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Existence

Existence Radio

General Info

  • Genre: Other / Progressive / Rock

    Location Montreal, Quebec, CA

    Profile Views: 17339

    Last Login: 11/15/2012

    Member Since 8/28/2006

    Website www.blackpearl.qc.ca/Existence.htm

    Record Label Black Pearl Productions

    Type of Label Indie

  • Bio

    .. Existence emerged in 1992 with a first concept, a rock opera, simply entitled Existence. The four musicians were presenting their creation in clubs of the Montreal area to a mystified crowd that was given a small libretto to help follow the story. There was no actor, no scenery, no special lighting. Just music played with passion. 90 minutes of pure Existence music played in two acts! For the audience who had never seen anything like that in a club before, it was quite a shock but also a revelation! .... In February 1994, Existence’s first act was released as the Fragile Whisperings Of Innocence album. The band then embarked on a small tour of the province of Quebec still playing the full concept. In 1995, Existence started opening for bigger acts to try reach more people. They concentrated on the major songs of the first concept but they also started adding new material to their act. .... 1998 saw the release of an EP entitled Another Fine Day Of… after a pause of two years. Existence wanted to test the radio market with three songs written for the next concept. The title track, an 8-minute progressive rocker, reached the 11th spot on the chart of WRKO radio station in Detroit. .... Existence released its second full concept - Small People, Short Story, Little Crime - in August 1999. The team mystified many more fans and music specialists with an impressive bunch of songs filled with emotions and breathtaking musical passages where violin, guitar and piano lead a dance – sometime tragic, but always beautiful. .... And the album concept is one grande oeuvre! It comes with a 56 pages magazine complete with articles, editorial, readers’ mail section, movie & album reviews and ads. Each article is related to a song and the song lyrics, in bold face, are worked into the text of the articles. CD and magazine are packaged in a cardstock slipcase that serves as the inner and outer sleeves. .... Since its release, the album got more than 30 ecstatic reviews from many underground music publications, mainly from Europe but also from the USA and Canada. .... Although Existence has been more than quiet in the last few years, each members of the band doing other stuff on the side, they did play with legendary progressive rockers Focus (also signed to Black Pearl Productions) in a small tour of Québec in 2002 and a few other shows in the Montreal region. .... But Existence will be back soon! The band has 2 albums worth of material ready for release and two new concepts in preparation! Soon to be released, the album Silent Screams in Violence, act II of Existence’s original 1992 rock opera concept, will be followed by a new concept called Lust & Passion. These releases will be followed by a stage show. .... Just wait, you haven’t seen anything yet! ..

  • Members

    .......... Gérard Lévèque; drums.. Richard Ranger; bass.. Gaston Gagnon; guitar, voice.. François Beaugard; violin.. Alan Charles; piano, guitar, voice

  • Influences

    .. .. .. .. .. ............ .......... .......... .. ..Existence's Small People, Short Story, Little Crime CD was recorded at: .......... ..Existence's Small People, Short Story, Little Crime CD 56-page booklet and artwork was made by Gérard Lévèque, Existence's drummer and wonderful graphic artist. Check out his Art Design website to see for yourself how talented our friend is! ..........

  • Sounds Like

    Many music specialists compared Existence to early Kansas, Pink Floyd, King Crimson and Supertramp although they all acknowledge it is very difficult to pinpoint any direct link to any of these bands. Existence is a blend between everything from the Beatles to Led Zeppelin to classical music...

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  • Barbara M Ramirez




    Your music is fantastic ...

    2 years ago
  • juliejerkoff

    Thank you :)

    2 years ago
  • jay

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eDUMEEl_ajM

    2 years ago
  • jay

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RwErcWaRXkc hi there,take a look!!!onelove,jay

    2 years ago
  • MEDIT

    Hi:) My new album "Sverdet" is out now:) You can find it at the following sites: itunes - cdbaby - emusic - last.fm - Amazon MP3 - LimeWire >This is the music for a play (written by Vera Henriksen) about the norwegian king Olav Haraldsson and his heathen sword Baesing. >Viking inspired dreamy world beat music! -Kjell.

    2 years ago
  • THE LAB

    Thanx, From the recording studio that you could be at RIGHT now....... Doing what you love most .......... RECORDING or, just MIXING EDITING MASTERING Complete the music that matters to you ! Within a fair budget .... Quietly take a look, incase we are recording .......... ~tF

    2 years ago
  • Black Candy Store

    Merci pour l'add!
    Laissez nous un petit mot si la musique vous plait!!

    Hi and thx for the add, drop us a word if you like the music!

    *Arno_Bcs *

    2 years ago
  • Poligraf

    Hey,

    Thanks for the connection !

     
    Tell me when are these times that I have dreams about
    Are they mere memories of better days gone by
    Unsubstantial fancies fated to fade away
    Or horizons waiting to be arisen to ? 

    And the fire I felt when this hope was brand new 
    When not even Everest could have kept me from you
    Has it burned its brightest or just given a hint
    Does it smolder for chance or consume its last fuel ?

    And the bridge you promised would serve as my footing
    Had I strayed from the path or was my step unsure
    Perchance that fall was meant to complete my healing
    So I'd see for myself what my strength could endure ?

    Weren't you the blue bird that had awaken me
    As I laid in the cold suffering of torment
    Sung me out of starving, loathing and lethargy
    Invited me to rise and resume my ascent ?

    As I now look forward to more of your magic
    Contemplating what so far had kept me bemused
    Just ahead are the times I have dreamt ecstatic
    I see the horizons and I am reinfused


    Best wishes,
    Chris

    3 years ago
  • Thy Celtic Cross

    Hi, thanks for the add, nice to meet you. Pleased to announce the NEW vocalist for the project, from Rio de Janeiro,
    Brazil, pleased to welcome Tatiana Tsai.

    You can hear Tatiana on the new revised version of the track: "Requiem Aeterna"--> www.myspace.com/renaissancecourt . You can hear more of Tatiana on her Myspace page, here: http://www.myspace.com/tatianatsai

    Thanks for the friendship, feel free to drop by for a listen and comment if you wish, Cheers!

    Add us on Facebook->

    http://www.facebook.com/pages/Thy-Celtic-Cross/105280899514027

    Thy Celtic Cross

    3 years ago
  • Of Wolves & Angels

    thanks for being our friend on here!
    hope you enjoy the rough demos..

    be sure to stop to say hello sometime
    and remember to tell all your friends!

    3 years ago
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