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Friday, February 25, 2022

Tony Patterson & Doug Melbourne "Dark Before Dawn"

Country: UK
Genre(s): Progressive Rock
Label: Bad Elephant Music
Format: CD, digital, vinyl
Release date: February 25, 2022 (CD, digital), July 1, 2022 (vinyl)
Tracklist

01. Maybe (3:48)

02. My Happy Face (4:54)

03. Flags (3:40)

04. Leaving (3:32)

05. Old School Tie (4:11)

06. Burn the Skies (5:07)

07. Stopping Time (4:09)

08. Reach Out (6:56)

09. Dark Before Dawn (5:01)

10. Come Home (For Angela) (2:20)

Total Time – 43:48

Line-up

Tony Patterson (ReGenesis, Nick Magnus, John Hackett) – Lead & Backing Vocals, Piano, Synthesisers, Church Organ, Flute, Acoustic & Electric Guitars, Programming, String Arrangements

Doug Melbourne (ReGenesis) – Piano, Keyboards, Programming, Backing Vocals (track 3)

With:

Nigel Appleton (ReGenesis) – Drums, Acoustic guitar, Percussion (8)

Carrie Melbourne – Backing Vocals (3), Chapman Stick (6)

Steve Anderson (The Room, Grey Lady Down) – Lead Guitar (1)

Tina Guo – Cello (7)

Description/Reviews:

Dark Before Dawn ranges across various styles, but is always engaging in theme and musically captivating. Anyone expecting Patterson and Melbourne to mimic the classic ‘Prog’ tropes of their former band will need to look elsewhere as this is a fresh contemporary rock album which is accessible and fascinating. Dark Before Dawn stretches the musical palette significantly in comparison to The Divide.

Read the full review by Leo Trimming at theprogressiveaspect.net

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Bandcamp

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Saturday, June 29, 2019

Tony Patterson & Doug Melbourne "The Divide"

Country: UK
Genre(s): Progressive Rock
Label: Esoteric Antenna - EANTCD1074
Format: CD, digital
Release date: June 28, 2019
Tracklist:
1. Antarctica
2. Fake news
3. Making it great again
4. Next generation
5. Leave this town
6. Man on TV
7. When the evening comes
8. More beautiful
9. One more thing
10. Autumn’s left quieter

Line-up:
Tony Patterson (ReGenesis, Nick Magnus, John Hackett) - vocals, programming, guitars, flute, additional keys
Doug Melbourne (ReGenesis) - keyboards, programming, backing vocals

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Antarctica

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Tony Patterson & Doug Melbourne "The Divide"

Friday, February 26, 2016

Tony Patterson "Equations of Meaning"

Country: UK
Genre(s): Progressive Rock
Label: Esoteric Antenna
Format: CD
Release date: February 26, 2016
Tracklist:
1. Ghosts
2. The Magdalene Fields
3. Each Day a Colour
4. Cast Away
5. The Angel and the Dreamer (i.vision, ii. journey, iii. reprise)
6. Beneath a Perfect Sky
7. Sycophant
8. And When the Sky Was Opened
9. Pilgrim
10. As the Lights Go Out
11. The Kindest Eyes

Line-up:
Tony Patterson (ReGenesis, Nick Magnus, John Hackett): vocals, piano, keyboards, guitars, orchestrations, flutes, programming, extras
With
Nick Magnus (Steve Hackett, John Hackett): programming (2, 11), keyboards and programming (3)
Andy Gray: guitar solo (7)
Brendan Eyre (Nine Stones Close, Riversea): piano (10)
Adrian Jones (Nine Stones Close): slide guitar and guitar solo (11)
Doug Melbourne: mopho synth solo (5)
Siobhan Magnus: vocals (5)
Fred Arlington: horn and sax (9), sax (2), horn (5)

Description/Reviews:

Continuing on from the success of the album Northlands (released in 2014 with Brendan Eyre), Equations of Meaning combines beautiful soundscapes with heartfelt, wistful songs dealing with such subjects as loss, longing and even a cynical observation of social media. The album features guest artists including Nick Magnus, Brendan Eyre, Andy Gray, Adrian Jones, Doug Melbourne and Fred Arlington and is a fine, melodic Progressive album.

Also read track-by-track review by Martin Hutchinson at progradar.org

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Promo

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Monday, November 24, 2014

Tony Patterson and Brendan Eyre "Northlands"

Country: UK
Sub Genre: Progressive Rock
Label: Esoteric Antenna
Format: CD, digital
Release date: November 24, 2014
Tracklist:
1. Northbound
I. Three Rivers
II. Time & Tide
III. Homeward Bound
IV. Take The Safe Way
V. I Recall
VI. The Crossing
VII. Three Rivers (Reprise)
2. The Northlands Rhapsody
3. A Picture In Time
4. And The River Flows
5. A Rainy Day on Dean Street
6. Legacy
7. I Dare To Dream
8. A Sense of Place
9. So Long the Day

Line-up:
Tony Patterson (ReGenesis): Vocals, Keyboards, Flute, Duduk, Programming, Orchestrations, Guitars
Brendan Eyre (Riversea/Nine Stones Close) : Keyboards, Piano, Mandolin, Programming
With
Steve Hackett: Guitar on 'So Long The Day'
John Hackett: Flute on 'Legacy'
Nick Magnus: Keyboards, Programming and Effects on 'Three Rivers (Reprise)'
Doug Melbourne: Piano on ' A Rainy Day on Dean Street'
Nigel Appleton: Drums and Percussion
Tim Esau: Bass
Carrie Melbourne: Vocals, Stick on 'A Picture in Time'
Adrian Jones (Nine Stones Close) : 12-String Guitar and Nylon Guitar
David Clements: Bass
Andy Jongman: Guitar on 'The Crossing'
Fred Arlington: Northumbrian Pipes, Accordion, Sax and Flugelhorn

Description/Reviews:

In the closing months of 2012, musicians Tony Patterson and Brendan Eyre discussed the idea or working on a project together that would reflect their native North-East roots. The album would feature a character returning to the North East after so many years away from the place he loved. Memories of loss, heartache and the abiding beauty of the North East landscape would once again draw him back to the places and people he left behind. The wasteland it had become, the unfinished business and the ghosts he needed to lay to rest that had haunted him for so long. A place he knew he must return to one day. A place called Northlands...

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So Long the Day

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