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Valensia - VI - Gaia III - Aglaea - Legacy (Japan Edition 2014)

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Year : 2014 (Japan Edition)
Style : Melodic Rock , Symphonic Rock , Progressive Rock
Country : Netherlands
Audio : 320 kbps + scans + Video
Size : 138 mb


Bio:

Aldous Byron Valensia Clarkson (born April 13, 1971, in The Hague),better known as simply Valensia, is a Dutch composer, producer and multi-instrumentalist.Valensia grew up in Waalwijk and used to spend a lot of his time at the family's beachhouse in Dénia, Spain. When he was a little kid, he used to play guitar and sing at the beaches in Dénia. He had also written a lot of songs and was even offered a record contract, but his parents decided he was too young for the music business and refused the offer.Several years later, in the Netherlands, Valensia used to play in some bands, usually on keyboard or guitar.Valensia met Robby Valentine (another Dutch singer) at an airport, as they were both listening to Queen´s Bohemian Rhapsody. After that, Valensia started sending demos to several record companies and producer John Sonneveld noticed him. Then Valensia signed a record deal with Mercury Records and in 1993 his first album "Valensia" was released.Influenced by Kate Bush and Queen, Valensia's self-titled first album (known as "Gaia" in Japan) contained the hit single "Gaia" that, out of nowhere, reached #2 in the Dutch charts and stayed in the charts for several weeks. "Gaia" had success in other countries too. The album itself spent almost 20 weeks in the album charts and had good critiques. Four singles were released: Gaia, The Sun, Nathalie and Tere.He was quite a success in the Netherlands, but he was an even greater success in Japan. Valensia noticed that, so a mini-album called "The White Album" was released in Japan only, in 1994, including a Valensian-styled Christmas song ("21st Century New Christmas Time") and a version of Duran Duran's "A View to a Kill."Valensia's second album "Valensia II" (also known as "K.O.S.M.O.S.") was the first Dutch surround sound CD ever made.It was, again, a success in Japan, but his Dutch record company didn't want to promote it. Due to this fact, it received less attention than it perhaps deserved in the Netherlands.K.O.S.M.O.S (Valensia often refers to it as "Costmost") was the most expensive album in the history of the Netherlands. Valensia said that people often forget that his first 2 albums were produced by "the best Dutch producers" (as Valensia himself said): John Sonneveld and Pim Koopman (KayaK's drummer).Three singles were released: "Kosmos", "Thunderbolt" (only in Japan) and "Blue Rain" (only in the Netherlands).For his next album, the record company ordered him to write songs in an Alanis Morissette-style, because they thought the public wouldn't like Valensia's style of music. At the request of the Japanese record company, "Gantenbrink" (the only real Valensian song on the album) was added. Ironically (or sadly), Valensia's new album "Valensia '98" (full name: "Valensia '98 Musical Blue Paraphernalian Dreams Of Earth's Eventide Whiter Future & Darker Present Soundspheres From New Diamond Age Symphonian Artworks To Yesterday's Westernworld Rockcraft Under The Raging Nineties' Silver Promise Of The Happy Hundreds On The Break Of The New Millennium's Hazy Misty Dawn") also known as "Millennium" or "Valensia III," was never released in the Netherlands.Though his Dutch record company refused to release "Valensia '98", Valensia still had a lot of fans in the Netherlands. A fan meeting took place near the Carré theater in Amsterdam and they were presented with a promotional copy of "Valensia ´98." In the summer of 1999, "V" was released. V was a cooperation between Valensia and Robby Valentine. Valensia's style have always had a mysterious atmosphere around it, but "V" sounded absolutely different. With a Beatle-esque ELO-esque and Queen-esque style, the sound of "V" was quite naive and happy.Valensia's mother Jacqueline died, in November 1999. This had quite an impact on him. So, his next album "Gaia II" (released on the new record label Marquee) had a song dedicated to his mother, "Requieme pour Jacqueline".Since then he has released several quality albums with little commercial success. For this reason he is still struggling to find a good company record. Meanwhile, he records his albums in his own home studio. He is a respected artist in Japan. He is known also because of his complex music (arrangement-wise), and also for his guitar skills (among other instruments). Valensia has also released albums with the bands V (with Robby Valentine) and Metal Majesty (with his brother David on drums).In 2008 Valensia appeared on the Dutch TV program De Reunie.He has been working on a new album which will be released in Spring 2010. A single entitled "One Day My Princess Will Come" was to be released on February 24, 2010. However, the release was cancelled.On 24 September a new album titled "Valensia VI - Gaia III - Aglaea - Legacy" was released. Valensia refers to this as "my farewell album".An official music video "The Cabinet Of Curiosities"[6] appeared on YouTube.

Album:

Aldous Byron Valensia Clarkson, in short VALENSIA, has been created unique music since the '90s. If you never heard about him, his compositional style does not differ much to the other famous Dutch genius: Robby Valentine. In fact, Valensia / Valentine have released a couple of albums together.Ten years after the release of his latest solo album, Valensia returned at the end of last year with a new opus; "Valensia VI : Gaia III • Aglaea • Legacy", only released in Asia.As happen with Robby Valentine, Valensia's music is strongly influenced by Queen and all the '80s culture, blended with a fascinating classical / Rock&pop / orchestral crossover.At the age of 21, Valensia was signed by with Universal Music back in 1992, and released the single 'Gaia'. This song, being released in the winter of 1993 in an era where grunge, Brit pop and techno was on the radio, broke all the rules by shooting straight at #1 in most of the European territories and sold over 1 million copies the first week after it's release.When Valensia's debut album 'Valensia' was released, the Dutch artist became a sensation in Japan and Southern East Asia, as well as in the Netherlands. Strangely enough in a time where this type of music was completely out of vogue.Valensia's music has been described as 'the most innovative composing since The Beatles' because of his new standards of chords no composer had ever used in rock&pop music.It's not hard rock, it's not AOR or Melodic Rock, but has some of these genres elements, sometimes little experimental, absurdly symphonic and progressive, which for many is difficult to digest, but always intriguing and surprising."Valensia VI : Gaia III • Aglaea • Legacy", as most Valensia albums, it's entirely composed, performed and produced by himself with a superb sound. He claims that this is the last album of his career because of high production costs. The man is a perfectionist.This CD is some kind of a masterpiece, especially for those who like Queen and original, symphonic music with melody. The disc has the best 'Valensia style' and begins with 9 and a half minute song, which is part of a series held in other discs: "Tere III".Next, "Seven Ways To be Loved" twist everything using a pop cadence mixed with strings and percussion. In every song is worth paying close attention to each of the arrangements worked out in every detail, and systematic work in the harmonies / choirs of Queen style.This is the case for example of "The Cabinet Of Curiosities" one of the best songs on the album."Finca Paris" is one of the most melodic songs with a very sweet and beautiful verses. "Carolina" is another of my favorites, which uses a base of Tango with a bandoneon sound mixed with '80s Rock&Pop and massive choruses. The mix of styles is unique, and Valensia does everything with class."The Candle" was the first cut off the album, a rock/waltz againg with a twist, while "Holland" is a very relaxed song which speaks highly of his native country."Here Comes The Moron" is another high point, with a strong Beatles influence of the last albums and ironic lyrics. The work on the details of this song is amazing, which includes little sounds of different instruments and voices in a very subtle way."God's Lesser Creatin (Spo0k)" is the most introspective song on the disc, chaotic and pretty experimental. That is because it's part of the soundtrack of the Dutch Film titled 'Spook', for which Valensia composed the score."The Miracle" is the most similar to Valensia early works (especially the first 'Gaia') melodic and pompous. Then "Serious" is strongly influenced by '80s pop, yet with the typical Valensia touch.The album closes with "Aglaea", another song blending rock / pop / classical, guitars & grand piano, plus symphonic instruments (all performed by Valensia). A terrific piece of work.This Dutch multi-instrumentalist is able to write, compose, perform, arrange and produce his own albums with an impressive quality, not only musically, but also technically.Valensia officially stopped making albums for record companies in 2005 but released this last farewell by himself for all his fans. And you can't call this 'indie', believe me. The sound is incredible pristine and pure on "Valensia VI : Gaia III • Aglaea • Legacy".This is an album to listen several times and discover new nuances with each. It's different, unique, and surprises you all the time.

Line Up:

Valensia: lead & harmony vocals, all instruments
Fernando Ortega: bass on 5
Jesus Maria Ruiz: drums on 5
Jose Arturo Garbazo: bandoneon on 5
Kees Verschuren, Eddie Wierga: guitar on 5

Tracklist:

01. Tere III 9:33
02. 7 Ways To Be Loved 5:11
03. The Cabinet Of Curiousities 3:57
04. Finca Paris 3:16
05. Carolina 4:17
06. The Candle 4:24
07. Holland 5:57
08. Here Comes The Moran 5:28
09. God's Lesser Creation (Spo0K) 4:38
10. A Miracle 2:57
11. Serious 4:20
12. Aglaea 5:38

+ Video "The Cabinet Of Curiousities" (Official Video)


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Príspevokod užívateľa Horex » 07 Dec 2020, 10:46

Valensia - Gaia (1993) (Japan Limited Edition 2018)

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Year : 1993 (Japan Limited Edition 2018)
Style : Melodic Rock , Symphonic Rock , Progressive Rock
Country : Netherlands
Audio : 320 kbps + all scans
Size : 138 mb


Bio:

Aldous Byron Valensia Clarkson (born April 13, 1971, in The Hague),better known as simply Valensia, is a Dutch composer, producer and multi-instrumentalist.Valensia grew up in Waalwijk and used to spend a lot of his time at the family's beachhouse in Dénia, Spain. When he was a little kid, he used to play guitar and sing at the beaches in Dénia. He had also written a lot of songs and was even offered a record contract, but his parents decided he was too young for the music business and refused the offer.Several years later, in the Netherlands, Valensia used to play in some bands, usually on keyboard or guitar.Valensia met Robby Valentine (another Dutch singer) at an airport, as they were both listening to Queen´s Bohemian Rhapsody. After that, Valensia started sending demos to several record companies and producer John Sonneveld noticed him. Then Valensia signed a record deal with Mercury Records and in 1993 his first album "Valensia" was released.Influenced by Kate Bush and Queen, Valensia's self-titled first album (known as "Gaia" in Japan) contained the hit single "Gaia" that, out of nowhere, reached #2 in the Dutch charts and stayed in the charts for several weeks. "Gaia" had success in other countries too. The album itself spent almost 20 weeks in the album charts and had good critiques. Four singles were released: Gaia, The Sun, Nathalie and Tere.He was quite a success in the Netherlands, but he was an even greater success in Japan. Valensia noticed that, so a mini-album called "The White Album" was released in Japan only, in 1994, including a Valensian-styled Christmas song ("21st Century New Christmas Time") and a version of Duran Duran's "A View to a Kill."Valensia's second album "Valensia II" (also known as "K.O.S.M.O.S.") was the first Dutch surround sound CD ever made.It was, again, a success in Japan, but his Dutch record company didn't want to promote it. Due to this fact, it received less attention than it perhaps deserved in the Netherlands.K.O.S.M.O.S (Valensia often refers to it as "Costmost") was the most expensive album in the history of the Netherlands. Valensia said that people often forget that his first 2 albums were produced by "the best Dutch producers" (as Valensia himself said): John Sonneveld and Pim Koopman (KayaK's drummer).Three singles were released: "Kosmos", "Thunderbolt" (only in Japan) and "Blue Rain" (only in the Netherlands).For his next album, the record company ordered him to write songs in an Alanis Morissette-style, because they thought the public wouldn't like Valensia's style of music. At the request of the Japanese record company, "Gantenbrink" (the only real Valensian song on the album) was added. Ironically (or sadly), Valensia's new album "Valensia '98" (full name: "Valensia '98 Musical Blue Paraphernalian Dreams Of Earth's Eventide Whiter Future & Darker Present Soundspheres From New Diamond Age Symphonian Artworks To Yesterday's Westernworld Rockcraft Under The Raging Nineties' Silver Promise Of The Happy Hundreds On The Break Of The New Millennium's Hazy Misty Dawn") also known as "Millennium" or "Valensia III," was never released in the Netherlands.Though his Dutch record company refused to release "Valensia '98", Valensia still had a lot of fans in the Netherlands. A fan meeting took place near the Carré theater in Amsterdam and they were presented with a promotional copy of "Valensia ´98." In the summer of 1999, "V" was released. V was a cooperation between Valensia and Robby Valentine. Valensia's style have always had a mysterious atmosphere around it, but "V" sounded absolutely different. With a Beatle-esque ELO-esque and Queen-esque style, the sound of "V" was quite naive and happy.Valensia's mother Jacqueline died, in November 1999. This had quite an impact on him. So, his next album "Gaia II" (released on the new record label Marquee) had a song dedicated to his mother, "Requieme pour Jacqueline".Since then he has released several quality albums with little commercial success. For this reason he is still struggling to find a good company record. Meanwhile, he records his albums in his own home studio. He is a respected artist in Japan. He is known also because of his complex music (arrangement-wise), and also for his guitar skills (among other instruments). Valensia has also released albums with the bands V (with Robby Valentine) and Metal Majesty (with his brother David on drums).In 2008 Valensia appeared on the Dutch TV program De Reunie.He has been working on a new album which will be released in Spring 2010. A single entitled "One Day My Princess Will Come" was to be released on February 24, 2010. However, the release was cancelled.On 24 September a new album titled "Valensia VI - Gaia III - Aglaea - Legacy" was released. Valensia refers to this as "my farewell album".An official music video "The Cabinet Of Curiosities"[6] appeared on YouTube.

Album:

Universal Music Japan has started this year a curious but more than welcomed campaign: the reissue of long time out of print albums from their catalog titled 'HR/HM 1000', that meaning Hard Rock / Heavy Metal at the price of 1000 Yen = about 9,5 USD.Into these series, appear the 2 more celebrated (out of print) albums by talent Dutch artist VALENSIA Clarkson. His first solo effort is simply titled Valensia I, however in Japan it was also added "Gaia".Valensia met Robby Valentine (another Dutch genius) at an airport, as they were both listening to Queen´s Bohemian Rhapsody. After that, Valensia started sending demos to several record companies and producer John Sonneveld noticed him.Then Valensia signed a record deal with Mercury Records and in 1993 his first album "Valensia" was released in Europe.Influenced by Kate Bush and Queen, Valensia's self-titled first album (known as "Gaia" in Japan) contained the hit single "Gaia" that, out of nowhere, reached #2 in the Dutch charts nd stayed in the charts for several weeks. "Gaia" had success in other countries too.The album itself spent almost 20 weeks in the album charts and had excllent reviews. Four singles were released: Gaia, The Sun, Nathalie and Tere.Valensia become a renowned artist in the Netherlands, but he had an even greater success in Japan.It's not rare to see Robby Valentine playing all pianos here. "Valensia Gaia" sounds pretty much like Valentine's first albums.However Robby had a more straight forward Pomp / AOR approach, while Valensia add much more proggy (lite) arrangements and dreamy poppy melodies.Musically imagine a amalgam of the pomp and circumstance of Queen, add some Nik Kershaw's pop sensibilities, and Robby Valentine's epicness, all rolled into one and that may give you a vague idea of where this guy is coming from.Totally unique.As happens with these series, "Valensia Gaia" is not remastered, but this Japanese 2018 reissue sounds fantastic, more punchy and better DR, thanks the new digital transfer technique - which augment the signal / Dynamic Range - so having this for less than ten bucks is a great deal.

Line Up:

Valensia Clarkson - vocals, all instruments
Robby Valentine - grand piano
Marcel Schimscheimer - bass
Hans Eijkeneer - drums
Juan Van Emmmerloot - drums
Marcel Serierse - drums
Emmy Verhey - violin
Philip Kold - sax
Eddie Conrad - percussion
Pim Koopman (Kayak) - percussion

Tracklist:

01. Tere 6:06
02. The Sun 3:32
03. Scaraboushka 3:51
04. Nathalie 4:48
05. Tango Tamara 3:21
06. T'kylah II 0:31
07. T'kylah 4:04
08. Megalomania 4:24
09. My Heart Is In Your Hands 5:32
10. Mr. 1999 3:43
11. Gaia 5:51
12. 1997 2:07

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Príspevokod užívateľa Horex » 07 Dec 2020, 10:48

Valensia - Valensia II - K.O.S.M.O.S (1996) (Japan Limited Edition 2018)

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Year : 1996 (Japan Limited Edition 2018)
Style : Melodic Rock , Symphonic Rock , Progressive Rock
Country : Netherlands
Audio : 320 kbps + all scans
Size : 138 mb


Bio:

Aldous Byron Valensia Clarkson (born April 13, 1971, in The Hague),better known as simply Valensia, is a Dutch composer, producer and multi-instrumentalist.Valensia grew up in Waalwijk and used to spend a lot of his time at the family's beachhouse in Dénia, Spain. When he was a little kid, he used to play guitar and sing at the beaches in Dénia. He had also written a lot of songs and was even offered a record contract, but his parents decided he was too young for the music business and refused the offer.Several years later, in the Netherlands, Valensia used to play in some bands, usually on keyboard or guitar.Valensia met Robby Valentine (another Dutch singer) at an airport, as they were both listening to Queen´s Bohemian Rhapsody. After that, Valensia started sending demos to several record companies and producer John Sonneveld noticed him. Then Valensia signed a record deal with Mercury Records and in 1993 his first album "Valensia" was released.Influenced by Kate Bush and Queen, Valensia's self-titled first album (known as "Gaia" in Japan) contained the hit single "Gaia" that, out of nowhere, reached #2 in the Dutch charts and stayed in the charts for several weeks. "Gaia" had success in other countries too. The album itself spent almost 20 weeks in the album charts and had good critiques. Four singles were released: Gaia, The Sun, Nathalie and Tere.He was quite a success in the Netherlands, but he was an even greater success in Japan. Valensia noticed that, so a mini-album called "The White Album" was released in Japan only, in 1994, including a Valensian-styled Christmas song ("21st Century New Christmas Time") and a version of Duran Duran's "A View to a Kill."Valensia's second album "Valensia II" (also known as "K.O.S.M.O.S.") was the first Dutch surround sound CD ever made.It was, again, a success in Japan, but his Dutch record company didn't want to promote it. Due to this fact, it received less attention than it perhaps deserved in the Netherlands.K.O.S.M.O.S (Valensia often refers to it as "Costmost") was the most expensive album in the history of the Netherlands. Valensia said that people often forget that his first 2 albums were produced by "the best Dutch producers" (as Valensia himself said): John Sonneveld and Pim Koopman (KayaK's drummer).Three singles were released: "Kosmos", "Thunderbolt" (only in Japan) and "Blue Rain" (only in the Netherlands).For his next album, the record company ordered him to write songs in an Alanis Morissette-style, because they thought the public wouldn't like Valensia's style of music. At the request of the Japanese record company, "Gantenbrink" (the only real Valensian song on the album) was added. Ironically (or sadly), Valensia's new album "Valensia '98" (full name: "Valensia '98 Musical Blue Paraphernalian Dreams Of Earth's Eventide Whiter Future & Darker Present Soundspheres From New Diamond Age Symphonian Artworks To Yesterday's Westernworld Rockcraft Under The Raging Nineties' Silver Promise Of The Happy Hundreds On The Break Of The New Millennium's Hazy Misty Dawn") also known as "Millennium" or "Valensia III," was never released in the Netherlands.Though his Dutch record company refused to release "Valensia '98", Valensia still had a lot of fans in the Netherlands. A fan meeting took place near the Carré theater in Amsterdam and they were presented with a promotional copy of "Valensia ´98." In the summer of 1999, "V" was released. V was a cooperation between Valensia and Robby Valentine. Valensia's style have always had a mysterious atmosphere around it, but "V" sounded absolutely different. With a Beatle-esque ELO-esque and Queen-esque style, the sound of "V" was quite naive and happy.Valensia's mother Jacqueline died, in November 1999. This had quite an impact on him. So, his next album "Gaia II" (released on the new record label Marquee) had a song dedicated to his mother, "Requieme pour Jacqueline".Since then he has released several quality albums with little commercial success. For this reason he is still struggling to find a good company record. Meanwhile, he records his albums in his own home studio. He is a respected artist in Japan. He is known also because of his complex music (arrangement-wise), and also for his guitar skills (among other instruments). Valensia has also released albums with the bands V (with Robby Valentine) and Metal Majesty (with his brother David on drums).In 2008 Valensia appeared on the Dutch TV program De Reunie.He has been working on a new album which will be released in Spring 2010. A single entitled "One Day My Princess Will Come" was to be released on February 24, 2010. However, the release was cancelled.On 24 September a new album titled "Valensia VI - Gaia III - Aglaea - Legacy" was released. Valensia refers to this as "my farewell album".An official music video "The Cabinet Of Curiosities" appeared on YouTube.

Album:

Universal Music Japan has started this year a curious but more than welcomed campaign: the reissue of long time out of print albums from their catalog titled 'HR/HM 1000', that meaning Hard Rock / Heavy Metal at the price of 1000 Yen = about 9,5 USD.Into these series, appear the 2 more celebrated (out of print) albums by talent Dutch artist Valensia Clarkson.Valensia's second album "Valensia II" (also known as "K.O.S.M.O.S" in Japan) was the first Dutch surround sound CD ever made.The album was, again, a success in Japan, but his Dutch record company didn't want to promote it. Due to this fact, it received less attention than it perhaps deserved in the Netherlands and Europe.K.O.S.M.O.S (Valensia often refers to it as "Costmost") was the most expensive album in the history of the Netherlands.Valensia said that people often forget that his first 2 albums were produced by "the best Dutch producers" (as Valensia himself said): John Sonneveld and Pim Koopman (Kayak's drummer).The majestic musicality and histrionics are even augmented on this second Valensia effort, an album clinically produced with attention to the minimum detail.As happens with these 'HR/HM 1000' series, "Valensia II K.O.S.M.O.S" is not remastered, but this Japanese 2018 reissue sounds fantastic, more punchy and with better DR, thanks the new digital transfer technique - which augment the signal / Dynamic Range - so having this for less than ten bucks is a great deal.

Line Up:

Valensia Clarkson - All Instruments, Vocals, Harmonies
Hans Eykmaar - Drums
Marcel Schimscheimer - Bass
Pim Koopman - Carillion, Grand Piano, Producer
Eddie Conrad - Percussion
Jel Jongen - Horns

Tracklist:

01. The Barely Acceptable Truth Of Knowing Instrumental 1:37
02. The Barely Acceptable Truth Of Knowing II 4:49
03. Thunderbolt 4:18
04. Bleeding 4:56
05. Kosmos 4:21
06. The Polka 3:33
07. Chique, Mystique & Excentrique 2:56
08. Never Eyes 3:08
09. Cassopeian Sky Surveillance instrumental 0:50
10. The Cassopeian 4:39
11. The Masquerade 4:18
12. Blasphemian Charlatan 4:51
13. Blue Rain 6:02

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Valensia - 7eve7 (Japan Edition) (2019)

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Year : 2019 (Japan Edition)
Style : Melodic Rock , Symphonic Rock , Progressive Rock
Country : Netherlands
Audio : 320 kbps + all scans
Size : 138 mb


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Aldous Byron Valensia Clarkson (born April 13, 1971, in The Hague),better known as simply Valensia, is a Dutch composer, producer and multi-instrumentalist.Valensia grew up in Waalwijk and used to spend a lot of his time at the family's beachhouse in Dénia, Spain. When he was a little kid, he used to play guitar and sing at the beaches in Dénia. He had also written a lot of songs and was even offered a record contract, but his parents decided he was too young for the music business and refused the offer.Several years later, in the Netherlands, Valensia used to play in some bands, usually on keyboard or guitar.Valensia met Robby Valentine (another Dutch singer) at an airport, as they were both listening to Queen´s Bohemian Rhapsody. After that, Valensia started sending demos to several record companies and producer John Sonneveld noticed him. Then Valensia signed a record deal with Mercury Records and in 1993 his first album "Valensia" was released.Influenced by Kate Bush and Queen, Valensia's self-titled first album (known as "Gaia" in Japan) contained the hit single "Gaia" that, out of nowhere, reached #2 in the Dutch charts and stayed in the charts for several weeks. "Gaia" had success in other countries too. The album itself spent almost 20 weeks in the album charts and had good critiques. Four singles were released: Gaia, The Sun, Nathalie and Tere.He was quite a success in the Netherlands, but he was an even greater success in Japan. Valensia noticed that, so a mini-album called "The White Album" was released in Japan only, in 1994, including a Valensian-styled Christmas song ("21st Century New Christmas Time") and a version of Duran Duran's "A View to a Kill."Valensia's second album "Valensia II" (also known as "K.O.S.M.O.S.") was the first Dutch surround sound CD ever made.It was, again, a success in Japan, but his Dutch record company didn't want to promote it. Due to this fact, it received less attention than it perhaps deserved in the Netherlands.K.O.S.M.O.S (Valensia often refers to it as "Costmost") was the most expensive album in the history of the Netherlands. Valensia said that people often forget that his first 2 albums were produced by "the best Dutch producers" (as Valensia himself said): John Sonneveld and Pim Koopman (KayaK's drummer).Three singles were released: "Kosmos", "Thunderbolt" (only in Japan) and "Blue Rain" (only in the Netherlands).For his next album, the record company ordered him to write songs in an Alanis Morissette-style, because they thought the public wouldn't like Valensia's style of music. At the request of the Japanese record company, "Gantenbrink" (the only real Valensian song on the album) was added. Ironically (or sadly), Valensia's new album "Valensia '98" (full name: "Valensia '98 Musical Blue Paraphernalian Dreams Of Earth's Eventide Whiter Future & Darker Present Soundspheres From New Diamond Age Symphonian Artworks To Yesterday's Westernworld Rockcraft Under The Raging Nineties' Silver Promise Of The Happy Hundreds On The Break Of The New Millennium's Hazy Misty Dawn") also known as "Millennium" or "Valensia III," was never released in the Netherlands.Though his Dutch record company refused to release "Valensia '98", Valensia still had a lot of fans in the Netherlands. A fan meeting took place near the Carré theater in Amsterdam and they were presented with a promotional copy of "Valensia ´98." In the summer of 1999, "V" was released. V was a cooperation between Valensia and Robby Valentine. Valensia's style have always had a mysterious atmosphere around it, but "V" sounded absolutely different. With a Beatle-esque ELO-esque and Queen-esque style, the sound of "V" was quite naive and happy.Valensia's mother Jacqueline died, in November 1999. This had quite an impact on him. So, his next album "Gaia II" (released on the new record label Marquee) had a song dedicated to his mother, "Requieme pour Jacqueline".Since then he has released several quality albums with little commercial success. For this reason he is still struggling to find a good company record. Meanwhile, he records his albums in his own home studio. He is a respected artist in Japan. He is known also because of his complex music (arrangement-wise), and also for his guitar skills (among other instruments). Valensia has also released albums with the bands V (with Robby Valentine) and Metal Majesty (with his brother David on drums).In 2008 Valensia appeared on the Dutch TV program De Reunie.He has been working on a new album which will be released in Spring 2010. A single entitled "One Day My Princess Will Come" was to be released on February 24, 2010. However, the release was cancelled.On 24 September a new album titled "Valensia VI - Gaia III - Aglaea - Legacy" was released. Valensia refers to this as "my farewell album".An official music video "The Cabinet Of Curiosities" appeared on YouTube.

Album:

Talented Dutch VALENSIA is back with a new album titled "7eve7", already released in Japan and to appear in Europe soon.Musically he combines the influence of 1970’s Queen, Kate Bush, The Beatles and 1980’s rock&pop music. All of these meld within Valensia’s lushly produced and cleverly arranged compositions."7eve7" is not an exception, and perhaps one of Valensia's most complete album to date.All over the record, the Queen / Freddie Mercury influences are displayed loud and proud, but ultimately the musical vision is uniquely Valensia’s."7eve7" was composed, arranged, performed, engineered & recorded by Valensia at his own studio. He did all the vocals - lots of multi-part harmonies as well - and play most the instruments.His brother David Clarkson is the producer, and performs all the drums on the record.You can't resist to the melodic nature of 'Babamouche' or 'The Shenanigans', with that typical Valensia trademark rock & pop flavor and Queen-like harmonies / chorus arrangements.'Iberia (The Summer Of Love)' is even more poppy with an '80s new wave feel, while the AORish 'Ethereal' brings to mind Robby Valentine Nineties works.Valensia is also working on a mini-movie / short titled 'Levine', of course filmed by himself, and here we can hear a couple of tracks from the score (both under 1 minute long) mostly showcasing Valensia's at the piano.If you love Valensia / Robby Valentine works, "7eve7" is a pure delight to your ears. Of course Queen, Jono, etc fans need to check this album as well.A perfectly composed, executed and produced record.

Line Up:

Valensia - vocals, all instruments
Emanuel Platino - bass
Kurt Amat Sahip - guitar
David Clarkson - drums, percussion, fairlight, producer

Tracklist:

01. To Save A Sunset Moth
02. Iberia (The Summer Of Love)
03. Babamouche
04. Suzan
05. The Shenanigans (Instrumental)
06. The Shenanigans (Or 'Myth Mystique' and How It All Came Together)
07. Eden and The Second Serpent
08. Ivy & Bodene (bonus)
09. The Okupas
10. Alma Negra
11. The Smakelozen
12. Levine (Instrumental)
13. Ethereal II (Instrumental)
14. Ethereal

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Príspevokod užívateľa Horex » 01 Dec 2021, 09:43

Valensia - Eden And The Second Serpent (2017)

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Year : 2017
Style : Melodic Rock , Symphonic Rock , Progressive Rock
Country : Netherlands
Audio : 320 kbps + front
Size : 138 mb


Bio:

Aldous Byron Valensia Clarkson (born April 13, 1971, in The Hague),better known as simply Valensia, is a Dutch composer, producer and multi-instrumentalist.Valensia grew up in Waalwijk and used to spend a lot of his time at the family's beachhouse in Dénia, Spain. When he was a little kid, he used to play guitar and sing at the beaches in Dénia. He had also written a lot of songs and was even offered a record contract, but his parents decided he was too young for the music business and refused the offer.Several years later, in the Netherlands, Valensia used to play in some bands, usually on keyboard or guitar.Valensia met Robby Valentine (another Dutch singer) at an airport, as they were both listening to Queen´s Bohemian Rhapsody. After that, Valensia started sending demos to several record companies and producer John Sonneveld noticed him. Then Valensia signed a record deal with Mercury Records and in 1993 his first album "Valensia" was released.Influenced by Kate Bush and Queen, Valensia's self-titled first album (known as "Gaia" in Japan) contained the hit single "Gaia" that, out of nowhere, reached #2 in the Dutch charts and stayed in the charts for several weeks. "Gaia" had success in other countries too. The album itself spent almost 20 weeks in the album charts and had good critiques. Four singles were released: Gaia, The Sun, Nathalie and Tere.He was quite a success in the Netherlands, but he was an even greater success in Japan. Valensia noticed that, so a mini-album called "The White Album" was released in Japan only, in 1994, including a Valensian-styled Christmas song ("21st Century New Christmas Time") and a version of Duran Duran's "A View to a Kill."Valensia's second album "Valensia II" (also known as "K.O.S.M.O.S.") was the first Dutch surround sound CD ever made.It was, again, a success in Japan, but his Dutch record company didn't want to promote it. Due to this fact, it received less attention than it perhaps deserved in the Netherlands.K.O.S.M.O.S (Valensia often refers to it as "Costmost") was the most expensive album in the history of the Netherlands. Valensia said that people often forget that his first 2 albums were produced by "the best Dutch producers" (as Valensia himself said): John Sonneveld and Pim Koopman (KayaK's drummer).Three singles were released: "Kosmos", "Thunderbolt" (only in Japan) and "Blue Rain" (only in the Netherlands).For his next album, the record company ordered him to write songs in an Alanis Morissette-style, because they thought the public wouldn't like Valensia's style of music. At the request of the Japanese record company, "Gantenbrink" (the only real Valensian song on the album) was added. Ironically (or sadly), Valensia's new album "Valensia '98" (full name: "Valensia '98 Musical Blue Paraphernalian Dreams Of Earth's Eventide Whiter Future & Darker Present Soundspheres From New Diamond Age Symphonian Artworks To Yesterday's Westernworld Rockcraft Under The Raging Nineties' Silver Promise Of The Happy Hundreds On The Break Of The New Millennium's Hazy Misty Dawn") also known as "Millennium" or "Valensia III," was never released in the Netherlands.Though his Dutch record company refused to release "Valensia '98", Valensia still had a lot of fans in the Netherlands. A fan meeting took place near the Carré theater in Amsterdam and they were presented with a promotional copy of "Valensia ´98." In the summer of 1999, "V" was released. V was a cooperation between Valensia and Robby Valentine. Valensia's style have always had a mysterious atmosphere around it, but "V" sounded absolutely different. With a Beatle-esque ELO-esque and Queen-esque style, the sound of "V" was quite naive and happy.Valensia's mother Jacqueline died, in November 1999. This had quite an impact on him. So, his next album "Gaia II" (released on the new record label Marquee) had a song dedicated to his mother, "Requieme pour Jacqueline".Since then he has released several quality albums with little commercial success. For this reason he is still struggling to find a good company record. Meanwhile, he records his albums in his own home studio. He is a respected artist in Japan. He is known also because of his complex music (arrangement-wise), and also for his guitar skills (among other instruments). Valensia has also released albums with the bands V (with Robby Valentine) and Metal Majesty (with his brother David on drums).In 2008 Valensia appeared on the Dutch TV program De Reunie.He has been working on a new album which will be released in Spring 2010. A single entitled "One Day My Princess Will Come" was to be released on February 24, 2010. However, the release was cancelled.On 24 September a new album titled "Valensia VI - Gaia III - Aglaea - Legacy" was released. Valensia refers to this as "my farewell album".An official music video "The Cabinet Of Curiosities"[6] appeared on YouTube.

Album:

Valensia self-released album.Together with the 'The Secret Album' and the single 'Die With A Smile On My Face' these tracks were ought to be released as a double-album around 2008/2010, which was withdrawn and issued in WAV format only through a crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo in 2017.Aldous Byron Valensia Clarkson aka VALENSIA is well known for his overblown brand of pomp / melodic rock having released over his career precious albums in this genre. Between 2008 / 2010 Valensia composed & recorded a lot of music ought to be released as a double-album, but the project was withdrawn.However, in 2017, Valensia decided to create a Indiegogo campaign to collect some founds for his next album, and these ‘lost’ recordings were sent digitally to contributors as a gift.These late 2000’s albums were titled ‘Eden And The Second Serpent [Unreleased Album I]‘ and ‘The Secret Album [Unreleased Album II]’ (aka Seven). Rather than being the overblown Queen-like symphonies Valensia fans have been used to in the past both albums have a somewhat stripped back sound and relatively – for Valensia anyway – fairly straight forward arrangements.But saying that the songs are still full of delightful twists and turns that other bands would choke at.These tracks / songs never were / are available for purchasing… a collectors item now.In the past Valensia has never been afraid to take inspiration from other artists and here it’s no different either, Aerosmith, Eagles, ABBA come to mind on occasions, but it still all stays perfectly Valensian.The arrangements and production are more earthy than your typical Valensia recording including real orchestras and a lot os studio work / mix.‘Eden And The Second Serpent [Unreleased Album I]’ is a different Valensia, an artist who is content to plough his own furrow regardless of trends. In a just world Valensia would be a household name, but his music is at times just too damn quirky for the mainstream (one of the reasons we love it so much).These unreleased albums deserve to be heard rather than them gathering dust and hats off. Perhaps some day will be officially released.

Line Up:

Valensia - vocals, all instruments
David Clarkson - drums

Tracklist:

01. Blueprint Of The Gods
02. Love Me To Leave Me
03. Big Mistake
04. I Believe
05. An Artist Without A Stage
06. Fly On Your Wall
07. Keep Us Together
08. Just So You Know
09. One Day My Princess Will Come

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Valensia - The Secret Album (2017)

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Year : 2017
Style : Melodic Rock , Symphonic Rock , Progressive Rock
Country : Netherlands
Audio : 320 kbps + front
Size : 138 mb


Bio:

Aldous Byron Valensia Clarkson (born April 13, 1971, in The Hague),better known as simply Valensia, is a Dutch composer, producer and multi-instrumentalist.Valensia grew up in Waalwijk and used to spend a lot of his time at the family's beachhouse in Dénia, Spain. When he was a little kid, he used to play guitar and sing at the beaches in Dénia. He had also written a lot of songs and was even offered a record contract, but his parents decided he was too young for the music business and refused the offer.Several years later, in the Netherlands, Valensia used to play in some bands, usually on keyboard or guitar.Valensia met Robby Valentine (another Dutch singer) at an airport, as they were both listening to Queen´s Bohemian Rhapsody. After that, Valensia started sending demos to several record companies and producer John Sonneveld noticed him. Then Valensia signed a record deal with Mercury Records and in 1993 his first album "Valensia" was released.Influenced by Kate Bush and Queen, Valensia's self-titled first album (known as "Gaia" in Japan) contained the hit single "Gaia" that, out of nowhere, reached #2 in the Dutch charts and stayed in the charts for several weeks. "Gaia" had success in other countries too. The album itself spent almost 20 weeks in the album charts and had good critiques. Four singles were released: Gaia, The Sun, Nathalie and Tere.He was quite a success in the Netherlands, but he was an even greater success in Japan. Valensia noticed that, so a mini-album called "The White Album" was released in Japan only, in 1994, including a Valensian-styled Christmas song ("21st Century New Christmas Time") and a version of Duran Duran's "A View to a Kill."Valensia's second album "Valensia II" (also known as "K.O.S.M.O.S.") was the first Dutch surround sound CD ever made.It was, again, a success in Japan, but his Dutch record company didn't want to promote it. Due to this fact, it received less attention than it perhaps deserved in the Netherlands.K.O.S.M.O.S (Valensia often refers to it as "Costmost") was the most expensive album in the history of the Netherlands. Valensia said that people often forget that his first 2 albums were produced by "the best Dutch producers" (as Valensia himself said): John Sonneveld and Pim Koopman (KayaK's drummer).Three singles were released: "Kosmos", "Thunderbolt" (only in Japan) and "Blue Rain" (only in the Netherlands).For his next album, the record company ordered him to write songs in an Alanis Morissette-style, because they thought the public wouldn't like Valensia's style of music. At the request of the Japanese record company, "Gantenbrink" (the only real Valensian song on the album) was added. Ironically (or sadly), Valensia's new album "Valensia '98" (full name: "Valensia '98 Musical Blue Paraphernalian Dreams Of Earth's Eventide Whiter Future & Darker Present Soundspheres From New Diamond Age Symphonian Artworks To Yesterday's Westernworld Rockcraft Under The Raging Nineties' Silver Promise Of The Happy Hundreds On The Break Of The New Millennium's Hazy Misty Dawn") also known as "Millennium" or "Valensia III," was never released in the Netherlands.Though his Dutch record company refused to release "Valensia '98", Valensia still had a lot of fans in the Netherlands. A fan meeting took place near the Carré theater in Amsterdam and they were presented with a promotional copy of "Valensia ´98." In the summer of 1999, "V" was released. V was a cooperation between Valensia and Robby Valentine. Valensia's style have always had a mysterious atmosphere around it, but "V" sounded absolutely different. With a Beatle-esque ELO-esque and Queen-esque style, the sound of "V" was quite naive and happy.Valensia's mother Jacqueline died, in November 1999. This had quite an impact on him. So, his next album "Gaia II" (released on the new record label Marquee) had a song dedicated to his mother, "Requieme pour Jacqueline".Since then he has released several quality albums with little commercial success. For this reason he is still struggling to find a good company record. Meanwhile, he records his albums in his own home studio. He is a respected artist in Japan. He is known also because of his complex music (arrangement-wise), and also for his guitar skills (among other instruments). Valensia has also released albums with the bands V (with Robby Valentine) and Metal Majesty (with his brother David on drums).In 2008 Valensia appeared on the Dutch TV program De Reunie.He has been working on a new album which will be released in Spring 2010. A single entitled "One Day My Princess Will Come" was to be released on February 24, 2010. However, the release was cancelled.On 24 September a new album titled "Valensia VI - Gaia III - Aglaea - Legacy" was released. Valensia refers to this as "my farewell album".An official music video "The Cabinet Of Curiosities"[6] appeared on YouTube.

Album:

Valensia self-released album.Here’s another rarity.Aldous Byron Valensia Clarkson aka VALENSIA is well known for his overblown brand of pomp / melodic rock having released over his career precious albums in this genre. Between 2008 / 2010 Valensia composed & recorded a lot of music ought to be released as a double-album, but the project was withdrawn.However, in 2017, Valensia decided to create a Indiegogo campaign to collect some founds for his next album, and these ‘lost’ recordings were sent digitally to contributors as a gift.These late 2000’s albums were titled ‘Eden And The Second Serpent [Unreleased Album I]’ and ‘The Secret Album [Unreleased Album II]’ (aka Seven). Rather than being the overblown Queen-like symphonies Valensia fans have been used to in the past both albums have a somewhat stripped back sound and relatively – for Valensia anyway – fairly straight forward arrangements.But saying that the songs are still full of delightful twists and turns that other bands would choke at.These tracks / songs never were / are available for purchasing… a collectors item now.In the past Valensia has never been afraid to take inspiration from other artists and here it’s no different either, Aerosmith, Eagles, ABBA come to mind on occasions, but it still all stays perfectly Valensian. Arrangements and production are more earthy than your typical Valensia recording including real orchestras and a lot os studio work / mix.Particular album highlights being the seductive ‘Something Sexual’, the infectious ‘You Can Cry Yourself’, and ‘The Candle (Serpent Version)’, the latter being a barbed attack on his recording label at the time.‘Soaring Guitars’, an instrumental sees Valensia coming across as a mash up of Steve Vai and Steve Howe, and ‘The Family Man’ has a rather gritty Aerosmith groove to it.There is so much to enjoy here, all very well executed and played as is the case with all Valensia’s music. Both unreleased albums are most welcome additions to an already impressive catalogue of works.‘The Secret Album [aka Seven]’ is a different Valensia, an artist who is content to plough his own furrow regardless of trends. In a just world Valensia would be a household name, but his music is at times just too damn quirky for the mainstream (one of the reasons we love it so much).These unreleased albums deserve to be heard rather than them gathering dust and hats off. Perhaps some day will be officially released.Together with the 'Eden And The Second Serpent' and the single 'Die With A Smile On My Face' these tracks were ought to be released as a double-album around 2008/2010, which was withdrawn and issued in WAV format only through a crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo in 2017.

Tracklist:

01. The Family Man
02. Something Sexual
03. The Impossible Love
04. The Maestro
05. Whatever
06. The Candle (Serpent Version)
07. The Proposal
08. Soaring Guitars
09. You Can Cry Yourself
10. Play The Game

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