HALF PAST FOUR
''RABBIT IN THE VESTIBULE''
SEPTEMBER 11 2008
63:34
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1 Missing Sevenths 02:37
2 Johnny 02:54
3 Poisoned Tune 07:53
4 Southern Boogie 04:15
5 Twelve Little Words 05:18
6 Underwater 04:58
7 Lullaby 04:21
8 Strangest Dream 06:29 (Jono Grant, Kyree Vibrant)
9 Biel 08:15
10 Dwayne 04:53
11 Salome 02:46
12 Bamboo 02:41
13 Rabbit 06:08
Tracks By Half Past Four, Except 8
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The Burlington Seniors Four Part Harmony Choir - Choir/Chorus, Guest Artist
Sahra Featherstone - Guest Artist, Tin Whistle, Violin
Dylan Goodhue - Guest Artist, Vocals (Background), Voices
Ashot Grigorian - Guest Artist, Saxophone
Igor Kurtzman - Keyboards, Sound Effects
Dmitry Lesov - Bass Guitar, Guitar (Acoustic), Vocals
Constantin Necrasov - Bass Guitar, Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar (Electric), Mandolin, Vocals
Art Pisanski - Drums, Guest Artist, Percussion
Kyree Vibrant - Vocals
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ABOUT THE ALBUM
OFFICIAL WEBSITE
The concept of Rabbit in the Vestibule came after much brainstorming and deliberation. The idea was to create the circumstance of a wandering listener randomly encountering rooms in which different activities or adventures occur. To contextualize the songs so they matched the intent of the album art, we added the sounds of doors opening and closing before and after each song.
One definition of Vestibule is an anteroom whose only purpose is to contain doors that lead to other rooms. We wanted to invite the listener into our vestibule and ask them to venture beyond the doors into the world of each song. The catalyst of this activity is the Rabbit. Rabbits are motivated mainly by instinct and randomness and the idea of a person following a rabbit into each song made sense in that the impulse to keep listening to the album would also be an instinctual and random action. The album art was created by Tamila Rostmoff. She created a long hallway at the end of which there is a small boy who is about to step into a wide open random space. The doors along the hallway are open and shut suggesting that he has explored in some of the rooms. Activity in some of them still progresses ie: the paper plane flies out of one, in flames. In the foreground there is the shadow of a rabbit suggesting the boy is being watched.
The back of the album has the opposite perspective – that of the boy looking back on the rabbit suggesting an interaction- a knowledge that each exists and that something momentous had happened in this space. Tamila captures the mood, motivation and off- kilter world of what we are trying to achieve in the music therefore creating a dynamic entry point and visual companion to the music inside.
The music itself was written over the span of a seven year period. Some songs were remnants of the first incarnation of Half Past Four as a Russian band and the lyrics were translated into English and melodies slightly altered to accommodate Kyree’s voice. The majority of the songs were composed by the current band, however, and the arrangements were worked out in live shows over several years of gigging.
Included in the studio were Sahra Featherstone, Kyree’s talented niece who played flute and violin on a couple of tracks and old HPF band friend Ashot Gigoran who lent his saxophone expertise to Southern Boogie. The tracks were recorded in several locations including the former drummer’s music production school and Les’ parent’s basement, as well as Les’ former employer’s studio and the band’s rehearsal headquarters. It was mixed and mastered by Kyree’s longtime friend and compositional/engineering genius, Jono Grant.
Rabbit in the Vestibule was produced entirely by Half Past Four.
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ABOUT THE BAND
OFFICIAL WEBSITE
Please, sit at the kitchen table and here, help yourself to a piece of freshly baked bread while I tell you the story of how this band came to be....
The story of Half Past Four’s current line-up starts with the guitar player, Constantin, and bassist, Dmitry, who formed a band in 1999, playing rock and folk music to mainly russian crowds. Igor, the keyboard player then joined and so did Kyree shortly after in 2005, completing the metamorphosis into a progressive rock quartet with english lyrics, original sound.... and a disappearing drummer problem a la Spinal Tap.
The first album was born in 2008. They named it Rabbit in the Vestibule after many collectively strange brainstorms and they promoted it relentlessly, playing many gigs and festivals and sharing many slightly awkward hotel rooms. When they finally joined forces with their amazing PR dynamo, their schedules filled up with interviews and their press kits saw many impressive and complimentary reviews around the world. They played to an enthusiastic crowd at Prog Day in North Carolina that September to a crowd that could sing along with their lyrics. Life was good and the cotton was high.
Then their drummer left. Once again lost without a kit-master, but armed with many new songs and the intense flame of hope eternal, they set out to renew their vows with the next percussive contender. They were introduced to Marcello in early 2012 by a good friend and comrade in music, Maurizio Guarini. Marcello was a magically perfect fit. Indeed their instantaneous connection was so smooth and organic, they began writing more songs and planning the next recording immediately. The kitchen was built. The chefs, trained and ready, the ingredients, wholesome and fresh. Their second album 'Good Things' was released in April 2013 and they couldn’t be more ready to deliver it to you, fresh from the oven.
This original music was made for the most loyal of progressive music fans but also for the newly initiated listeners hoping to find a new kind of music to fall in love with. We hope you love it right away or we hope it grows on you. Either way, we hope we created a good thing. Seconds?
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WEBSITE
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TO THE TOP
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''RABBIT IN THE VESTIBULE''
SEPTEMBER 11 2008
63:34
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1 Missing Sevenths 02:37
2 Johnny 02:54
3 Poisoned Tune 07:53
4 Southern Boogie 04:15
5 Twelve Little Words 05:18
6 Underwater 04:58
7 Lullaby 04:21
8 Strangest Dream 06:29 (Jono Grant, Kyree Vibrant)
9 Biel 08:15
10 Dwayne 04:53
11 Salome 02:46
12 Bamboo 02:41
13 Rabbit 06:08
Tracks By Half Past Four, Except 8
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The Burlington Seniors Four Part Harmony Choir - Choir/Chorus, Guest Artist
Sahra Featherstone - Guest Artist, Tin Whistle, Violin
Dylan Goodhue - Guest Artist, Vocals (Background), Voices
Ashot Grigorian - Guest Artist, Saxophone
Igor Kurtzman - Keyboards, Sound Effects
Dmitry Lesov - Bass Guitar, Guitar (Acoustic), Vocals
Constantin Necrasov - Bass Guitar, Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar (Electric), Mandolin, Vocals
Art Pisanski - Drums, Guest Artist, Percussion
Kyree Vibrant - Vocals
********************
ABOUT THE ALBUM
OFFICIAL WEBSITE
The concept of Rabbit in the Vestibule came after much brainstorming and deliberation. The idea was to create the circumstance of a wandering listener randomly encountering rooms in which different activities or adventures occur. To contextualize the songs so they matched the intent of the album art, we added the sounds of doors opening and closing before and after each song.
One definition of Vestibule is an anteroom whose only purpose is to contain doors that lead to other rooms. We wanted to invite the listener into our vestibule and ask them to venture beyond the doors into the world of each song. The catalyst of this activity is the Rabbit. Rabbits are motivated mainly by instinct and randomness and the idea of a person following a rabbit into each song made sense in that the impulse to keep listening to the album would also be an instinctual and random action. The album art was created by Tamila Rostmoff. She created a long hallway at the end of which there is a small boy who is about to step into a wide open random space. The doors along the hallway are open and shut suggesting that he has explored in some of the rooms. Activity in some of them still progresses ie: the paper plane flies out of one, in flames. In the foreground there is the shadow of a rabbit suggesting the boy is being watched.
The back of the album has the opposite perspective – that of the boy looking back on the rabbit suggesting an interaction- a knowledge that each exists and that something momentous had happened in this space. Tamila captures the mood, motivation and off- kilter world of what we are trying to achieve in the music therefore creating a dynamic entry point and visual companion to the music inside.
The music itself was written over the span of a seven year period. Some songs were remnants of the first incarnation of Half Past Four as a Russian band and the lyrics were translated into English and melodies slightly altered to accommodate Kyree’s voice. The majority of the songs were composed by the current band, however, and the arrangements were worked out in live shows over several years of gigging.
Included in the studio were Sahra Featherstone, Kyree’s talented niece who played flute and violin on a couple of tracks and old HPF band friend Ashot Gigoran who lent his saxophone expertise to Southern Boogie. The tracks were recorded in several locations including the former drummer’s music production school and Les’ parent’s basement, as well as Les’ former employer’s studio and the band’s rehearsal headquarters. It was mixed and mastered by Kyree’s longtime friend and compositional/engineering genius, Jono Grant.
Rabbit in the Vestibule was produced entirely by Half Past Four.
********************
ABOUT THE BAND
OFFICIAL WEBSITE
Please, sit at the kitchen table and here, help yourself to a piece of freshly baked bread while I tell you the story of how this band came to be....
The story of Half Past Four’s current line-up starts with the guitar player, Constantin, and bassist, Dmitry, who formed a band in 1999, playing rock and folk music to mainly russian crowds. Igor, the keyboard player then joined and so did Kyree shortly after in 2005, completing the metamorphosis into a progressive rock quartet with english lyrics, original sound.... and a disappearing drummer problem a la Spinal Tap.
The first album was born in 2008. They named it Rabbit in the Vestibule after many collectively strange brainstorms and they promoted it relentlessly, playing many gigs and festivals and sharing many slightly awkward hotel rooms. When they finally joined forces with their amazing PR dynamo, their schedules filled up with interviews and their press kits saw many impressive and complimentary reviews around the world. They played to an enthusiastic crowd at Prog Day in North Carolina that September to a crowd that could sing along with their lyrics. Life was good and the cotton was high.
Then their drummer left. Once again lost without a kit-master, but armed with many new songs and the intense flame of hope eternal, they set out to renew their vows with the next percussive contender. They were introduced to Marcello in early 2012 by a good friend and comrade in music, Maurizio Guarini. Marcello was a magically perfect fit. Indeed their instantaneous connection was so smooth and organic, they began writing more songs and planning the next recording immediately. The kitchen was built. The chefs, trained and ready, the ingredients, wholesome and fresh. Their second album 'Good Things' was released in April 2013 and they couldn’t be more ready to deliver it to you, fresh from the oven.
This original music was made for the most loyal of progressive music fans but also for the newly initiated listeners hoping to find a new kind of music to fall in love with. We hope you love it right away or we hope it grows on you. Either way, we hope we created a good thing. Seconds?
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WEBSITE
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TO THE TOP
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