With over 30 years experience in the music industry, the multi-instrumentalist known as The Psychedelic Ensemble has garnered numerous awards including more than 20 ASCAP awards and many others. Having worked as a performer, composer, and arranger with many preeminent musicians worldwide, the artist has recently released three solo albums under the moniker of The Psychedelic Ensemble.
In 2009, Musea Records released the debut album, The Art of Madness. Nominated Best Debut Album at the ProgAwards, the album reached top rankings on polls and charts worldwide. 2010 saw the release of The Myth of Dying. Nominated Best Foreign Record and Best Production at the ProgAwards, the album also reached top rankings on charts and polls around the globe coming in at No. 29 on the 2010 Global Progressive Rock Poll Top 100. In 2011 The Dream of the Magic Jongleur was released. A spellbinding progressive rock album that combines art and symphonic rock styles. In collaboration with artist Sam Del Russi, The Dream of the Magic Jongleur fuses a complex collection of songs with a beautiful collection of original artwork produced for the album. Nominated for Best Keyboard Performance (Album) and Best Keyboard Solo (The Riddle) by «The Proggies» awards, the album reached many critics’ 2011 Top 10 lists including No. 1 (Alex Torres, Dutch Progressive Rock Page), No. 2 (Jon Neudorf, Sea of Tranquility), No. 3 (Gert Hulshof, Dutch Progressive Rock Page), Top 10 Progressive News Germany, Editors’ Choice (Wild Thing magazine, Greece), No. 9 (ProgLog Afterglow), the Top 100 Global Progressive Rock Poll, and additional polls worldwide.
Now in 2013 comes the fourth release from The Psychedelic Ensemble, The Tale of the Golden King. A 72-minute concept (10 tracks) presented in gapless format. The Psychedelic Ensemble is joined on selected tracks by orchestra and guest vocalist Ann Caren.
The music of The Psychedelic Ensemble combines progressive rock, symphonic rock, fusion, and classical styles. All four albums present dramatic concepts on gapless recordings. Each album is a dramatic and musical journey through inventive terrains. In The Art of Madness we follow the protagonist’s descent into madness; in The Myth of Dying we follow a deceased poet as he traverses the afterlife; in The Dream of the Magic Jongleur we follow a wandering musician—the jongleur—in his search for magic music; in The Tale of the Golden King we enter a legendary and enchanted kingdom. The psychedelic drama of each album unfolds in complex performances and musical styles. While creating the effect of a large ensemble, the music is, in fact, performed entirely by the solo artist, The Psychedelic Ensemble.
The music of The Psychedelic Ensemble is not for everybody, but if you enjoy tightly composed music of a highly complex style with rich contrapuntal fabrics and attention to details and overall musical form, you’ll surely want to hear The Psychedelic Ensemble.
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