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A UK based Progressive Pop/Rock band with a sound rich in dynamics and wry with an impelling quirkiness. With influences ranging from Led Zeppelin to Spock’s Beard to Stevie Wonder, and Leonard Cohen, they have just unleash their first album, Grafting Lines and Spreading Rumours on an unsuspecting public.
Recorded at their own Tree house Studio, the album is the result of two years worth of writing, in between rehearsing and playing shows across the whole of the country, at venues ranging from open-air festivals in Shropshire, Plymouth and even Glastonbury, to setting up in very small rooms in Nottingham and the Wilds of Somerset, via gigs in central London.
The final mixing and mastering of the album was undertaken by Karl Groom (Threshold) at Thin Ice studios, and the resultant disc is due for release in 2007 and Features 14 tracks of musical diversity that run the full gamut of styles from pop to full-bore rock.
The band began in earnest in 2003/04 when Chris Buckler and Neil Ablard met Dan Jones on a sound engineering course. This led to Dan being invited to join the guitar-less band that Chris and Neil had been playing in, along with Jim Peterson and Steve Barratt. The resultant clash of musical ideals spewed forth a frenzied writing spree, with songs running a gamut of styles emerging from the band’s rehearsal room. A selection of four of these songs made it onto The Dreaming Tree’s first recorded output, the self-titled EP that was recorded at Lakeside Studios in Sandwell, Birmingham.
Throughout the rest of 2004 and into 2005, the band played as many shows as they could, all whilst continuing to write new music, with an amassed total of over 30 songs. They concentrated on building a good live platform, and deliberately tested themselves and their material in a variety of settings, from larger, fully electric shows through big PA stacks, to unplugged acoustic shows, sometimes stripping the songs down to only guitar and vocals. Any chance to play they took, and in any format, be it with 2, 3, 4 or all 5 of the band. This led to developing an almost improvisational style live, with sets often featuring jams that could take any twist and turn.
During 2006, the band decided to expand on their rehearsal space by constructing their own studio. After that was complete, the task of recording the album to document the last two years’ worth of songs began. The resultant disc features modern pop/rock songs like ‘Nyrolex’ and ‘Dreams and Shadows’, with their strong melody lines and choruses, through longer, more grandiose progressive songs like the 8-minute ‘Static’, up to stomping full-force metal-tinged songs like ‘Ashes’ and ‘Corner of a Circle’, with plenty of other styles sneaking in to leave subtle marks on the songs.
The finished work is undoubtedly a true reflection of the varied tastes and influences of this remarkable band. The band are now looking to move through the rest of 2007/ 2008 continuing to write more music, whilst promoting the new album through yet more performances on the road.
Recorded at their own Tree house Studio, the album is the result of two years worth of writing, in between rehearsing and playing shows across the whole of the country, at venues ranging from open-air festivals in Shropshire, Plymouth and even Glastonbury, to setting up in very small rooms in Nottingham and the Wilds of Somerset, via gigs in central London.
The final mixing and mastering of the album was undertaken by Karl Groom (Threshold) at Thin Ice studios, and the resultant disc is due for release in 2007 and Features 14 tracks of musical diversity that run the full gamut of styles from pop to full-bore rock.
The band began in earnest in 2003/04 when Chris Buckler and Neil Ablard met Dan Jones on a sound engineering course. This led to Dan being invited to join the guitar-less band that Chris and Neil had been playing in, along with Jim Peterson and Steve Barratt. The resultant clash of musical ideals spewed forth a frenzied writing spree, with songs running a gamut of styles emerging from the band’s rehearsal room. A selection of four of these songs made it onto The Dreaming Tree’s first recorded output, the self-titled EP that was recorded at Lakeside Studios in Sandwell, Birmingham.
Throughout the rest of 2004 and into 2005, the band played as many shows as they could, all whilst continuing to write new music, with an amassed total of over 30 songs. They concentrated on building a good live platform, and deliberately tested themselves and their material in a variety of settings, from larger, fully electric shows through big PA stacks, to unplugged acoustic shows, sometimes stripping the songs down to only guitar and vocals. Any chance to play they took, and in any format, be it with 2, 3, 4 or all 5 of the band. This led to developing an almost improvisational style live, with sets often featuring jams that could take any twist and turn.
During 2006, the band decided to expand on their rehearsal space by constructing their own studio. After that was complete, the task of recording the album to document the last two years’ worth of songs began. The resultant disc features modern pop/rock songs like ‘Nyrolex’ and ‘Dreams and Shadows’, with their strong melody lines and choruses, through longer, more grandiose progressive songs like the 8-minute ‘Static’, up to stomping full-force metal-tinged songs like ‘Ashes’ and ‘Corner of a Circle’, with plenty of other styles sneaking in to leave subtle marks on the songs.
The finished work is undoubtedly a true reflection of the varied tastes and influences of this remarkable band. The band are now looking to move through the rest of 2007/ 2008 continuing to write more music, whilst promoting the new album through yet more performances on the road.
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07-14-2008 New acoustic album coming soon...
01-17-2008 2008 Update
The Dreaming Tree are currently recording a new set of songs
for a forth coming Electric and Acoustic album. The Electric album is planned
for release mid 2009 while the Acoustic album should be out before the end of
this year. The band have finished recording the drum tracks for the Acoustic
album while guitar tracks will begin this week. Further recordings will be
completed during the next two months.
Stay tuned for further updates via the
bands myspace www.myspace.com/thedreamingtreeuk
01-17-2008 2008 Update
Well well well...did we have a good year last year or what?
Well the end of it anyhow. Since we pulled our fingers from our rears and finished our debut album in mid August 07 things just went form good to great. First off as I mentioned we had our first full length recording. This has been a three year ordeal, getting to know each other, trying out new things. In the end the album was a collective of styles and tempos. Since the album we have had a couple of interesting reviews, which were positive i must add, however they seemed to be puzzled by the fact that anyone would want to use the full length of a compact disc and put on that disc a wide variety of music...music that you have enjoyed creating. I think we come from a different breed of muso's who just like doing what we do and hope others will like it too. This band isn't about trying to be one style or genre, it's about...and to quote our good friend Prog Paul "Good music or bad music."
From the completion of the album led to us looking for a digital download outlet and we were over the moon when we were invited to sign a digital deal with French label Believe Digital. This has yet to grow and show its true strength but as people get to know who we are the support is there for those out there to purchase our tunes.
Next on the cards was radio. We made a couple of great contacts one being Prog Paul and his Tea Lady and the Sound Scapes show. We would like to thank Paul and Lyn very much for your kind support. From there we also were introduced to the Classic Rock Society and Martin Hudson. Martin has also been very kind to us providing us with a support opportunity later this year. We would also like to thank him for providing us with the free tickets to the CRS Band of the year awards. We were nominated in the awards which again took us unawares but still we were over the moon.
As you can see things have really moved on for us and will continue that way. I think we have found some new direction which will prove to be fruitful.
Keep your eyes and ears peeled as the whole band is going away for a week writing holiday where we intend to finish some new songs, write new songs and plan our next moves...oh and recharge our batteries.
Thanks to everyone who knows us, those who have brought the album, and those of you who come to our gigs large or small.
Have a great year in 2008...we will.
Well the end of it anyhow. Since we pulled our fingers from our rears and finished our debut album in mid August 07 things just went form good to great. First off as I mentioned we had our first full length recording. This has been a three year ordeal, getting to know each other, trying out new things. In the end the album was a collective of styles and tempos. Since the album we have had a couple of interesting reviews, which were positive i must add, however they seemed to be puzzled by the fact that anyone would want to use the full length of a compact disc and put on that disc a wide variety of music...music that you have enjoyed creating. I think we come from a different breed of muso's who just like doing what we do and hope others will like it too. This band isn't about trying to be one style or genre, it's about...and to quote our good friend Prog Paul "Good music or bad music."
From the completion of the album led to us looking for a digital download outlet and we were over the moon when we were invited to sign a digital deal with French label Believe Digital. This has yet to grow and show its true strength but as people get to know who we are the support is there for those out there to purchase our tunes.
Next on the cards was radio. We made a couple of great contacts one being Prog Paul and his Tea Lady and the Sound Scapes show. We would like to thank Paul and Lyn very much for your kind support. From there we also were introduced to the Classic Rock Society and Martin Hudson. Martin has also been very kind to us providing us with a support opportunity later this year. We would also like to thank him for providing us with the free tickets to the CRS Band of the year awards. We were nominated in the awards which again took us unawares but still we were over the moon.
As you can see things have really moved on for us and will continue that way. I think we have found some new direction which will prove to be fruitful.
Keep your eyes and ears peeled as the whole band is going away for a week writing holiday where we intend to finish some new songs, write new songs and plan our next moves...oh and recharge our batteries.
Thanks to everyone who knows us, those who have brought the album, and those of you who come to our gigs large or small.
Have a great year in 2008...we will.
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