Rock | MetaQuorum

0 NEW SONG SIMPLE MINDS RELEASED TODAY!

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.

UPC: 5057998095391

ISRC: UK-682-22-13254

CAT N.: MQN014

0 OUT OF THE SILENCE

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, 9^th 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 9^th October, and on all other streaming platforms by 4^th 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.

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

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 😉

2 All About Jazz and Blues Interview with Dmitry Ermakov

All About Jazz and Blues has published an interview with Dmitry Ermakov today. The Story of the Day at the same site is Miles Davis - so we are chuffed by this coincidence :)

All About Jazz and Blues has published an interview with Dmitry Ermakov today. The Story of the Day at the same site is Miles Davis – so we are chuffed by this coincidence 🙂 Miles says: “We’re not going to play the blues anymore. Let the white folks play the blues. They got ’em, so they can keep ’em.” Well, thanks, Miles – we’ll keep it up :))) Follow the link to read the interview. Listen to MetaQuorum to keep cool and, also, drink loads of liquid to stay hydrated in this heatwave 😉

Follow the link below to read the interview:

http://jazzbluesnews.space/2018/07/26/dmitry-ermakov/

0 HAPPY NEW YEAR 2018!

Happy New Year, everyone!

2017 has been a full-on, productive year for us all here at MQ, and the New Year is alreay looking good!

Exciting news for 2018: we’re releasing the new album – Witchcraft Jazz – on vinyl! A limited edition, double LP with funky artwork courtesy of Dmitry will soon be available for pre-order. It’s a limited edition, copies are numbered, so watch this page for the pre-order link as the campaign will only run for 49 days. No turntable? No problem – we’re giving a free digital download with each record bought, and we’ll be making a few CDs, too.

Here’s a sneak preview: Dmitry listening to the final DMM master of a track from Side 1: The Bartender.

Have a great New Year!

Dmitry, Carol, Koos and Victor

1 MIDNIGHT SUN (Remastered) is Live

Midnight Sun (Remastered) was released on 18 June through all our usual digital distribution channels. And we are waiting for a bunch of limited edition CDs to arrive later next week. Why the need for Remaster? , you may ask. Well, the original master wasn’t really loud enough and it didn’t have this ‘big sound’ we developed for the 2016 releases. So Dmitry decided to remaster the album so that it comes closer to this new sound. We think it was a success. The tracks sound bigger and more 3D with many nuances coming to the fore. Give it a listen and see for yourself 🙂

http://metaquorum.bandcamp.com/album/midnight-sun-remastered

Cheers,

0 Interview with MetaQuorum on Progarchy

Interview with METAQUORUM

A UK based progressive rock project by Dmitri Ermakov and Koos van der Velde recently put out two new songs: “Jonathan Livingston” and “Migration.” The band that grabs inspiration from plenty of different genres talked with Progarchy about their creative chemistry.

0 METAQUORUM: New Wave of Progressive Music

MetaQuorum is featured on Prog-Sphere with interview @ http://www.prog-sphere.com/interviews/metaquorum-interview/ Check it out!

0 JONATHAN LIVINGSTON SINGLE IS OUT!

Hello everyone!

The first in our series of new singles was released a couple of days ago! Jonathan Livingston is already enjoying airplay and reviews, and we have 3 interviews lined up for next week.

As you might guess from the name, this track was inspired by Richard Bach’s book Jonathan Livingston Seagull which influenced so many during 70-80s and beyond.

“You have the freedom to be yourself, your true self, here and now, and nothing can stand in your way.”
― Richard Bach, Jonathan Livingston Seagull

The release is live on scores of download and streaming services so you’ll be able to tune-in wherever you are.

For STREAMING please follow us on Spotify @ https://goo.gl/i5n4rW, if you can – it costs you nothing and we get some pennies dropping each time it’s played.

For DOWNLOAD please go to our own shop @https://metaquorum.greedbag.com/

Or for the full list of services see bottom of the post 😉

PRESS:

“MetaQuorum are being very bold in May, with two singles released; fans of their funk laden electronica are in for a real treat as new track Jonathan Livingston is released on Sunday 15th May with Migration following on Saturday 28th May.

Jonathan Livingston is filled with punchy grooves, and is powerfully atmospheric. Mellow yet melodic, it makes full use of funk-filled slap bass lines and smooth electronic effects. All set against a soundscape of seagulls, it’s a dense, moody instrumental that harbours an emotive expressive representation of our longing for freedom. Migration is a similarly progressive track, an epic sound echoing the expanse of the solar system, it’s all filled with dance-trance rhythms.”

By Simon Beckwith on Thursday, May 5th, 2016.
NARC. Magazine @ http://goo.gl/xTxUY5

NEXT RELEASE

We’ll be bringing out our first song – Migration – in just 10 days. We’re all very excited about it, looking forward to sharing it with you all!

Cheers,

Dmitry, Koos and Carol

JONATHAN LIVINGSTON STREAM/DOWNLOAD LINKS

STREAM:
Spotify: https://goo.gl/i5n4rW
Tidal: http://listen.tidal.com/artist/6360894
Microsoft Groove : https://goo.gl/NqABxz
YouTube: https://goo.gl/jihguo
Rhapsody: http://www.rhapsody.com/artist/metaquorum/
Shazam: http://www.shazam.com/artist/200466377/metaquorum
DOWNLOAD:
MQ Shop: https://metaquorum.greedbag.com/
iTunes: https://goo.gl/P808Ab
GooglePlay: https://goo.gl/GujcNt
Bandcamp: https://metaquorum.bandcamp.com/
Amazon: https://goo.gl/BpPAab
Digital Tunes: https://www.digital-tunes.net/releases/jonathan_livingston
Emusic: http://www.emusic.com/artist/metaquorum/15010671/
Juke: http://goo.gl/2gi6TW
Junodownload: http://goo.gl/ynlRwH
Medianet: http://goo.gl/dyWkM1
Gobuz: http://goo.gl/xVDaf