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Anaon

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Posted: April 17 2014 at 10:43

Thanks again my friend!! Wink

A quick note to share Spleen Arcana's brand new website, hope you'll like it : http://www.spleenarcana.com/

And reviews of the album so far :

NEO PROG (french) : http://neoprog.eu/critique/spleen_arcana/the_light_beyond_the_shades

SEA OF TRANQUILITY (english) : http://www.seaoftranquility.org/reviews.php?op=showcontent&id=15783

MUSIC WAVES (french) : http://www.musicwaves.fr/frmReview.aspx?ID=11124&REF=SPLEEN-ARCANA_The-Light-Beyond-The-Shades

LADY OBSCURE (english) : http://www.ladyobscure.com/albums/spleen-arcana-the-light-beyond-the-shades/

BLOG A PART (french) :
http://alias.codiferes.net/wordpress/index.php/spleen-arcana-light-beyond-shades/

And the new album is now available on Spotify :

http://open.spotify.com/album/0UZro3m11uB8Pg13yEMM9u

Thanks!

Edited by Anaon - April 17 2014 at 10:43

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avenger

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Posted: April 02 2014 at 21:25

Latest note from Texas....just drove 400miles for a work trip. Cranked Light/shade and jHimm all the way.

As I noted above..I already loved Falling..and Memento....both were heavy rotation all week...but this trip let me absorb Erin Shores and it just blew me away! The Celtic intro and tribal drums sound super...and then that wonderful arp sounding melody w acoustic guitar! That part is perfect.

The whole album is awesome.

Bravo brother!

Peace

The fisher king

Anaon

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Posted: March 31 2014 at 06:36

Hi Avenger!

Thank you so much for your feedback, I truly appreciate! I try to reply inside your message (in bold)

avenger wrote:

Just chiming in on this album...

I know it's hard to get our independent productions to be heard..and then it's even a gift if anyone listens more than once and really gets the music....

That's right, it requires a bit more curiosity to discover and listen to unknown independent productions. And there's a lot of independent productions these days, it's a good thing though, prog and music is alive Smile

So far I have three on that list...JHimm, Salt in Spirit, and Spleen A.

This album is very good. I have listened to it all every day for over a week...I get that same craving to hear it as I do a Transatlantic or Flower kings album....that's a good sign to me.

Wouah! Thanks! They are the masters! Wink

The songs are epic. Well played and wonderfully arranged. Great retro prog honoring of classic sounds...trons, moogs, ARPs, rickenbacer(sounding) bass....etc...juicy stuff.

Special note to use of the mellotron....just amazing...my favorite aspect of this album.

I love these vintage classic sounds! And Mellotron is one of my favourite vintage keyboard for sure, just so beautiful in itself! Thanks...

The long epic Memento...never loses me...I look forward to each transition and part. Which is the key to pulling off an epic long song...maintaining interest...Spleen does.

I worked a lot on this song. I didn't want it to sound like a nonsense puzzle. At the beginning, this song lasted only 15 minutes but during the last months, I found other parts that fits in the music I already had. I didn't search for making a 25 minutes epic but these new parts were added very naturally. So...

Genesis, King C, Pink F, Yes...all flavors included...but never copied.

Thank you, really, Genesis, Pink Floyd and Yes are three of my favourite bands ever, really my musical "heroes"!

I really dig this album.. Buying it. Support the cause!!

This is great! Thanks for supporting my music and keeping it alive!! Wink

Peace

The fisher king

Hope it's not too hard to read...

By the way, it would be great if you rate the album on Progarchives : http://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=44536 Tongue

My music: http://spleenarcana.bandcamp.com/
My blog: http://groovesandmemories.com/

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Posted: March 28 2014 at 08:20

Hey julien...just bought it on iTunes! Supporting the cause....love it.

I've listened to it everyday for over a week.

Keep progggin' brother.

The fisher king

----all the way from Texas.

avenger

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Posted: March 26 2014 at 08:31

Just chiming in on this album...

I know it's hard to get our independent productions to be heard..and then it's even a gift if anyone listens more than once and really gets the music....

So far I have three on that list...JHimm, Salt in Spirit, and Spleen A.

This album is very good. I have listened to it all every day for over a week...I get that same craving to hear it as I do a Transatlantic or Flower kings album....that's a good sign to me.

The songs are epic. Well played and wonderfully arranged. Great retro prog honoring of classic sounds...trons, moogs, ARPs, rickenbacer(sounding) bass....etc...juicy stuff.

Special note to use of the mellotron....just amazing...my favorite aspect of this album.

The long epic Memento...never loses me...I look forward to each transition and part. Which is the key to pulling off an epic long song...maintaining interest...Spleen does.

Genesis, King C, Pink F, Yes...all flavors included...but never copied.

I really dig this album.. Buying it. Support the cause!!

Peace

The fisher king

Anaon

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Posted: February 18 2014 at 14:39

Who will be the first reviewer? http://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=44536

Suspense

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Posted: January 29 2014 at 11:29

^ Why not.

Anaon

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Posted: January 29 2014 at 07:58

Hi there!!

Spleen Arcana's new album nearly ready to be released!! Tongue

I thought it'd be great to have some reviews here first but I don't really know how? Maybe sending a promo link to reviewers of my first album?

Thanks

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Anaon

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Posted: May 23 2013 at 07:10

Hi Proggers! Wink

A quick note to share with you Spleen Arcana's Patreon page here : http://www.patreon.com/spleenarcana

Patreon is a new and exciting project that allow independent musicians to release their music on a regular basis and fans to support them! It's a bit like Kickstarter but for lighter regular projects like songs... Hope you'll enjoy the concept and the new music to come! The first song I'll release on Patreon will be a song from the upcoming Spleen Arcana's second album. Thanks Wink

My music: http://spleenarcana.bandcamp.com/
My blog: http://groovesandmemories.com/

Anaon

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Posted: May 01 2013 at 04:34

Hi everyone!

Some news about the recording process... which goes pretty well these days! I'm working on vocals and I'm nearly done! Less vocals parts and more instrumental moments on this album actually Wink

More vintage keyboards and fuzz bass as well LOL

I still need to find a title and the artwork for the album but I already have some ideas.

By the way my first album is available for 1€ until Sunday in my store (or for free by joining the mailing list!) : http://spleenarcana.bandcamp.com/album/the-field-where-she-died

More to come soon...

Thanks

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Posted: January 07 2013 at 08:50

Hi everyone and happy new year to all!

A new year means a new song for Spleen Arcana Wink

I just released a brand new track yesterday available for download at Bandcamp : http://spleenarcana.bandcamp.com/track/erin-shores-part-one

And here is the "homemade" clip :

I hope you'll enjoy this new song which will be on my upcoming second album.

Do you think I can open a thread about it in the News/Press Releases forum?

Many thanks Wink

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Posted: September 11 2011 at 08:30

Hi there!

Some news from SA towers : Drums are recorded for album II Tongue

it was quite epic to record them as we only had 3/4 days but we did it Smile

Here is a small video about the recording sessions :

I wrote more on my website : http://www.spleenarcana.com/studio-diary/second-album/drums-recorded-for-album-ii/

Thanks for reading ;)

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Posted: May 20 2011 at 10:09

Hi!

Working hard on my second album, I'm thinking of its upcoming release and I need your opinion here :

http://www.spleenarcana.com/polls/would-you-pre-order-spleen-arcanas-second-album/

It's keyboards recording time here, I feel there's a lot more keyboards than on the first album, I don't know if it's a reality, but from here, it looks like it...

Thank you very much Wink

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Anaon

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Posted: June 29 2010 at 09:22

Hello there!

Some news in Spleen Arcana's world as I'm working on my second album. I posted some small studio diary videos on Spleen Arcana's Facebook : http://www.facebook.com/pages/Spleen-Arcana/25679492887

Wink

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Posted: March 12 2010 at 09:11

DamoXt7942 wrote:

Hello, Julien! Nice to see you here! LOL

Now listening to Platypus ... heavily and darkly illuminated sounds like lethal venom in spurs ... a wonderful song. Cool

Hey thank you very much DamoXt7942

I'm really glad you like it, feel free to share it Wink

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Posted: March 12 2010 at 05:01

Hello, Julien! Nice to see you here! LOL

Now listening to Platypus ... heavily and darkly illuminated sounds like lethal venom in spurs ... a wonderful song. Cool

Anaon

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Posted: March 10 2010 at 15:54

Hi!

Some news for this thread as I forgot to share here my new little tune called The Platypus available (download & streaming) here : http://spleenarcana.bandcamp.com/track/the-platypus

It's not an epic one but it was fun to record this one nonetheless Wink

And the great thing is a review in february Classic Prog magazine :
http://www.spleenarcana.com/reviews/review-in-classic-rock-presents-prog-magazine/

I'm currently working on my second album by the way Smile

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Posted: October 12 2009 at 07:04

Well, it's still interesting, I like to hear suggestions, ideas... It's good :)

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Posted: October 11 2009 at 23:15

Anaon wrote:

Thanks a lot for your interest!!

To be honest, I don't really know where I'm going LOL

I mean that it's not planned... I listen to a lot of music, including extreme music and I really like to add various elements from different styles, it can happen...

Did you listen to A Picture Of Two Lovers In The Mist? I would be curious to know if what happens at the middle of the song is a bit like what you are talking about?

Yea, after listening to your myspace, it seems that "A Picture Of Two Lovers In The Mist" and "Trample On Me" have a lot of room for innovation. But I mean don't really take my words too seriously, I'm not exactly a musical genius and your creative capacities are most likely far greater than mine.

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Posted: October 11 2009 at 05:24

Thanks a lot for your interest!!

To be honest, I don't really know where I'm going LOL

My music: http://spleenarcana.bandcamp.com/
My blog: http://groovesandmemories.com/