TSM Promotions Presents Orion's Depature, Mandara, and Split Sofa
Date: Friday, July 22 @ 23:00:00 UTC
Topic: Album Release News


Two Side Moon Promotions are excited to welcome to the team three progressive rock artists, beginning with Orion's Depature, who released the The Light on May 23, 2011.

Orion’s Departure formed in the spring of 2009, when each member of the group was under the age of 17. Even though it took almost two years to come up with a name, Orion’s Departure immediately began creating original music. No one outside the band had even heard the music until August 2010, when they opened for Randy McStine’s Lo-Fi Resistance.

After a great reception, the group teamed up with McStine and began recording The Light, which was released in May. The Light blends many different styles into one cohesive concept album, ranging from psychedelic to straight guitar rock.

The band has had very successful live shows in the New York area and has already begun working on new material for their next studio album.

Band Line Up:

Taylor Chadwick - Piano, Keyboards, Vocals
Spencer Rowell - Guitar, Vocals
Brendan Duran - Bass
Pete Gierlach - Drums

Tracklisting:

1- Shiver
2- Orion's Departure
3- Andromeda
4- Tearing At The Seams
5- Nebula
6- Beautiful Dream
7- Epilogue
8- Fog
9- The Light

Next there's Florida's Mandara, and her new EP Empty Hearted, which is already in release. Born in New York and raised in the South, as a Buddhist in the Tennessee Bible Belt, Mandara grew up facing much religious persecution. This ostracization soon became the foundation for her music. By age 16 she had already dedicated most of her young life to encouraging people through her voice. Mandara was invited by Pepsi two years in a row to sing at Freedom Hall with audiences numbering over 100,000 people, as well as the first and second World Peace Concert at the Beck Black Heritage Center, and the National Cherry Blossom Festival in Washington D.C.

Mandara’s early realization was to sing out, using the purity of her youth and the power of her legacy as the granddaughter of the heroic Imre Kovacs - leader of the People and freedom fighter, to charge into the culture and awaken the seeking spirit of those who have become bound in hopelessness. Wherever she sings people tell her she touches their inner lives and inspires them. Since she was 10 when a room full of rockers pounded the air with their fists for her, and when at 14 after her performance at the National Cherry Blossom Festival, a Chinese family ran over to say how much she affected them; how different she was, or when just one Rolling Thunder member cried on her shoulder - Mandara has known what it feels like to provoke courage and create a bridge to their own future victories for those who listen.

As mentioned, Mandara is the granddaughter of Imre Kovacs, Hungarian Freedom Fighter, revolutionary, esteemed author, and Senior Editor of Radio Free Europe, who had established a democracy in Hungary, was threatened with execution by the authorities who felt his books provoked human rights, and escaped to America. He has a monument placed in Budapest and this year his biography was published. "My grandfather has always been a strong symbol for me and I carry his legacy close to heart," says Mandara.

Mandara is unique in rock music because she writes and performs songs that speak out for the protection of our civil liberties, overcoming the intolerance of our times, and strive to provoke in her audience the strength to overcome all personal obstacles. Infused in her music is the determination to be catalystic; encouraging individuals who hear it to be courageous and spiritually free. Each song she releases makes it to the top of independent music charts, two of which went to #1. Mandara states, "I have had fans from America and different countries throughout the world such as Greece, France, Israel, Germany, Iran, Indonesia, Pakistan, Australia, Norway, England, North Africa, and India contact me, saying my music has impacted them greatly. One individual stated that one of my songs saved his life. This has thrilled me and sustains my determination."

She has experienced first hand the non-sleeping bigotry still fierce, hungry, and very much alive today. Her persona has grace and grandeur; her voice projects the power of her heart to uplift. Therefore, she has set out to reassure our nation and encourage the world, through the conviction, power, and enlightenment of Mandara, that from this moment on there can be a new beginning.

"[...] Her new promising rather enjoyable self-titled EP. The band play modern alternative rock with a progressive twist entwined with a retro vibe on such as the excellent 'Destiny Is Now' with its deep thought provoking lyrical content, musically the song comes over in the vein of Stevie Nicks and Janis Joplin" - Fireworks Magazine, UK

Tracklisting:

1- Empty Hearted
2- Dragon’s Fly

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And to round out this trio of releases, there's UK progressive rockers Split Sofa who released their ninth recording, The Gathering. Split Sofa is a psychedelic pop band based in Doveridge (Derbyshire) by singer songwriter Lewie Docksey in 1999.

The band record their own material under a genre they call "Sofa Rock" and have released to date 6 albums & 2 EPs.

Formation (1999-Present): October 1999 saw the band release their debut maxi EP called Angerlistic Pillow, which contained all original songs. Between 2000 and 2001 the band built their own recording studio in Doveridge called "The Shack;" the band then set about recording their first full album of original material called The Day After The Day Before. Featuring Mick Strode (Band of Joy / Forevermore) on lead guitar, the album was picked up by local DJ Paul Baker on Burton On Trent’s Phoenix radio and was played with Lewie being invited to talk about Split Sofa and tracks played on the afternoon show.

2005 saw the release of The Sorcerers Lullaby which again featured Mick Strode on lead guitar; this again was played on radio Phoenix with another visit to the studio. Again the album was full of original songs. The album signified a change in direction which Lewie was not happy with and as soon as the release date came around, Lewie decided to write another album with a much harder edge.

The finished product was Draylon released in 2006. With the departure of Mick Strode in 2005, Lewie bought in Martin Gilman to work on the next album The Seventh Level and also bought in Gareth Williams on bass guitar.

Up until now the band were just a recording band and plans were set in place to get the band out there and perform their own songs to the public, An EP was written while in the middle of recording The Seventh Level called Dark Daze. The band switched to Overdrive Studios to record this.

The Seventh Level was released in 2007 and was sent out to over 80 celebrities including Jamie Oliver, Pete Townsend, Chris Evans, Prince Charles & William & Harry. The band were delighted to hear of some of the celebrities who said that they liked the sofa sound, this gave the band a major boost and Sofa started to do live work in 2007 with a few gigs booked. The band went down really well and people really embraced the new original material.

By June of 2008 the band decided to take the band a step further at getting a publishing deal and formed Operation Duvet. The plan was to blanket bomb every single publishing company in the UK and the six month project was under taken with a brand new EP called A mYstical Reason, a publishing package being printed and sent off. Over 120 publishing companies were contacted with a few getting back to them telling them that even though they liked the songs and product, times were hit hard in the music business and they should continue to push their music on the internet and live work. With this in mind Sofa contacted CD Baby and put the EP on their site, which in turn ended up on iTunes and various other downloadable websites.

With live work now being the focus, the band started to get booked for music festivals and pub venues; this still continues today. With the feedback from the music publishers Split Sofa decided to set up their own record label and publishing company called Daisy Chain Songs in 2009 while still continuing to push their songs on the internet.

By 2010 the band again released another album called The Gathering which CD Baby and iTunes helped to distribute and is still still selling well. After the release of the album the band have pushed to get live work with festivals lined up for 2011 and at the moment working on their seventh album Coloured Dream, with no release date set the band are continuing to push to get their unique sound heard.

Band Line Up:

Lewie Docksey - Vocal.Guitar, Piano, Organ
Gareth Williams - Bass, Vocal, Acoustic Guitar
Martin Gilman - Acoustic Guitar
Joe Nicklin - Lead Guitar
Dave Shipley - Drums

Tracklisting:

1- Circles
2- Shadowman
3- U Will C Me
4- Run From The Dawn
5- I'm Following
6- Wate My Time
7- Take Me There
8- So Long Ago
9- All That You Know
10- Before The Storm

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[Source: TSM Productions]







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