We are very happy to welcome a new artist on an international level to Generation Prog Records: Italian keyboardist Alessandro Bertoni, currently active in Los Angeles. Alessandro made his recording debut with the band Aphelion, whose 2008 album Franticode was mixed by Derek Sherinian. We will release his first solo album Keystone on September 9, 2013: The list of musicians involved truly speaks for itself: Guitar: Brett Garsed (Uncle Moe’s Space Ranch, Garsed & Helmerich, Planet X…) Bass: Ric Fierabracci (that list is far too long to quote here) Drums: Virgil Donati (Planet X, Allan Holdsworth, Steve Vai…) Produced by Derek Sherinian You can now pre-order the CD from our online store! Here’s a first taste of the music, courtesy of Brett Garsed:

We are now selling tickets for “Generation Prog live: Jazz meets Metal” on April 12 via our online store.

Tickets ordered after April 8 will be deposited for you at the counter as we cannot guarantee their delivery in time. Of course we will refund the shipping flat fee in that case!

We can finally announce the date and the line-up for our next live event:

Generation Prog live – Jazz meets Metal
April 12, 2013
Luise – The Cultfactory, Nürnberg

Panzerballett (Germany/Austria)
Special Providence (Hungary)
Relocator (Germany/Netherlands)

You can catch our artists live in concert in many places this April, May and June:

Relocator:

April 13: Nürnberg (Luise – The Cultfactory)
with Dreamscape, Counter-World Experience, Effloresce

April 14: Rüsselsheim (Das Rind)
with Haken, Flaming Row

Effloresce:

April 13: Nürnberg (Luise – The Cultfactory)
with Dreamscape, Counter-World Experience, Relocator

May 12: Groß-Gerau (Kulturcafé)
with Arven

May 25 to 27: Lydney, Gloucestershire, UK (Town Hall) – Fused Festival 2012
with Andromeda, Subsignal, Leprous, Stream of Passion and more
Unfortunately, Fused Festival 2012 was cancelled on May 3!

June 16: Nürnberg (MUZclub)
with Adjust the Sun

We are now selling tickets for “Generation Prog live” on April 13 via our online store. Once again we are offering affordable ticket + hotel combo deals. Here’s what’s available:

Single ticket 10 Euro (special pre-sale price)
The Economy Package * Admission to “Generation Prog live” on April 13, 2012 * Single room at the Wöhrdersee Hotel Mercure from April 13 to 14 * Breakfast 60 Euro
The Double Package * 2x admission to “Generation Prog live” on April 13, 2012 * Double room at the Wöhrdersee Hotel Mercure from April 13 to 14 * 2x breakfast 90 Euro

We have decided to handle pre-sales through e-mail only, so we will not be shipping any tickets. Unfortunately, our shop system automatically adds a flat shipping fee of 3 Euro to each order – of course this fee will be refunded by us!

We can finally confirm the next Generation Prog live event:

April 13
Luise – The Cultfactory, Nürnberg

The following bands have now been confirmed:

Dreamscape (CD release gig!)
Relocator
Counter-World Experience (CD release gig!)
Effloresce

We will be announcing the complete lineup, ticket prices and more in the coming days.

Update March 2: Added Counter-World Experience
Update March 4: Added Effloresce
Update March 13: Added flyer with full gig information

Raffaella Berry has posted an extensive interview with Generation Prog founder Michael Schetter on her music blog “Fire of Unknown Origin”:

http://progmistress.com/2012/03/10/interview-michael-schetter-of-relocatorgeneration-prog-records/

The new Effloresce album will also be available as a special edition. The only way to obtain this nice collector’s package is through the Generation Prog online store or directly from the band. It includes the following:

• The regular CD edition
• A paper slipcase
• An Effloresce card deck
• A sticker

To stoke anticipation for the upcoming Effloresce album “Coma Ghosts” a bit, the song “Spectre Pt. I: Zorya’s Dawn” is now available on YouTube in its entirety:

Enjoy!