Flower Kings - Paradox Hotel
Double CD first edition comes in Digipack. The release date is March 24th, 2006. Tracklist: Room 111 (disc One): Check In (Bodin) 1:37 Monsters & Men (Stolt) 21:21 Jealousy (Stolt) 3:22 Hit Me With A Hit (Stolt) 5:32 Pioneers Of Aviation (Stolt) 7:49 Lucy Had A Dream (Bodin/Stolt) 5:28 Bavarian Skies (Bodin/Stolt) 6:34 Selfconsuming Fire (Stolt) 5:49 Mommy Leave The Light On (Stolt) 4:38 End On A High Note (Stolt) 10:43 Room 222 (disc Two): Minor Giant Steps (Stolt) 12:12 Touch My Heaven (Bodin) 6:08 The Unorthodox Dancinglesson (Stolt) 5:24 Man Of The World ( Reingold/Stolt/Bodin) 5:55 Life Will Kill You (Fröberg) 7:03 The Way The Waters Are Moving (Bodin/Stolt) 3:12 What If God Is Alone (Reingold/Stolt/Fröberg) 6:58 Paradox Hotel (Stolt/Bodin) 6:29 Blue Planet (Stolt) 9:42 Musicians: Roine Stolt: guitars, vocal Tomas Bodin: keyboards, backing vocal Hans Froberg: vocal, guitar Jonas Reingold: Bass, acoustic guitar, vocal Marcus Liliequist: drums, percussion, backing vocal Hasse Bruniusson: Marimba & assorted percussion ` רויינה סטולט על האלבום: "Regarding this new album it is all an experiment and in fact quite daring , What we have now recorded and on it's way is a material of around 2x60 minutes. Bandmembers have contributed a bit more than normal and it is mostly recorded together live in Medley studios in Denmark. It will consist of 15-17 songs ranging from 3 minutes to 21 minutes. Vocals are equally shared between me and Hasse Froberg, there might be a chance of other guest appearances ...but even rest of bandmembers join in some choirwork. The songs are perhaps a bit more mellow and sometimes very psycedelic leaning more towards Walrus era Beatles than ELP or Genesis prog. We have a few instrumentals and some real quirky stuff but not really jazzy ,more like avantgarde or freeky prog stuff, plus more of the cinematic drama .....and we have bombasm!!! Mr Bruniusson mention both Gentle Giant and King Crimson when he heard a few of the songs he's supposed to do a bit of marimba etc. ..... I suspect he's right. There is a throwback in the Keyboard department to classical progsounds, we've used both real distorted Wurlizer and Grandpiano a lot of moogsounds and of course Tomas' gorgeous hammondplaying, to top it there is more mellotron than ever. So I guess what I'm saying is that this will sound less 2006 and more 1974... in a way . Personally I view this as our White Album and stylisticlly it's probably closer to FlowerPower or Retropolis than Unfold The Future or Adam & Eve. That's how I hear it."
Double CD first edition comes in Digipack. The release date is March 24th, 2006. Tracklist: Room 111 (disc One): Check In (Bodin) 1:37 Monsters & Men (Stolt) 21:21 Jealousy (Stolt) 3:22 Hit Me With A Hit (Stolt) 5:32 Pioneers Of Aviation (Stolt) 7:49 Lucy Had A Dream (Bodin/Stolt) 5:28 Bavarian Skies (Bodin/Stolt) 6:34 Selfconsuming Fire (Stolt) 5:49 Mommy Leave The Light On (Stolt) 4:38 End On A High Note (Stolt) 10:43 Room 222 (disc Two): Minor Giant Steps (Stolt) 12:12 Touch My Heaven (Bodin) 6:08 The Unorthodox Dancinglesson (Stolt) 5:24 Man Of The World ( Reingold/Stolt/Bodin) 5:55 Life Will Kill You (Fröberg) 7:03 The Way The Waters Are Moving (Bodin/Stolt) 3:12 What If God Is Alone (Reingold/Stolt/Fröberg) 6:58 Paradox Hotel (Stolt/Bodin) 6:29 Blue Planet (Stolt) 9:42 Musicians: Roine Stolt: guitars, vocal Tomas Bodin: keyboards, backing vocal Hans Froberg: vocal, guitar Jonas Reingold: Bass, acoustic guitar, vocal Marcus Liliequist: drums, percussion, backing vocal Hasse Bruniusson: Marimba & assorted percussion ` רויינה סטולט על האלבום: "Regarding this new album it is all an experiment and in fact quite daring , What we have now recorded and on it's way is a material of around 2x60 minutes. Bandmembers have contributed a bit more than normal and it is mostly recorded together live in Medley studios in Denmark. It will consist of 15-17 songs ranging from 3 minutes to 21 minutes. Vocals are equally shared between me and Hasse Froberg, there might be a chance of other guest appearances ...but even rest of bandmembers join in some choirwork. The songs are perhaps a bit more mellow and sometimes very psycedelic leaning more towards Walrus era Beatles than ELP or Genesis prog. We have a few instrumentals and some real quirky stuff but not really jazzy ,more like avantgarde or freeky prog stuff, plus more of the cinematic drama .....and we have bombasm!!! Mr Bruniusson mention both Gentle Giant and King Crimson when he heard a few of the songs he's supposed to do a bit of marimba etc. ..... I suspect he's right. There is a throwback in the Keyboard department to classical progsounds, we've used both real distorted Wurlizer and Grandpiano a lot of moogsounds and of course Tomas' gorgeous hammondplaying, to top it there is more mellotron than ever. So I guess what I'm saying is that this will sound less 2006 and more 1974... in a way . Personally I view this as our White Album and stylisticlly it's probably closer to FlowerPower or Retropolis than Unfold The Future or Adam & Eve. That's how I hear it."
