December 22, 2024

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Drummer Mark Murdock To Release New Prog Album “Visitors From Another Planet” Featuring Members of Atomic Rooster, Nektar & Others!

Mark Murdock’s new prog release “Visitors From Another Planet” featuring a cast of visiting prog earthlings like drummer Ric Parnell of Atomic Rooster/Spinal Tap, drummer Ron Howden, bassist Derek ‘Mo’ Moore, both from the band Nektar, also drummer Alan Childs of David Bowie, guitarist Fernando Perdomo, guitarist Katsumi Yoneda of French TV, guitarist Joe Berger, vocalist Tim Pepper of TheId and more…

Mark Murdock, best known as the drummer in Peter Banks (YES) Empire Mark lll, The New Empire with Fernando Perdomo, Cymbalic Encounters with Brand X members. Mark most recently released a solo record, “The Phoenix Has Risen” and with Nuclear Bird’s “Tyrannical Megalomanic.” Mark sees his new creation “Visitors from Another Planet” as a “further contribution to the Arts with new dimensions and atmospheres not explored on my previous works.”

“Visitors from Another Planet” Track Listing:

  1. Visitors from Another Planet
  2. Time Travelers from the Future
  3. The Purveyors of Underworld Ideas
  4. The Tarnished Mirror
  5. False Algorithms
  6. Forgotten Episodes
  7. The River of Illusion
  8. Somewhere and Nowhere
  9. Adapted for Theater
  10. Sub-Reactional Stratospheric Complex
  11. Friction
  12. Shadows that Stood Between the Lies
  13. In Speculation

Artists:
Mark Murdock – drums, synthesizer & gongs
Tim Pepper – lead vocal
Ric Parnell – drums & percussion on 2, 4 & 13
Alan Childs – drums on 3
Ron Howden – drums on 6 & 7
Fernando Perdomo – guitar on 1, 4, 7, 9 & 11
Derek ‘Mo’ Moore – bass on 7
Joe Berger – lead guitar on 11 & alien voice on 1
Katsumi Yoneda – guitar on 5, 6, 9 &13
Dave Juteau – guitar on 1, 2, 8 & 12
Preston Murdock – guitar on 3 and 7
Kenta Shimokuni – bass
Rod Farlora – bass on 10
Jeff Curry – bass on songs 2, 3, 6, 8 & 12


All songs composed, produced, mixed and mastered by Mark MurdockArtwork by Jiro OshimaCopyright 2021
Watch the Promotional video for “Visitors from Another Planet”:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E6BRnJaX_oA
Pre-order the physical CD though DiskUnion, Japan:https://diskunion.net/progre/ct/detail/1008368222
Buy Artist direct for a signed CD:cymbalicencounters@gmail.com
Digital download:https://cymbalicencounters.bandcamp.com/album/visitors-from-another-planet
*Features the Bonus Track “The Truth is Out There”
*Soon to be launched on: iTunes, Amazon, Spotify