Artists – VoyagerFest http://www.voyagerfest.org Experimental. Progressive. Evolving. Fri, 10 May 2019 02:55:21 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 http://www.voyagerfest.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/cropped-voyager-favicon-32x32.png Artists – VoyagerFest http://www.voyagerfest.org 32 32 New Album Releases by Austin Bands http://www.voyagerfest.org/2018/09/20/new-album-releases-by-austin-bands Thu, 20 Sep 2018 16:44:27 +0000 http://www.voyagerfest.org/?p=1416 Two great bands from Austin are releasing an album and an EP!

Stop Motion Orchestra released their latest album, Lightworks, on August 28th both on CD and vinyl. Make sure you grab a copy on vinyl. The artwork is splendid.

Opposite Day are releasing their EP, Divide by Nothing, today, September 20th. They have a couple awesome videos with some of the music. They will celebrate the release of this EP on October 11 at Empire Control Room.

Both albums have great pieces and showcase very different aspects of progressive music. The production qualities are also very high and you can tell those two bands pay great attention to their releases.

]]> Amanda LePre’s “Beneath the Forest of Error” http://www.voyagerfest.org/2016/07/10/amanda-lepres-beneath-forest-error Sun, 10 Jul 2016 18:56:10 +0000 http://www.voyagerfest.org/?p=657

You may have seen Descendants of Erdrick (progressive metal arrangements of classic video game soundtracks) at VoyagerFest 2015 with guitarist and occasional vocalist Amanda Lepre fronting. She has a solo album of quite different music and has been playing shows of the material this summer.

Beneath the Forest of Error is driven by energetic acoustic guitar riffs backed by drums, bass, keyboards, and electric guitar.  The intensity of some acoustic guitar parts reminds me of Steve Morse–check out the beginning of the song “The Gift.”  Lead vocals are passionate and vocal harmonies abound.  A few songs edge into metal territory but at its heart the album is acoustic guitar and vocals.

There are some progressive elements to the music.  For example, there are a few places where a bridge or chorus shifts into an odd time signature such as 13/8, 7/4, or 5/4.  A few songs have many creative vocal overdubs that give a Kate Bush vibe.  Check out the vocal layers in the middle portion of the song “Forest of Error” for instance. The VoyagerFest shirt from last year had the phrase “explore something outside the mainstream” and this album certainly meets that standard!

Descendants of Erdrick recently completed a short tour in which they worked in a couple of solo sets with band (see this Twitter video.  Here in Austin, Amanda Lepre will play an early show at The Sidewinder on Saturday, July 16, at 7 PM with Bitforce opening at 6 PM.  There won’t be vocal overdubs or electric guitar but then I enjoy hearing songs that are arranged and performed differently than the studio originals.
]]> Eric Power: ericpowerup http://www.voyagerfest.org/2015/09/07/eric-power-up Mon, 07 Sep 2015 19:20:06 +0000 http://www.voyagerfest.org/?p=196 Eric Power is an animator and video director.

He has been crafting exciting animated films in a wide array of styles for over a decade.  In this time, he has directed over 30 animated music videos, several short films, webisodes, advertisements, and two long form documentaries.  After gaining acclaim for his animation output, he decided it was time to venture into the world of feature animated films.  In 2011 he began production on Path of Blood, which he both directed and animated independently.  The film is currently complete and playing in a city near you soon!

He currently lives in Austin Texas, with his beautiful wife Alicia, and daughter Lily.

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