Brotherhood of the Machine

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Hi folks, just to introduce ourselves. We are - well, I am 90%, with 10% other contributors, a "new prog rock band". 

I say "prog rock" - well, have a listen to Track 6 - 17.30 mins of Arabic scales, that's fairly prog/art rock, but there's tons of influences in there: space rock, ambient, etc. I suppose prog rock is as good a title as any. 

We're mainly from Cheshire - I'm from Macclesfield, my brother, the lead guitarist, is from Stockport, and the keyboard player (on track 7) is from Finland. (Don't ask how that happened. Please. ;-) ) ) I'm in my late 40's and have been listening to progressive rock since I was very young. 

I'm mainly a sax player, been playing for 38 years, but also play flute, keyboards, guitar, bass.... you name it. :-)

Although we try our level best to produce "professional" quality albums, we've made a conscious decision to give all - 100%  - of our profits away to charity. Our first release - "Future Imperfect" is being donated to Changing Faces UK, a UK charity which supports people who are suffering from some kind of facial injury or deformity.

Anyway !!! Please feel very free to have a listen, and hope you like it. We'll be releasing a new single in November, followed by an EP and then a further album. We hope you enjoy our music. 

All the best
Dave Francis
John Francis
Janne Hanhisuanto

aka Brotherhood of the Machine

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Davesax1965 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: May 23 2013 Location: UK Status: Offline Points: 2839	Topic: Brotherhood of the Machine Posted: August 14 2013 at 07:48
	http://brotherhoodofthemachine.bandcamp.com Hi folks, just to introduce ourselves. We are - well, I am 90%, with 10% other contributors, a "new prog rock band". I say "prog rock" - well, have a listen to Track 6 - 17.30 mins of Arabic scales, that's fairly prog/art rock, but there's tons of influences in there: space rock, ambient, etc. I suppose prog rock is as good a title as any. We're mainly from Cheshire - I'm from Macclesfield, my brother, the lead guitarist, is from Stockport, and the keyboard player (on track 7) is from Finland. (Don't ask how that happened. Please. ;-) ) ) I'm in my late 40's and have been listening to progressive rock since I was very young. I'm mainly a sax player, been playing for 38 years, but also play flute, keyboards, guitar, bass.... you name it. :-) Although we try our level best to produce "professional" quality albums, we've made a conscious decision to give all - 100% - of our profits away to charity. Our first release - "Future Imperfect" is being donated to Changing Faces UK, a UK charity which supports people who are suffering from some kind of facial injury or deformity. Anyway !!! Please feel very free to have a listen, and hope you like it. We'll be releasing a new single in November, followed by an EP and then a further album. We hope you enjoy our music. All the best Dave Francis John Francis Janne Hanhisuanto aka Brotherhood of the Machine

Davesax1965 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: May 23 2013 Location: UK Status: Offline Points: 2839	Posted: August 14 2013 at 07:59
	As a quick PS - we welcome feedback from other musicians. And hopefully there'll be one or two on Prog Archives. ;-)

Davesax1965 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: May 23 2013 Location: UK Status: Offline Points: 2839	Posted: August 14 2013 at 10:53
	Just a thought. If anyone wants a free download of track 1 - which is a jam LOOSELY based on the classic Delia Derbyshire "Dr Who" theme, drop a mail to [email protected] with "free track" as the subject, and I'll send you a download code which allows you to get it for nothing. First come, first served ! http://brotherhoodofthemachine.bandcamp.com/track/1variations-on-a-theme Cheers Dave ;-)

Davesax1965 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: May 23 2013 Location: UK Status: Offline Points: 2839	Posted: October 31 2013 at 06:56
	Two new free singles released, folks ! :-) This is an 18 minute "progressive rock with Arabic influences" track http://brotherhoodofthemachine.bandcamp.com/album/the-golden-voyage-to-samarkand and http://brotherhoodofthemachine.bandcamp.com/album/hivemind-extended-single That one's 3 tracks - 11 minutes - of "weirdo space rock". Feel free to download them for $0, but any contribution goes to charity. ;-) Our next album is underway - working title - "The Meditation of the Blue Serpents" - and will be finished, er, when it's ready. ;-) All the best Dave

Prog_Bassist Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: August 29 2004 Location: Canada Status: Offline Points: 830	Posted: October 31 2013 at 07:23
	sounds great!
	http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhuxaD8NzaY

Davesax1965 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: May 23 2013 Location: UK Status: Offline Points: 2839	Posted: November 07 2013 at 08:30
	Thanks, Prog ! Feel free to download them ! ;-) The next album is being worked on at the moment - "The Meditation of the Blue Serpent". http://brotherhoodofthemachine.bandcamp.com/album/the-meditation-of-the-blue-serpent Should be coming out in mid 2014: two (long) tracks planned so far ! I'll post a link when it's nearing completion. Cheers, all Dave ;-)

Davesax1965 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: May 23 2013 Location: UK Status: Offline Points: 2839	Posted: February 07 2014 at 03:20
	http://brotherhoodofthemachine.bandcamp.com/album/hin-und-zuruck And there's a LONGER free track for you, folks. 37 minutes (damn near) of "Tangerine Dream meet Hawkwind". Free download (for the time being) - just click on BUY NOW and enter 0 as the amount you want to pay. This is from a forthcoming album, which is going to be, er, very long indeed. Hope you enjoy it. For future FREE releases, if you LIKE our page on Facebook - Brotherhood of the Machine - we'll send you a link when free tracks come out. All the best Dave ;-)

Davesax1965 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: May 23 2013 Location: UK Status: Offline Points: 2839	Posted: February 07 2014 at 03:21
	As a quick PS - the next album will be called "Zug", followed by another album called "Aurora", both of which are being worked on. "The meditation of the blue serpent", mentioned above, will be part of one of these, not sure which at the moment !! There are tons of tracks on the Bandcamp profile and if you'd like one for free for your own use, drop me a mail. ;-) Cheers Dave Edited by Davesax1965 - February 07 2014 at 03:24

Rivertree Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator / Band Submissions Joined: March 22 2006 Location: Germany Status: Offline Points: 17650	Posted: February 07 2014 at 17:56
	Hi Dave, your brotherhood is swaying somewhere between psych, kraut and electronic ... ... approved for the psych subgrenre anyhow and it won't take long to have you here in the archives cheers


Davesax1965 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: May 23 2013 Location: UK Status: Offline Points: 2839	Posted: February 08 2014 at 04:45
	Thanks, Rivertree. It gets more complicated if you listen to more stuff - http://brotherhoodofthemachine.bandcamp.com/album/the-golden-voyage-to-samarkand - prog rock / Arabic (played on radio quite a few times so far http://brotherhoodofthemachine.bandcamp.com/track/single-this-is-uranus-calling and http://brotherhoodofthemachine.bandcamp.com/track/single-soyuz-one - just plain weird http://brotherhoodofthemachine.bandcamp.com/track/single-walking-on-the-edge-of-night - "space blues " ??? :-) I think it's more a case of "what kind of mood are we in today ? " Anyway, glad you liked it and hopefully we will be in the archives soon. Essentially, the music will be given away to anyone who connects up to the Facebook profile. "Look for "Brotherhood of the Machine", click like and all releases are $0 from there (we'll notify you.) I think anyone playing prog rock for money nowadays has to expect that they're doing it for art, not money. ;-)

DamoXt7942 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Joined: October 15 2008 Location: Okayama, Japan Status: Offline Points: 17493	Posted: February 13 2014 at 03:27
	Your combo have been in. http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=8721 EDIT: Hi Dave, please don't hesitate asking me if you want to add more info or to revise your bio. Edited by DamoXt7942 - February 13 2014 at 03:29


Davesax1965 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: May 23 2013 Location: UK Status: Offline Points: 2839	Posted: February 13 2014 at 03:36
	Many thanks, Damo, nice to get some recognition ! ;-)

Oyvind Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Newbie Joined: March 20 2014 Location: Norway Status: Offline Points: 1	Posted: March 20 2014 at 04:16
	I just had a nice time listening to Hind and Zuruck, recognition is well deserved :-)

Davesax1965 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: May 23 2013 Location: UK Status: Offline Points: 2839	Posted: March 20 2014 at 08:03
	Thanks, Oyvind ! ;-) Drop an e-mail to [email protected] - I'm going to release it as a free download some time in the next few weeks, so if you'd like a permanent copy for $0, let me know. Music isn't about money. ;-)

Davesax1965 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: May 23 2013 Location: UK Status: Offline Points: 2839	Posted: March 20 2014 at 08:06
	PS at the moment, this track is available for free http://brotherhoodofthemachine.bandcamp.com/album/hivemind-extended-single 10 minute EP. Just click on BUY NOW and enter 0 as the result you want to pay. The system will ask you for an e-mail address and then send the download there. Don't worry, I do get mail addresses but I don't spam people to death. You may get one or two mails a year at the most and if you want no mails, no problems. All I ask is No radio play without permission Please remember, it's still copyright music. Thanks all Dave ;-)

Davesax1965 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: May 23 2013 Location: UK Status: Offline Points: 2839	Posted: March 28 2014 at 08:34
	Free download for this weekend only - 37 minute Kraut / Electronic rock piece - http://brotherhoodofthemachine.bandcamp.com/album/hin-und-zuruck Just enter 0 for the amount. It'll ask you for an e-mail address, don't worry, I won't spam you to death. As again, no radio play without permission and - even if you get it for free, it's still copyright. ;-) Cheers all

Davesax1965 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: May 23 2013 Location: UK Status: Offline Points: 2839	Posted: April 01 2014 at 07:05
	- offer now expired. ;-)

ChriKr Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Newbie Joined: May 29 2014 Status: Offline Points: 2	Posted: May 29 2014 at 06:07
	No more link

Davesax1965 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: May 23 2013 Location: UK Status: Offline Points: 2839	Posted: May 29 2014 at 06:44
	Yep, the offer has expired. Edited by Davesax1965 - August 29 2014 at 09:28

Davesax1965 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: May 23 2013 Location: UK Status: Offline Points: 2839	Posted: August 29 2014 at 09:27
	New album https://brotherhoodofthemachine.bandcamp.com/album/trip-hazard