Relocator/Effloresce/Dante Feb 11-Erlangen,Germany

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Hello and happy new year, everyone! 

After watching prog bands get paired up with terrible non-prog opening acts or
opening for totally unrelated blues rock bands and such, never really getting the
kind of promotion that would be needed to get decent-sized audiences, we figured
we should try to do better than that. So we started the Generation Prog project - our
goal being prog concerts with better promotion and musically more sensible lineups.

The first Generation Prog concert will feature Relocator, Effloresce and Dante and will
take place on February 11, 2011, at the Omega in Erlangen. If you know me, you've
already heard of Relocator.  Effloresce are a young but IMHO quite impressive new
prog metal band who are influenced by Dream Theater as much as they are by Opeth -
as a special twist to that they are fronted by a female vocalist... who also plays flute!
Dante are a prog rock/metal band influenced by DT and Pink Floyd. They signed with
ProgRock Records in 2010 and will be presenting material from their new album Saturnine.
We have set up a website with some information about all the bands and audio examples:

www.generation-prog.com

It's in German for now, but we might add English once we have international guests. 

Anyway, here's the official flyer for the first Generation Prog live gig:

I know there aren't too many people from Germany posting around 
here, but it would be great to see some forumers in the audience! 

All the best,
Michael  |  Bass  |  Relocator

Edited by Kyo - January 02 2011 at 10:54

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Kyo Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: April 16 2008 Location: Nuernberg, GER Status: Offline Points: 140	Topic: Relocator/Effloresce/Dante Feb 11-Erlangen,Germany Posted: January 02 2011 at 06:21
	Hello and happy new year, everyone! After watching prog bands get paired up with terrible non-prog opening acts or opening for totally unrelated blues rock bands and such, never really getting the kind of promotion that would be needed to get decent-sized audiences, we figured we should try to do better than that. So we started the Generation Prog project - our goal being prog concerts with better promotion and musically more sensible lineups. The first Generation Prog concert will feature Relocator, Effloresce and Dante and will take place on February 11, 2011, at the Omega in Erlangen. If you know me, you've already heard of Relocator. Effloresce are a young but IMHO quite impressive new prog metal band who are influenced by Dream Theater as much as they are by Opeth - as a special twist to that they are fronted by a female vocalist... who also plays flute! Dante are a prog rock/metal band influenced by DT and Pink Floyd. They signed with ProgRock Records in 2010 and will be presenting material from their new album Saturnine. We have set up a website with some information about all the bands and audio examples: www.generation-prog.com It's in German for now, but we might add English once we have international guests. Anyway, here's the official flyer for the first Generation Prog live gig: I know there aren't too many people from Germany posting around here, but it would be great to see some forumers in the audience! All the best, Michael \| Bass \| Relocator Edited by Kyo - January 02 2011 at 10:54
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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: 17644	Posted: January 02 2011 at 06:45
	Ah, interesting .. unfortunately Erlangen is tooooo far away from my hometown (Herford nearby Bielefeld) otherwise I would come ... we have lost pROCKfest and pROCKclub last year and chances are rare for me to enjoy prog bands on the stage now


CCVP Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Prog Reviewer Joined: September 15 2007 Location: Vitória, Brasil Status: Offline Points: 7971	Posted: January 02 2011 at 06:51
	Wow, this seems so interesting! It is a shame I won't be able to attend it.


Kyo Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: April 16 2008 Location: Nuernberg, GER Status: Offline Points: 140	Posted: January 14 2011 at 13:41
	Hey everyone, not sure how many people here live close enough to make it to our mini-festival, but today we've started taking orders for tickets - we'll probably start shipping them around January 22. Get yours here: http://shop.generation-prog.com We have some great media support lined up and three bands ready to kick ass - should be a great evening of prog! Edited by Kyo - January 14 2011 at 13:41
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Kyo Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: April 16 2008 Location: Nuernberg, GER Status: Offline Points: 140	Posted: February 10 2011 at 01:42
	Hey everyone, tomorrow is the big day! Rehearsals have been going great, so we're really looking forward to the Generation Prog live gig! Here's a bunch of photos from the last two days: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=288750&id=97761589802
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Kyo Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: April 16 2008 Location: Nuernberg, GER Status: Offline Points: 140	Posted: February 13 2011 at 14:25
	Finally managed to relax a bit after the intense preparation work leading up to our mini-festival. It was a blast! Great performances from all three bands, a very appreciative audience and a fairly packed (although not exactly huge) venue - can't wait to do it again sometime soon! The first review is already in. It's obviously in German, so to put it in a nutshell for most of you here, they're saying the entire event was awesome and our performance was the pinnacle of the evening (despite this being our first public gig). Woohoo! Review in our biggest local paper, the Nürnberger Nachrichten (extended online version): http://www.nordbayern.de/nuernberger-nachrichten/abhoerdienst/ein-fest-der-schragen-takte-1.823635 Their pre-gig interview with yours truly (I was the organizer of the event): http://www.nordbayern.de/nuernberger-nachrichten/abhoerdienst/der-kopf-von-relocator-im-interview-1.818719 Their awesome high resolution photos from the event: http://www.generation-prog.com/?page_id=272
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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: 17644	Posted: February 14 2011 at 05:37
	congrats, Michael .. it must have been an impressing evening at Erlangen, what I can see and nice pics over there ...


Kyo Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: April 16 2008 Location: Nuernberg, GER Status: Offline Points: 140	Posted: February 16 2011 at 15:41
	Thanks! Here's another very positive review (again, in German) with a photo gallery: http://www.popfrontal.de/pages/artikel/generation_prog_relocator_effloresce_dante_110211.html http://www.popfrontal.de/pages/artikel/generation_prog_110211_fotos.html And here's some live footage of the song that opened the evening, Dante's "All My Life": We'll have some very cool live footage of the Relocator set to share with you soon (with surprisingly awesome sound!), we just need to combine the material from two cameras into a coherent video!
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