KAYAK
''NOSTRADAMUS: THE FATE OF MAN, DISC TWO''
JULY 12 2005
110:27
DISC ONE (54:00)
1 The Secret Study 01:47
2 A Strange And Cryptic Tale 03:06
3 Friend Of The Stars 04:19
4 Celestial Science 03:53
5 The Student 01:23
6 Dance Of Death 03:27
7 Fresh Air, Running Water, Rose Pills 04:12
8 The Monk's Comment 1 00:46
9 Seekers Of Truth 1 04:16
10 Dance Of Death 2 01:42
11 Save My Wife 05:26
12 The Monk's Comment 2 00:33
13 Pagan's Paradise 04:23
14 The Inquisition 05:32
15 The Wandering Years 04:43
16 The Monk's Comment 3 00:51
17 If History Was Mine Alone 03:00
18 Friend Of The Stars 2 00:32
Lyrics: Irene Linders & Ton Scherpenzeel
Music: Ton Scherpenzeel On 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 11, 12, 13, 14, 16, 17, 18; Pim Koopman On 1, 6, 7, 9, 10, 15
DISC TWO (56:27)
1 A Man With Remarkable Talents 03:29
2 Settle Down 04:23
3 The Monk's Comment 4 00:44
4 The Flying Squadron 04:16
5 Dance Of Mirrors 03:23
6 A Royal Invitation 01:16
7 A Cruel Death + The Monk's Comment 5 03:59
8 Tell Me All 03:27
9 The Tournament 04:15
10 The Golden Cage 02:09
11 Seekers Of Truth 02:02
12 Living In Two Realities 04:13
13 Act Of Despair 04:24
14 The Secret Study 01:43
15 The Centuries 05:05
16 (You Won't Find Me) Alive At Sunrise 03:21
17 Friend Of The Stars 01:16
18 Epilogue - The Fate Of Man 02:52
Lyrics: Irene Linders & Ton Scherpenzeel
Music: Ton Scherpenzeel On 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 10, 12, 15, 16, 17, 18; Pim Koopman On 4, 6, 9, 11, 13, 14, 15
Ton Scherpenzeel - keyboards, bass guitar, accordion, backing vocals
Pim Koopman - drums, keyboards, guitar, percussion, backing vocals
Bert Heerink - lead and backing vocals ("The Astrologer")
Cindy Oudshoorn - lead and backing vocals ("The Astrologer's Second Wife")
Joost Vergoossen - guitars
Rob Vunderink - guitars, lead and backing vocals ("The Opposition")
Edward Reekers - lead and backing vocals, voice-over ("The Monk")
Monique van der Ster - lead and backing vocals ("The Queen")
Syb van der Ploeg - lead and backing vocals ("The Scientist")
Guests:
Marjolein Teepen - vocals ("The Flying Squadron")
Eddy Koopman - percussion
Rens van der Zalm - fiddle
The Nostradamus Choir - vocals ("The People")
Valentijn Achterberg - voice ("The Boy")
ABOUT THE ALBUM
BY WIKIPEDIA
Nostradamus - The Fate Of Man is the twelfth studio album by the Dutch progressive rock band Kayak. This concept-album tells the story of French doctor and seer Nostradamus, but from the viewpoint of a Flemish monk, Yves de Lessines. The (unproven) theory behind this is that Nostradamus was not the writer of his famous "Centuries". These poems were in fact written 200 years earlier by De Lessines, and they were a secret code to find the treasures of the Knights Templar. On one of his journeys, Nostradamus found the book that De Lessines wrote, and interpreted the poems in his own way, turning them into predictions. This theory was launched and motivated by Belgian professor and historian Rudy Cambier in his book "Nostradamus and the lost Templar legacy" (2003). Kayak found this approach much more interesting than the usual Nostradamus-stories, and decided to take this theory as a starting point for their second rock-opera.
Just before the start of recordings, bassplayer Bert Veldkamp left the band because he could not combine Kayak with his day job. Originally a bassplayer, Ton Scherpenzeel played this instrument on the recordings. At concerts, Jan van Olffen fulfilled this task. Van Olffen stayed with Kayak, and is still the band's bassplayer. This album sees the return of Edward Reekers, lead singer with Kayak from 1978 until 1982. His part of "The Monk" was the start of his second life with Kayak, which lasts until the present day.
The album is a double CD. There was also a single CD released, under the title Excerpts From Nostradamus. That CD contains 11 songs, plus "The Story Behind Nostradamus" in Dutch and English.
At concerts in 2005, the band played this rock-opera in its entirety. On stage, the band was joined by dancers and three extra singers: Marc Dollevoet, Marloes van Woggelum and Marjolein Teepen. After this album and tour, singer Bert Heerink left the band to concentrate on his solo career.
BIOGRAPHY
by Paul Collins / AMG
With their instrumental prowess and keyboardist Ton Scherpenzeel's facility at writing lyrics in English, you might be forgiven for mistaking Kayak for a bunch of clever proggers from London. But this Dutch band began in 1968 in the city of Hilversum, where Scherpenzeel and drummer Pim Koopman attended a music conservatory. After the addition of guitarist Johan Slager, bassist Cees van Leeuwen, and vocalist Max Werner, the group solidified by 1972 and commenced recording. Stylistically they featured the instrumentation and chops of progressive acts like Yes and Genesis, but the pop song structures of Supertramp and the Alan Parsons Project; as time passed they increasingly favored the pop side of the equation. Royal Bed Bouncer, the most even balance between these two styles, was to be a commercial and artistic high point for the band. They continued to meet with minor success throughout the '70s on a variety of record labels, and in 1974 toured in support of Queen -- a move that influenced the flavor of their later work.
Like most progressive bands, Kayak never had a terribly stable lineup; at one point they went through three bassists in as many years. With Scherpenzeel as the sole constant, Kayak's first lineup also proved to be their finest; but Koopman's asthma forced him to retire in 1976, and Werner was so tortured by stage fright and unfounded doubts over his singing ability that he demanded the vacated drum chair for himself, leaving the vocal duties to new member Edward Reekers. Scherpenzeel's central role in the band eventually wore on the others, and Kayak fell apart in 1980. Scherpenzeel continued on to work with the English band Camel and then compose primarily for the theater. Koopman and Reekers worked in music production and performance; Werner left the stage to become a postal worker; and van Leeuwen became -- of all things -- a prominent lawyer. The band reunited in 1997 for a Dutch TV special, though no new recordings have yet emerged.
OFFICIAL SITE
1 The Secret Study 01:47
2 A Strange And Cryptic Tale 03:06
3 Friend Of The Stars 04:19
4 Celestial Science 03:53
5 The Student 01:23
6 Dance Of Death 03:27
7 Fresh Air, Running Water, Rose Pills 04:12
8 The Monk's Comment 1 00:46
9 Seekers Of Truth 1 04:16
10 Dance Of Death 2 01:42
11 Save My Wife 05:26
12 The Monk's Comment 2 00:33
13 Pagan's Paradise 04:23
14 The Inquisition 05:32
15 The Wandering Years 04:43
16 The Monk's Comment 3 00:51
17 If History Was Mine Alone 03:00
18 Friend Of The Stars 2 00:32
Lyrics: Irene Linders & Ton Scherpenzeel
Music: Ton Scherpenzeel On 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 11, 12, 13, 14, 16, 17, 18; Pim Koopman On 1, 6, 7, 9, 10, 15
DISC TWO (56:27)
1 A Man With Remarkable Talents 03:29
2 Settle Down 04:23
3 The Monk's Comment 4 00:44
4 The Flying Squadron 04:16
5 Dance Of Mirrors 03:23
6 A Royal Invitation 01:16
7 A Cruel Death + The Monk's Comment 5 03:59
8 Tell Me All 03:27
9 The Tournament 04:15
10 The Golden Cage 02:09
11 Seekers Of Truth 02:02
12 Living In Two Realities 04:13
13 Act Of Despair 04:24
14 The Secret Study 01:43
15 The Centuries 05:05
16 (You Won't Find Me) Alive At Sunrise 03:21
17 Friend Of The Stars 01:16
18 Epilogue - The Fate Of Man 02:52
Lyrics: Irene Linders & Ton Scherpenzeel
Music: Ton Scherpenzeel On 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 10, 12, 15, 16, 17, 18; Pim Koopman On 4, 6, 9, 11, 13, 14, 15
Ton Scherpenzeel - keyboards, bass guitar, accordion, backing vocals
Pim Koopman - drums, keyboards, guitar, percussion, backing vocals
Bert Heerink - lead and backing vocals ("The Astrologer")
Cindy Oudshoorn - lead and backing vocals ("The Astrologer's Second Wife")
Joost Vergoossen - guitars
Rob Vunderink - guitars, lead and backing vocals ("The Opposition")
Edward Reekers - lead and backing vocals, voice-over ("The Monk")
Monique van der Ster - lead and backing vocals ("The Queen")
Syb van der Ploeg - lead and backing vocals ("The Scientist")
Guests:
Marjolein Teepen - vocals ("The Flying Squadron")
Eddy Koopman - percussion
Rens van der Zalm - fiddle
The Nostradamus Choir - vocals ("The People")
Valentijn Achterberg - voice ("The Boy")
ABOUT THE ALBUM
BY WIKIPEDIA
Nostradamus - The Fate Of Man is the twelfth studio album by the Dutch progressive rock band Kayak. This concept-album tells the story of French doctor and seer Nostradamus, but from the viewpoint of a Flemish monk, Yves de Lessines. The (unproven) theory behind this is that Nostradamus was not the writer of his famous "Centuries". These poems were in fact written 200 years earlier by De Lessines, and they were a secret code to find the treasures of the Knights Templar. On one of his journeys, Nostradamus found the book that De Lessines wrote, and interpreted the poems in his own way, turning them into predictions. This theory was launched and motivated by Belgian professor and historian Rudy Cambier in his book "Nostradamus and the lost Templar legacy" (2003). Kayak found this approach much more interesting than the usual Nostradamus-stories, and decided to take this theory as a starting point for their second rock-opera.
Just before the start of recordings, bassplayer Bert Veldkamp left the band because he could not combine Kayak with his day job. Originally a bassplayer, Ton Scherpenzeel played this instrument on the recordings. At concerts, Jan van Olffen fulfilled this task. Van Olffen stayed with Kayak, and is still the band's bassplayer. This album sees the return of Edward Reekers, lead singer with Kayak from 1978 until 1982. His part of "The Monk" was the start of his second life with Kayak, which lasts until the present day.
The album is a double CD. There was also a single CD released, under the title Excerpts From Nostradamus. That CD contains 11 songs, plus "The Story Behind Nostradamus" in Dutch and English.
At concerts in 2005, the band played this rock-opera in its entirety. On stage, the band was joined by dancers and three extra singers: Marc Dollevoet, Marloes van Woggelum and Marjolein Teepen. After this album and tour, singer Bert Heerink left the band to concentrate on his solo career.
BIOGRAPHY
by Paul Collins / AMG
With their instrumental prowess and keyboardist Ton Scherpenzeel's facility at writing lyrics in English, you might be forgiven for mistaking Kayak for a bunch of clever proggers from London. But this Dutch band began in 1968 in the city of Hilversum, where Scherpenzeel and drummer Pim Koopman attended a music conservatory. After the addition of guitarist Johan Slager, bassist Cees van Leeuwen, and vocalist Max Werner, the group solidified by 1972 and commenced recording. Stylistically they featured the instrumentation and chops of progressive acts like Yes and Genesis, but the pop song structures of Supertramp and the Alan Parsons Project; as time passed they increasingly favored the pop side of the equation. Royal Bed Bouncer, the most even balance between these two styles, was to be a commercial and artistic high point for the band. They continued to meet with minor success throughout the '70s on a variety of record labels, and in 1974 toured in support of Queen -- a move that influenced the flavor of their later work.
Like most progressive bands, Kayak never had a terribly stable lineup; at one point they went through three bassists in as many years. With Scherpenzeel as the sole constant, Kayak's first lineup also proved to be their finest; but Koopman's asthma forced him to retire in 1976, and Werner was so tortured by stage fright and unfounded doubts over his singing ability that he demanded the vacated drum chair for himself, leaving the vocal duties to new member Edward Reekers. Scherpenzeel's central role in the band eventually wore on the others, and Kayak fell apart in 1980. Scherpenzeel continued on to work with the English band Camel and then compose primarily for the theater. Koopman and Reekers worked in music production and performance; Werner left the stage to become a postal worker; and van Leeuwen became -- of all things -- a prominent lawyer. The band reunited in 1997 for a Dutch TV special, though no new recordings have yet emerged.
OFFICIAL SITE
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