CORVUS STONE
''CORVUS STONE II''
2014
79:10
1 The Simple Life 02:00
2 Early Morning Call 03:52
3 Boots For Hire 08:58
4 Sneaky Entrance In To Lisa 00:30
5 Purple Stone 03:22
6 A Stoned Crow Meets The Rusty Wolff Rat 07:37
7 Lisa Has A Cigar 00:47
8 Mr. Cha Cha 04:50
9 Dark Tower 01:48
10 Scandinavians In Mexico 05:06
11 Mystery Man 06:37
12 Camelus Bactrianus (Tuolla Tuonnempana) 08:42
13 Uncle Schunkle 04:38
14 Eternal Universe 03:53
15 Moaning Lisa 14:08
16 Campfire (Tulen Luona) 02:17
Colin Tench / guitars
Petri Lemmy Lindström / bass
Pasi Koivu / keyboards
Robert Wolff / drums & percussion
With:
Blake Carpenter (The Minstrel's Ghost, Voice of the Enslaved) / vocals
Sean Filkins (Big Big Train) / vocals
Phil Naro (Drackfarben, Talas) / vocals
German Vergara (Aisles) / vocals
Victor Tassone (Unified Past) / percussion
Andres Guazzelli / vocals
Timo Rautiainen / vocals
Stef Flaming (Murky Red) / vocals
Corvus Stone biography/progarchives.com
Multinational project CORVUS STONE more or less came to be in the spring of 2012 following a series of chance encounters between musicians on social networks, Facebook first and foremost. With a helping hand by dedicated music fan and musician friend Sonia Mota, a common denominator in the virtual friends lists of all the musicians and others involved in the project along the way.
The initial core of this project was Colin Tench, Petri Lemmy Lindström and Pasi Koivu however, with Colin Tench lending some guitar work to one of Pasi Koivu's compositions the first action that lead to a series of reactions that saw Lindström getting involved and the trio in a matter of a few weeks suddenly finalizing a handful of compositions for the sheer fun of it. It was about that time that they collectively realized that they all had a new band project going. Koivu is the main composer of the threesome. Lindström will make the occasional foray into these territories too, while Tench caters for production and arrangements.
As the project evolved a few more people got involved. Another chance encounter saw Blake Carpenter joining the ranks as vocalist and occasional lyricist. As he joined pretty late in the process his input was limited this time around. Another late addition to the band was drummer Robert Wolff, and while he managed to add a few details to the Corvus Stone debut album the majority of his contributions as a band member will be heard on future occasions.
Corvus Stone self-titled debut album was digitally released in the fall of 2012, with a CD edition following shortly after.
MORE ABOUT THE BAND
Who are Corvus Stone?
Colin Tench, Petri Lemmy Lindström and Pasi Koivu began this collaboration almost by accident. Chance meetings on Facebook!
We are all lovers of a huge variety of music. Pasi asked Colin to play guitar on Iron Pillows in late 2011. He did. Petri heard the result and asked if he could play bass on it. We KNEW what we had from that one small thing that we did. In 2012, Pasi sent Colin Ice King. That was the real start of the collaboration and album plans. After we had completed about 6 tracks, I think we were all stunned by what we were doing. The results were fun, moving, foot tapping and powerful. It sounded like we have been playing together for 10 years.
Pasi, composer and keyboard player, with the most original and far ranging musical ideas I have ever encoutered, has composed everything on here except Cinema. That was Petri's. Petri is a multi instrumentalist and composer. He also happens to be a virtuoso on bass.
Colin takes the job of arranging the music. We all play crucial roles in Corvus Stone. We also all play exactly what we want. No direction or restriction is ever placed on anything. The result(surprisingly) is total cohesion in every piece of music. It is all about the music and combination of the sounds we chose. It is never about solos. It isn't typical prog , jazz fusion, funky 70s TV music or Rock. It is all of those and more.
Late in the recording process, Colin met Blake Carpenter and started playing guitar on the Road to Avalon project. Blake loved Corvus Stone. One day he asked if he could write lyrics and sing on a couple of our pieces. The first he chose was Ice King. Brilliant. Few would have the imagination to sing on what we have recorded. Blake does and he will hopefully be working as a Stone a lot more now.
There is one track on here called Jussipussi, written by Stef Flaming of Murkey Red, reworked by Corvus Stone and could be our considered slightly Zappa. Stef's voice can be heard on it and he also plays guitar.
A bonus track called "You're so wrong", is a cover version of a Black Widow song. We are proud to have an original Black Widow guitarist (John Culley) playing guitars on it! On drums is Victor Tassone of Unified Past. Blake is on vocals.
Colin is also a member of BunChakeze, Colin Tench Project, Oceans 5 and The Minstrel's Ghost(with Blake Carpenter and Zoltan Csörsz Jr).
Lemmy is an ex-member of Lyijykomppania and a current member of Saturn Twilight and Progeland (he's also included on various other projects).
Pasi has had his Psychedelic Eye music project and for some years has been the archivist for Black Widow and has been a great encouragement and help to them. They recently released their first new album in 40 years!
Our new drummer Robert Wolff, joined us recently and he was previously in RAVEN and MICAH. He is also a virtuoso with a fabulous feel for music. He is now a permanent member.
Blake Carpenter.. The Minstrel's Ghost and The Road To Avalon ( www.minstrelsmusic.com ), has become our very special guest on vocals. He will also be a regular guest or even member of Corvus Stone.
Apart from Colin, nobody was asked if they would like to join this band. Everyone wanted in. A very special and talented fan and friend of Corvus Stone has been crucial to the success that has already started for us....
Sonia Mota has done all the artwork and has acted like a band member. Everything she does is well thought out and cleverly connected to the music. The quality of the art and the imagination she has is quite astonishing. Sonia was also not asked to do it. She just joined us. In the true Corvus Stone tradition.
What started as a side project for Pasi, Colin and Petri has become the collabration of our dreams. This album is not longer due to one fact. CDs only fit 80 minutes on them. We already have 4 tracks started for the second album and Robert is now fully in Corvus Stone and recording right now.
Anyone who likes music should give this a couple of listens and we guarantee will hugely enjoy some or all of it!
WEBSITE
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''CORVUS STONE II''
2014
79:10
1 The Simple Life 02:00
2 Early Morning Call 03:52
3 Boots For Hire 08:58
4 Sneaky Entrance In To Lisa 00:30
5 Purple Stone 03:22
6 A Stoned Crow Meets The Rusty Wolff Rat 07:37
7 Lisa Has A Cigar 00:47
8 Mr. Cha Cha 04:50
9 Dark Tower 01:48
10 Scandinavians In Mexico 05:06
11 Mystery Man 06:37
12 Camelus Bactrianus (Tuolla Tuonnempana) 08:42
13 Uncle Schunkle 04:38
14 Eternal Universe 03:53
15 Moaning Lisa 14:08
16 Campfire (Tulen Luona) 02:17
Colin Tench / guitars
Petri Lemmy Lindström / bass
Pasi Koivu / keyboards
Robert Wolff / drums & percussion
With:
Blake Carpenter (The Minstrel's Ghost, Voice of the Enslaved) / vocals
Sean Filkins (Big Big Train) / vocals
Phil Naro (Drackfarben, Talas) / vocals
German Vergara (Aisles) / vocals
Victor Tassone (Unified Past) / percussion
Andres Guazzelli / vocals
Timo Rautiainen / vocals
Stef Flaming (Murky Red) / vocals
Corvus Stone biography/progarchives.com
Multinational project CORVUS STONE more or less came to be in the spring of 2012 following a series of chance encounters between musicians on social networks, Facebook first and foremost. With a helping hand by dedicated music fan and musician friend Sonia Mota, a common denominator in the virtual friends lists of all the musicians and others involved in the project along the way.
The initial core of this project was Colin Tench, Petri Lemmy Lindström and Pasi Koivu however, with Colin Tench lending some guitar work to one of Pasi Koivu's compositions the first action that lead to a series of reactions that saw Lindström getting involved and the trio in a matter of a few weeks suddenly finalizing a handful of compositions for the sheer fun of it. It was about that time that they collectively realized that they all had a new band project going. Koivu is the main composer of the threesome. Lindström will make the occasional foray into these territories too, while Tench caters for production and arrangements.
As the project evolved a few more people got involved. Another chance encounter saw Blake Carpenter joining the ranks as vocalist and occasional lyricist. As he joined pretty late in the process his input was limited this time around. Another late addition to the band was drummer Robert Wolff, and while he managed to add a few details to the Corvus Stone debut album the majority of his contributions as a band member will be heard on future occasions.
Corvus Stone self-titled debut album was digitally released in the fall of 2012, with a CD edition following shortly after.
MORE ABOUT THE BAND
Who are Corvus Stone?
Colin Tench, Petri Lemmy Lindström and Pasi Koivu began this collaboration almost by accident. Chance meetings on Facebook!
We are all lovers of a huge variety of music. Pasi asked Colin to play guitar on Iron Pillows in late 2011. He did. Petri heard the result and asked if he could play bass on it. We KNEW what we had from that one small thing that we did. In 2012, Pasi sent Colin Ice King. That was the real start of the collaboration and album plans. After we had completed about 6 tracks, I think we were all stunned by what we were doing. The results were fun, moving, foot tapping and powerful. It sounded like we have been playing together for 10 years.
Pasi, composer and keyboard player, with the most original and far ranging musical ideas I have ever encoutered, has composed everything on here except Cinema. That was Petri's. Petri is a multi instrumentalist and composer. He also happens to be a virtuoso on bass.
Colin takes the job of arranging the music. We all play crucial roles in Corvus Stone. We also all play exactly what we want. No direction or restriction is ever placed on anything. The result(surprisingly) is total cohesion in every piece of music. It is all about the music and combination of the sounds we chose. It is never about solos. It isn't typical prog , jazz fusion, funky 70s TV music or Rock. It is all of those and more.
Late in the recording process, Colin met Blake Carpenter and started playing guitar on the Road to Avalon project. Blake loved Corvus Stone. One day he asked if he could write lyrics and sing on a couple of our pieces. The first he chose was Ice King. Brilliant. Few would have the imagination to sing on what we have recorded. Blake does and he will hopefully be working as a Stone a lot more now.
There is one track on here called Jussipussi, written by Stef Flaming of Murkey Red, reworked by Corvus Stone and could be our considered slightly Zappa. Stef's voice can be heard on it and he also plays guitar.
A bonus track called "You're so wrong", is a cover version of a Black Widow song. We are proud to have an original Black Widow guitarist (John Culley) playing guitars on it! On drums is Victor Tassone of Unified Past. Blake is on vocals.
Colin is also a member of BunChakeze, Colin Tench Project, Oceans 5 and The Minstrel's Ghost(with Blake Carpenter and Zoltan Csörsz Jr).
Lemmy is an ex-member of Lyijykomppania and a current member of Saturn Twilight and Progeland (he's also included on various other projects).
Pasi has had his Psychedelic Eye music project and for some years has been the archivist for Black Widow and has been a great encouragement and help to them. They recently released their first new album in 40 years!
Our new drummer Robert Wolff, joined us recently and he was previously in RAVEN and MICAH. He is also a virtuoso with a fabulous feel for music. He is now a permanent member.
Blake Carpenter.. The Minstrel's Ghost and The Road To Avalon ( www.minstrelsmusic.com ), has become our very special guest on vocals. He will also be a regular guest or even member of Corvus Stone.
Apart from Colin, nobody was asked if they would like to join this band. Everyone wanted in. A very special and talented fan and friend of Corvus Stone has been crucial to the success that has already started for us....
Sonia Mota has done all the artwork and has acted like a band member. Everything she does is well thought out and cleverly connected to the music. The quality of the art and the imagination she has is quite astonishing. Sonia was also not asked to do it. She just joined us. In the true Corvus Stone tradition.
What started as a side project for Pasi, Colin and Petri has become the collabration of our dreams. This album is not longer due to one fact. CDs only fit 80 minutes on them. We already have 4 tracks started for the second album and Robert is now fully in Corvus Stone and recording right now.
Anyone who likes music should give this a couple of listens and we guarantee will hugely enjoy some or all of it!
WEBSITE
TO THE TOP
