Magician`s Theater, by Karfagen

Magician`s Theater

by Karfagen

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bichou Impressive achievement in the prog genre from composition to the judicious and creative blending of instruments to convey perfectly all the large range of quirkiness, bizarre, ludicrous, boldness, delight and majestic emotions such a marvelous and out of the ordinary show the idea of a magician's theater could embody.
Now, i wish there were vinyl issues because i would definitely grab a vinyl version of this album ! Favorite track: Yuletide.

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Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality downloads of Land of Chameleons, Echoes from Within Dragon Island LP Edition, Mysterious Forest - Marshmallow Moondust LP Edition, Passage to the Forest of Mysterious LP Edition, Marshmallow Moondust LP Edition, To Those Who Dwell in Realms of Day (Expanded Exclusive "Vinyl" Version) 24-48, Messages from Afar: the Working Tapes (24 - 48), Messages from Afar: Second Nature (24 - 48) Hi - Res, and 52 more. , and , .

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1.	Magician`s Theater (Overture) 06:24	buy track
2.	The Birth of Mankind 05:48 video	buy track
3.	Turret 01:30	buy track
4.	Yuletide 05:30 video	buy track
5.	Figment of the Imagination 1 01:18 video	buy track
6.	The Fibber`s Diary 04:29	buy track
7.	The Juggler`s Boast 03:24 video	buy track
8.	Figment of the Imagination 2 02:25	buy track
9.	Magician`s Spell 21:06	buy track
10.	Magician`s Theater (Final) 05:35	buy track

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Album teaser:
www.youtube.com/edit?o=U&video_id=YVfPM13-ma0
www.youtube.com/edit?o=U&video_id=wQBkzQKQD0k
The Juggler`s Boast :
www.youtube.com/edit?o=U&video_id=ETjGQC7mu-M
The Birth of Mankind:
www.youtube.com/edit?o=U&video_id=M4sS4txsYbs

Yuletide live in Konin PL:
www.youtube.com/edit?o=U&video_id=DPxPnfASuS8

Footage from the studio:
www.youtube.com/edit?o=U&video_id=JNZFWCDb5aU

www.karfagenmusic.com
sales : www.caerllysimusic.co.uk

6th Karfagen album. Recorded in Ukraine-France in 2013-2014. Original artwork paintings by Alla Navrotska. Composed, mixed and mastered by Antony Kalugin.
For prog listeners that adore vintage symphonic prog, there's not many other artists working in progressive music today that so strongly capture that particular style in a modern setting as convincingly as main Karfagen composer Antony Kalugin. He delivered a career best work with the lush and lavish `Lost Symphony' back in 2011, and `Magician's Theater' offers more of the same, just with an increase in heavy guitars this time around. Predominantly an instrumental work, it's fifty seven minutes of the bombast and classical flare of Emerson, Lake and Palmer and Triumvirat, the romantic guitar moods of Camel and even the quirky qualities of the early Steve Hackett solo albums, but with added Ayreon-styled heavy guitar bite. Anthony handles all the keyboards (and make no mistake, this is a very keyboard-dominated album!), with additional musical guests brought in to bring a more full and rich satisfying sound.

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released May 19, 2014

Antony Kalugin: keys, vox, percussion,arrangement
Mathieu Speater: 6 & 7str. el. guitars
Max Velichko: ac, nylon gtrs & el. gtrs (track 7)
Ivan Goritski: drums and bongos
Kostya Ionenko: el. bass
Pascal Gutman: stick (tracks 4,9c,f)
Lesya Kofanova: flute (tracks 2-4,7)
Alexandr Pastuchov: basson (track 6)
Sergii Kovalov: bayan & vox (tracks 1,6,7,9,10)
Michail Sidorenko: alto sax (tracks 9g,10)

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Antony Kalugin Ukraine

Antony Kalugin - composer, producer, musician, designer
born 11 Feb 1981. Ukraine/ Kharkiv
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May 17

Parkhaus

Duisburg, Germany
May 18

Das Rind

Rüsselsheim, Germany
May 19

Kulturpalast

Hannover, Germany

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