Year : 2024
Style : Progressive Rock
Country : United Kingdom
Audio : 320 kbps + front
Size : 105 mb
Bio:
Jadis are a melodic rock band hailing from the south of England. They became a full-time gigging outfit when they supported IQ on their 'Nomzamo' tour of Britain and Europe. They then supported Marillion on their 'Clutching At Straws' UK tour, culminating in three nights at London's Hammersmith Odeon.A period of extensive touring then followed, in which Jadis played over 150 gigs in pubs and clubs throughout Britain, building up a substantial following and building up to a sold out debut headline at London's prestigious Marquee Club. On the recording front, the band issued several demo-tapes produced by Steve Rothery of Marillion, which proved very popular with Jadis' growing audience.Gary was forced to reorganise the line-up, soon recruiting keyboard player Martin Orford and John Jowitt from IQ and then a chance meeting with drummer Steve Christey led to him also joining the band.Following the release of ‘More Than Meets The Eye’ in 1992, the album quickly won critical acclaim from around the world. This included recommendations and air play on BBC Radio One from both Alan Freeman and Tommy Vance, and rave reviews in the European music press. The readers of the influential SI magazine in Holland voted it album of the year.Recording of the follow up second album ‘Across The Water’ commenced in January 1994, and after almost three months of painstaking work, ‘Across The Water’ was released, selling out of the initial run in just 7 days. In early 1995, new material was written at a pace, and in early 1997 Jadis produced their third album, Somersault. Following an amicable split from the GEP label, the band released this album themselves, distributed via Steve Rothery's Dorian Music label. This new work received very positive reviews throughout the world. A series of European gigs followed soon after, including the German Progressive Rock Festival and headline billing at the two day UK Classic Rock Society Festival.As a result of the success of these gigs, the band decided to release the eagerly awaited live album, entitled ‘As Daylight Fades’. This live album encapsulates the bands live energy and musical prowess, with stage favourites drawn from three albums, primarily recorded at the unforgettable 1996 Annual 'Garden Gig' with Martin Orford returning for a special guest appearance. Released by the band themselves, ‘As Daylight Fades’ continued to sell well and opened up new areas for the band, particularly Japan and South America. Soon after the release of the live album, Jadis again fell prey to a change of line-up. A short but successful tour of the UK, Holland and Belgium followed in October 1998, again culminating in headlining the UK Classic Rock Society Festival. New territory was chartered at the end of the years, when Gary and Martin were invited to perform some acoustic dates, featuring Jadis and IQ favourites, in Chile.In 2000, the band recorded their fourth studio album, Understand, with John Jowitt returning to recomplete the line-up. Following release, the band proceeded to tour playing some very well received gigs in Holland, Germany, Belgium and the Baja Festival in Mexico. This extensive tour culminated in a blistering two and a half hour performance at the Annual Garden Gig in July 2001, which was recorded and released as ‘Alive Outside’ the following November. As a further treat, 2001 also saw the release of MediumRare, a rarities CD containing re-mastered versions of Jadis EP's Once Upon A Time and Once Or Twice together with previously unreleased live and demo tracks.2002 saw yet more gigs played and the band started writing for the next studio album. The recording of Fanatic, their fifth studio album, was completed early in 2003 and the album was released on the well known InsideOut label in April. A supporting tour through Europe then followed, seeing gigs played in a number of countries, including Poland, Germany, Holland and the UK. During this tour the live DVD ‘View From Above’ was recorded and subsequently released in September 2003. A combination of the album Fanatic and old favourites feature on the DVD, providing a superb history of the band in a live environment.2004 sees the band pick up where 2003 left off, with yet more gigs through Europe, in support of Fanatic and then off to the United States to headline the ROSfest festival where they played to a capacity crowd in Philadelphia's Colonial Theatre.In 2006 the band released their sixth studio album 'Photoplay', showcasing the band's more guitar driven side to much critical acclaim. Bass player Andy Marlow joined the band in 2007 and has played on the more recent albums ’See Right Through You’ in 2012 and the soon to be released latest offering ’ No Fear of Looking Down’ in 2016.
Album:
UK prog quartet Jadis will release More Questions Than Answers in the Spring and play live dates in June.UK prog rockers Jadis have announced that they will release their brand new studio album, currently with a working title of More Questions Than Answers, in the Spring, and will back it up with a short run of live dates in June, including a gig at Southampton's The 1865..The new album is the follow-up to 2016's When All Is Said And Done. In the interum the quartet have released a 25th anniversary of their debut album More Than Meets The Eye (originally released in 1992) and their Medium Rare II collection in 2019.Jadis shared a live version of a brand new song, Said And Done, back in 2021, saying at the time, "This is a demo clip of a new Jadis tune Said And Done, which will be on the next album. No idea yet when the album will be finished.""Jadis now have a release date for their new CD which has the working title More Questions Than Answers," the band have now announced on their Facebook page. "We will be playing an album launch show at De Boerderij, Zoetermeer, NL on Thursday 6th June 2024. We have been enjoying working on it and this time Andy Marlow will be producing and engineering the project. We will add a few excerpts from some of the tunes on here shortly."
Line-Up:
Gary Chandler - vocals, guitars, keyboards
Andy Marlow - bass
Martin Orford - keyboards, backing vocals
Steve Christey - drums, percussion
Tracklist:
01. Said And Done 7:30
02. Wood Between The Worlds 7:00
03. Everything We See 5:30
04. Do You Know? 10:45
05. Questions Without Answers 4:50
06. From All Sides 8:20
07. Fading Truth 6:10
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