I don't know if you already know this.
FROST is a band (I don't know everything about it) with John Mitchell playing the guitars!
on their official website (http://www.f-r-o-s-t.com) you can download some examples!
In fact, I find it very new, and I'm not sure about that genre...
I will follow this "Million Town" project anyway.
Regards,
Paco
Whoa, cool. I like what I hear, extremely! This sounds very promising!
Who's Jem Godfrey?
I don't know who Jem Godfrey is... Never heard of him...
Anyway he's singing on this one.
There are other samples on this website than there was before...
By the way, I'm liking this more than I did at first.
*BUMP*
I begin to like this more and more now.
It almost sounds like something similar to Kino. (But Frost is heavier).
Even the front cover for Frost's Milliontown is designed by Paul Tippett who also did the cover for Kino's Picture!!
(http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5895/1207/400/Picture%201.2.jpg)
The album is being mastered on February 3rd.
There'll be an epic song that lasts 23 minutes and 45 seconds!!
And when I listened to No Me No You sample I thought I heard John Mitchell sing! It's so similar. Maybe he does backing vocals too.
Promising stuff.
Quote from: PH on Sat, 2005-12-03, 14:41:13
And when I listened to No Me No You sample I thought I heard John Mitchell sing! It's so similar. Maybe he does backing vocals too.
Promising stuff.
Yes John did sing for this
From Jems site
QuoteAnyway, this afternoon before I staggered off home, I managed to capture the voice of John Mitchell who's added his lovely rasp to a couple of the tracks.
This so called FROST sounds really good, i'll definitely give this band a try 8)
and i also really like the cover, it makes me think of X-mas :P
It's really fun to read the blog on FROST's site!
I digged into the archive and found something funny:
http://planetfrost.blogspot.com/2005/11/celebrity-prog-likes-1-genesis.html
That's for the people who like Genesis!
http://www.milliontown.blogspot.com/ (http://www.milliontown.blogspot.com/)
There is now an almost finished version of Black Light Machine (10:05) with opening vocals by John and loads and loads of really great/magnificent/awesome guitar also by John, check it out at the link above.
I've got to say i'm really liking where some of this modern prog is going!
Oh yeah, forgot to say while you are there have a read of Jem's blog, it is quite funny and Jem has a real talent for writing.
I've been listening to this song for the last couple of weeks. At first I thought: 'What the %!^#&' but now I am totally into it. Great track! Looking forward to the album.
Tom
FROST is book (http://www.milliontown.blogspot.com/), and ARENA too! :D
Quote from: Peter on Tue, 2006-01-31, 09:40:06
FROST is book (http://www.milliontown.blogspot.com/), and ARENA too! :D
Yes, you're right Peter, Arena is VERY book! :P
Arena is one of the bookest bands I ever came across. Of course not as book as Genesis which still remains the bookest band on earth.
By the way, I think it's also very book outside nowadays.
Quote from: PH on Tue, 2006-01-31, 15:48:57
Arena is one of the bookest bands I ever came across. Of course not as book as Genesis which still remains the bookest band on earth.
By the way, I think it's also very book outside nowadays.
How dare you say Genesis is the bookest band on an Arena-forum! Shame on you! You obviously think you are book, but guess what: You are not! :P ;D ;)
Quote from: The Butterfly Man on Wed, 2006-02-01, 00:15:35
How dare you say Genesis is the bookest band on an Arena-forum! Shame on you! You obviously think you are book, but guess what: You are not! :P ;D ;)
Book down, book down! ;D
Anybody heard anything new about the album?? I can hardly wait...
EDIT: This is soooooooo hilarious!
Jem Godfrey's rendition of a Genesis classic, "All In A Mouses Night" sung to the tune of "Fit, But You Know It" by The Streets. (http://www.f-r-o-s-t.com/Resources/FIT.mp3)
"C'mon baby, let the poor thing go..."
"I'm not sleeping with that fucking thing around here, no!"
LOL
*written by Tony Banks*
So hilarious.
Have a read of Jem's blog for some more little tasters of Milliontown and the work involved in getting it on the road.
http://milliontown.blogspot.com/2006/02/mountain-of-frost.html (http://milliontown.blogspot.com/2006/02/mountain-of-frost.html)
I've been listening to the full sample of Black Light Machine for weeks now, I'm totally blown away and convinced: I HAVE to buy this, it's amazing.
Jem Godfrey will be doing something on the next KINO album too!
Quote from: Peter on Fri, 2005-09-30, 15:24:02Who's Jem Godfrey?
Jem Godfrey played keys in a band called "Freefall"
http://www.lazygunrecords.com/freefall/freefall.htm (http://www.lazygunrecords.com/freefall/freefall.htm)
The release of "Milliontown" is planned for the summer 2006, followed by a tour in autumn. Look for the "Frost - Milliontown" topic on the IQ forum website.
Cheers, Michael
Some more Frost stuff ie a a podcast and a song and it sounds ace 8)
www.f-r-o-s-t.com/Resources/BLMACHINE.mp3
http://www.silhobbit.com/silweb/mainpages/downloads.htm
I've put Black Light Machine on a CD a few days ago and found myself listening to it nearly everyday.
It's just an amazing song with a lot of odd twists and an absolutely BRILLIANT guitarsolo.
Does anyone have heard something by Freefall? I don't know it. But it's not prog is it?
The music of Freefall was a mixture of prog and metal elements: http://www.gepr.net/fm.html#FREEFALL (http://www.gepr.net/fm.html#FREEFALL)
You can turn to the IQ-Forum at http://www.gep.co.uk/iq/ (http://www.gep.co.uk/iq/) and try to contact Jem Godfrey (Nick: Jem) for further informations.
I'd suggest that the easiest way of contacting Jem is via his blog http://www.milliontown.blogspot.com/ (http://www.milliontown.blogspot.com/), as commenting has recently been turned on.
Looks like Milliontown will release July 24th generally in Europe, but July 21st in Germany for some reason, and July 18th in the US, all on Inside Out Records.
Why first the US? And then Germany?? And then Europe? Which means UK gets it last. Jem lives in UK but it's the country which get it last...
Strange.
Ahh it's just a matter of a few days.
Quote from: PH on Mon, 2006-05-01, 09:24:04
Jem lives in UK but it's the country which get it last...
Strange.
Not strange at all, just English logic ;D
I guess it's the logic of a predominatly US distributor who works through different channels in different regions, though why Germany is not in Europe I can't fathom out, and at this point I'll save you all the Euro rant ;)
Seems Jem would like to come and chat with us be he hasn't got his sign up E-mail!
From Jem's Blog-
QuoteFrost has been the subject of some forum love this week too. The chaps at the Mike Portnoy forum have been casting their learned eyes over here, as have the Arena guys and the Spock's people in Germany amongst others. The only trouble is I think I've become the victim of administrator discrimination. I've tried to register at both the Portnoy and the Arena forums and have been stonewalled. My inbox remains devoid of my confirmation emails.
Quote from: johninblack on Fri, 2006-05-05, 11:47:31
Seems Jem would like to come and chat with us be he hasn't got his sign up E-mail!
From Jem's Blog-
Well... I think Jem's already here.
Look at this profile (http://shattered-room.net/index.php?action=profile;u=458)
looking into that issue and emailed Jem.
Quote from: PH on Fri, 2006-05-05, 11:57:21
Well... I think Jem's already here.
Look at this profile (http://shattered-room.net/index.php?action=profile;u=458)
Oohh, I saw that one a little while ago! I didn't think much of it. :-[
HELLO!!
Blimey, at last. :):)
Good to be here everybody. Thanks to Peter for resending the conf mail. How is everyone?
Cheers
Jem
Quote from: Jem on Sat, 2006-05-06, 23:11:06
HELLO!!
Blimey, at last. :):)
Good to be here everybody. Thanks to Peter for resending the conf mail. How is everyone?
Cheers
Jem
Very well, thankyou. Welcome to the forum, we hope you like it here.
*horns*
Quote from: Jem on Sat, 2006-05-06, 23:11:06
HELLO!!
Blimey, at last. :):)
Good to be here everybody. Thanks to Peter for resending the conf mail. How is everyone?
Cheers
Jem
About bloody time ;) Welcome to the madhouse Jem , you will feel totally at home :)
How long now to the album release ?
Yes, Jem, ever since you revealed Black Light Machine, which already belongs to my favourite tracks, I can hardly wait to get my hands on the album....!
Quote from: Jem on Sat, 2006-05-06, 23:11:06
HELLO!!
Blimey, at last. :):)
Good to be here everybody. Thanks to Peter for resending the conf mail. How is everyone?
Cheers
Jem
About bloody time too, welcome and enjoy your stay!
Welcome to the cage, Jem!
I hope you'll enjoy your stay here! I'm also really looking forward to Milliontown. It's gonna be great! ;D
(I'm already looking forward to the second album ;))
Quote from: Peter on Sun, 2006-05-07, 09:48:17
Yes, Jem, ever since you revealed Black Light Machine, which already belongs to my favourite tracks, I can hardly wait to get my hands on the album....!
Completely agree with what Peter said. Welcome to The Shattered Room Gem.
Helenxxx
Thanks all. Currently watching 9012Live, the Yes vid from the 80's now on glorious DVD. I never realised before how much of it was clearly taped/overdubbed afterwards! ;)
Anyways, the album's out in July. Any ideas for some gigs? We;re probably on a suppporting tour first off. We're only little. :)
Cheers all,
Jem
Well, how about supporting Asia on their European tour this fall/winter? [presuming they will do a EU-tour] ;D
But I wouldn't mind a double-headliner with, say Shadowland or Landmarq.... either.
Quote from: JJ II on Mon, 2006-05-08, 11:10:29But I wouldn't mind a double-headliner with, say Shadowland or Landmarq.... either.
That would be awesome indeed. ;D
Quote from: Jem on Mon, 2006-05-08, 01:34:57Any ideas for some gigs? We;re probably on a suppporting tour first off. We're only little. :)
Cheers all,
Jem
Hi Jem,
Frost as supporting act?? I'd like to see Frost as Special Guest on the IQ 25th anniversary tour !
Cheers, Michael
Quote from: Jem on Mon, 2006-05-08, 01:34:57
Thanks all. Currently watching 9012Live, the Yes vid from the 80's now on glorious DVD. I never realised before how much of it was clearly taped/overdubbed afterwards! ;)
Anyways, the album's out in July. Any ideas for some gigs? We;re probably on a suppporting tour first off. We're only little. :)
Cheers all,
Jem
I'v said it before - the IQ silver anniversary tour *horns*
This sounds kewl! I'll have a listen to the stuff on that website.
Quote from: funkster on Wed, 2006-05-10, 22:58:30
I'v said it before - the IQ silver anniversary tour *horns*
Hmmm, interesting. I'll have a word with J Jonah Jameson then...
I'll let you know how I get on.
Cheers all,
Jem
It seems we all need to go to an IQ gig then! LOL *horns*
That's cool, 'cos it's the kind of music my father also likes. So I'll be there!! Well, if you're in Holland too ofcourse...
http://www.insideout.de/indexx.php?arg=AQcSBEtBQUwwAg (http://www.insideout.de/indexx.php?arg=AQcSBEtBQUwwAg) <---- so coool!!!!
(http://files.photojerk.com/johninblack/FROST01.jpg)
Bloody hell mate, that's way cool!
Is it gonna be the same artwork on all releases or will it vary by region?
Jem,
you say
QuoteOh and while I remember, can I just say THANK YOU! to Pallas. For reasons that will become clear shortly
in your blog.
Could that mean that you're going to tour with them?
And then you say
QuoteI've spent nearly 2 years crafting this musical thing only to delete the whole bloody lot at the end
Why the hell would you have wanted to do that? I'm a "non-deleter", I keep even the crappiest pieces of code I come up with on my machine...
Oh, and the artwork looks veeery cool :D
And furthermore: please keep it coming! One a year, what a great idea!
Quote from: Peter on Thu, 2006-05-11, 18:59:52
And furthermore: please keep it coming! One a year, what a great idea!
Only one a year, shows a total lack of ambition IMHO. ;)
Quote from: johninblack on Thu, 2006-05-11, 18:51:33Bloody hell mate, that's way cool!
Is it gonna be the same artwork on all releases or will it vary by region?
There are two different coverartworks now.
I remember this one, which looks GREAT:
(http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5895/1207/400/Picture%201.2.jpg)
And now we have this one, which looks GREAT:
(http://files.photojerk.com/johninblack/FROST01.jpg)
So, which is it gonna be Jem?
Quote from: PH on Thu, 2006-05-11, 16:35:04
It seems we all need to go to an IQ gig then! LOL *horns*
That's cool, 'cos it's the kind of music my father also likes. So I'll be there!! Well, if you're in Holland too ofcourse...
http://www.insideout.de/indexx.php?arg=AQcSBEtBQUwwAg (http://www.insideout.de/indexx.php?arg=AQcSBEtBQUwwAg) <---- so coool!!!!
PH , here are the tour dates so far inc Holland
http://www.gep.co.uk/iq/livedates.html
Quote from: funkster on Fri, 2006-05-12, 06:54:59
PH , here are the tour dates so far inc Holland
http://www.gep.co.uk/iq/livedates.html
Thanks a lot! Well, I hope Jem will do this, it looks good to me. But first I need to listen to IQ a lot more. I've only listened to Dark Matter and Seventh House so far. :P
I'm gonna ask my dad what he thinks of it. Maybe he wants to join me on this! LOL!
Quote from: PH on Thu, 2006-05-11, 21:57:59
There are two different coverartworks now.
I remember this one, which looks GREAT:
(http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5895/1207/400/Picture%201.2.jpg)
And now we have this one, which looks GREAT:
(http://files.photojerk.com/johninblack/FROST01.jpg)
So, which is it gonna be Jem?
Sadly we had to ditch lightbulb man as he was too expensive. So we shot all our own stuff instead. I think it's looking pretty cool though. The CD booklet stuff is even better! :)
I've got Paul Tippett to thank for the artwork. He did the Kino album last year and I think he's gone one better for Frost. IMO.
With regard to Pallas, there is some talk of us supporting them on their Autumn tour. Nothing definite yet though. Contracts and all that...
Then perhaps we'll work our way up to a few headline shows after that. I need to write a bit more of the next album first though or else our set'll be a bit short! ;)
Cheers all
Jem x
Quote from: Jem on Fri, 2006-05-12, 10:04:27Sadly we had to ditch lightbulb man as he was too expensive. So we shot all our own stuff instead. I think it's looking pretty cool though. The CD booklet stuff is even better! :)
It looks GREAT *horns*, and the stuff on your weblog is also great *horns*, I can't wait to see the full booklet!! ;D
Quote from: Jem on Fri, 2006-05-12, 10:04:27I've got Paul Tippett to thank for the artwork. He did the Kino album last year and I think he's gone one better for Frost. IMO.
The style is indeed somewhat the same as Kino's! Kino was Paul Tippett's first albumartwork right? He did a fine job on that, and now this absolutely wonderful artwork for Frost! Amazing!
Quote from: Jem on Fri, 2006-05-12, 10:04:27With regard to Pallas, there is some talk of us supporting them on their Autumn tour. Nothing definite yet though. Contracts and all that...
Pallas instead of IQ? Well, in that case I've got to get my dad into Pallas first. LOL. No matter with whom you'll be touring, I'll be at the Dutch Frost-gig, I can't wait!!!
Quote from: Jem on Fri, 2006-05-12, 10:04:27Then perhaps we'll work our way up to a few headline shows after that. I need to write a bit more of the next album first though or else our set'll be a bit short! ;)
Cheers all
Jem x
Ahhh yes, more stuff! 8)
Quote from: Jem on Fri, 2006-05-12, 10:04:27
Sadly we had to ditch lightbulb man as he was too expensive. So we shot all our own stuff instead. I think it's looking pretty cool though. The CD booklet stuff is even better! :)
I've got Paul Tippett to thank for the artwork. He did the Kino album last year and I think he's gone one better for Frost. IMO.
With regard to Pallas, there is some talk of us supporting them on their Autumn tour. Nothing definite yet though. Contracts and all that...
Then perhaps we'll work our way up to a few headline shows after that. I need to write a bit more of the next album first though or else our set'll be a bit short! ;)
Cheers all
Jem x
Well, you have the pictures there already, why not use those?
...or is it the 'Pay If You Use It' policy...? :)
Quote from: johninblack on Thu, 2006-05-11, 18:51:33
(http://files.photojerk.com/johninblack/FROST01.jpg)
Telephone ??? This is a Police Box !!!! ;)
(http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5895/1207/1600/tbox.0.jpg)
Quote from: Micha on Sat, 2006-05-13, 03:07:41
Telephone ??? This is a Police Box !!!! ;)
That's how the telephone boxes in England used to look. :)
Well, I was in London a year ago, and I saw a couple of those Telephone booths.
By the way, when is Pallas gonna tour?
I've looked on their official site, but that's not very helpful...
Quote from: Micha on Sat, 2006-05-13, 03:07:41
(http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5895/1207/1600/tbox.0.jpg)
That almost looks the same as Docter Who's ehm...transportation device. ;D
Quote from: maddox on Sat, 2006-05-13, 13:41:18
That almost looks the same as Docter Who's ehm...transportation device. ;D
Oi!
Leave my Tardis alone! ;) I should point out that that's my Police Box. Pictured here in my snowy garden.
Don't ask how it got there! ;)...
Quote from: Jem on Sun, 2006-05-14, 21:53:45
[...]
Don't ask how it get there! ;)...
How did it got there? ???
Sorry, couldn't resist. ;D
Quote from: Jem on Sun, 2006-05-14, 21:53:45
Oi!
Leave my Tardis alone! ;) I should point out that that's my Police Box. Pictured here in my snowy garden.
Don't ask how it got there! ;)...
One can only assume that you woke up one day and there it was!
So you must know the Doctor really well to allow him to park his TARDIS in your garden. Met any Darleks or Cybermen yet?
Quote from: PH on Sat, 2006-05-13, 10:23:45
Well, I was in London a year ago, and I saw a couple of those Telephone booths.
Somebody has one of the old red telephone boxes in their garden near to where I live...
Quote from: Micha on Sat, 2006-05-13, 03:07:41
Telephone ??? This is a Police Box !!!! ;)
(http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5895/1207/1600/tbox.0.jpg)
There is one of these old police boxes outside of Earls Court tube station in London! *horns*
F##k me Jem , i didnt know you co-wrote Thats my goal and 3 , yes 3 , Atomic Kitten no 1s
What is a MAJORLY talented fella like you doing hanging round on here ;)
Anyway , shock of finding a pop songwriting god almost over , when are the Frost tour dates being released.
And doesnt Andy like like a Timotei model in the pictures ;D
Hello Funkster,
Why thank you :). it was only 2 A.K. number 1's though. I co-produced Holly Valance's Kiss Kiss track as well, that went to number 1, but nobody ever remembers that one! :D
Anyway, gigs! Yes there are some dates appearing, only support slots for now. We haven't got enough songs for a full set yet...
I'm not allowed to reveal what they are yet though. There'll be lots of info on the shiny new Frost website which will launch in a couple of weeks time (ish) ;)
Lastly, you leave The Boy Edwards alone!, he's a delicate flower and it took him ages to get his hair right. ;D ;D
Lest we forget he is a brummie as well :D
I will accept a Holly in place of a Kitten which sounds dangerously close to fantasy land ;)
Looking forward to the album mate , should be a cracker.
Make sure JJJ doesnt wear that dubious stockings and suspenders get up on tour either ;D my vomit surpressors may fail :o
Yes indeedy. Holly everytime. :-*
So Mr Godfrey , it is an Ivor Novello award as well eh :)
I am sure that all the forum members will echo my words
For he's a jolly good fellow and so say all of us 8)
Hurrah for Jem
Hip-hip-hooray!
I've got a question for you Jem. On the downloads I heared so far, John sings with a somewhat distorted voice. To be very honest, I think he has a great voice without effects, so what made you decide to use these effects?
Congrats indeed! ;)
So what for should we be on the lookout? Pallas or IQ?
I want to make a schedule, because I want to go to Frost, Stream Of Passion, Kino, Arena etcetera etcetera...
Pallas' website isn't very informative, but where can I find tourdates for Pallas?
Go HERE (http://www.frost-music.com/board/index.php)
If you can't be bothered to sign up and wait Jem said:
Hi all, these are the dates in the book so far. More to follow.
Jem x
Frost gigs 2006
Thursday 12 October: Germany, Essen, Zeche Carl with Pallas
Address: Wilhelm Mieswandt Allee 100, 45326 Essen
Tel: 00 49 201 8344410
Web: www.zechecarl.de
Friday 13 October: Holland, Helmond Plato with Pallas
Address: Molenstraat 123 Helmond 5701 KB
Tel: 00 31 492 - 599.293
Web: www.poppodiumplato.nl
Saturday 14 October: Holland, Cultuurpodium Boerderij, Zoetermeer: Prog Passion Festival
Address: Amerikaweg 145?2717 AV Zoetermeer??
Tel: 00 31 79 321 10 12
Web: http://www.boerderij.org/
Sunday 15 October: Germany, Sinkkasten with Pallas
Address: Brönnerstr. 5-9, 60313 Frankfurt/Main
Tel: 00 49 180 50 40 30 0
Web: http://www.sinkkasten-frankfurt.de/index20060531.html
Saturday 11 November: England, Classic Rock Society's Winter Rockfest 06 with 10 Acre, Plackband and Galahad
Address: TBA
Web: www.classicrocksociety.net
Quote from: johninblack on Tue, 2006-05-30, 19:23:46
If you can't be bothered to sign up and wait Jem said:
Hi all, these are the dates in the book so far. More to follow.
Jem x
Frost gigs 2006
Thursday 12 October: Germany, Essen, Zeche Carl with Pallas
Address: Wilhelm Mieswandt Allee 100, 45326 Essen
Tel: 00 49 201 8344410
Web: www.zechecarl.de
Friday 13 October: Holland, Helmond Plato with Pallas
Address: Molenstraat 123 Helmond 5701 KB
Tel: 00 31 492 - 599.293
Web: www.poppodiumplato.nl
Saturday 14 October: Holland, Cultuurpodium Boerderij, Zoetermeer: Prog Passion Festival
Address: Amerikaweg 145?2717 AV Zoetermeer??
Tel: 00 31 79 321 10 12
Web: http://www.boerderij.org/
Sunday 15 October: Germany, Sinkkasten with Pallas
Address: Brönnerstr. 5-9, 60313 Frankfurt/Main
Tel: 00 49 180 50 40 30 0
Web: http://www.sinkkasten-frankfurt.de/index20060531.html
Saturday 11 November: England, Classic Rock Society's Winter Rockfest 06 with 10 Acre, Plackband and Galahad
Address: TBA
Web: www.classicrocksociety.net
THANKS A LOT!!! ;D
Quote from: JJ II on Sat, 2006-05-27, 16:56:23
Hip-hip-hooray!
I've got a question for you Jem. On the downloads I heared so far, John sings with a somewhat distorted voice. To be very honest, I think he has a great voice without effects, so what made you decide to use these effects?
Good question JJ II, in production terms, John's voice untreated just didn't fit in to what the track was doing at that point. Black Light Machine is about television and I wanted to give the impression that the voice was coming out of a crackly old analogue TV. A bit blurred and flickering. I love to experiment with sound and I don't hold the human voice as so sacred that it can't be messed about with. I was always inspired by how Gabriel used his voice so creatively, he could take it from emotional to absolutely frightening. Most of the time he did it with effects and I'm very much the same. I treat the voice just as I would a guitar, sometimes you have to shove it through a whole bunch of distortion or degredation to get it to sound "right". There are more 'normal' bits of vocal on Milliontown, but there's also extremely effectd bits. Light and shade I guess. Just to have an untreated voice singing an hour's worth of music would get a bit boring for me. It might as well be just an accoustic guitar and a folk singer :) I'm going to be experimenting with my voice too when we go out live. I've got a TC Helicon Vocal processor which my microphone will pass through before it gets to the mixing desk. I've got pitch shifters, bit crushers, formant shifters, a vocoder...loads of interesting possibilities. Should be very interesting I hope.
Interesting approach, though I tend to disagree with you on the comparison of a guitar with the human voice. Of course you could say both are instruments, but personally I think a voice says a lot more about a person than the equipment he's working with (a guitar, for example).
I see what you say about contrast, it works very well e.g. in Arena's Mea Culpa, where the moment when Rob comes in with his REAL voice is one of the most stunning moments. On the other hand: the effected vocals in that track are not half as emotional as the second part. My point was: this kind of a change doesn't happen in BLM, so the contrast is lacking...
For some reason, with these treated vocals (and I don't mean just bits for effects, but when it's all the way) I always think 'well, (s)he probably can't sing'. This happens a lot with the modern top of the pops material, but it was done with Madonna in the 80's as well.
Maybe it's a matter of taste, but I tend to find real voices more personal than effected ones. They touch me more. Especially in John's case, for example in the end of Losers Day Parade or in Picture...
Anyhow: it was my only minor comment on the track I heared, because I liked it very much overall.
Hmmm I think it's all good actually.
I've just listened to the excerpt of Milliontown on the myspace site. 'till now I've only listened the small samples, but the excerpt is already stunning! Can't wait to hear the full song, it might even be better than BLM!
By the way, I played some Prog yesterday in the supermarket, noone complained. There was one colleague who liked everything he heard, and there was also one who liked nothing of it (he only listens to U2 and nothing else...).
Black Light Machine was the highlight of the evening for me. So many instrumental solos, too bad I only had to work one hour more, I hoped I had to work two hours more!! Hehehehe.
from what i've heard about this band they seem to be the pop idol of prog "prog idol" is the most common name i believe
Frost*s official website is online:
http://www.frost-music.com/ (http://www.frost-music.com/)
Cheers, Michael
Milliontown is now available for pre-order on Amazon (UK) (http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000G04UYG/qid%3D1151435506/203-8770328-0088743) and Amazon (US) (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000G04UYG/qid=1151422541/sr=1-8/ref=sr_1_8/102-0584809-9581763?s=music&v=glance&n=5174) And Play (http://www.play.com/Music/CD/4-/1032931/-/Product.html?searchstring=milliontown)
I think I'll buy the CD in France, since I am on vacation there in about two weeks. I have good experiences with the FNAC there. I bought the Shrek soundtrack, Genesis' The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway and Arena's Pepper's Ghost there, so I think when it comes available they'll have Milliontown there as well. *horns*
You WILL have a nice holiday then!
The new Frost album got a "Vette Krent" (litt: Big Currant) status in the Dutch iO-Pages magazine this month, which means that it's one of the very few 'outstanding category' labelled albums.
Jem and the gang: congratulations. If you want a translation of the review, let me know.
Surely THESE guys are the true (old) Frost
http://www.metal-archives.com/band.php?id=6948
(http://www.metal-archives.com/images/6948_photo.jpg)
Quote from: The Queen Mother on Mon, 2006-07-17, 20:57:54
Surely THESE guys are the true (old) Frost
http://www.metal-archives.com/band.php?id=6948
(http://www.metal-archives.com/images/6948_photo.jpg)
Well, i think they are. But i don't think that music wise they sound the same. ;D
Strange outfits though. :-\
Quote from: JJ II on Mon, 2006-07-10, 11:16:26
The new Frost album got a "Vette Krent" (litt: Big Currant) status in the Dutch iO-Pages magazine this month, which means that it's one of the very few 'outstanding category' labelled albums.
Jem and the gang: congratulations. If you want a translation of the review, let me know.
yes please JJ II! :) Can you ping it to jem@frost-music.com. Ta.
Quote from: The Queen Mother on Mon, 2006-07-17, 20:57:54
Surely THESE guys are the true (old) Frost
http://www.metal-archives.com/band.php?id=6948
(http://www.metal-archives.com/images/6948_photo.jpg)
Ah, but we have the snowflake asterisk! Frost* if you please. ;)
Here's some more Frost http://www.frostworld.no/v1/ (http://www.frostworld.no/v1/)
Anyway, looking forward to listen to the new album
Quote from: cabo on Fri, 2006-07-21, 11:00:37
Anyway, looking forward to listen to the new album
Me too 8). Already ordered the album. According to the insideout website the release is 24.07.2006.
http://www.insideout.de/indexx.php?arg=AQ8=
I've bought the album in Germany (Cologne to be precise)!
IT'S GREAT!!
Quote from: PH on Sun, 2006-07-30, 13:48:19
I've bought the album in Germany (Cologne to be precise)!
IT'S GREAT!!
I got the album on Friday & have listened to nothing else since. Agreed PH, its totally fab. Definitely my album of 2006!
Helenxxx
Quote from: HelenDo on Sun, 2006-07-30, 22:28:58
I got the album on Friday & have listened to nothing else since. Agreed PH, its totally fab. Definitely my album of 2006!
Helenxxx
I second that.
Yes, it is quite good isn't it!!!
Quote from: johninblack on Thu, 2006-08-03, 20:21:06
Yes, it is quite good isn't it!!!
Actually... yes... it is one of the best in my collection! I'm very proud of it! ;D
My favourite tracks are:
- The Other Me
- Black Light Machine
- Milliontown
Snowman is very unique too, it comes right after my three favourite.
Milliontown is something difficult, 'cause it seems it's not really a whole. The parts don't fade in each other (don't know how to say it properly in English). For example. Moviedrome is very much the same the whole 20 minutes (while still very good ofcourse!) while Milliontown is more like a couple of different songs glued to each other.
But then again the different songs are quite good!
I know what you mean, for me the better tracks are
Hyperventilate - One of the best album openers ever
No Me No You - Is this what happens if you mix Prog rock and Punk Rock, so incredably different
Black Light Machine - Magnificent and Bombastic
Milliontown - There is a bit of almost everything in here, 26 miniuts of magic
And the other tracks are very good too!
Listened to it again tonight & it just gets better and better.
Black Light Machine is truly wonderful.
Helenxxx
This is the only thread in the Solo + Side projects subforum with more than one page! *horns*
The longawaited TOYS-page is up!!
Quick! Head for frost-music.com and click on TOYS!
Great stuff there!
I'm listening to one of the new songs right now and it's GREAT!! Really! Maybe even more prog (in some way) than what's on Milliontown!
New songs:
Afraid Of Summer (with a woman on vocals, sounds good! Who is it Jem? ;))
BIGsmall (nice song)
The Man With The 2.4 (If you think that title sounds strange, you should listen to the song, soooo funny "nice man".)
Wedding Day (haven't listened to this one)
Within Without (same here)
Quote from: PH on Tue, 2006-08-22, 19:18:54
New songs:
Afraid Of Summer (with a woman on vocals, sounds good! Who is it Jem? ;))
BIGsmall (nice song)
The Man With The 2.4 (If you think that title sounds strange, you should listen to the song, soooo funny "nice man".)
Wedding Day (haven't listened to this one)
Within Without (same here)
I have also heard the first three songs and I can imagine that they didn't make it to the album 'Milliontown'. The first song indeed is nice, but I find the tracks on the album way better.
After reading all these reviews i have been forced to visit HMV.co.uk and have ordered Milliontown.
Sounds like a real music feast on there !
The spoken intro on the song "Miiliontown" sounds like a clip from a movie. The voice sounds like Robert DeNiro. Does anyone have an idea what film it is from, if it indeed is from a film?
Quote from: il76candid on Wed, 2006-08-23, 16:04:32After reading all these reviews i have been forced to visit HMV.co.uk and have ordered Milliontown.
Sounds like a real music feast on there!
Indeed, you have to buy it!! Quick, do it now, before I buy a second disc. ;)
Yes, it really is that good.
Quote from: kmorse on Wed, 2006-08-23, 16:44:07
The spoken intro on the song "Miiliontown" sounds like a clip from a movie. The voice sounds like Robert DeNiro. Does anyone have an idea what film it is from, if it indeed is from a film?
It is indeed from a movie.
The movie is called "The Prophecy"
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0114194/
Sounds a bit weird if you ask me. I won't watch it.
Ahhhhhhhh, Christopher Walken. Always plays creepy characters.
Quote from: kmorse on Wed, 2006-08-23, 17:48:33
Ahhhhhhhh, Christopher Walken. Always plays creepy characters.
And he plays them very well, i might add. The Prophecy is one of his highlights. 8)
Tomorrow I'll be at my first Frost* concert! ;D
I can't wait! I hope it'll be good fun! The most exciting thing is: my girlfriend will be with me tomorrow! Her first prog-gig. Heh, her first gig ever!!
I'll say "hi" to John M (and the rest) from The Shattered Room, OK?
Also, Paul Tippett, the artwork designer for Kino AND Frost* will be there too! Finally I get the oppertunity to get my CDs signed by the artworkdesigner too! 8)
I think the art for Picture and Milliontown is superb. Not too prog and not too "nothing" either. It's refreshing, just like the music itself! ;D
Nice. Have fun and say hello to the guys.
Lucky you PH!!!!!
Say hi to Jem & JJ from all the Frost* forum members
Helen xxx
The album is ace. Enjoy the gig PH and we await your review
Not long to wait now PH!!
I have to wait till 11th november (Rotherham) and then 10th december (london).
Have fun PH, rock on ! *horns* *ola*
Quote from: Teunis on Fri, 2006-10-13, 11:53:09
Have fun PH, rock on ! *horns* *ola*
Oh I will! Don't you worry about that!
Thanks guys! I'll say hi for all of you! ;D
Hi there,
It was GREAT.... sorry we didn't meet PH
Go to the Frost-board to see some pics and a short clip:
http://www.frost-music.com/board/viewtopic.php?t=216 (http://www.frost-music.com/board/viewtopic.php?t=216)
Yeah it was absolutely FANTASTIC!
And JJII, I went to the Helmond gig, didn't you go to the Zoetermeer gig? ;)
I'll post some pics soon. And I also have a movie of somewhat around 5 minutes (with crappy sound, but still...)
But for now the movie is AVI and 333 MB... so I'll have to compress it.
But the gig was awesome, me and my friend and my girlfriend were standing in the front row! It was really cool!!!
Glad you guys enjoyed it, looking forward to November and December now! Thanks for the Video and pics JJII, we enjoyed them.
LOL, "Mellotron sucks".... tsk tsk tsk...
How does he manage to produce all the great sounds with just ONE keyboard?
Quote from: Peter on Mon, 2006-10-16, 16:53:59
LOL, "Mellotron sucks".... tsk tsk tsk...
How does he manage to produce all the great sounds with just ONE keyboard?
That would be because he is very clever and his keyboard is even cleverer.
Quote from: Peter on Mon, 2006-10-16, 16:53:59
LOL, "Mellotron sucks".... tsk tsk tsk...
How does he manage to produce all the great sounds with just ONE keyboard?
That same question springs to mind when i watch Jordan Rudess of DT. How the heck is that possible? It most be a tape that's running with it.
The video is unfortunatly a bit short but very nice to watch. I think it had to be a hell of a show. *horns*
OH sorry guys i thought this was an Arena forum my mistake!
Quote from: Smegal on Wed, 2006-10-18, 14:47:51
OH sorry guys i thought this was an Arena forum my mistake!
You were perfectly right, but this is the FROST* thread inside the ARENA forum...
You tell em Peter *horns*
The Frost album is top bannana and along with Anathema and Pendragon is getting some serious listening at Chez Funkster
Quote from: http://milliontown.blogspot.com/2006/10/day-3-from-plato-to-borderij.html10.30pm – Me, JM and Mr and Mrs Jaap (old friends of prog, but new friends of Frost) head into the nearby town for some extra curricular scran. Mr Jaap is a politician. The first one I've ever met. How cool is that!?
That's cool JJ II.
Yeah, they are really nice people.
But sh*t... are all those Englishmen so terribly short? I mean, I am very small, but I was taller or at least as tall as the Frosties.
Not that I care, they have a very large character. They're very friendly people. I almost forgot that Jem was once a popsong writer. ;D
QuoteThat's cool JJ II.
Ah! you recognised me ;D
Yeah, they're all really nice people. And not just the bandmembers, but crew-members and fans as well. Strange to say, but sometimes I enjoy the afterparty just as much as the gig itself: so many friendly people!
Quote from: http://www.frost-music.com/board/viewtopic.php?p=3153&highlight=#3153Dear all, there's no easy way to tell you this so....
It is with great regret that I have to announce that Frost* are calling it a day for now.
Increasing time, financial and commitment levels have decreed that I'm no longer able to give Frost* the attention it was starting to require and, as such, I have made the decision to suspend the project indefinitely. With my professional music career entering a new and significantly more demanding phase, the imminent arrival of my second child and the hours in the day being limited to just 24 on this planet, Frost* has had to be the sacrificial lamb or else I'll die much earlier than I'm planning to.
The remaining 4 gigs will still go ahead as planned.
The remaining T-Shirts will be available via the website shortly. We shall put an announcement up with pictures for all to see. If you'd like to buy one (or four! ), payment will be via Paypal (just as soon as I've set an account up!)
Can I take this public opportunity to thank the other 3 Frosties for all their time, skill and effort - dear little things that they are.
The website will remain up and running.
The View From The Cube will stick around too, but after the final instalment of the tour diary, I won't be updating it for the foreseeable future. (Unless my Tardis collapses during the winter in which case, there'll be a full report...)
As and when time allows, I shall be continuing to write and record. If there's anything worth hearing, you'll be the first to know. Also, although I will try to be around as much as possible on the forum and MySpace to say "Hello!", it won't be as much as it used to be for the time being. Lots to do I'm afraid.
I hope you'll understand.
Lastly, can I just say a HUGE thank you to you lovely people for being so supportive of the whole Frost* endeavour. We've had a total ball and we couldn't have done a lot of this whole thing without your love, enthusiasm and, most importantly, humour.
You've been brilliant. Thank you.
Until then, then.
Jem x
:'(
:o :o
:(
That was rather unexpected. :(
Yeah...
But Frost* isn't dead yet. There's nothing said about that. They take a long vacation, just like Arena and Kino are doing, and like Genesis and It Bites did.
Or something...
Pffff, I remember quite well when Jem was boasting about the number of albums he wanted to make with Frost*. Now that he's been on tour with the guys, he's prolly seen that it's actually a HUGE AMOUNT OF WORK :D and that the revenue is not earned as easily as with making an album with the Pop girlies, as he's been used to before....?! Don't want to be harsh here or anything, but this gives me a feeling like he was in a state of "OK, Prog Rock experiment done, successful music-wise, not too much otherwise, so now let's move on".
Though I'm REALLY disappointed, I do understand how difficult these choices can be.
With a wife and kids to take care of and a music career that cannot afford to just kick around a bit doing hobby-projects, I think he's a wise man....
I have a feeling we will here more of him in the future. Though I think chances are that it's on TOTP rather than in The Boerderij,... so to say.
I can imagine that it's quite hard with a family, the band and maybe other stuff. It strikes me as a job where you are, especially when touring, constantly on the move. I too can remember that he didn't want Frost* to be a one-day-fly so this decision, though quite understandable, comes a bit out of the blue. Really unexpected. :-\
So i can respect his decision but i'm nevertheless a bit sad and hopeful that he will give it a try some day. Miliontown is definitely a work of art.
Here are interviews with Gem and JJ after the Scala gig in london. Excellent with by Dave for the interview
Just click on the link under live music
http://www.phoenixfm.com/
There is a possibility of another album in 2008 :)
Quote from: funkster on Tue, 2006-12-26, 09:57:35
There is a possibility of another album in 2008 :)
That would be awesome. 8)
An EP is underway!
Dear Dead Days is gonna be a iTunes only, if I'm not mistaken...
Anyway, 2008 will bring more Frost indeed!
So, after all, what's all the buzz about "suspending" then? Seems to me like a perfectly normal "release rhythm" or so...
Quote from: Peter on Fri, 2007-02-23, 09:47:39
So, after all, what's all the buzz about "suspending" then? Seems to me like a perfectly normal "release rhythm" or so...
Indeed, but it was Jem giving up and later on changing his mind. So they DID quit.
The new Frost* album will bring Declan Burke to the mic and he will handle the guitars too.
And John Mitchell won't be playing guitar on this one.
Andy Edwards does the drums BUT will also be playing a guitarsolo...
Jem's doing keyboards, guitars, bass and pointless loony dancing.
But no fear: JM will be writing with Jem on his new project: The Accidental! (Sounding somewhat between The Urbane and Keane)
Quote from: PH on Fri, 2007-02-23, 10:33:01
Sounding somewhat between The Urbane and Keane
SO SHITE THEN??
"Warning: this topic has not been posted in for at least 120 days.
Unless you're sure you want to reply, please consider starting a new topic."
Ahh, do I like it when it says that! :D
I'm just bumping this thread because I stumbled across these two wonderful vids of Jem Godfrey and Declan Burke playing Hyperventilate and Snowman in Jem's studio. Give them a listen, you will be amazed!
Here are the links.
Hyperventilate 2008: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G3JMIAPIpDg&feature=related
Snowman: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IdFm9NApDwo
Tom
superb!
very funny end for "Snowman" there... :D
Yeah, I was planning to bump this thread with the same news, but you beat me to it!
But I forgive you. :D
Yeah, two wonderful versions of songs from (in my opinion) the best album of 2006.
Dec's voice is pretty good actually!
I'm really looking forward to a new album!
Appelmoes??! Take a look at these links man! And buy that album! ;)
-Paco
Quote from: PH on Mon, 2008-01-14, 17:15:26
Dec's voice is pretty good actually!
I'm really looking forward to a new album!
I was talking to Dec Saturday night and he said the demos for the new album are sounding superb. Looking forward to it even more now ;D
Quote from: johninblack on Mon, 2008-01-14, 17:44:17
I was talking to Dec Saturday night and he said the demos for the new album are sounding superb. Looking forward to it even more now ;D
Which is good news. *horns* :D
So, can we look forward to the new Frost album being available to download online - in keeping with Jems healthy attitude to such things?
Quote from: Smegal on Tue, 2008-01-15, 13:52:36So, can we look forward to the new Frost album being available to download online - in keeping with Jems healthy attitude to such things?
What's that smell... who left the garbage container open?
Hey it's Smegal! Welcome back, did you bring me that shoes?
And I think Jem has a contract to sell it through InsideOut...
-Paco
Quote from: PH on Tue, 2008-01-15, 15:42:29
did you bring me that shoes?
Apart from the lousy grammar, what do you mean, Paco ? ???
Nicky.
Quote from: Nicky007 on Tue, 2008-01-15, 15:58:56Apart from the lousy grammar, what do you mean, Paco ? ???
LOL, nevermind.
-Paco
Quote from: Nicky007 on Tue, 2008-01-15, 15:58:56
Apart from the lousy grammar, what do you mean, Paco ? ???
Nicky.
That's what we call 'an insider's joke'. ;)
I carryed your shoes all round europe on the last tour but they were never collected!
QuoteBut now to business....
Here then, is the first of a set of video diaries to catalogue the making of the new album. Part 2 in a couple of weeks. Hope you like it.
Jem
http://thenewcube.blogspot.com/2008/01/frost-report-january-part-1.html (http://thenewcube.blogspot.com/2008/01/frost-report-january-part-1.html)
I do.
Quotehttp://thenewcube.blogspot.com/2008/01/frost-report-january-part-1.html
I cant watch it because this computer I'm on is pretty awful, but when i get on my own comp I'll take a look.
Whats up with http://www.frost-music.com (http://www.frost-music.com)
Does anyone know when It'll be back?
OK, these Frost* vids are AMAZING
Quotehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYQB6hHX7ak&feature=related
check out 3.35 or around there, that riff!
Quote from: marcello on Wed, 2008-02-06, 18:16:39
OK, these Frost* vids are AMAZING
check out 3.35 or around there, that riff!
:o
I wanna play like that! :'( :'( :'(
;D
Quote from: marcello on Wed, 2008-02-06, 10:34:47
Whats up with http://www.frost-music.com (http://www.frost-music.com)
Jem killed it ;D
Quote from: johninblack on Sat, 2008-02-09, 15:15:19
Jem killed it ;D
That reminds me: Is the forum still on or is it been killed by Jem as well? ;)
Quote from: maddox on Sat, 2008-02-09, 15:27:03
That reminds me: Is the forum still on or is it been killed by Jem as well? ;)
The forum is going strong HERE. (http://frost.informe.com/index.php). Jem killed himself at 998 posts but has been reincarnated and everything is more insane than ever.....
Quote from: johninblack on Sat, 2008-02-09, 16:07:15
The forum is going strong HERE. (http://frost.informe.com/index.php). Jem killed himself at 998 posts but has been reincarnated and everything is more insane than ever.....
:o :o :o :o :o
I'VE BEEN BANNED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
>:( >:( >:( >:( >:(
Or lets say that somebody deleted my account. :(
I think I'm slightly addicted to Frost*
I'm just insanley anticipating this new album
Black Light Machine is my most played song on iTunes!
Quote from: maddox on Sat, 2008-02-09, 16:58:05
:o :o :o :o :o
I'VE BEEN BANNED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
>:( >:( >:( >:( >:(
Or lets say that somebody deleted my account. :(
That is shocking :o
Can you think of any reason why they'd ban you? Save all the confusion, just make a new account, I may register on the Frost* forum soon, but don't worry, I wont forget about you guys!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YjF3DvbOH5c (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YjF3DvbOH5c)
WOWOWOW
This is some more amazing stuff from Jem, he's talking about the Black Light Machine solo... I'm pretty sure he used this exact thing on the album, although he confesses right at the end there was "just one bum note!!"
Nonetheless its flipping FANTASTICAI
Quote from: marcello on Sun, 2008-02-10, 11:28:55
That is shocking :o
Can you think of any reason why they'd ban you? Save all the confusion, just make a new account, I may register on the Frost* forum soon, but don't worry, I wont forget about you guys!
Well, i probably weren't banned at all but someone incidentally or on purpose deleted my account when they changed to a new forum. :-\
I already created a new account and posted some replies. See what happens.
I get the message if they have deleted me again. :D
Quote from: maddox on Sun, 2008-02-10, 17:38:05
Well, i probably weren't banned at all but someone incidentally or on purpose deleted my account when they changed to a new forum. :-\
I already created a new account and posted some replies. See what happens.
I get the message if they have deleted me again. :D
When the forum moved everyone had to rejoin.
Quote from: johninblack on Sun, 2008-02-10, 17:44:54
When the forum moved everyone had to rejoin.
So that's what went wrong.
They could've send an email for that. :-\
But having said that, it's not really a problem since i hardly ever posted there.
Thanks, John. ;)
Awesome movies on www.thenewcube.blogspot.com
Check them out!!
It's got li'l Johnny on it! ;)
-Paco
Why does it take a million years for the forum to pop up? :-\ ???
All you John Mitchell lovers (you know who you are), head over to http://thenewcube.blogspot.com/ to see some Johnny action.
Perhaps not the action you had hoped for, but it's still good!
-Paco
I figured it's about time to bring back the life in this topic, since Experiments In Mass Appeal is on it's way and Frost* is on the road again as the support act of Spock's Beard.
Maybe some of us, at least Iggy and me, have seen (or will see) them this tour, so this is the place to post your comments. I know I enjoyed the gig immensely. The guys put on a great show. You could clearly see they were having fun on stage. But the main thing of course is the music, which was great as well. The new songs really sound superb. Some great guitarplaying by 'our' Johnny, but that's not surprising at all or is it? ;)
Also bought the new cd with a couple of 'pre-release' versions from Experiments In Mass Appeal as well as some other stuff like an acoustic version of Snowman from the previous album and some other outtakes. That'll keep me satisfied until they finally release the new album, somewhere in October. :)
You can listen to 3 new songs here as well: www.myspace.com/planetfrost
Tom
Quote from: The Butterfly Man on Fri, 2008-07-04, 11:20:08
I figured it's about time to bring back the life in this topic, since Experiments In Mass Appeal is on it's way and Frost* is on the road again as the support act of Spock's Beard.
Maybe some of us, at least Iggy and me, have seen (or will see) them this tour, so this is the place to post your comments. I know I enjoyed the gig immensely. The guys put on a great show. You could clearly see they were having fun on stage. But the main thing of course is the music, which was great as well. The new songs really sound superb. Some great guitarplaying by 'our' Johnny, but that's not surprising at all or is it? ;)
Also bought the new cd with a couple of 'pre-release' versions from Experiments In Mass Appeal as well as some other stuff like an acoustic version of Snowman from the previous album and some other outtakes. That'll keep me satisfied until they finally release the new album, somewhere in October. :)
You can listen to 3 new songs here as well: www.myspace.com/planetfrost
Tom
I couldn't get hold of the Cd so will have to wait.
The boys were great it's a shame they don't appeal to a wider audience.
I met John in the crowd while SB were on.
I should be in Birkenhead (centre of the known universe ;D) around the end of September so hopefully will catch It Bites as well.
I'll wait for the new FULL album. I hate EP's with previews from the new album and f.e. new versions of previous stuff, hoping that the 'real' fans want to buy all. Well, maybe I'm not a REAL fan, though I dig 'Milliontown' *horns*.
Quote from: Teunis on Sat, 2008-07-05, 11:01:39
I'll wait for the new FULL album. I hate EP's with previews from the new album and f.e. new versions of previous stuff, hoping that the 'real' fans want to buy all. Well, maybe I'm not a REAL fan, though I dig 'Milliontown' *horns*.
I get what you mean but this EP contains 3 tracks that will appear on the new album but the EP tracks are different mixes and in some cases have sections changed/removed you also get video of Snowman and Hyperventilate as done by Jem and Dec, Plus a very special Frost* report that is probably the best yet.
Went to Islington and Leeds, both gigs were superb, Both bands gave 110% *horns*
Quote from: johninblack on Sun, 2008-07-13, 12:17:00
I get what you mean but this EP contains 3 tracks that will appear on the new album but the EP tracks are different mixes and in some cases have sections changed/removed you also get video of Snowman and Hyperventilate as done by Jem and Dec, Plus a very special Frost* report that is probably the best yet.
Yeah the EP is great! Looking forward to the new album. I'm curious to find out what the differences are between the tracks on this EP and the album. If I remember correctly JM played a beautiful (lenghty) guitarsolo at the end of Experiments In Mass Appeal at the gigs that is not on the EP. Here's hoping they include it on the album...
Tom
Well, it seems that Jem & Co. are releasing a Special edition with CD/DVD. On this DVD there's almost four hours of bonus material. Included are the best of the Frost* reports, the Christmas sessions Dec and Jem did and the ENTIRE ALBUM IN INSTRUMENTAL FORM!
You can read all of this (and more) on his weblog: http://www.thenewcube.blogspot.com
-Paco
Check www.frostmusic.net guys, there's a nice preview waiting upon clicking the link.
Only a month left to wait now! *horns*
Tom
Quote from: The Butterfly Man on Fri, 2008-10-24, 10:43:49
Check www.frostmusic.net guys, there's a nice preview waiting upon clicking the link.
Only a month left to wait now! *horns*
Tom
*horns* Already on my 'must buy' list. 'Milliontown' was so great 8).
Yeah, the new "30 second Flash sample" is absolutely very cool! One month people, one month!
Can't wait for the four hour extras! 8)
-Paco
Ok, the website (http://www.frostmusic.net/) is updated again!
It looks fantastic! And check the Toys section for great wallpapers and... music!!
Too bad, it's mostly mp3s we've heard already...
Anyway, great great great of course! ;D
-Paco
Hehe, i even got a PM today from a certain Jem. :D
Quote from: maddox on Fri, 2008-11-07, 21:16:48
Hehe, i even got a PM today from a certain Jem. :D
Oooh, what was in it? :D
Anyone got the new album already? I checked last Friday and Saturday but it wasn't in the stores yet. I'm so obsessed I think I'm gonna check again this afternoon. I must have it...NOW!! Grrr.
:D
Tom
Quote from: The Butterfly Man on Mon, 2008-11-17, 10:31:02
Anyone got the new album already? I checked last Friday and Saturday but it wasn't in the stores yet. I'm so obsessed I think I'm gonna check again this afternoon. I must have it...NOW!! Grrr.
:D
Tom
I pre-ordered it, and on the Frosties* forum they said that the CDs were sent out friday.
The official release date is today.
Quote from: PH on Mon, 2008-11-17, 11:31:40
I pre-ordered it, and on the Frosties* forum they said that the CDs were sent out friday.
The official release date is today.
I know, but when releasedates are on monday, it's almost a certainty that the shops already have the album the friday before. This was obviously not the case this time, so I'm wondering when it'll be available.
Quote from: The Butterfly Man on Mon, 2008-11-17, 10:31:02
Anyone got the new album already?
No, but then again i haven't order it yet. :-[
Some wise fellow once said 'You can't have 'm all'. ;D
But I will buy it. Definitely. Trust me. ;)
Quote from: maddox on Mon, 2008-11-17, 18:34:10
Some wise fellow once said 'You can't have 'm all'. ;D
Totally nuts to me...
Ladies and gentlemen: I've got it! 8) Finally!
Can't wait till I get home tonight and listen to it!
Yeah, I'm really happy! :)
Tom
So, how come you aint home on a Saturday afternoon, Tom ? Got "hung over" somewhere ? ;D
Nicky.
Quote from: Nicky007 on Sat, 2008-11-22, 12:46:25
So, how come you aint home on a Saturday afternoon, Tom ? Got "hung over" somewhere ? ;D
Let's just say I went to this nice girl on the other side of town to borrow some sugar... ;D
A "sugar baby", Tom ? ;D
Nicky.
I just heard that Andy Edwards won't be drumming live anymore with Frost*.
He'll remain as an on-record drummer though.
Too bad... :'(
But I'm sure Jem will make it alright!
Check this! :o :o :o
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5REQU4MC3qk&fmt=18
-Paco
(http://progwereld.123forum.nl/phpBB2/images/smiles/progwereld/appl.gif) *horns*
They've been playing too many Mario-games lately. :D
this is a fan video and it is excellent. Frost* kick some serious prog ass!!!!
Sweet 8) but the music of Frost* is not my cup of slush :-\
Nicky.
Quote from: Nicky007 on Mon, 2008-12-29, 22:22:08
Sweet 8) but the music of Frost* is not my cup of slush :-\
Nicky.
You're really missing a certain prog gen Nicky.
Shame...
For me there has to be either melody or edge. E.g. Genesis have a lot of melody and some edge, and Nevermore have a lot of edge and some melody. I can't find much of either in Frost* music, it just sounds bland and machinelike to me. Sorry :(
But they seem to have nuff fans without me ..... :)
Nicky.
News from Frost*:
Frost* Shows Cancelled
We're sorry to announce that Frost will be unable to play the double headliner shows with Magenta on Friday April 10th at the Boerderij and Saturday April 11th at The Rock Temple.
This is due to the continued inability to find a replacement drummer for Andy.
Jem says, "In truth, there is a guy who I am really keen to have in the band, but he's on tour with another band during the month that we're scheduled to play these shows.
As you know, Frost's music is hardly something that you can teach a chap in a couple of hours and it's this that is providing us with the problem. Combined with my already very intense dayjob schedule, it's simply going to be impossible for me to spend February finding a dep, every weekend in March teaching the dep how to play our set back to front only to have to repeat the who teaching procedure again with the new drummer after that.
Obviously, I know you're thinking, "Why not just keep the dep then?" but if you've already found the right girl, metaphorically speaking, you're hardly going to start snogging her mate shortly before she moves in with you are you? And I believe, with the man in question, I've found the right girl. If you see what I mean"
Magenta will still be performing on these dates and there'll be an announcement shortly as to who will be taking Frost's place.
Again, sincere apologies to those who were looking forward to seeing the band, we're very sorry, but hope to catch you out there at some point in the future.
However, Frost would like to reiterate that they WILL performing at RosFest . There'll be a further announcement about this very shortly.
Bummer. :-\
Quote from: maddox on Sat, 2009-01-24, 18:34:18
Bummer. :-\
It is, There were a load of us contemplating an invasion of Holland.
Shit!
Still bummer but...
Frost* will be replaced by RPWL so it seems.
Sad though i must add that RPWL isn't that bad either.
But still...
Bummer. :-\
Nick D'Virgilio will play the drums on Rosfest for Frost*, but that doesn't make a difference for you I'm afraid :-\.
So, appearantly Frost* found a new (temporary?) drummer to replace Andy Edwards.
It's Alex Thomas (http://www.youtube.com/watch?gl=GB&hl=en-GB&v=9-dPI129bJw).
Never heard of him. Anyone?
Nope, doesn't ring a bell.
Quote from: Teunis on Thu, 2009-02-05, 21:20:09
Nope, doesn't ring a bell.
Okay but does it hit a drumstick? ???
:D
Quote from: maddox on Thu, 2009-02-05, 21:23:05
Okay but does it hit a drumstick? ???
;D Let's leave that up to Jem, I'm sure that he has found a great drummer for the tour.
He's probably more of a jazz drummer.
Andy is also more of a jazz drummer and he was great, so this will probably work out well!
Quote from: Teunis on Thu, 2009-02-05, 21:26:51
;D Let's leave that up to Jem, I'm sure that he has found a great drummer for the tour.
Apparently Alex (what's in a name ;D) Thomas is a good friend of Andy Edwards.
It seems that he searched and found his own replacement.
By the looks of it he's good.
But anyone who can play drums and does that better than me, usually is.
Quote from: maddox on Thu, 2009-02-05, 21:40:10
anyone who can play drums and does that better than me, usually is.
Hey, I can play drums, as long as it's in 4/4. Does that make me a good drummer? ;) ;D
Seriously though, I think the new guy is a very good drummer! Indeed a bit jazzy, just like Andy Edwards. I hope he fits in well in the madness that is Frost*!
Tom
Funny.
Both you Tom and you Paco talk about Jazzy drummer but when i listen to either Milliontown or EIMA i can't hear any jazz in the drum-work.
How odd. :-\
Quote from: maddox on Fri, 2009-02-06, 20:07:11
Funny.
Both you Tom and you Paco talk about Jazzy drummer but when i listen to either Milliontown or EIMA i can't hear any jazz in the drum-work.
How odd. :-\
No, but Andy IS a jazzy drummer. Take a look at his weblog for example.
Quote from: maddox on Fri, 2009-02-06, 20:07:11
Funny.
Both you Tom and you Paco talk about Jazzy drummer but when i listen to either Milliontown or EIMA i can't hear any jazz in the drum-work.
How odd. :-\
Andy himself would tell you that he is much more at home as a jazz drummer. The fact you can't hear that in his playing is an indication of how good he is.
Head over to http://www.myspace.com/planetfrost, there is a new song to be heard!!! It's called 'The Forget You Song' and it's a leftover from the EIMA-sessions I believe!
Tom
Quote from: The Butterfly Man on Sat, 2009-05-09, 22:48:29
Head over to http://www.myspace.com/planetfrost, there is a new song to be heard!!! It's called 'The Forget You Song' and it's a leftover from the EIMA-sessions I believe!
Tom
Yep, you're right.
I've read that this song and a few other songs will be released on an EP later this year.
Don't know if the rumour is true or not.
Head over to http://www.myspace.com/planetfrost, there is a great live-version of Pocket Sun to be heard, recorded last week at RoSFest!!!
Tom
Quote from: The Butterfly Man on Mon, 2009-05-11, 17:31:51
Head over to http://www.myspace.com/planetfrost, there is a great live-version of Pocket Sun to be heard, recorded last week at RoSFest!!!
Tom
You probably mean Wonderland!
What an excellent version!
Quote from: PH on Mon, 2009-05-11, 17:49:32
You probably mean Wonderland!
Ha, funny! I was listening to Pocket Sun on my iPod while I was typing that post, so that got me a bit confused I guess. Of course I meant Wonderland! :D
It's quite good, isn't it? 8)
Tom
Quote from: The Butterfly Man on Mon, 2009-05-11, 17:58:51
Ha, funny! I was listening to Pocket Sun on my iPod while I was typing that post, so that got me a bit confused I guess. Of course I meant Wonderland! :D
It's quite good, isn't it? 8)
Tom
Yes! It's wonderlandful!
A large chunk of Black Light Machine live from RoSFest is up as well on www.myspace.com/planetfrost
And this is what Jem said on the Frost*-forum about a live-album release...
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Well, the live album is about 50% finished and sounding jolly good I must say considering it's my first attempt at a live album. There's about 1 hour 45 of material -
Intro
Hyperventilate
The Forget You Song
Falling Down
EIMA
Black Light Machine
Milliontown
Saline
No Me No You
Snowman
The Other Me
Pocket Sun
Wonderland
Dear Dead Days
Obviously only so much of this will fit on a CD so there'll be a limited edition CD for sale at the Dream Theater gigs much like we did with Spock's last year that will have the tracks that don't get on the main live album plus hopefully a couple of other goodies if there's time.
The main CD will also have a 45 minute Frost report on an accompanying DVD. There'll also be 4, possibly 5 extra Frost B-sides like The Forget You Song, 1976, New World and so on and will be available from Inside Out and all the usual places.
So all in all, it should be a properly Frosty summer! :D
Great news or what!? *horns*
Tom
Oooh, blimey. That's lovely. *horns* *horns* *horns*
JJ is no longer among the frosted:
http://thenewcube.blogspot.com/2009/01/change.html
:'(
Quote from: PH on Sun, 2009-05-24, 22:44:18
JJ is no longer among the frosted:
http://thenewcube.blogspot.com/2009/01/change.html
:'(
I guess he couldn't stand the freezing cold and just wanted out. I can understand that, especially since he's bald...
But bad news indeed! :(
Tom
Given the fact that he's about to be busy with IQ i can't blame him.
It's a shame though.
Here's an update of all things Frost* by Jem on his MySpace blog:
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Well, here we go. Summer's done and off we go once again into the land of cold, dark, ice and frost. So it's not all bad then! Ark ark...
We're currently getting started on finishing the mixes to The Philadelphia Experiment which we hope to have ready for sale by Christmas. The CD will feature as much of the gig as we can fit into 80 minutes. The accompanying DVD will feature the full 105 minute show in WAV format so you can load it onto your i-device and enjoy the whole thing as it happened. There will also be a 42 minute documentary on the DVD that charted the course of our prep for the gig and some other wee treats. So lots of fun to be had if you pick up a copy, which if you did, it would be very lovely of you. Ta.
As of this time, we've also parted company with InsideOut. Our deal was for 2 albums and after a lot of very amicable chats we both decided that our paths lay in different directions going forwards. So as of this moment, Frost is an independent entity although we are looking into some distributions options for the live album. More news on that in due course.
Elsewhere, myself, John Mitchell, Andy Edwards and/or Nathan King are playing a small number of shows in November under the moniker of "An Esoteric Evening With Two J's And An A". We'll be trawling our back catalogues and playing a bunch of stuff that needs to be heard frankly. We're looking to head over to Cardiff and up to Birmingham to play, but the first show we can announce is at The Peel on Nov 7th 2009. Check out http://peelmuzik.webeden.co.uk for more details.
Then in 2010, I'm planning on doing a few solo gigs most likely in the form of support slots for other bands. I've got a lot of mad stuff planned for that and may well have some new faces for you to meet as well...
But what about Frost 3 I hear you saying. Well, not being signed anymore means a lot more than maybe it first appears to the casual thoughtster. The world really is our oyster now and the sky is literally the limit. First off though, I have to move house. I'm leaving East Sussex and heading to Bath, a place I've always loved. Once there, I need to set up a new studio which could take some time and indeed, the whole moving process could take anything up to a year to happen, maybe more. So there's much to be done twixt now and then.
After that though...
Tom
Saw Frost last Friday and they were as good as ever. Well worth seeing live if you get the opportunity.
http://jemgodfrey.blogspot.com/2011/09/where-were-we.html
Yay Frost* are coming back
Quote from: Iggy on Mon, 2011-09-26, 18:33:19
http://jemgodfrey.blogspot.com/2011/09/where-were-we.html
Yay Frost* are coming back
I knew it.
I didn't believe that hiatus stuff Jem told us.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wh5mIWv81Bw
Is it really happening? Is it really going to be? (Is it really going to last?)
This YouTube Frost Report reminded me of eagerly awaiting the release of the EIMA album.
Jem is sooooo funny. I love the little bloke.
Anyone else who cannot wait for Frost* #3?
Quote from: PH on Sat, 2012-09-22, 20:17:57
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wh5mIWv81Bw
Is it really happening? Is it really going to be? (Is it really going to last?)
This YouTube Frost Report reminded me of eagerly awaiting the release of the EIMA album.
Jem is sooooo funny. I love the little bloke.
Anyone else who cannot wait for Frost* #3?
Yeah, he's funny.
But he's also weird.
Can't make his mind up if he's going to put Frost* on ice or eternal sleep or just make music until the end of (his) time.
I'm glad that he's working on some material again, I really enjoy listening to the first two albums.
Frost are supporting It Bites at the Scala, London in December. I have my ticket already so that will be good.
Quote from: PH on Sat, 2012-09-22, 20:17:57
Anyone else who cannot wait for Frost* #3?
Yep, me 8). I remember I found 'Milliontown' so refreshing, different after hearing it at first. Love it *horns*.
Frost* last night at the Scala were amazing. It was a different line up except for Jem and John. The drummer was brilliant. I cant remember the setlist but it included Milliontown and a new song called Fanfare (I think). It was a good performance with lots of laugh. Im looking forward to a new album. *horns*
Frost : Promo - The Rockfield Files DVD/CD 2013 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A4DnAtjKbXk)
Me likey 8).
Interesting.
Interesting indeed! It looks like they're having good fun!
I think I want this...
Where do I get it?
Quote from: bellanova on Wed, 2013-12-25, 10:23:24
Where do I get it?
here (http://themerchdesk.com/shop/index.php?route=product/product&path=87_18&product_id=359) ;)
Thanks alot :) Ordered
Ok, here's a confession.
I was a total fanboy when "Milliontown" was released and was looking forward to "Experiments In Mass Appeal". I was pretty active on the Frost message board in the early days and I followed every 'Frost report', which were hilarious by the way.
When EIMA was released I liked it (still being in fanboy mode then), but later on, my initial enthusiasm was tamed a bit, and I haven't listened to EIMA for a long time now. I guess I think "Milliontown" is a better album overall.
Thanks to Jem's on and off attitude towards Frost*, I lost interest in the band. Occasionally I heard some news about the band, but then they disappeared into nothingness and well, the status of the band changed so much, I wouldn't even know...
Anyway, I just listened to the song The Dividing Line on YouTube and thought it was really good. Now, I only have "Milliontown", "Experiments In Mass Appeal" and the "Tour CD" EP. So what exactly am I missing?
I know there have been live albums and what not. But where can I get the new songs? And does anyone know the status of the new album? Is it even going to be released at all?
EDIT:
How many of these non-album songs are there anyway?
The Dividing Line, Heartstrings, The Forget You Song, etc...
Quote from: PH on Fri, 2014-09-12, 12:11:29
Anyway, I just listened to the song The Dividing Line on YouTube and thought it was really good. Now, I only have "Milliontown", "Experiments In Mass Appeal" and the "Tour CD" EP. So what exactly am I missing?
The Rockfield files, see a few posts above ;). Seriously: fun to watch and the music is great!
Quote from: PH on Fri, 2014-09-12, 12:11:29
And does anyone know the status of the new album? Is it even going to be released at all?
Jem's lates blog makes things clear: http://jemgodfrey.tumblr.com/ (http://jemgodfrey.tumblr.com/).
Quote from: PH on Fri, 2014-09-12, 12:11:29
How many of these non-album songs are there anyway?
The Dividing Line, Heartstrings, The Forget You Song, etc...
No idea, there are a few new songs on 'The Rockfield Files' (DVD/cd).
I have the live album The Philidelphia Experiment, the song The Dividing Line is on that album (3cd's) and I really like it.
Nick D'Virgilio is playing drums on that album and the intro is so typical Frost*.
Lots of humor in it.