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Canoeing on the River Styx

Album: Gods of 1973

Released: Aug 13, 2008

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Canoeing on the River Styx
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The Mighty Arp
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Bombs Away
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Genre: Experimental / Gothic / Progressive
Location SAN FRANCISCO, California, US
Profile Views: 8040
Last Login: 5/27/2012
Member Since 8/13/2008
Website contact: castlecanyon@wackoworldmusic.com
Record Label Bottomfeeder Records (info@wackoworldmusic.com)
Type of Label Indie
Bio
Caslte Canyon CDs are at CDBaby.com, Syn-phonic (synphonic.8m.com), iTunes, progwahalla, and many digital outlets. Castle Canyon is a band in 1973. They are still there, yet they are here. They have come forward in time to record their first album, "Gods of 1973." They were just high school kids back then, with a great band in the wrong town (it's a nice town, but just no place for prog kids to play). They are still high school kids back there, yet are here to record the music that never got heard. All the atoms are wiggling, the randomness is charged, and Castle Canyon bends in space-time, believing through it all in over-the-top pomp-rocking synthesizer wailing and atmospheres stranger than the surface of Jupiter. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Members
Erik Ian Walker: Arp 2600, Hammond M-3, Hohner Clavinet, Oberheim Matrix-12, Mellotron, Nord Electro 2, Yamaha DX-7, Piano, Wurlitzer Electric Piano, Guitar Fred Chalenor: BASS Paul Elias:Drums
Influences
Gentle Giant, Stravinsky, Spike Jones, Frank Zappa, Emerson, Lake & Palmer, PFM, Bartok, Blues, Led Zeppelin, psychoactive things, Amon Duul, Morton Subotnick, Arvo Part, The Residents, Captain Beefheart, Beethoven, whatever is playing in some store we're in, natural sounds happening all around.
Sounds Like
Gentle Giant, Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Genesis, Amon Duul, Bartok Rock, Yes, PFM, Triumverat, Beethoven, Stravinsky, Handel, Gothic, Classical Rock, Prog Rock, Art Rock,

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Jun 30

Castle Canyon

After producing many other people's records, we're back to our own. Our bassplayer, Fred Chalenor, is no longer unstuck in time, and is now permanently in the present, and has turned into an upright bassist, retiring into the world of avant-garde jazz. This sent the boys reeling for a bit, but we're back now and will finish good 'ol Criteria Obsession. We have a great painting for the cover, so that's motivation enough. Last time we were back in '74, we couldn't find the lyrics to the Mushroom Song, which is kinda crucial. Next time we go back, I'll have to ask my brother, who is in Portugal at the time.
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