News
May '25
The Lost Son Returns
Since the departure of bass player and founding member Erik Besselsen (back in ’21) we tried hard to reinvent ourselves as a band. Despite all the beautiful and creative people we’ve worked with since, we (Erik van der Vlis and myself) always felt incomplete without him. But guess what… our missing son has returned after a four year odyssey of exploring different shores. The feeling was mutual that “now” would be the right time for this reunion. Besides we know that it works best with Erik on board again, it was (and still is) simply the music that reeled him in after listening to the new album tracks. We’re in the middle of the last leg of the recording process and together with Martijn Versluis (keyboards), the two Erik’s and myself we can take it all to a higher level. So welcome back Erik B!
Having that said, we like to honor and thank Gerard van der Geer who had the courageous task to fill the bass spot for the past four years. We had a blast working with him and we’re thankful for all his efforts and skills. You will be missed my friend and wish you all the best!
Stay tuned…
Cheers!
Steef
April '25
Album update March '25
Last year ('24) Steef and Martijn moved to new places and it took a while before both the GadArt studio and Martijn's home studio were up and running. Mentioning a real sat back at Martijn's new place because his planned basement studio was flooded by leakage. Steef also had to wait before setting up the new GadArt studio due to delays of building his brand new home. Having that said, as far we had any plans, we had a delay for about half a year "new album wise".
But we didn't stop writing and (even) recording new tunes! Stating before that the new album will be a lot about going back to our prog and symfo roots it seems that we're also moving into a more eclectic variety of songs with other influences. We already knew that we're never gonna be your (obvious) 52 diff. time signatures in a minute or 25 mins. guitar or keyboard soloing kinda prog act. We strongly believe that our talent and strength lies in creating songs with a recognizable story, theme and even a "tap along with your foot" vibe.
Wanna hear some teasers from the new album? Raw and unmixed!
We're aiming for a full length album this time and (yes) this year 2025.
Again, thnx for your patience!
Cheers!
June '23
New single! June 28
Yes! It took awhile since the release of Gathering Stones (2021) before we were able to get something new out. Besides the pandemic thingy, better known as the "non stage era" for a lot of fellow musicians, we also had to deal with the departure of Erik Besselsen (bass) and find our new bees. We already welcomed Martijn Versluis (keyboards) and Gerard van der Geer (bass) as full patched members awhile ago but consider the Vertigo release as the new line up presentation. It's great to have these guys aboard! Again we opted the new single as a video release to get the story out. Vertigo kicks off as part of the concept story we started on Gathering Stones and can be seen as the herald of part two of the book (Bodec series). The song reflects the urge of getting "ready" for the big final and the return of The King. "In a blink of an eye" may sound familiar to you and that is exactly what the song is about (those who have ears..)
Vertigo was partly recorded at the Gadart Studio (drums/keys) and at our separate home studio's (guitars and bass). The vocals were recorded at Mailmen Studio by Martijn Groeneveld who also signed for the mix and master. We had a lot of banter shooting the video and like to thank Bébé van der Vlis for (again) outstanding effort on both shooting and editing the clip. Also thanks to: Jan-Remt (drone cam), Sarah (Serreh) & Anouk as actors and Gert-Jan van der Vlis for additional pictures.
Vertigo will be a streaming release only.