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0 Master in Kathmandu Valley

  • November 6, 2022
  • by MetaQuorum
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MetaQuorum is a truly international gig. Take this track, Simple Minds, for example. Lyrics written in Moscow, drums & percussion recorded in Friesland, keys etc. in the North Pennines, and mastering in Houston. And first listening in faraway Kathmandu!

On a sunny August day, our dear friend KC Sherstha kindly drove us through the sweltering monsoon heat to a surprisingly cosmopolitan district of Patan in Lalitpur, nestled in the Himalayan foothills. In an oasis of greenery and hip cafes, we made our way to the Kathmandu Jazz Conservatoire where we were greeted by some of the very efficient and friendly staff there, and ushered into a well-equipped studio. It was great to listen to the first master with a few of the technicians/musicians and get their feedback, too.

Huge thanks to Eric C. Shrestha for arranging with Abhisek Pun for some studio time.

We were impressed with the setup – thanks guys! Look forward to a jam session next time we’re in Nepal 😉

Listening to the first master at the Kathmandu Jazz Conservatoire Recording Studio

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0 Simple Minds out on Streaming Worldwide!

  • November 4, 2022
  • by MetaQuorum
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MetaQuorum’s new single Simple Minds is out on streaming today all over the world!

Check it out @

https://tidal.com/browse/album/252053657
https://music.apple.com/…/simple-minds-single/1648154128
https://www.deezer.com/en/album/362854367
https://uk.7digital.com/…/release/simple-minds-24339864
https://soundcloud.com/metaquorum/simple-minds
https://www.amazon.com/music/player/albums/B0BJ16LXCS
https://www.qobuz.com/…/simple-minds…/go5tk5nyx69ub
https://www.emusic.com/…/234250728/MetaQuorum/Simple-Minds
https://music.line.me/webapp/artist/mi000000001ae44dde
https://music.163.com/#/album?id=152646836
https://musik.yousee.dk/album/275207316
https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=N4yD38R6Jgg

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0 MetaQuorum at FNP Radio Show Tonight

  • October 14, 2022
  • by MetaQuorum
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Join MetaQuorum on Friday Night Progressive radio show tonight

Live Show OCT. 14th 9:00 PM New York Time

fridaynightprogressive.com

Chat

Together with a bunch of other good progsters:

EBB

Kansai Progressive Rock Orchestra

Chrisalys

MetaQuorum

Alta Forma

In the labyrinth

Andrew Negustorov

Bonzo

Lore City

L’Orchidee Cosmique

This week there is a double shot evening. Two shows in one. The FNP 516 SHOW and an interview only show called “FNP SLICE” 12 min in length.

FNP SLICE is a fun artist bio creation for historical and educational purposes.

Broadcast Page Links:

Quick FNP stream link:

http://98.115.52.32:88/broadwave.mp3

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0 NEW SONG SIMPLE MINDS RELEASED TODAY!

  • October 9, 2022
  • by Foundation for the Preservation of Yungdrung Bön
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It’s been a while, but here it is, a new Single from MetaQuorum!

Bit of a new venture for us as Simple Minds is a song rather than our usual instrumental Meld. The album in the works – Blue Cosmic Pie – is mainly songs, too.

Here’s one early review:

“Love it! I really like the wide panning with the bass and other keys. The jam at the end with the slap bass is super funky. All of these cool musical happenings, while having a much-needed conversation about current events, it’s a really great thing you’ve done.” Chris Longwood, SugarHill Recording Studios, TX, USA.

LISTEN/DOWNLOAD:

Bandcamp @ https://metaquorum.bandcamp.com/album/simple-minds

VIEW/STREAM:

YouTube lyrics video @ https://youtu.be/fkuMtq5aKp0

Simple Minds is a hard-hitting alt-rock protest song calling out complacent apathy in a society flooded with fake news, as the planet slips into chaos.

Genres (iTunes): Main Genre: Rock: Alternative Rock/Post-rock; Alternate Genre: Rock: Funk Rock

Additional genres: Protest rock/Protest song; Jam band; Prog; Heavy Rock

Time: 8:26

Dmitry Ermakov: composition, lyrics, recording, keyboards, vocals, synth bass & synth guitars, drum programming, anthropophony, producing, mixing, cover art.

Koos van der Velde: recording, drums, percussion.

Recorded in North Pennines, UK & Friesland, Netherlands.

Mixed in UK.

Mastered by Chris Longwood @ SugarHill Recording Studios, Houston, TX, USA.

© Dmitry Ermakov, 2022.

℗ Dmitry Ermakov, 2022.

UPC: 5057998095391

ISRC: UK-682-22-13254

CAT N.: MQN014

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0 OUT OF THE SILENCE

  • October 7, 2022
  • by MetaQuorum
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Yes, I know, we’ve been quiet for a while… but… nothing can stop the music! Between the pandemic and earning a living, we’ve been beavering away at a new album: Blue Cosmic Pie.

It’s a bit of a new venture for us because this third album – unlike our other two mainly instrumental Meld – features mostly songs. Still with our unmistakable MetaQuorum top-notch flair, of course.

The first ‘slice of The Pie’ – a single called Simple Minds – is coming out on Bandcamp on Sunday, 9th October.

With lyrics by our very own Dmitry Ermakov, Simple Minds is a protest song calling out current social apathy. Keys (Dmitry) recorded in North Pennines, UK and drums and percussion (Koos) in Friesland. Mixed in the UK and mastered in Texas.

Available to listen and buy on Bandcamp and lyrics video on YouTube and Instagram on Sunday 9th October, and on all other streaming platforms by 4th November (except Spotify. We’re boycotting them ‘cos the CEO creams money he’s off all us musicians to invest in artificial intelligence defence technology). Watch this space for links.

More to follow soon on the story behind the track, plus what else to expect out of the Blue Cosmic Pie album.

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0 GOLDFINCH CHARM – April’s Track of the Month

  • April 7, 2019
  • by MetaQuorum
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Our next track of the month is GOLDFINCH CHARM, the last track on our Witchcraft Jazz album. One day a charm of goldfinches landed in Dmitry Ermakov ‘s backyard. They were fluttering around singing to each other across the flowers and so this inspired Dmitry to switch on his then new model of NI Komplete Kontrol keyboard and record the sketch for this piece in #Cubase. He quickly recorded all the parts except drums and then called in Koos van der Velde. who came for a session in Low Bisholpey Studio to add drums. It all took just a couple of days or so tp record and mix the track and send it off to Christopher Longwood of SugarHill Recording Studios for mastering. Chris did an awesome job. We were blown when we heard the master here at Low Bishopley. The track now possessed a kind of a calm but energetic joy and wholesome finality – clearly, the Witchcraft Jazz album was now complete. Here it is, #checkitout .

Dmitry Ermakov – composition, arrangement, keyboards, key-bass, synth & percussion programming, recording, producing, mixing.
Koos van der Velde – drums, recording, mixing.
Christopher Longwood – mastering.

http://metaquorum.bandcamp.com/track/goldfinch-charm

#jazzfusion #jazzrock #prog #artrock #muiscalimprovisation #electronic

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3 1-2-3… celebrating 1st anniversary of the 2nd album

  • February 22, 2019
  • by MetaQuorum
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1-2-3… celebrating 1st anniversary of the 2nd album – gearing up for Number 3!

Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/6oeC0Cjkvo3YnPB5on1Mkh

Bandcamp: https://metaquorum.bandcamp.com/album/witchcraft-jazz

Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/metaquorum/sets/witchcraft-jazz

Deezer: https://www.deezer.com/en/album/56017492

and everywhere else 😉

 

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0 SEASON’S GREETINGS FROM SEVEN DWARFS;)

  • December 23, 2018
  • by MetaQuorum
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Season’s Greetings from all of us @ MetaQuorum!

We were thinking what track from the Witchcraft Jazz album should be our next #trackofthemonth and, since the #festiveseason is approaching, it has to be SEVEN DWARFS ROCK! Here it is – #checkitout !

First draft was written and recorded by Victor Mikheyev​ some years back. The composition was then reworked with synths tracks played by Dmitry Ermakov​ at jam sessions in Saint Petersburg, Russia​ and Byala, Varna, Bulgaria​. The track was further produced in the UK and was supposed to be included in MetaQuorum’s first album Midnight Sun but it didn’t make the cut, was shelved and revisited again in 2017-2018. We rearranged it, many parts were re-recorded and we included live drums by Koos van der Velde​. And of course, we had great fun recording the ‘vocals (more on that later…) Dmitry and Koos mixed it at MetaQuorum’s studio in the North Pennines​ and then off it went to Houston, Texas​, to be mastered by Christopher Longwood​ at the SugarHill Recording Studios​.

So here it is – may your holidays rock!!!

 

P.S. Here is an archive video from vocals recording session for Seven Dwarfs Rock – laugh with us)))

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Well, it's not quite #santaslittleelves but here's how we recorded the vocal's for MetaQuorum's next #trackofthemonth Seven Dwarfs Rock. Or should we say "7 #dwarfs a-rockin'? ;)) I dare you to watch without #laughing ! #recordingartist #recordingstudios #xmas #vocals #funinthestudio #hipmetal #grunge #prog #electronicmusic #rockband #jazzhop #jazzcore #funkjazz #acidjazz #psychodelic

A post shared by MetaQuorum (@metaquorum) on Dec 17, 2018 at 10:54am PST

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0 November’s track of the month is AUTUMN GROOVE

  • November 11, 2018
  • by MetaQuorum
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November’s track of the month is AUTUMN GROOVE from our second album Witchcraft Jazz (2018). It started as a spontaneous drum and key-bass improvisation jam session at Koos​ ‘ place in Friesland November 2014 (hence the track’s name) after we’d finished re-recording drums for Clodhopping and Midnight Sun, two tracks for MetaQuorum’s first album Midnight Sun (2015). When Koos moved to UK later in 2015-16, we reworked this raw material several times: re-recorded drums, added percussion, plus many layers of synths and arranged it a bit etc. Then, by chance, we met Andrew Guerin at one of the improvisation sessions Newcastle upon Tyne​’s The Jazz Cafe​ . We invited Andrew for a recording session at our Low Bishopley Recording Studio one Sunday in autumn in 2015, and recorded several trumpet takes. It took us three more attempts to mix the track because we couldn’t quite balance the synths and the trumpet and then… along came NATIVE INSTRUMENTS​’ Komplete​ Kontrol! Dmitry​ revisited the composition and arrangement in the light of the seriously expanded synth and sound processing capabilities, adding some brass as well, so Koos and Dmitry had another go at the mix and got it right – at least in our opinion)) Then Christopher Longwood​ applied his superb mastering skills and voilà! Check it out 😉

AUTUMN GROOVE

Credits:
Dmitry Ermakov – composition, arrangement, keyboards, key-bass, synth-brass, synth programming, tambourine, recording, producing, mixing, cover art.

Koos van der Velde – composition, #drums, #jembe, recording, producing, mixing.

Andrew Guerin – #trumpet.

Christopher Longwood – #mastering.

© & ℗ Dmitry Ermakov & Koos van der Velde, 2017

 

Photos by Carol Ermakova​

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