For full Bio and more info go to SUNPALACEMUSIC.com---------------------REVIEWS:-----
GIVE ME A PERFECT WORLD CD---
CD/DVD NEWS AND NOTES---
Sublime songs and vocals of the alluring Andriette Redmann...NYC-based Sun Palace takes the cutting edge sound of pop artists like Sarah McLachlan and Bjork one step further....lush melodies and multi-layered vocal harmonies...key players such as guitarists John Rokosny and...Tony Geballe...Jerry Marotta (drums) and Pat DiNizio (backing vocals). Modern pop-based chill music that just oozes with atmospherics...faithful cover Led Zep classic “Going To California.”-----
CREATIONS MAGAZINE---
Wow!...great harmonies and thoughtful lyrics - it definitely hits the ground running..."mystical, breezy, chill pop"...carving out a niche for themselves...uniqueness of Andriette Redmann (lead vocalist and writer) calls to mind the best work of Dido..."East Village Roots"...Andriette excels on vocals and keyboards, ably backed up by...a host of other instrumentalists and vocalists...Phil Spector’s "wall of sound"...very full-sounding, richly produced songs...pop and fun, is never fluffy, as self-proclaimed Rumi fan Andriette imbues her work with a spiritual essence. Here’s a terrific alternative to the standard pop/rock genre.-----
OUT SMART MAGAZINE---
Modern rock with a cool, ethereal flavor...led by Andriette Redmann...otherworldly quality and Euro-pop sensibility, blending rich vocals with dance grooves to create a wall-of-sound-experience. Outstanding songs include Going to California, Familiar Voices, Man of the Severn Wave, and Under the Moon, which features world-beat percussion and inspired vocal performances...truly original and not to be missed.-----
THE CRITICAL REVIEW---
A magical album...reminded me of Stevie Nicks and her dreamy romantic mystery approach...with a more lush, layered and textured musical aura...vocals and songwriting are what drive the project...fine guitar work…classy layers...there's so much more--tight drums, clean big vocals, and great…(mix) by Roman Klun (eng. Sarah McLachlan)...rich instrumentation...violins, viola, cello, mandolin, harmonica, percussion...modern rock...New Age, World, chill, romance, and Adult/Contemporary...high quality. I was mesmerized...love and romance as well as bigger questions...covers the LED ZEP classic, Going to California...a good addition to this set of interesting songs. The title track is an upbeat work that has lots of radio potential. There's A Man is a tune which lauds her love of her hero. She views this man a heaven, and asks how heaven can be with her. Her creative lyric is the kind that I wish gospel singers would use as it puts flesh on a hero and lover. Love and romance are big themes...(as in)Love Saves...a beautiful selection and a highlight on this disc...the royal Palace Welcome, which sent my mind into a world of kings and queens and all that is of the chivalric and knightly age. My personal favorite...Man of the Severn Wave...I looked up the meaning of Severn...a river in England which has very unusual qualities such as strange floods and movements. This man of the Severn wave walks along the river, then dives into it, then seeming walks on it and rides the wave and finally rides off into the wide sky. The music is perfect for the story and the imagination reels (and revels) in the lyrical and musical images. Oh but there's so much more. On The Corridor, I felt (rightly or wrongly) that this was a dream-like experience or a near-death one. The romantic joys in love and life are presented in...Show Me Your Wild Side...so alive it literally vibrates...the 11th cut...Under the Moon, a short closing number...a wonderful, magical album that incorporates so many elements, music, vocals, lyrics, dreams; and the sum of them is vastly more when they fuse...A classy rich album...so nuanced and controlled that it excites...I highly recommend this dreamy romantic effort from a great band that has outdone itself.-----
ALL MUSIC GUIDE---
Research and dig beneath the surface...use...MTV, VH1, and Billboard...but...don't expect them to tell you everything you need to know. Be on the lookout for worthwhile singer/songwriters...flying under the radar...who haven't enjoyed as much commercial exposure as Sarah McLachlan, Natalie Merchant, Paula Cole, or Shawn Colvin but...have a lot going for them. Andriette Redmann definitely fits that description...once recorded for CBS Records Italy…far from a megasuperstar...isn't because of a lack of talent. Redmann is a joy...more than live up to the promise of her first Sun Palace album, Into Heaven, it's an even stronger and more impressive demonstration of Redmann's talents…an expressive, very listenable singer and an excellent songwriter...sublime offerings like "Palace Welcome," "Round and Round," and "Show Me Your Wild Side"...inspired cover of Led Zeppelin's "Going to California,"...one of Robert Plant and Jimmy Page's more folkminded offerings and is perfect for Sun Palace...this folkrock/adult alternative CD...floats and does so in a way that is dreamy and ethereal (two words that keep coming up where Sun Palace is concerned). Give Me a Perfect World is musical bliss.-----
SMOTHER.NET---
New York City has a plethora of artists in just as many varying genres. But angle your way towards Sun Palace and you'll be one happy camper in the Big Apple. Andriette Redmann leads the way with her vocals and keyboard work...and the experience her fellow bandmates thrust under their collective shoulders...one great pop-rock album...almost chill contemporary that could give Sarah McLachlan a run for her money.-----
IMPROVIJAZZATION---
For those inclined to enjoy "happy" visions of the world we live in, Give Me a Perfect World will be most enjoyable, & for them, this gets a HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!-----
MAGNATUNES---
Angel-voiced Andriette Redmann teams up with (ex-)Smithereens…John Rokosny to make a luxuriant yet lighter than air pop-rock creation...more than live up to the promise of the first Sun Palace album, Into Heaven...even stronger and more impressive demonstration of Redmann's talents. Highlights include the idyllic title track, the courtly and fateful "Round and Round,"...the deeply dreamy "Familiar Voices."...legendary drummer Jerry Marotta (Peter Gabriel/Paul McCartney/Elvis Costello) and cellist Jane Scarpantoni (Springsteen/Lou Reed/REM). Highly expressive, highly listenable.-----
UWE HERMANN PODCAST, GERMANY---
Beautiful, dreamy, almost magical…great music. Enjoy!-----
INTO HEAVEN CD-----
THE NIGHT GUIDE---
What A Beautiful Album!...the debut CD...Pop, Rock, a collection of lushly hypnotic and symphonic tunes, is full of richly textured guitars, ambient layers of keyboards, synths, drum loops, dreamy harmony vocals, and a solid foundation of bass and drums...splendidly weaves folk rock with ambient new age textures. Redmann's voice and compositions are really what sets this album aglow. The evocative words and melodies...are sweetly sung, soaring at times and emotionally delivered. "There Once Was A Time" will appeal to the masses. An artist to watch out for!-----
SPIRIT OF CHANGE MAGAZINE---
Among...Alter-native/New Age discs making waves that are rolling into mainstream music, Sun Palace may just be the vehicle to solidify the fusion. Singer Andriette Redmann may vaguely be compared with such vocal priestesses as Fiona Apple and Stevie Nicks. She stands out…a signature voice all her own. From her interpretation of Jethro Tull’s classic “Skating Away on the Thin Ice of a New Day” to a softly passionate yet upbeat phrasing on “In Somebody’s Eyes,” Redmann far surpasses the marketable yet nondescript plethora of “good” vocalists...King Crimson (connected) guitarist (Tony Geballe), John Rokosny of the Smithereens and Billy Idol’s hot drummer, Mark Brotter, among other capable musicians, the haunting words and appealing vocal dynamics of Andriette are framed and perfectly supported throughout the album. Words cannot do justice to a talent and production of this magnitude. Superb!-----
THE CRITICAL REVIEW---
Redmann can sing, write, and orchestrate a classy first-rate production...highly nuanced, ethereal songs that meld pop and acoustic rock with New Age sensibility. I was mesmerized by the smooth and near flawless production and presentation.-----
MUSIC DISCOVERIES---
Sun Palace sets no limits to what they can and will accomplish. Redmann may have single-handedly created a new sub-genre!-----
NEW AGE JOURNAL---
A beautiful record of dreamy songs led by airy-voiced singer, Andriette Redmann.-----
Songwriters Monthly---
Haunting mellow music. Andriette really shines when she lets the beauty of her voice carry her through the songs. Hypnotic arrangements provide a background against which to be gently captivated. A comforting album of aural sweetness.-----
IMPROVIJAZZATION---
Redmann's voice has a haunting quality that sometimes makes it sound as though she is singing through a spirit, and that's a GOOD thing! This gets highly recommended by us.-----
OMEGA MAGAZINE---
The lyrics are insightful, personal and provocative, delivered in an intimate and sensually exciting fashion. The music is strong and direct. Serving well to backup Andriette's delicious vocals.-----
MAGNATUNES---
We were lucky enough to get our hands on this band's year 2000 debut CD—Into Heaven—which received four out of five stars from AllMusic.com and shows the more wistful, contemplative side of vocalist Andriette Redmann's talents. Written and recorded after a series of personal tragedies in her life, Into Heaven's palpable sense of melancholy serves as the ideal counterpoint to Redmann's lighter-than-air voice, and we suspect that fans of Sarah McLachlan and The Sundays will love this album.-----
ALL MUSIC GUIDE---
Sun Palace is to singer/songwriter Andriette Redmann what Maze is to Frankie Beverly. In other words, Sun Palace is Redmann's baby -- Redmann is Sun Palace (just as Beverly is Maze), and everything on the band's debut album, Into Heaven, reflects her thoughts, vision, and personality. Redmann takes a very hands-on approach on this CD; in addition to producing Into Heaven with guitarist John D. Rokosny, she wrote almost all of the material herself...a very ethereal, dreamy, folk-influenced approach to alternative pop/rock...lyrics tend to be introspective and spiritual; no one will accuse her of inundating listeners with the sort of angst and anger that has characterized so much alternative pop/rock...the opposite of angst-ridden...an alternative pop/rock version of the congenial Enya on melodic, accessible offerings like "There Was Once a Time," "Are You Thinking of Me," and "Path of Heart" (which has a slight Middle Eastern flavor). Equally laid-back is Sun Palace's cover of Jethro Tull's "Skating Away on the Thin Ice of the New Day"...Like Beth Orton and new age favorite Enya -- and like many of the alternative pop-rockers who have come out of the dream pop/shoegazer field -- Redmann is the sort of artist who would rather float than rock aggressively. But those who look past Into Heaven's pretty surface will find that the CD has a lot of meat on its bones; Redmann's emotions run deep on this very likable debut.-----
MUSIC MORSELS---
Beautiful music with an incredible passion for songwriting. Andriette's lovely voice provides a pleasing, rich texture to the music, conveying lyrics from her heart and soul.-----
SPLENDID---
A marvelous collection of lushly arranged, symphonic tunes with a passion for songwriting, top notch.-----
GET FANCY---
Andriette begs you to stare yourself into oblivion, where clouds comfort, waves give way to wings and your spirit soars into pop pleasures.-----
SONICSWAP---
The latest trend in the music industry is to publish lyrics as poetry (whether it works as poetry or not). Sun Palace is a bit ahead of the game. This really is poetry set to music. Andriette Redmann's voice & lyrics are the perfect complement to the transcendent music...There's even a tip of the hat to Tull with a cover of 'Skating Away'. Definitely a band to watch.-----
COLLECTED SOUNDS---
Soft and multi-faceted...a knack for writing evocative and lush songs. "There Once was a Time" is haunting and sweetly sung. The theme of loss is handled well here and affects me slowly. "Your Hands Lie Open" is vaguely country influenced and has a strong lyric on possibilities. "Path of Heart" uses Spanish sounding guitar and a gorgeous vocal by Redmann to make a great song. The closing Jethro Tull cover is a good note to end this lovely album on.-----
STREET BEAT---
Andriette Redmann's path to this CD has taken some interesting turns along the way. Born in Wisconsin, inspired by an accordion-playing aunt in her youth, off to...Italy after securing a recording contract, and then the tragic loss of both parents to cancer. As for the CD itself, a mixture of big synth interlocked with folk country outpaces the…drivel often encountered in the New Age arena. Her voice carries through the songs like a velvet blanket or a feather drifting through the air. Songs like "Your Hands Lie Open" and "Flying" bring the guitars more forward than the keyboards, and the country feel succeeds. Overall, the disc has a relaxing effect. Bonus points for the Jethro Tull cover, "Skating Away on the Thin Ice of the New Day.”-----
INK 19---
For exquisite, ethereal vocals listen to the serene, atmospheric pop songs on Into Heaven by Sun Palace...introspective and hopeful lyrics...talented band includes co-producer and guitarist John Rokosny (Smithereens, Carry Nation), drummer/percussionist Mark Brotter (Billy Idol, Hem) and as lead guitarist, Discipline Global Mobile artist Tony Geballe. Along with the title track, a feature track here is the free rendition of the Jethro Tull classic "Skating Away on the Thin Ice of the New Day".-----
NOHO LA---
Has a nice soft, soothing feel throughout that can be a nice accompaniment to a cloudy day.-----
UWE HERMANN PODCAST, GERMANY---
UWE HERMANN PODCAST, GERMANY---The music of Sun Palace never stops amazing me! Great stuff, every single song...
The Craic Festival 2009 has invited FairplayCollective to play at this years Festival. All members will be playing in the round. The show is at The Mercury Lounge, March 14th at 8pm. This is the last night of the festival and Foy Vance is also on the bill.
What more can I say, a great night for music and film, with the odd star thrown in. Come show your support.
Hey Friends,
Let me take this moment to wish
you all a Happy Christmas and
here's to a better New Year.
So come on down to the lower eastside for
Brendan O' Shea's 2 last shows of 2008.
Brendan will have some special guests
and should make for a lovely evenings of
songs and music.
20th Dec. 8pm The Living Room (154 Ludlow ST)
21th Dec 7pm The Scratcher Sessions (209 E 5th ST)
Come and show your support for LIVE music.
Hey Friends, Mark Dignam will be playing
one of his rare New York shows at
The Scratcher (one of his favorite rooms).
We wish to see you there for songs and singing.
Sunday evening November 30th at 7.15pm
Please come and support LIVE music.
209 East 5th Street, Manhattan.
