lost track of missing bios
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