Flower Kings new album - "Banks Of Eden"
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Topic: Flower Kings new album - "Banks Of Eden"
Posted By: infandous
Subject: Flower Kings new album - "Banks Of Eden"
Date Posted: February 02 2012 at 10:25
It's official!  THE FLOWER KINGS - Press statement Feb 2012:
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Posted By: GermanZERO
Date Posted: February 02 2012 at 10:27
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THE FLOWER KINGS - Press statement Feb 2012: Legendary progressive, iconic, symphonic rockband "The Flower Kings", formed in 1995 by guitarist, singer, composer Roine Stolt ( Transatlantic ), announce their immediate return to service in 2012, after an almost 5 years well earned hiatus. The band consisting of Roine Stolt, bassplayer extraordinaire Jonas Reingold, keyboarder grand deluxe Tomas Bodin, singer & guitarist Hasse Froberg and new 26 year old Berliner dextrous drummer prodigy Felix Lehrmann, started the recording of a new album at Varispeed studios in Sweden on January 23rd. The music is recorded in classic 70's style, with all musicians performing live in a room thru 70's vintage tube recording equipment and famous NEVE consoles. If all Gods and muses are onboard the new TFK is scheduled for an album release on June 6th on the Inside Out Music label (Century Media/EMI). The yet unnamed album has a 23 min epic centerpiece and the material is all classic Flowerkings style with all the dreamy melodic & cinematic elements that the bands fans has come to love over the years, but also contain some heavier psychedelic music and some darker hi energy material. The band is likely to embark on a headline european tour in september this year but will have it's official first re-union gig at the "Sweden Rock Festival" in June 7th - 2012. Source: Foxtrot Music/IOM/Century Media From Roine Stolt's Facebook  ------------- |
Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: February 02 2012 at 11:29
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Good news. It's been a while ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Snow_Dog" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: rushfan4
Date Posted: February 02 2012 at 11:57
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Posted By: Roland113
Date Posted: February 02 2012 at 12:00
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Dang, Amazon won't let me per-order it yet. ------------- -------someone please tell him to delete this line, he looks like a noob------- I don't have an unnatural obsession with Disney Princesses, I have a fourteen year old daughter and coping mechanisms. |
Posted By: treebeard
Date Posted: February 02 2012 at 12:03
| Wow! Great news! 2012 looks so good! |
Posted By: PabstRibbon
Date Posted: February 02 2012 at 12:52
| Great! Lots of big news since the new years, that's a good thing ! |
Posted By: Rune2000
Date Posted: February 02 2012 at 13:46
Another reason to go down to Sölvesborg this summer... that is if Fish, Mastodon and Symphony X wasn't enough  ------------- 
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Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: February 02 2012 at 15:13
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I'll certainly listen to some samples at the very least. Good that they are back together regardless. ------------- Dig me...But don't...Bury me I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect. |
Posted By: mp3killer
Date Posted: February 02 2012 at 15:47
OMG! Awesome news, one of my fav bands finally returns! 
------------- prog forever! |
Posted By: Andy Webb
Date Posted: February 02 2012 at 15:58
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Awesome! ------------- http://ow.ly/8ymqg" rel="nofollow">  
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Posted By: Catcher10
Date Posted: February 02 2012 at 16:15
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Awesome!! Finally........
The music is recorded in classic 70's style, with all musicians performing live in a room thru 70's vintage tube recording equipment
nice....I will be looking for the vinyl edition. -------------   
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Posted By: Nightfly
Date Posted: February 02 2012 at 16:47
| Great news! |
Posted By: darkshade
Date Posted: February 02 2012 at 17:13
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I am excited, and I showed it on the TFK thread. But this is great, especially because there aren't a lot of new releases I'm looking forward to this year (especially compared to last year). I can't wait for an album title and artwork. **EDIT** duh, I missed where it said the release date is June 6. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/MysticBoogy" rel="nofollow - My Last.fm 
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Posted By: darkshade
Date Posted: February 02 2012 at 17:16
Oh by the way, this intrigues menew 26 year old Berliner dextrous drummer prodigy Felix Lehrmannwonder what he's like. The last young drummer they had was pretty sick (Though I will miss Mr. Zoltan, seems he's moved on from the TFK-family and related bands) ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/MysticBoogy" rel="nofollow - My Last.fm
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Posted By: Fox On The Rocks
Date Posted: February 02 2012 at 21:51
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Posted By: The Truth
Date Posted: February 02 2012 at 22:35
------------- http://blindpoetrecords.bandcamp.com/" rel="nofollow">  
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rushfan4 wrote:Posted By: martinprog77
Date Posted: February 03 2012 at 02:25
------------- Nothing can last there are no second chances. Never give a day away. Always live for today. |
Posted By: martinprog77
Date Posted: February 03 2012 at 02:32
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btw great news ------------- Nothing can last there are no second chances. Never give a day away. Always live for today. |
Posted By: frippism
Date Posted: February 03 2012 at 02:47
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I'm trolling. ------------- There be dragons |
Posted By: Roj
Date Posted: February 03 2012 at 03:11
| ^go troll somewhere else. Us fans are happy and no amount of your bull...t will spoil our day. |
Posted By: lazland
Date Posted: February 03 2012 at 06:07
Too right! ------------- Enhance your life. Get down to www.lazland.org Now also broadcasting on www.progzilla.com Every Saturday, 4.00 p.m. UK time! |
Posted By: progfusion1
Date Posted: February 03 2012 at 06:31
| Good news! |
Posted By: Rune2000
Date Posted: February 03 2012 at 10:41
This fact makes me pretty angry!  Allow me to elaborate... Back in 2006, a close friend who was 22 years old at the time auditioned for Roine & co but was turned down based on the fact that Roine and Jonas Reingold considered him too young! This is total b%&%€&€!  -------------
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Posted By: darkshade
Date Posted: February 04 2012 at 14:10
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Hey I can finally see the picture in the OP (or second post, whatever). Really cool to see those 4 (plus Felix, who looks badass) back together again!
------------- http://www.last.fm/user/MysticBoogy" rel="nofollow - My Last.fm
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Posted By: zumacraig
Date Posted: February 05 2012 at 09:15
that picture is awesome, as is you avatar!
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Posted By: darkshade
Date Posted: February 05 2012 at 09:26
Thanks  ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/MysticBoogy" rel="nofollow - My Last.fm
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Posted By: The Truth
Date Posted: February 05 2012 at 23:36
He was joking, take it easy.  ------------- http://blindpoetrecords.bandcamp.com/" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: Roj
Date Posted: February 07 2012 at 07:31
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Posted By: frippism
Date Posted: February 07 2012 at 07:43
I never joke. Never. You see that was a joke. I produce material of great comic grandeur. ------------- There be dragons |
Posted By: darkshade
Date Posted: February 07 2012 at 09:31
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you should become the world's first online forum stand-up comedian
------------- http://www.last.fm/user/MysticBoogy" rel="nofollow - My Last.fm
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Posted By: frippism
Date Posted: February 07 2012 at 10:56
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You see that's what I always say! People just seem to look at me in evil evil cyber looks. (  )------------- There be dragons |
Posted By: Roj
Date Posted: February 09 2012 at 02:55
Ok, you get the benefit of the doubt frippi
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Posted By: The Truth
Date Posted: February 09 2012 at 22:43
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See? Anyway, just recently had a TFK binge and realized I can't wait for the new record. ------------- http://blindpoetrecords.bandcamp.com/" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: infandous
Date Posted: February 10 2012 at 09:17
Personally, I have always enjoyed your posts. I would say that I often agree with them even. On this particular thread, and the band it concerns, we probably won't agree though. But I would never dispute your right to speak your mind about it |
Posted By: frippism
Date Posted: February 10 2012 at 09:44
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Probably not :). I'm not trying to piss anyone off, of course, I was just kidding around, but yeah Flower Kings... just not my thing... ------------- There be dragons |
Posted By: FunkyM
Date Posted: February 11 2012 at 09:19
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This is cool news. I just finished collecting their previous studio albums. Up until this five year hiatus they were very productive. |
Posted By: acosellz
Date Posted: February 13 2012 at 23:47
| This is such good news, I have to see them live. Im sure out of all the acts I have seen and managed to tick off my list, TFK's will end up being one the best I will have ever seen! |
Posted By: The T
Date Posted: February 13 2012 at 23:52
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Posted By: infandous
Date Posted: March 14 2012 at 11:11
Figured I should update this thread with the (possible) cover art, album title and release date! |
Posted By: dennismoore
Date Posted: March 16 2012 at 11:48
Vinyl - Shymnyl....
How bout 5.1 @192KHZ like the actual recording of the record? Is that so wrong???
 I am not anti-vinyl however....
but I do have the 5.1 Hi-rez remixes of RUSH: Signals, Farewell to Kings & Fly by Nightand that is about as good as life gets as far as a musical trip!
I lie awake at nights waiting for a 5.1 hirez remix of Hemispheres & 2112!!!!!!    ------------- "Yeah, people are unhappy about that - but you know what, it's still Yes." - Chris Squire |
Posted By: infandous
Date Posted: March 16 2012 at 11:56
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Well, for Roine, the reason is money. He doesn't have enough of it to do 5.1 mixes, because the demand would be pretty low. Personally, I know several people that would love the 5.1, but out of all the flower kings fans I know, they are a fairly small minority. Flower Kings fans themselves, are also a small minority, compared to say Porcupine Tree fans. I've heard some 5.1 stuff on other peoples equipment (I have no 5.1 setup), and it was cool, but frankly I prefer stereo. Just the way I'm used to hearing music I guess  |
Posted By: dennismoore
Date Posted: March 16 2012 at 12:55
Yes, I know that Roine finances his own stuff. That is too bad. TFK need 5.1 more than any band I can think of as TFK pack in so many instruments and tracks into their music. 2.0 simply does not provide enough "headspace".
I am not a 5.1 snob and I am certainly not rich, but I did fight to budget for an ok 5.1 system the results were beyond belief good. As good an improvement over stereo than stereo was from mono. But the key is to have stuff re-mixed in 5.1. 2.0 upmixing to 5.1 done via amateur enthusiasts or stereo receiver automation is pretty much useless.
Stuff I have in 5.1 that puts to shame the original stero mix:
ELP - Brain Salad Surgery - 5.1 mix DVD-Audio. You wanna see God? Get this.
Porcupine Tree - In Abstentia. It opens up PT like they are a whole new band
Elton John - Captain Fantastic - May be one of the greatest 5.1 mixes ever. 5.1 redefines this masterpiece recording and lets all the many recorded instruments actaully breath
Pink Floyd - Dark Side & Wish You Were Here - You wanna see God again? Ok check these two out
RUSH - Farewell To Kings - Another revelation. 5.1 puts stereo to shame.
Nektar - Remember The Future - Again the music opens up to a whole new level, must be heard to be appreciated.
Jethro Tull - Aqualung. new 5.1 mix elevates this recording to the true masterpiece is always was but was held back
by stereo and the low fidelity of 1971. What Steven Wilson & technology did here is a true miracle.
oh...
YES - Fragile. Simply must be heard in 5.1 SACD or the DVD-Audio is was released in.
All the great prog needs to be remixed into 5.1. Virtually all prog has so many tracks & instruments, the standard
stereo field does not provide sonic space for it all. Engineers must use a lot of compression and other tricks to squeeze it all in.  ------------- "Yeah, people are unhappy about that - but you know what, it's still Yes." - Chris Squire |
Posted By: infandous
Date Posted: March 19 2012 at 12:46
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Well, I'll take your word for it dennis. I'm not against 5.1, of course, and probably if the Flower Kings did release 5.1 stuff that would force me to get a 5.1 system
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Posted By: Progdaybay
Date Posted: April 19 2012 at 10:18
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After five years of absence progressive cult rockband "The Flower Kings" will release their new studio album on the 18th of June. The new sound carrier is called "Banks Of Eden". [taken from their site http://www.flowerkings.se/" rel="nofollow - http://www.flowerkings.se/ . |
Posted By: freyacat
Date Posted: April 19 2012 at 11:34
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I'm troubled by the announcement that the Flower Kings are "mixing it up" with "darker metal passages" on this album. To me, that's always where the Flower Kings go wrong. The darkness and aggression of metal are a tired cliche of modern music. I have always looked to the Flower Kings to transcend the adolescent male ego and search for truth and beauty in their music. Don't get me wrong, I'm a huge metal fan, but when it comes to progressive rock, I just think that the weakest moments of the genre are when the artists pose as metal wanna-be's. More progressive power comes out of a mellotron than a distorted guitar. ------------- sad creature nailed upon the coloured door of time |
Posted By: Catcher10
Date Posted: April 19 2012 at 13:43
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I'm happy for more TFK albums.......A show in Seattle would make me more happier!! -------------
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Posted By: Catcher10
Date Posted: April 19 2012 at 13:46
I'm all fine with 5.1 releases.......I don't have a setup for that, nor do I care to have one... 2.0 is perfect for me and my 2 ears. I prefer vinyl, especially if they do the analog track recording, but CD will do also....
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Posted By: The Truth
Date Posted: April 19 2012 at 14:08
Good to hear some updates! June is going to be a good month for me, new Guided By Voices & Flower Kings. 
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Posted By: darkshade
Date Posted: April 19 2012 at 15:00
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I'm excited to hear how it will sound, it seems the band is trying a few new things on Banks of Eden. I'm also really excited to hear this new drummer, he sounded awesome of the couple of Youtube videos I saw.
------------- http://www.last.fm/user/MysticBoogy" rel="nofollow - My Last.fm
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Posted By: shanocles
Date Posted: May 16 2012 at 05:25
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hey just pre-ordered the new flowerkings album. samples sound great - gotta love symph prog. get it at... http://www.flowerkings.se/merchandise.php ------------- if left is wrong i don't wanna be right...
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Posted By: Evolver
Date Posted: May 16 2012 at 06:33
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I like the samples. ------------- Trust me. I know what I'm doing. |
Posted By: Aussie-Byrd-Brother
Date Posted: May 16 2012 at 07:06
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Very excited for this, and even better...
A VINYL RELEASE!!
Long overdue, fellas, very appreciated! I still have that beautiful `World Of Adventures' picture disc from many years back! Now it will have some company! |