Nick Jackson (Vocals/Guitar)
with
Craig West (Bass/Vocals)
Andy Rowberry (Lead Guitar)
Alex Inglis (Drums)
Brian Holmes (keyboards)
Rob Archibald (keyboards)
Bryan Beleau (Lead Guitar)
Ed Young (Drums)
Influences
Mansun, Pink Floyd, Porcupine Tree, Tears For Fears, Opeth, The Cure, NiN, Devin Townsend and any music that sings to your heart, mind and soul.
Sounds Like
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DEPARTURE – CD/DVD - SVRCD010 – JULY 2009 IT’s long awaited fourth album and debut with Sonic Vista Music.11 relentless tracks, takes the listener on a all familiar journey. This package is jammed packed with extras. The ‘Departure’ digipak album includes a bonus DVD with videos, a 30 min documentary, a live show, bonus tracks and a photo gallery. This is a must for every IT fan. A truly amazing package! You’ll also receive a link via email to download the digital version of the album on June 1st. Pre-order now!
KILLING ME - SINGLE – SPCDS05- March 2008 The first single taken from the band’s forthcoming album Departure. Written by IT. Produced and mixed by Nick Jackson. Backed with a live version of Stay Tuned, recorded in August 2007 at Algoma University.
TIME AND PLACE – SINGLE – SPCDS04- July 2007 From the forthcoming Trauma EP, Time & Place is a stepping-stone between the band’s Over and Out and Departure sounds. Written by Craig West. Produced and mixed by Nick Jackson. Backed with an edit of Time & Place.
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STRANDED – SINGLE –
SPCDS03- July 2002 Stranded is the third single taken from the Over and Out album.Written, produced and mixed by Nick Jackson. Backed with previously unreleased Strange Reply, written by Andy Jackson
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OVER AND OUT – FULL LENGTH ALBUM – SPCD01- June 2002 The third IT album. A concept album that flows uninterrupted from start till end. All tracks written, produced and mixed by Nick Jackson, except Leaving the Planet and Coming Home by Andy Jackson.
SPACE CADET – SINGLE – SPCDS02- January 2002 The second single taken from the Over and Out album.Written, produced and mixed by Nick Jackson
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GOOD MORNING AMERICA – SINGLE – SPCDS01- February 2001 The first single taken from the Over and Out album. Written, produced and mixed by Nick Jackson. Backed with the previously unreleased b-side Watching the Screen and the mock talk show video, The Robert Black Show.
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TWO WORLDS – FULL LENGTH ALBUM – January 1995 The second IT album. Produced, written and mixed by Nick Jackson except where co-credited. This album shows a growing maturity in song writing and marks the beginning of IT’s foray into concept albums and multi-media work.
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THE STRANGER INSIDE THE SELF - FULL LENGTH ALBUM – May 1994 The first IT album. Written, produced and mixed by Nick Jackson. This album marks Nick’s debut as a lead vocalist and begins the band’s musical journey.
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Artist: IT
Title: Departure
Format: Digital Download, USB Stick, Double CD/DVD Package
Release Date: June 1st, 2009
Label: Sonic Vista Music (SVRCD010)
Sonic Vista is delighted to welcome IT (pronounced ‘it’, not I.T.) to its roster for the release of IT’s new album, ‘Departure’.
Beginning life as a psychedelic, multi-media group, IT is a band with a colossal sound that shakes the bones and, with a barrage of images, feeds the mind. Based both in London England and Sault Ste. Marie Canada, IT is part of a new movement in Progressive Rock that includes such bands as Porcupine Tree and Nine Inch Nails, among others. IT’s sound fuses the classic melodies of prog rock’s past with a passion and intensity usually only found in punk or metal bands. Politics, religion, war and sexuality all come under the Band’s lens for critical examination. Lyrics are intelligent, challenging and occasionally darkly humorous. The bottom line is that the IT experience will inform your thinking, feelings and memory long after the last notes have ended.
In 2004 IT began to redefine itself as Band leader Nick Jackson experimented with new images of sight and sound that would inspire and challenge IT members and audiences alike. They defined generally and conceptually what the Band members as a group have successfully actualized in IT’s fourth album, Departure. Guitarist Andy Rowberry, who joined the Band at the end of IT’s last album tour, Over and Out, brings the power and strength of metal to IT. Drummer Alex Inglis, with his rapid-fire high-energy double-kick drumming, pumps up the punk in the Band and its roots. Keyboardist and technical guru Rob Archibald, master of diverse genres and complexities made simple, provides the fourth dimension to the Band. Individually, Nick, Andy, Alex and Rob are four. Together, they’re IT -- a quantum leap in performance dynamics and vision.
Many guests also joined the recording of Departure, coming from genres ranging from metal to bluegrass. Although rooted in progressive music, IT knows no boundaries in realizing ideas. For example, the track Burn fuses country and metal into an unlikely yet unforgettable synthesis. Stand Back is a melodic pop song, while the single Killing Me, with its double-kick attack is hard rock all the way. The Album combines an audio CD with each track, carefully crafted over the past 3 years, along with IT’s first DVD including two music videos, a 30 minute documentary and several live tracks capturing the Band’s high energy live sound and multi-media show.
IT formed in 1994 when Nick Jackson recorded and produced the Band’s first full-length album, The Stranger Inside the Self. This was also when the Band first began using multimedia during live shows with the inclusion of short films playing behind the group on stage. IT’s next album, Two Worlds, was released in early January 1995, and that year also saw IT appearing on the James Whale TV Show, a television program highlighting new bands. Between 1996 and 1998, Nick built Spacehouse Studios in London, a purpose built recording studio where the Band has made every album since. January 2000 saw IT greet the 21st century with its website, www.spacehouse.tv, which enabled communication with fans and showcasing of material worldwide. The Band’s third album, Over & Out, was released on June 21st 2002. It was created as a concept with a story line and was performed by IT live in its entirety accompanied by projected visual montages created by Nick Jackson using the technique of ‘Video Sampling’. Live actors also played out one of the album’s main themes, the ‘live talk show’, in the single, Good Morning America. The Band toured Great Britain and Canada with Over and Out sharing live creative performances with fans on both sides of the Atlantic. This ended the first chapter of IT’s story as long time friend and collaborator James Johnson left the Band for the joys of marriage and family. Guitarist Andy Rowberry, drummer Alex Inglis and keyboard player Rob Archibald thus came to help define the Band’s future.
With the release of Departure and a European tour in the works, IT has achieved a standard that will see the Band established as a major exponent of fusing the best of brilliantly crafted classic rock with much-needed meaningful social comment.
Just stopping by to say hi and give you some news. The award winning album 'Welcome To Murraysville' from Phil Murray and the Boys From Bury is available worldwide from CD Baby and directly from the merchandise page of the official website. You can also get the album from Apple iTunes, MSN Music, Rhapsody, Napster, Amazon and many more.
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How are things going with your projects Nick? My latest video("Torture") from YouTube that I intend to 'pollute' other people's comments boards with ha ha! This track was actually recorded before the first one("It's A Complicated World") Cheers, Robert
Hiya ! What ya been upto ? Hope your well and kicking. Our single "Shutterspeed" is out wed 17th june ! exciting stuff for us ! drop by and have a listen to the track on our myspace, if you like what you hear, please show the support and get yourself a copy. keep in touch
Hey nick thanks for the quick reply! Yeh that sounds awesome, august is cool. Yeh defo be up for getting some shows sorted out. keep in touch Dean REDisCOVER
Hey nick how are ya ?? been a while. hope you good ! Checked out your new blog, sounds exciting. Looking forward to the new album. Notice you guys are on about a uk/ europe tour ? If you guys need a support then give us a shout, we would be more than happy to support you guys !
anywayz keep up the good work and hope to hear from you soon Dean REDisCOVER
Hello goes out to Nick and the band, Very exciting to hear that you're producing Cy's next solo album. Hope you're having a great weekend and always wishing you the best in a "complicated world".
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