Existence (Canada) for...somewhere...?

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Canadian 90's band with two studio albums and one archival live album to their name. One of the former and the latter is available on Spotify. My initial impression is that the music sounds kind of like a folky Kansas meeting up with Camel, with a few detours into heavy prog and Neo territories along the way. Or vice versa.

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Windhawk Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: December 28 2006 Location: Norway Status: Offline Points: 11400	Topic: Existence (Canada) for...somewhere...? Posted: April 02 2016 at 12:15
	Canadian 90's band with two studio albums and one archival live album to their name. One of the former and the latter is available on Spotify. My initial impression is that the music sounds kind of like a folky Kansas meeting up with Camel, with a few detours into heavy prog and Neo territories along the way. Or vice versa. Studio album Live album
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yam yam Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: June 16 2011 Location: Kerberos Status: Offline Points: 5814	Posted: May 13 2016 at 20:35
	From a review of Existence: 'Live In Montreal' on Sea of Tranquility: http://www.seaoftranquility.org/reviews.php?op=showcontent&id=17549 Existence formed way back 1991 by Alan Charles (piano, guitar, vocals) and is joined by Gérard Lévèque (drums), Éric Martin (bass), Gaston Gagnon (guitar) and Francois Beaugard (violin). Charles had been working on a concept album and Existence was the vehicle he would use to present his ideas in a live setting. The band split in 1996 but Charles reformed the band shortly thereafter and released their second album Small People, Short Story, Little Crime. This disc was recorded at the Cabaret nightclub in 1999. According to the liner notes it was recorded by a Sony MiniDisc player but at the time the band set this live document aside. Charles recently revisited the recording and was impressed enough to give it a bit of love and the result is Live In Montreal. For a live album the sound is very good. Another review can be found here: http://www.musicstreetjournal.com/cdreviews_display.cfm?id=104786. A review of 'Small People, Short Story, Little Crime' can be found here: http://www.seaoftranquility.org/reviews.php?op=showcontent&id=17551 and another here: http://www.staff.science.uu.nl/~hage0101/reviews/smallpeopleshortstorylittlecrime.html. It's Neo Prog according to cdbaby: http://www.cdbaby.com/Artist/Existence1 A new album 'Origins' is being recorded as we speak: https://www.facebook.com/ExistenceConceptBand/. Neo or Crossover for sure (probably the latter - there is some Hard Rock and AOR mixed in with the Neo Prog to these ears). Definitely belongs here though. There is a fair bit of violin used in their music at times, which certainly gives it a distinct Kansas vibe in places too. Added to progfreak in readiness for one team or the other to set things in motion: http://progfreak.com/Existence-166450.html.

yam yam Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: June 16 2011 Location: Kerberos Status: Offline Points: 5814	Posted: June 13 2017 at 22:03
	And cleared in Crossover.

kev rowland Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Honorary Reviewer Joined: November 18 2005 Location: New Zealand Status: Offline Points: 2132	Posted: June 18 2017 at 22:55
	David - I used to be involved with this band many, many years ago, and because of this we have been talking again. Will add soon
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kev rowland Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Honorary Reviewer Joined: November 18 2005 Location: New Zealand Status: Offline Points: 2132	Posted: June 19 2017 at 02:39
	Existence added to Crossover here, just awaiting the album information from Alan and I'll put that up as well
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