IO Earth Announced For RoSfest 2012
Date: Monday, September 05 @ 20:30:00 UTC
Topic: Festival News


RoSfest is happy to announce that UK act IO Earth has been signed for the 2012 edition of the Rites of Spring Festival.

This up and coming UK band made a name for themselves with their ambitious 2009 debut, a 20 track strong double album clocking in at just over 90 minutes. A CD that saw them nominated for "best debut album by the Italian Progawards website and voted as "best new/unsigned band" by the readers of UK magazine Classic Rock Presents Prog.

IO Earth was initially the creative vehicle of Dave Cureton (guitars, vocals) and Adam Gough (keyboards, guitars). Close personal friends with a relationship going back a decade or so; both of them sharing the view that music should be innovative and transcend boundaries. Their initial production documents a band that enjoy an emphasis on strong melodies and harmonic arrangements, this combined with quite a few nods in the direction of symphonic progressive rock - liberally flavored with details from styles such as (but not limited to) jazz, industrial, world music and new age/ambient.

While they started out as a creative duo, IO Earth became a full-fledged band project following the release of their debut album. Searching far and wide, high and low and possibly in some alternate dimensions too, Gough and Cureton managed to establish a unit of like-minded musical compatriots. Claire Malin (vocals), Richard Cureton (drums), Luke Shingler (flute, saxophone) and Christian Nokes (bass) make up the rest of this now 6 men and women strong ensemble. They have established themselves as a strong live act following a string of concerts in Europe and the UK promoting IO Earth's initial production. IO Earth is currently busy assembling a new CD, Moments, planned for release towards the end of 2011.

Make sure to listen to the IO Earth Audio file on the RoSfest website under the media tab.

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