Hi!

We are a Norwegian / British posts prog / art rock band with a new album out, "Bridge Of Sighs"

Available on all streaming services here https://orcd.co/lnvr57p

We hope you like it!

We hope you will incorporate us in ProgArchives 

Bandcamp https://viamedia.bandcamp.com/album/bridge-of-sighs

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ViaMedia is a British-Norwegian band that writes, records and performs music that is adventurous, creative and tries to avoid any form of orthodoxy.

We are equally inspired by post progressive, art rock, cinematic music and contemporary classical

ViaMedia has since early 2022 been busy composing and recording a new album which we call “Bridge of Sighs”.  

Reference points may be Radiohead, Steven Wilson, David Sylvian, Shearwater, Talk Talk, Bjork, Efterklang…. but still uniquely us !

We are;

• Karl Yngvar Dale – vocals, bass, double bass, keyboards, acoustic guitar

• Tore Dimmestol – vocals, electric and acoustic guitars, keyboards, FX

We work with some very talented and like-minded people, including

·       Craig Blundell (Steve Hackett, Steven Wilson, Frost*....) – drums and percussion

·       John Mitchell (It Bites, Arena, Kino, Frost*, Lonely Robot, John Wetton Band…) – production, electric guitar

·       Jeff Oster – (Grammy-nominated American musician) - flugelhorn

·       Lyndon Owen (Big Clutch, Plague Doctors...) - saxophones, bagpipes, and tarogato

·       Jacob Lupo-Holm (White Willow, Opium Cartel…..) – production, synth

·       Emma King - vocals

Karl & Tore are originally from the picturesque Norwegian town of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%85lesund#/media/File:Vista_de_%C3%85lesund_desde_Aksla,_Noruega,_2019-09-01,_DD_16.jpg" rel="nofollow -

Ålesund’s beautiful scenery and frequently poor weather has provided ample inspiration and time to hone our composition and musician skills.

Karl & Tore have been playing in bands together on and off since they were teenagers, starting with New Wave band Betrayed, releasing records and playing outdoor festivals to audiences of thousands at the age of seventeen. Clearly we believed then that global stardom beckoned!

ViaMedia has performed on Norwegian TV, as ViaMedia and also under the name of Ikea Akbar (our commercial house pseudonym) and had tracks released under that name on the Rock Furore label

Tore has also released the electronic album “Bird Colony” on Norwegian record label https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Origo_Sound" rel="nofollow - under the name of Eyeman Reel

 

 

The album can be found on Bandcamp at 

https://viamedia.bandcamp.com/album/bridge-of-sighs

There is an EP also; 

https://viamedia.bandcamp.com/album/acres-green-ep

We have not been on Rateyourmusic.com yet. A quick searched there showed that we have not been rated there by a 3rd party yet either.

Cheers!

Tore