Cosmosquad, featuring Jeff Kollman, Kevin Chown, and Shane Gaalaas, recently joined Charlie on the Recording Ninja Workshops Live Broadcast.
Jeff Kollman: Cosmosquad - "Morbid Tango" live performance!
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Jeff Kollman: Cosmosquad - "Morbid Tango" live performance!
Cosmosquad, featuring Jeff Kollman, Kevin Chown, and Shane Gaalaas, recently joined Charlie on the Recording Ninja Workshops Live Broadcast.
Jeff Kollman: Cosmosquad - "Morbid Tango" live performance!
Jeff Kollman, Kevin Chown, Shane Gaalaas: Cosmosquad Announce 'the Morbid Tango' Japan Tour Dates
COSMOSQUAD announce 'The Morbid Tango' Japan tour dates
June 16, 2017 - L.A. progressive rock triumvirate COSMOSQUAD featuring guitarist Jeff Kollman (BOMBASTIC MEATBATS, ASIA feat. JOHN PAYNE, ALAN PARSONS LIVE PROJECT), drummer Shane Gaalaas (B'z, DIESEL MACHINE, TOQUE), and bassist Kevin Chown (TARJA, BOMBASTIC MEATBATS, DER ELEFANT) have announced a 3-city tour of Japan in support of their highly acclaimed new album, "The Morbid Tango", the band's first release in nearly a decade.
"We are extremely excited to finally get back to Japan with COSMOSQUAD - it's been too long!", enthuses Kollman. "Shane and I do lot of work in Japan with B'z and Eikichi Yazawa, andKevin (Chown) and I have toured over there with the BOMBASTIC MEATBATS but this will be a first for the 3 of us together as COSMOSQUAD. Japan has been very supportive of this band from the get-go so we can't wait to get over there and play the new stuff live! The timing couldn't be better as we've recently teamed up with World Disque/Marquee who are now our official Japanese distributor which should make "The Morbid Tango" and our back catalog more readily available."
Exact tour dates are as follows:
Aug. 18 - Shangri-La, Osaka
Aug. 20 - Club Upset, Nagoya-Ikeshita
Aug. 21 - Unit, Tokyo
More info is available in Japanese at this location: https://www.hipjpn.co.jp/archives/45249
Video of COSMOSQUAD performing the title track off their new album can be viewed on the Ultimate Studios, Inc YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLVkz2vsbj4 . Shane Gaalaas drum playthrough videos of "Recollection Epilogue" and "Morbid Tango" have been posted on the Pearl Drums https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NtPQ0n57tl8 and Vic Firthhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-8a1jPxLcI YouTube channel, respectively.
COSMOSQUAD are scheduled to perform live this Tuesday, June 20 at The Baked Potato, 3787 Cahuenga Blvd West. Studio City, CA 91604; set times are 9.30pm and 11.00pm.
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Cosmosquad, featuring Jeff Kollman, Kevin Chown, and Shane Gaalaas, recently joined Charlie on the Recording Ninja Workshops Live Broadcast.
They blew the roof off the studio with a blazing performance of "Morbid Tango" off their brand new album "The Morbid Tango".
Available on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/the...
or at http://www.Cosmosquad.com
This was recorded live, and mixed, at Ultimate Studios, Inc by engineer Charlie Waymire.
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Cosmosquad - "Morbid Tango" live performance!
Shane Gaalaas | Morbid Tango, by Cosmosquad
Shane Gaalaas - "Recollection Epilogue" Playthrough
Jeff Kollman: COSMOSQUAD announce new album, 'The Morbid Tango', Kevin Chown as new bassist
States Chown: “I have known Jeff and Shane for a long time. I have performed with them so many times on our musical adventures through the years. To create 'The Morbid Tango', we directed that friendship to create a work of deep meaning, without a single word being spoken, that reflects our life adventure as dear friends - the good times and the bad, into what I personally consider to be the greatest musical achievement of my career. It reflects all that I am as a bassist, and it's an honor to, after all this time, dating all the way back to being the bassist back in the 90’s on some of the original demo tapes of what became COSMOSQUAD, that Jeff and Shane have now officially asked me to join them on their musical adventure, filling the shoes of the many other amazing bassists that have preceded me in this band. I am truly honored. I perform alongside some pretty amazing musicians in my many musical adventures, but there is nothing like music that is created with the deep trust of long time friends, all on the same mission to change the world with music! We have worked incredibly hard to create a work which is a statement as to the meaning of life itself. Every title tells the story, the intensity of the music capturing the emotion. We have been there for each other as friends through each of our own personal Morbid Tangos, and now we are on a shared mission to demonstrate that art, as it always has, leads to truth. I personally, CANT WAIT for people to hear this record. And I can’t wait to officially perform as a MEMBER of this long time institution. It's one of the greatest honors of my career.”
Adds Gaalaas: "It took awhile for the Cosmos to align itself once again but some things just happen all in good time….. Chime in Kevin Chown! From our early writing jams, it was evident we were onto something profoundly cosmic. We could’ve easily made 3 records from all the ideas we had… just flowed out naturally and uninhibited. We used a couple of first takes live off the floor in there which rarely happens these days but, it just worked! This record feels right for me because it incorporates so many things that I love about music. Firstly, being spontaneity and synergic energy. It’s like the soup broth: If you get that right off the bat, you’re in good shape. There are some masterful arrangements that really take the listener on a ride. Akin to life, it paralleled so much of the roller coaster craziness we had going on during this time and really stretches some stylistic boundaries far into the abyss. The guys played their asses off musically andJeff’s guitar brilliance takes it another step beyond. I love the balance between old school raw organic and modern production electronica. I think we found a nice recipe of both to keep the listener interested and curious as to what will happen next."
'The Morbid Tango' was conceived and recorded at Crumb West Studios in Simi Valley, CA, produced by the tandem of Shane Gaalaas and Jeff Kollman, and mixed by Gaalaas, with guest contributions coming from top LA session musicians Jeff Babko on keyboards, David Collier on percussion, and Jono Brown providing strings.
The album track listing reads as follows:
01. Morbid Tango
02. Cyclops
03. The Ballad of Rick James
04. Anatomy of A Beatdown
05. Recollection Epilogue
06. Always Remember the Love
07. The Crosses
08. Still Life
09. Sangfroid
10. Beyond Death's Door
11. Beyond Death's Door Reprise
The song 'Recollection Epilogue' is currently streaming at this location: https://clyp.it/y10p1l44 ; 'The Morbid Tango'
Kevin Chown,Jeff Kollman: on the Fender Dimension Bass
Here's acclaimed L.A. bassist Kevin Chown (Chad Smiths' Bombastic Meatbats, Tarja Turunen) dexterously demonstrating the pure sound and smooth playability of Fender's American Deluxe Dimension Bass V. Ably backed by guitarist Jeff Kollman and drummer Drew Megna, Chown lets the five-string ash-body bass do all the talking here, showcasing its sculpted form, asymmetrical neck profile and compound-radius maple fingerboard, 18-volt active humbucking sound and versatile tone controls.
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Kevin Chown on the Fender Dimension Bass
Kevin Chown,Jeff Kollman,Jeffery Marshall: We Light The Way - stunning new EP - check it out!
L.A.-based bassist Kevin Chown (TARJA TURUNEN, BOMBASTIC MEATBATS) has posted a promotional video for the title track off his "Light The Way" EP, which was released digitally on May 8. The clip, filmed and edited by Dalen Muster
"We Light The Way" features the talents of female lead vocalist Angel Travis, with additional vocals from Chown, as well as contributions from guitarist Jeff Kollman (BOMBASTIC MEATBATS, COSMOSQUAD, GLENN HUGHES), drummerJono Brown, and Marian Tomas Griffin on backing vocals.
"Light The Way", which was recorded and mixed by Kevin Chown at The Groove Bubble, Sherman Oaks, CA, with additional production by long-time friends Jono Brown and Jeff Kollman taking place at World of Mouth Recording, Agoura CA, features Chown on bass, cello and lead vocals on the opening cut "Alive", Kollman and Jeffery Marshall on guitars, drummers Adam Gust and Jono Brown, and Marian Tomas Griffin on backing vocals as well as co-lyrics on "Ties That Bind" from Chown's former TILES band mate, Chris Herin. Physical copies of "Light The Way", all personalized by Chown, will be available from www.kevinchown.com starting May 21.
Kevin Chown is currently recuperating at his Los Angeles area home after undergoing brain surgery for epilepy May 2 at USC Medical Center. A special video message from Kevin, recorded only 5 days after surgery, can be viewed on the Kevin Chown GoFundMe.com page at http://www.gofundme.com/
A native of Escanaba, Michigan, Kevin Chown first made a name for himself as a member of highly regarded Midwest progressive hard rock quartet EDWIN DARE, who issued three albums in the 1990s, before becoming a much in demand session and touring musician with likes of TED NUGENT, ARTENSION, TONY MacALPINE, TILES andUNCLE KRACKER. He teamed up with former Edwin Dare band mate Jeff Kollman and RED HOT CHILI PEPPERSdrummer Chad Smith in the BOMBASTIC MEATBATS in 2008 and joined Finnish superstar TARJA TURUNEN's band in 2010. He appears on Tarja's 2012 'Act I' live CD/DVD and tracked bass for her upcoming studio release, "Colours In The Dark", produced and mixed by Tim Palmer (PEARL JAM, U2) and scheduled for an August/September release via earMUSIC.
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"We Light The Way" purchase links:
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| Kevin Chown: Light the Way |
2 We Light the Way (feat. Angel Travis) Kevin Chown 5:54 $0.99 View In iTunes
3 Ties That Bind Kevin Chown 5:34 $0.99 View In iTunes
4 Fortified Bastions of Liberty
Kevin Chown: to release 'Light The Way' EP; scheduled to undergo brain surgery for epilepsy
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Chown, who is currently hospitalized at USC Medical Center in Los Angeles, CA and scheduled to undergo brain surgery on May 2, only recently revealed he had epilepsy after suffering several seizures over the past months. "It’s taken me years to finally acknowledge my condition publicly, even to my closest friends. As strange as it seems, embracing who I really am to everyone in my life, even my closest friends, has taken just as much or more courage than it has taken me to consider brain surgery. For decades, I have carried this around with me, worried what people would think. I feel like I am half way home already by simply embracing the reality of my situation."
"Light The Way", which was recorded and mixed by Kevin Chown at The Groove Bubble, Sherman Oaks, CA, with additional production by long-time friends Jono Brown and Jeff Kollman taking place at World of Mouth Recording, Agoura CA, features Chown on bass, cello and lead vocals on the opening cut "Alive", along with contributions from guitarists Jeffery Marshall and Jeff Kollman (BOMBASTIC MEATBATS,COSMOSQUAD, GLENN HUGHES), drummers Adam Gust and Jono Brown, and Marian Tomas Griffin on backing vocals as well as co-lyrics on"Ties That Bind" from Chown's former TILES band mate, Chris Herin. The EP's sweeping title track features the talents of female lead vocalistAngel Travis, with additional vocals from Chown. ""We Light The Way", moreso than any other track on the EP, is my nod to all the TARJA fans out there you have been amazing in welcoming me into the fold all around the world and have been so supportive ever since I went public with my battling epilepsy on Facebook. Thank you one and all!"
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In addition to raising money from the sales of "Light The Way", a page has been launched in order to help Chown collect funds for his considerable out-of-pocket expenses from these medical procedures. Anyone interested in helping to reach the targeted goal of $50.000.- can make a donation athttp://www.gofundme.com/Kevin-
A native of Escanaba, Michigan, Kevin Chown first made a name for himself as a member of highly regarded Midwest progressive hard rock quartetEDWIN DARE, who issued three albums in the 1990s, before becoming a much in demand session and touring musician with likes of TED NUGENT,ARTENSION, TONY MacALPINE, TILES and UNCLE KRACKER. He teamed up with former Edwin Dare band mate Jeff Kollman and RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS drummer Chad Smith in the BOMBASTIC MEATBATS in 2008 and joined Finnish superstar TARJA TURUNEN's band in 2010. He appears on Tarja's 2012 'Act I' live CD/DVD and tracked bass for her upcoming studio release, produced and mixed by Tim Palmer (PEARL JAM,U2) and scheduled for an August/September release via earMUSIC.
Kevin Chown online:
Jeff Kollman: order new CD
Jeff Kollmanhttp://www.jeffkollman.com/ click on store to order the new Jeff Kollman disc -'Silence In The Corridor' available NOW! Guests include Ric Fierabracci, Shane Gaalaas,Jono Brown, Joel Taylor, Adam Gust, Jimmy Johnson, Lao Tizer, Kevin Chown, Raul Pineda and Ed Roth
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