{"id":25831,"date":"2024-11-25T00:27:24","date_gmt":"2024-11-25T00:27:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/?p=25831"},"modified":"2024-11-25T00:27:27","modified_gmt":"2024-11-25T00:27:27","slug":"prog-duo-the-vegetarians-to-release-new-album-space-age-pagliacci","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/2024\/11\/25\/prog-duo-the-vegetarians-to-release-new-album-space-age-pagliacci\/","title":{"rendered":"Prog Duo The Vegetarians To Release New Album \u201cSpace Age Pagliacci\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Vegetarians are a Swedish-American duo consisting of Hans Annellsson, composer & musician from Sweden, and composer & songwriter John Tabacco from Long Island, NY. Their eagerly anticipated new album, \u201cSpace Age Pagliacci\u201d, is a semi-concept album about spacetime. Stylistically, the music is a mix of Prog Rock & Classic Rock, with some hints of Circus Music.

Says Hans, \u201cThere is a concept in the lyrics. They are all related to space and time in some way.\u201d John elaborates, \u201cA.I. is becoming a force to reckon with. This CD explores the existential threat A.I. proposes to humans. We also explore the hidden force behind “fear”, that being of an extraterrestrial influence. Truth is also an issue here. How can we trust anything? There is also some self-deprecating awareness of the absurdity of being alive in this dimension. The cover of the CD has a picture of the first A.I. robot (\u201cSophia\u201d – an actual citizen now of Saudi Arabia) sitting – as a person (of unspecified gender in a protective space suit) serenades her. Not the warmest of relations. And that might be part of the A.I. \/ Human problem.\u201d

Working together with several different singers such as John Tabacco, Robin Schell, John Crowe, Marc Mollan, John Marshall Gibbs and Napoleon Murphy Brock, the project started around 2000 as a vehicle for recording some prog covers of YES, Frank Zappa, King Crimson, Genesis, ELP, Adrian Belew, Peter Hammill etc. The prog covers can be found on the albums \u201cRemustered & Remixed Salad\u201d and \u201cThe Calling\u201d.\u00a0

Billy Sherwood said this about the song \u201cThe Calling\u201d:\u00a0\u201cA good rocking version, well done boys.\u201d<\/em>
Adrian Belew had this to say about The Vegetarians version of his song \u201cDream Life,\u201d:\u00a0\u201cBeautiful, I was really moved to hear your version, maybe I’m not forgotten after all.\u201d<\/em>

In support of the new album The Vegetarians hope to play The Zappanale Festival in Bad Doberman, Germany, again.

In closing the duo has this message to relay, \u201cThe message is learn to know thyself \u2018Temet Nosce.\u2019 And whatever you do \u2013 don\u2019t let anyone get the best of you. You matter just as much as the next being.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tracks:<\/strong>
1. AI\u2019s Failed Dream (7:16)2. The Run Around (3:14)3. Strangle Rocket Fair (7:38)4. Android Forty 2 (4:00)5. Not A Lot Has Changed (3:08)6. Dark Reptilian Clown (2:28)7. There\u2019s Nothing To Do Now (3:33)8. Where Do You Go? (5:21)9. Advice (3:24)10. Parallel-O-Gram (4:55)11. Silly Song (2:57)12. I\u2019ve Got A Secret To Tell You (4:03)13. Doubt And Fear (5:13)14. Another Universe \u2013 Please (3:45)15.The Saucers Are Here (4:49)
All songs written by Annellsson & Tabaccoexcept track 3, 6 & 10 by Annellson, Tabacco & Pomes\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Liner Notes:<\/strong>Produced by Hans Annellsson & John TabaccoPerformed by Hans & John with the help of Gustaf Hielm (Meshugga) – BassBobby Halvorson (Brother, Sister) – Harmony Vox, Jonathan Mehler \u2013 Guitar& Anthony Pomes (The Blast) – Guitar. Cover by Catherine Tabacco & Farben Fosfeen ArtwerksMix, mastering & layout by Janne Brovall, Brovall production<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hans Annellsson:<\/strong>\u00a0Composer & musician from Sweden. On the Annellssongs label Hans has released both music in Swedish, with The Vegetarians in English, and some instrumental music. The instrumental music is available on the albums \u201cA Pirate In Ambient Waters\u201d & \u201cScenes & Takes\u201d. A new instrumental album \u201cGoodly Odd\u201d will be released later this year. To support himself Hans works as a music teacher at Malm\u00f6 International School. Being a massive Frank Zappa fan Hans got permission from Frank, before he went on his last tour, to release a Swedish version of \u201cPenis Dimension.\u201d That version can be found on an album called \u201cFr\u00e5n A Till \u00d6\u201d by Hans and Mats \u00d6berg. Hans also recently produced Mats \u00d6berg\u2019s album \u201cFrankful,\u201d solo piano renditions of the music of Frank Zappa.

John Tabacco:<\/strong>\u00a0American composer, singer songwriter, engineer, multi-instrumentalist, and graphic artist. He is co-founder of SA3 (a proprietary analog to digital conversion technology for sound and video) and has engineered \/mixed and mastered music for the past 30 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To purchase:<\/strong>
Bandcamp:\u00a0https:\/\/thevegetarians.bandcamp.com\/album\/space-age-pagliacci<\/a>

Spotify:\u00a0https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/album\/7b7khQqC4ekEn9Xi2AFuOz?si=pMfaLLANTCK5ousP2f1PpA<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

For more information about The Vegetarians:<\/strong>Homepage:\u00a0www.annellssongs.com<\/a>
Facebook:\u00a0https:\/\/bit.ly\/3iOXuw7<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/www.johntabacco.net<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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