Year : 2021
Style : Progressive Rock , Melodic Rock , Instrumental
Country : United Kingdom
Audio : 320 kbps + scans
Size : 161 mb
Bio:
Stephen Richard Hackett (born 12 February 1950) is a British singer-songwriter and guitarist. He gained prominence as a member of the British progressive rock group Genesis, which he joined in 1970 and left in 1977 to pursue a solo career. Hackett contributed to six Genesis studio albums, three live albums and seven singles.In 1986, Hackett co-founded the supergroup GTR with another progressive guitarist, Steve Howe of Yes and Asia. The group released a self-titled album that year, which peaked at #11 on the Billboard 200 in the United States and spawned the Top 20 single "When the Heart Rules the Mind". When Hackett left GTR in 1987, the group disbanded.After leaving GTR, Hackett resumed his solo career and has released albums and toured on a regular basis since. His body of work has encompassed many styles, such as progressive rock, world music, and classical. playing has influenced guitarists such as Eddie Van Halen, Alex Lifeson, Brian May and Steve Rothery. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Genesis in 2010.
Album:
Legendary guitarist Steve Hackett releases his new studio rock album "Surrender Of Silence" via Inside Out Music. The album features 11 new songs as Steve has been working hard through lockdown and, for the first time, has completed two studio albums for release within the same year! Hot on the heels of his classical-acoustic travelogue "Under A Mediterranean Sky", which was released in January and hit the #2 spot in the UK Classical Album Chart, "Surrender Of Silence" is a further exploration of Hackett's love of world music, discovering different sounds, moods and textures to deliver a rock album of extraordinary variety, power and beauty.As with "Under A Mediterranean Sky", "Surrender Of Silence" was also recorded during lockdown and, again, Hackett has called upon some of his musical friends from across the world to contribute. Hackett's regular touring band of Roger King (keyboards, programming and orchestral arrangements), Rob Townsend (sax, clarinet), Jonas Reingold (bass), Nad Sylvan (vocals) and Craig Blundell (drums) are supplemented by Phil Ehart and Nick D'Virgilio (drums), the vocal talents of Amanda Lehmann, Durga and Lorelei McBroom, Christine Townsend (violin, viola), Malik Mansurov (tar) and Sodirkhon Ubaidulloev (dutar).This new album is full-on electric ... "Lockdown cobwebs are blown away in one fell-swoop here", says Steve Hackett. "With the monster rhythm section of Jonas, Craig, Nick and Phil along with Rob's soaring sax and bass clarinet, Nad, Amanda and myself on vocals, Roger's darkly powerful organ and my guitar, we plunge full-pelt into that wild release of energy."The journey takes us from the classical orchestrations of Russia ("Natalia") to the plains of Africa ("Wingbeats") to mysterious Eastern shores ("Shanghai To Samarkand"), all via the ocean's depths ("Relaxation Music For Sharks, featuring Feeding Frenzy"). "The Devil's Cathedral" pools the talents of Hackett's entire touring band and features King's atmospheric Gothic organ and a powerhouse rhythm display from Blundell and Reingold.Hackett's vocals have never been bettered and his duet with Amanda Lehmann adds emotion to "Scorched Earth", a lament for the environmental horrors facing our planet. Throughout Hackett's guitars add a rich tapestry of colour with soaring solos and intricate weaving melodies."It's a 'no holds barred' album", adds Hackett, "riding that wave, unleashing those demons, dreams and nightmares, all crashing together over the shore. I enjoyed the power of this album allowing my guitar to scream in joy and rage ... and once again flying across those oceans to distant lands. It's terrific to connect creatively with musicians from far flung places, particularly when we've all been unable to meet. We all have a voice in our cacophony of sound and we cry out together in the 'Surrender Of Silence'."
Line Up:
Steve Hackett - electric guitar, acoustic guitar, Arabian lute, twelve string, lead vocals (GENESIS)
With:
Nad Sylvan (v)
Jonas Reingold (b)
Craig Blundell (d)
Roger King (k, pr, orcar)
Rob Townsend (s, clr)
Phil Ehart (d)
Nick D'Virgilio (d)
Amanda Lehmann (v)
Durga McBroom (v)
Lorelei McBroom (v)
Christine Townsend (vi, va)
Malik Mansurov (tar)
Sodirkhon Ubaidulloev (dutar)
Tracklist:
01. The Obliterati 2:17
02. Natalia 6:17
03. Relaxation Music For Sharks (Featuring Feeding Frenzy) 4:36
04. Wingbeats 5:20
05. The Devil's Cathedral 6:31
06. Held In The Shadows 6:20
07. Shanghai To Samarkand 8:27
08. Fox's Tango 4:21
09. Day Of The Dead 6:25
10. Scorched Earth 6:03
11. Esperanza 1:04
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