SURVIVAL

My lovely sister Ank died of cancer Friday 27-11-2009.
She was very much involved in the making of The Final Chapter (1999).
Contacting the press, magazines and newspapers etc...
I dedicate the song Adagio from this album to you, Ank.
Thanks for everything and being my sister...
May you rest in peace...I will love and miss you forever!

Jack

October 2009            

SURVIVAL on Dante's Purgatorio

The second episode of Dante's Divine Comedy, Purgatorio has just been released by Musea. This 4CDbox contains 36 songs by 36 fantastic progrock bands from all over the world. Survival's contribution is the 9.53 min.track "Impressions". Click the album cover to order your copy today! 

 

 

 

 

The Musea label and the Finnish magazine Colossus endlessly continue their quest for the greatest universal themes, in order to complete their collection of concept-albums dedicated to Progressive rock. The hero of the day is Dante ALIGHIERI, the famous medieval author from Firenze who wrote "The Divine Comedy". That's precisely this epic piece of work, without a doubt one of the greatest books of all times, that serves as the basis for this new project. And of course, it has been divided in three parts: Inferno, Purgatorio and Paradiso. The first volume is made of thirty-four "cantos" dispatched on four discs (!), each one showing the personal interpretation of an international band, according to the rules of the genre: no drumboxes, the only instruments allowed are those of the mighty Seventies, the same as for the musical inspiration. FLAMBOROUGH HEAD, TEMPANO, LITTLE TRAGEDIES, COMBINATION HEAD, YESTERDAYS, NEMO, LADY LAKE, WILLOWGLASS, ARS NOVA, SINKADUS, BRIGHTEYE BRISON and GREENWALL are some of the groups involved... The second part, Purgatorio includes SIMON SAYS, NEMO, OZONE PLAYER, RAIMUNDO RODULFO, WILLOWGLASS, NEXUS, NUOVA ERA, SURVIVAL , LITTLE TRAGEDIES, PHIDEAUX, MAD CRAYON, LADY LAKE, FLAMBOROUGH HEAD, YESTERDAYS, EQUILIBRIO VITAL amongst others.

                  Listen to Survival's track "Impressions"(samples)
 
                                        





                              Album Artwork by Davide Guidoni

Survival's Progressive/Symphonic Rock Epic "CRUSADER", now released by MUSEA RECORDS. (October 2008)

    

Track list:

 1 - The Holy Land (3'38)
 2 - Beauseant (2'15)
 3 - Lamentation (1'12)
 4 - Crusader (6'24)
 5 - Abide With Me (2'06)
 6 - Baldwin (3'21)
 7 - I Cried For You (2'25)
 8 - Exceptional Friend-(For Rick) (7'04)
 9 - The Knights Templar (2'58)
10 - Montgisard (10'27)
11 - After All (4'16)

On the Audio Page you can listen to audio clips from CRUSADER

THE FINAL CHAPTER (released 29 December 1999)

 

About the music.  

The Apocalypse, the last chapter of the Bible. A difficult book, the end of civilization as we know it. But also a book of comfort and redemption.

In the Middle Ages artists tried to picture the Apocalypse, in modern times however, artists don't bother much about the subject, especially in music. An explanation may be that most people aren't familiar with the book and what they know implies but death and destruction.  l have dared to make an album about the Apocalypse. From childhood on I was fascinated by the Bible and in particular the last chapter: The Apocalypse.

l have tried to put my feelings into music, a dramatic kind of music, due to the subject.

Music that contains classical, symphonic and spiritual influences. Listen and let the music carry you along.

        Album still available in the Webstore

On the Audio Page you can listen to some audio clips

Musea & Colossus Ry

Proudly presents

Dante’s
PURGATORIO
The Divine Comedy – part 2

The Finnish Progressive Music Association COLOSSUS is planning to release a follow up to the 3 CDs box-set INFERNO (Musea FGBG xxxx). This new concept album will be based on the second cantica of the Italian Epic Poem “The Divine Comedy”.

Here are some basic ideas of the project:

- The 33 “cantos” of the PURGATORIO will be assigned to 33 bands. Each band participating to the project can choose one “canto” and make their music inspired by it. Two bands can not have the same part so the first bands confirming their participation will have a better selection to choose from.
- The songs can be either instrumental or with vocals (also in mother language).
- Maximum length 7 min.
- All keyboards used on the songs should be original 70's instruments (Hammond, Mellotron, Minimoog, Clavinet, Fender Rhoades etc.) or be emulated with the best technology of today but no drum machines or programming is allowed!
- A retro, vintage, early 70’s feel is required (Genesis, Yes, EL&P, Gentle Giant, VDGG, Balletto di Bronzo, etc.)
- Each band participating will record their song by themselves. The deadline for the project will be January 2009 by which time the recordings on CD-R (non-mastered) should be sent to COLOSSUS.
- Each band will receive 5 copies of the printed 3 CDs box-set.
Deadline January 2009.

More information about The Divine Comedy can be found at the following page: wikipedia/The Divine Comedy

COLOSSUS
www.colossus.fi

www.myspace.com/colossusprojects

Purgatorio (line-up)

 

	Track	Artist	Nationality	Canto
	1	Nemo	France	1
	2	Catzone	Italy	2
	3	Pasini & Ragozza	Italy	3
	4	Raimundo Rodulfo	Venezuela	4
	5	Ten Midnight	Italy	5
Disc 1	6	SoulenginE	Italy	6
	7	Willoglass	Uk	7
	8	Atlantis1001	Italy	8
	9	Wicked Minds	Italy	9
	10	Sophya Baccini	Italy	10
	11	Nexus	Argentina	11
	1	Nuova Era	Italy	12
	2	Survival	Holland	13
	3	Little Tragedies	Russia	14
	4	Armalite	Italy	15
	5	Phideaux	Usa	16
Disc 2	6	Simon Says	Sweden	17
	7	Alex Carpani	Italy	18
	8	Maxwell's Demon	Usa	19
	9	RAK	Switzerland	20
	10	Colossus Project	Italy	21
	11	Matthijs Herder	Holland	22
	1	Mad Crayon	Italy	23
	2	Amethyst	Hungary	24
	3	Sinkadus	Sweden	25
	4	Lady Lake	Holland	26
	5	Groovector	Finland	27
Disc 3	6	Mist Season	Finland	28
	7	Flamborough Head	Holland	29
	8	Yesterdays	Hungary	30
	9	B612	Venezuela	31
	10	Equilibrio Vital	Venezuela	32
	11	Jinetes Negros	Argentina	33