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    Posted: December 18 2014 at 07:50
MINOR GIANT XMAS GIFT!

2014 was a great year for Minor Giant, with the release of our debut 'On The Road', and its release party, as highlights.

As a way of saying 'thank you', we have a free gift for you. It is a live version of a new song, 'In The Morning Sun'.

Go to www.minorgiant.com and get the FREE song!

Have a wonderful Christmas and a happy 2015!

Cheers!
Rik, Roy, Rindert and Jos
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Thanks Apostolis! Thumbs Up  Listen to the album in full on progstreaming: http://www.progstreaming.com/_wb/pages/play-album.php?activeAlbum=00844+-+Minor+Giant+-+On+The+Road.  Smile
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Originally posted by Duke of Rother Duke of Rother wrote:

Still not found a home in the archives? 

1 of 4 candidates for Album of The Year so far for me. (IQ , Anathema and Abel Ganz being the others.)
Coming soon, two yes votes and practically cleared for addition to Neo team.
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Still not found a home in the archives? 

1 of 4 candidates for Album of The Year so far for me. (IQ , Anathema and Abel Ganz being the others.)
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Originally posted by tszirmay tszirmay wrote:

...though perhaps not complex enough for the Orchestral boys Big smile) 
 
Yeah, I would tend to agree with that...! Embarrassed 
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They actually travel between neo, cross and even symph at times (though perhaps not complex enough for the Orchestral boys Big smile). I have little doubt they will be in soon. 
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Crossover team's evaluation ended with two 'yes' votes and three 'move' (to Neo Prog), so we now have a fresh evaluation in Neo, with Matti starting the ball rolling there in fine style with a 'yes'. Smile
 
It's gotta be one of these two subs or the other - the band won't fit anywhere else - so fingers crossed that either Apostolis or Keishiro will seal the deal in Neo for us.  Embarrassed
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This does sound quite intriguing.  Note to self to check the album out on Spotify.
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The album can now be ordered in the USA from Lasers Edge: https://www.lasercd.com/cd/road-1.
 
Here is their sales pitch:

"Here's the debut by a new Dutch "sympho" band sure to make waves in the neo-prog community.  This is very much a keyboard driven sound that will appeal to fans of Pendragon and Knight Area.  In fact the album was engineered by Knight Area founder Gerben Klazinga.  While the band doesn't sound exactly like Knight Area the music has that vibe, but then again a lot of the Dutch bands have it as well.  Very spacious keyboard sounds provide the backdrop for upper register vocals.  Lots of drama going on here that erupts with some beautiful keyboard solos - not surprising since the band has two keyboadists.  Don't want to overlook the liquid guitar solos - very nice flow to them.  All in all if you are a fan of the sound that the Dutch bands have perfected over the past 40 years this will hit you like a ton of bricks.  Highly recommended. "
 
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I have to say this album is very very good.

On my 3rd play of the day and absolutely loving it.
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Neo Prog is a good choice IMO. I think their music have many IQ elements. You can find easily Neo Prog musical elements in their music like Guitar's and Keyboars's instrumental parts. Crossover Prog is very helpful sub gen for suggesting new bands like this band. You suggersting band in PA without fight or boring talking or negative feedback. Xover can solve many problems in this section. You can see many new bands that suggesting under Xover label in PA with different styles and different atmospher. I know Xover definition in PA and read that and I don't have problems like " What is sub gen of this band? " or " This isnt fit sub gen"  or ..... I dont care about that. I love music specially Progressive Rock music but PA isn't mine!! I like and I love PA and PA must be THE BEST refrence for fans like me that living around the world. I wish you understanding my opinion. Thanks.
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Under evaluation in Crossover - you can follow the progress here: http://progfreak.com/Minor-Giant-159287.html?path=pa/recent.  Thumbs Up
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And the waiting is over...Official release day is today, and you can order the CD from http://www.progrock.co.uk/acatalog/Minor_Giant.html for GBP 9.99 plus shipping costs (GBP 1.50 per order in the UK, GBP 3.00 per order in Europe, and GBP 5.00 per order elsewhere).  Downloads will be available from the usual outlets - here's the Amazon.co.uk link: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Road-Minor-Giant/dp/B00KVWD93C - it doesn't look as though the album will be released in the US though until July 15th: http://www.amazon.com/On-Road-Minor-Giant/dp/B00L8F6KKK. Ermm
 
 
Minor Giant on CD Baby: http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/minorgiant.
 
You can also buy the CD at one of the band's gigs, or in the 'better' record stores. In the coming weeks the list of sources will be updated - including an option to order the album straight from the band itself. Cool


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And with less than five days to go to the official release, we have a full sample of the title track uploaded by the band to YouTube:
 
 
The CDs arrived back from the pressing plant a few days ago, and will be available in stores and at www.progrock.co.uk from Monday 30th June. The album will also be for sale on all major download sites, including iTunes.  Cool
 
 
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Points: 7023 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 31 2014 at 08:48
This is the official album trailer for On The Road by Minor Giant which will be released on the 30th of June, 2014

 
Still nothing showing on the F2 retail outlet website: http://www.progrock.co.uk, but shouldn't be too long now.  Smile
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Thanks for the update Roy!  Thumbs Up
 
No mention of the CD in David Robinson's latest email update (14th May), or on the site itself as yet, but it will be available to purchase at http://www.progrock.co.uk/ in due course. Smile
 
Will update this thread when pre-orders are being taken. 
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On The Road will be released on June, 30

We are thrilled to announce that we have signed to UK-based label Festival Music (F2) for the release of our debut album On The Road. The album will hit the shops and digital stores worldwide on Monday, June 30th. Our sincere thanks go out to label president David Robinson for his enthusiasm and faith in our music.
A release party will be held on Sunday, June 29th at the Parktheater, Alphen aan den Rijn. It promises to be a great evening of fun and music for everyone. We have also a couple of special guests lined up. Details will be announced real soon.

Forthcoming gigs Minor Giant:
May, 24: De Klos, Emmeloord
June, 29: Parktheater, Alphen a/d Rijn (release party On The Road)
July, 6: 't Blok, Nieuwerkerk a/d IJssel
September, 19: De Boerderij, Zoetermeer (support for Mystery)






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if you see the album issued in the nearly future somewhere, let us know yam yam
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OK - let's have a look at some recent live vids.  Smile
 
"On January 11, 2014 Layered Reality Productions and FREIA Music under the heading 'Celebrate 2014', organized an intimate evening in prog Starsound in Utrecht. There were live performances by three bands: Adeia, Minor Giant and Sylvium. It was a very good start of a musical New Year!

Minor Giant is a progressive rock band formed by keyboardist / writer Rindert Lammers and drummer Roy Post.

The music is inspired by artist and bands like Neal Morse, Spock's Beard, Transatlantic, Jem Godfrey (Frost *) and Camel.

Minor Giant is currently working on their debut album 'On The Road'. This album will be a thematic collection of adventurous, symphonic epics and more compact songs. The theme is about the different ways that people follow in this life. The lyrics are about the hope and strength that we need in our journey through life."
 
Sound quality on these isn't the best in the World by any stretch of the imagination, but in the absence of any other samples at the moment (other than the ones posted some time ago in the o.p.), we're gonna have to put up with it:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Hopefully we'll have something better to evaluate these guys with very soon...  Embarrassed
 
Edit: The fifth vid above comes from an earlier performance from April 2013, and a more thorough band bio has been included with it by the uploader:
 
"On April 12, 2013  Minor Giant performed in the park theater in Alphen aan den Rijn, organized by Serious Music Cafe Alphen.

Rindert Lammers started in 2010 at the age of 16 with the writing and recording some symphonic / progressive rock songs . A year later, he put the first instrumental demo on Soundcloud, the vocals for which were provided some time later by Christiaan Bruin (Sky Architect, Chris). Rindert then placed an advertisement for musicians to work with him to record a CD for these pieces. Drummer Roy Post is the first to answer, and he sets himself up as a co - owner of the project .
 
Where Rindert focuses mainly on composing, Roy is mainly engaged in the organization and communication. They duo are then joined by bassist Harry den Hartog (ex - PBII), guitarist / vocalist Jordi Repkes, and keyboardist Jos Heijmans. At the end of 2011 this hitherto unnamed project was named Minor Giant.

The band impress the organisers of the Motion Prog Festival, and are asked to take part at the first edition in September 2012. Their performance is seen by many as the highlight of the evening. Meanwhile Minor Giant start recording the debut album 'On The Road' at various studios, including The Pitt in Boskoop with engineers Ruud Rijnbeek and Gerben Klazinga (Knight Area).

The CD contains six pieces ranging in length from 3 to 13 minutes. 'On The Road' is about the different ways that people make their way through life. The lyrics are about the hope and strength that everyone needs in our journey through it. Closing track 'The Last Road' completes this spiritual journey, and after a visit to some new themes from the previous tracks, concludes the album with an upbeat ending with hope for the future."


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