May 2017

DAVID JUDSON CLEMMONS - The mouthpiece of ordinary people

The US-American David Judson Clemmons found a new home in Berlin many years ago. Rock music, highly emotional rock music is what he presents on his solo albums and with his two bands JUD and The Fullbliss. While his solo works are arranged more spartanly and The Fullbliss rock with a smoldering and longing, JUD is a heavy and rough band. However, David Judson Clemmons is always concerned with the everyday struggles, society and politics that can make the life of the so-called little man a strain.

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FAUST continues to knit its legend with the help of the Cadavre exquisite

eclipsed: The album title "Fresh Air" sounds relaxed and light at first. But then it did not become a loose and light album ...

Jean-Hervé Péron: No, it's not that. If you currently look at the world around you, what is happening in Turkey, in the USA and elsewhere, then it stinks enormously. I think a little fresh air would be in order.

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ROGER WATERS - Late victory

He was tired and exhausted, had already talked too much the last few days and had to step down a bit today. What the manager of Roger Waters passes on to the representative of the New York record company in the best sergeant manner shows little respect for half a dozen journalists who travelled from all over the world to the Big Apple to speak to the former Pink Floyd mastermind. All dates on a rainy Thursday noon at the end of April will be severely shortened. A nonchalant approach, which is not even communicated to most of those affected, in order to avoid resentment.

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ANATHEMA - A fine day to re-entry

It's warm in the lobby of the Berlin hotel "nhow". The sun shines through the panorama windows, which provide a clear view of the Spree. Anathema's singer and rhythm guitarist Vincent Cavanagh strolls relaxed through the lobby of the "nhow", which sees itself as "Europe's first music hotel", playing some melancholic notes on the piano. The 43-year-old visibly enjoys the atmosphere, the cappuccino, the sun and also the questions about the new Anathema album "The Optimist" as well as other important things of life.

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FOREIGNER - 40 Years of Assembly

"I've been living in New York City for over 40 years now," muses Mick Jones (72), "but whenever I'm in London, like now, I feel at home. I've remained a foreigner, even after all these years. For Johnny Hallyday and others I wrote songs for several years and was a session musician in France. Those were exciting years when I made friends with the Beatles and Jimmy Page. I think this time in France had its share in the later Foreigner sound."

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The world needs love - SAMSARA BLUES EXPERIMENT show how to turn sadness into beauty

The title of the new album of Samsara Blues Experiment, "One With The Universe", sounds very positive. It's like there's somebody in the right place with you and the world. Much, however, has come about against a serious background. "There's a lot of personal stuff in this album," says Chris Peters, mastermind of the trio, "maybe more than ever before. Three of the five songs are lyrically dedicated to my ex-girlfriend. That breakup had ripped me into quite a hole. I wanted to free myself creatively from it.

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THE ELECTRIC FAMILY - Family affair

Actually, "Terra Circus" came into being by chance. In 2014 Tom should play "The Perc" Redecker with his project Sun Temple Circus as support for Agitation Free. But the tour fell into the water, the concept remained. And since the majority of Sun Temple Circus participants were founding members of Electric Family anyway, it was only a small step towards reviving the psychedelic rock formation.

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THE BEATLES - 50 Years "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band"

We are in a place steeped in history, where the classic "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" was created: Abbey Road Studio 2. A large, high room where Giles Martin invited us in mid-April to present his arrangement, which he had tinkered with for almost a year and which proves to be a real sound miracle. The mono treasure, which appeared on 1 June 1967, is now a fully-fledged stereo epic that has been breathed new, dynamic life into with the help of state-of-the-art technology - without harming it in any way. On the contrary: "Sgt.

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"I never left YES" - YES feat. Anderson, Rabin & Wakeman are the headliners of the Night Of The Prog 2017

So far the British Jon Anderson, Rick Wakeman and Lee Pomeroy with the South African Trevor Rabin and the US-American star drummer Lou Molino III have sailed close to Germany since their new formation about two years ago. After a US tour last fall, an extensive UK tour and one gig each in Holland and Belgium in spring, we caught the band shortly after the end of a successful Japan off-shoot, their first tour under the name Yes feat. Anderson, Rabin & Wakeman.

eclipsed: Why did you change the band name to Yes feat. ARW now?

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DWEEZIL ZAPPA - The amazing ability to survive time

Dweezil Zappa is headliner of Zappanale #28. On the occasion of his only German guest appearance this year, eclipsed spoke with the 47-year-old US-American about his father's legacy, the meaning of "Freak Out!" and the dispute in the Zappa Family Trust.

eclipsed: This year you are headliner of the Zappanale, a festival dedicated to the musical legacy of your father since its foundation in 1990. How are your feelings before the show in Bad Doberan?

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