Relocator – The official website

We can confirm another gig for mid-April: We will be joining the amazing Haken and Flaming Row at Das Rind in Rüsselsheim!

So the Relocator tour schedule (can we call it that yet? ) is now:
April 13: Nürnberg – with Dreamscape, Counter-World Experience, Effloresce
April 14: Rüsselsheim – with Haken, Flaming Row

We can finally announce our next live appearance – we will once again be a part of a Generation Prog live event:

April 13
Luise – The Cultfactory, Nürnberg

The following bands have now been confirmed:

Dreamscape (CD release gig!)
Relocator
Counter-World Experience (CD release gig!)
Effloresce

The complete lineup, ticket prices and more will be announced in the coming days.

Update March 2: Added Counter-World Experience
Update March 4: Added Effloresce
Update March 13: Added flyer with full gig information

As an addition to the vague announcement of a second Relocator album below, we can share with you that Stefan is working on a total of six new Relocator tracks at the moment. The working titles: Kangaroo Jump, Lost in Space, Xmas, Chains in Chains, The Tell-Tale Heart, Calm Entropy.

Effloresce’s “Coma Ghosts” to be the label’s first release on February 10, 2012

German record label startup Generation Prog Records is proud to announce the first two members of its band roster: The international prog fusion project Relocator and the Nürnberg-based prog metal quintet Effloresce. From jazz fusion to death metal—the stylistic diversity between the two bands is a perfect example of the modern prog approach the new label wants to showcase.

The first Generation Prog Records release will be the upcoming Effloresce album “Coma Ghosts”, scheduled for February 10. Label founder Michael Schetter comments: “It’s both a pleasure and an honor to be working with Effloresce on this album. I’ve been following the band’s career from the very start and it makes me proud to hear them finally unleash their potential with this CD.”

Coma Ghosts will be released on February 10, 2012

Effloresce combine an exciting blend of influences—ranging from the atmospheric death metal stylings of Opeth to the melodic playfulness of Dream Theater, but with female vocals and even a sprinkling of flute—into a style entirely their own. The new album’s songs, carefully crafted over the past two years, greatly profit from the epic sound courtesy of metal legend Dan Swanö (Edge of Sanity, Opeth and many more), who mixed and mastered the project.

Effloresce are a female-fronted prog metal band from Nürnberg

The band had this to say: “The last couple of months were extremely intense and exciting, and being signed to a label created by a talented and capable guy like Michael now tops it all. We cannot wait to show our thirst for action and our gratitude. We think that Generation Prog Records is the perfect home for us, it just feels very natural.” Effloresce will celebrate their new CD’s release on February 10 with a concert at the Nürnberg venue MUZclub, performing the full album live in sequence.

Several minutes of samples from Coma Ghosts are available on YouTube:

Label mates Relocator turned quite a few heads when their self-titled 2010 debut featured former Dream Theater keyboardist Derek Sherinian throughout. The album was praised by critics all over the world and nominated for “best debut album” at the Progawards. The project has since taken to the stage, playing two 2011 gigs with a multinational live band. Guitarist and principal composer Stefan Artwin is currently working on material for the as yet untitled second Relocator album.

Relocator: An international prog fusion project founded by Stefan Artwin (guitar) and Michael Schetter (bass)

The Generation Prog brand first gained international attention with the eponymous 2011 festival which saw both Effloresce and Relocator sharing the stage with some of the finest artists in modern prog: Andromeda, Subsignal, Haken and Exivious. The event drew an international audience from as far away as the UK, Sweden, Italy and the Eastern-most corner of Slovakia. It entailed a barrage of fan requests and band applications for a possible 2012 edition of the festival. The new label extends the Generation Prog brand to provide a home and promotional support for artists operating in the modern progressive music scene.

Label contact:
info@generation-prog.com
http://www.generation-prog.com
http://www.facebook.com/generationprogrecords

Relocator on the net:
www.relocator-project.com
www.facebook.com/relocatorproject

Effloresce on the net:
www.effloresceonline.com
www.facebook.com/effloresceonline

First an album with Derek Sherinian, now a guest spot on a disc featuring Ryo Okumoto – Stefan Artwin sure gets to showcase his talent alongside some of the best keyboardists of modern prog!

Where can I hear that, you ask? Well: The debut album from The ANABASIS, a new band that Ryo joined a while ago, will be released soon. In fact, their label is already taking pre-orders and allowing you to listen to the full album NOW! So follow the link below and check it out – Stefan contributed some blistering lead work to the track Egypt!

Track listing and streaming player for The ANABASIS – Back From Being Gone

Press release: The ANABASIS, Featuring Ryo Okumoto, Release Debut CD, BACK FROM BEING GONE

The full lineup for the Generation Prog Festival 2011 has finally been revealed. Update from August 3: Subsignal have replaced To-Mera on Saturday!

Here’s a preliminary festival schedule for you (updated August 3rd):

Friday, September 23:
23:15 Haken
21:50 Exivious
20:25 Effloresce
19:30 Ocean Spout

Saturday, September 24:
23:00 Andromeda
21:45 Relocator
20:25 Subsignal
19:30 Theory of Elements

Exivious might still end up playing last on Friday because of their stage setup.

Weekend tickets and hotel deals (only valid until August 25!) are now available:

Please visit the official festival website for more information on these offers:
English: http://www.generation-prog.com/?page_id=461
German: http://www.generation-prog.com

We have just launched this new Relocator website – hope you like it! The design and navigation have changed a bit, making it easier for us to maintain the site.

We have also added some new content: We are now streaming complete tracks from our debut album on our Music page – much better audio quality than on MySpace! And just for fun, we have also added four 2004 demo tracks to that page – these can also be downloaded for free! Everything you hear in them was performed and programmed by Stefan himself, so these are the songs in their original form before Michael, Frank, Derek and Bartek added their own style to them. Enjoy!

It was the worst kept secret in prog, but Relocator are now officially announced for the upcoming Generation Prog Festival 2011! The event will take place in Nürnberg on September 23 and 24 and will feature such amazing international guests as Haken, Exivious and To-Mera plus our local heroes Theory of Elements (check them out if you haven’t yet!) and three more bands yet to be announced. Hope to see you there!

Find out more about the festival:
http://www.generation-prog.com

Generation Prog on Facebook:
http://www.facebook.com/GenerationProg
Sometimes accessing this link results in a “page not found” error. It’s a known Facebook bug. Until they fix it, just keep trying!

Check out the excellent other bands announced so far:
http://www.myspace.com/hakenmusic
http://www.myspace.com/exivious
http://www.myspace.com/tomeraband
http://www.myspace.com/theoryofelements