Phideaux new album "Infernal", latest news

Great news!!!!!!!!!!!!! Looking forward to vinyl releases from Phideaux/Mogon. Snowtorch was a great album. Still is!!!! Is there any hope for vinyl release of the previous albums? I am curious how the side project will sound. By the way, there is a German band called Mogon (Death Metal gerne, or something like that).

Phideaux wrote: As for iphone apps, I will have to investigate that.  However, it's hard enough getting the albums made, that i imagine it would be hard to coordinate additional media outreach!

Yes, my eternal and fluid friend, various Mogon releases might and will have Valerie on them.  Mogon, to be perfectly honest, might have had something to do with my "solo" project morphing into a 10 piece band.  After that, it became a point of interested to make albums with those ten people.  And when you have 10 people participating in a project one must create music suitable for 10 people to be involved in.  BUT, it is hard to involve that many people in any coherent project and to sustain that without the inevitable issues of some people feeling very included and others not so much.  So, Mogon is a way to create music that isn't shackled to that way of thinking.  Mogon was discovered when I made The Chairs during the recording session for Snowtorch.  We had a small group of folks and they keyboard player had to leave early and I sent drummer and bassist from the room and set about to write a new song.  I let them back into the studio after 20 min and briefly explained the song and then we did 2 takes, the second of which you hear in the compilation.  After we heard the playback, I enjoyed the result and thought "this isn't Phideaux music it's...  Mogon!"  The word popped into my head and I decided to google it to find out what I could about it.  There was nothing (this was 2010) and the closest thing was a word "Mogons" or Moguns which referred to a God in Europe, but that wasn't what the same spelling.  But, as the word looks "strong" and sounded neutral enough, I started to get an idea that I could create music that was more minimal and "small" in scope and release it under this name.  Thus was born the "band" Mogon.  

The Doctor wrote: Sad that all those soaps have gone away and replaced by steaming piles.

You're not kidding!  I hope they keep us on the air!  Aside from loving the genre, I love having a job that enables me to keep making music!   Thanks for the kind words about the music, also.

Wouah this compilation is really fantastic, thank you!
I love the live version of Chupacabras at the Festival Crescendo! Would you like to come back there someday? You have a lot of fans in France (surely I'm the greatest )!

I wondered what is this 8th track (The Wind Never Dies)? It is a Mogon release?

Anyway your music is awesome! I've got Snowtorch on vinyl and I hope all your future (and previous) albums can be printed in the same way!

I operate out of Los Angeles in California to answer Epignosis. 

As for iphone apps, I will have to investigate that.  However, it's hard enough getting the albums made, that i imagine it would be hard to coordinate additional media outreach!

cheers and thanks for your ears.

The download does come with simple booklet art and a cd label so you can always make your own hard copy. 

Phideaux,  Thanks for the update on touring challenges.  Entirely understandable.  I wish I had gone to the Pittsburgh festival a couple of years back when you played.  I will be front and center if the Mogon project is able to play live.  My section of the country is a black hole for good prog music.  Before I was married I attended multiple NEARfests and had a blast.  Thanks for reaching out to your fan base!  I hope more and more people discover your music repertoire allowing you to continue creating world class compositions.  Any thoughts on creating a Phideaux Iphone app?  I have enjoyed Steven Wilson's app and would spend lots of time on a Phideaux app.  In Prog We Trust

Hey Prog, once I get the sampler cds, I will organize a way to send them out.  If you're in US,  s.a.s.e. is a great way to go.  Unfortunately we have no plans to play in the future. Because the economics of our band are crazy, we had our "last gig" in October at Orion studios (although with the new album that we are planning to record, I might come out of mothballs to do another show to record for DVD and "cap off" this era of my music).  We can't afford to rehearse, record and perform.  We just all live too scattered around, so we've done some shows and will release some live stuff soon.  A sample of that is on the sampler disc, but it's a strictly money losing enterprise for me to play live in this configuration.  Mogon, however, is another story and that project may be wanting to play live soon, of course it's a separate repertoire for the most part.