Flora Majora

***DOWNLOAD New FLORA MAJORA Tracks*** Click here ***DOWNLOAD "The Garden of Virahanka" (20MB)*** Click here ------------------------------------------------------------ --------------- Flora Majora is an Internet band composed of musicians who met on the Official Flower Kings Yahoo Group website. It features talented progressive-rockers from North America and Europe.• Please SUPPORT INDIE PROG MUSIC Today! (click here)------------------------------------------------------- --------------------"Hedgehog Strut" and "Planet Hedgehog" are two demos from Flora Majora's secret global recording network. Enjoy!------------------------------------------------------ -------------------- FLORA MAJORA - “Jacob at 30,000 Feet” (Lyrics by Askounes. Music by Prown. Vocal Arrangement by Ortner)MusiciansJames Ortner (Arizona) The Vocal and The BassPete Prown (Pennsylvania) The Guitar and The KeyboardLeigh Blades (Washington, DC) The Drum and The PercussionMichael Askounes (Maryland) The LyricSong Notes: With this track, we inadvertently created a new progressive sub-genre: “Garage Prog.” Titled “Jacob at 30,000 Feet,” the tune has a live, vibey sound, as if we were all hanging out in the drummer’s garage and jamming out like a bunch of proggy high schoolers. But really, we recorded each part hundreds, even thousands of miles apart.The song began as an epic lyric written by Michael, which was then married to a riff I was working on. Then James kindly agreed to sing and play some excellent bass, while Leigh was employed to record his visceral drum part. The result is this feisty, energetic piece—maybe not technically perfect, but featuring an exuberant feel and some kick-ass performances from James and Leigh. Garage-Prog Lives! (And don’t forget to play it LOUD.)---------------------------------------------------------- -----------------FLORA MAJORA - “Synaptic Response” (Music by Prown)MusiciansPete Prown The Guitar and The Guitar SynthesizerMark Crouter (Seattle, Washington) The Fretless BassAzzeed Loupes The PercussionSong Notes: A disturbed ode to the music of Allan Holdsworth. (Thanks especially to Mark for his perfectly disturbed bass work.)------------------------------------------------------ --------------------
FLORA MAJORA - "The Gardens of Virahanka." This is a 15-minute, 'meta-mathematical fractal phant'sy' by Mark Toner, with lots of music from Fred Lessing.You can download the full track and lyrics from www.daymoon-music.com in the Downloads section. Enjoy and count those syllables ;-)Line-up:
Mark Toner - wrote and played the core tune, electric guitar, keyboard, drum programming, lead vocals, impersonated Mr. C
Fred Lessing - played electric and acoustic guitar, keyboard, flute, baroque recorders, angklung, acoustic percussion, backing & some lead vocals, xylophone, impersonated the Tortoise
Bruno Capelas - played drums and percussion
Maria João Tavares - played clarinet
Gabriel Rodrigues - sang children's voices
Pete Prown - played Achilles
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ALL TRACKS
--Produced and mixed by Pete Prown at Guitar Garden Studio
--Recorded “live… in cyberspace”
--Mastered by Mark Crouter
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