Spleen Arcana

Hi!

I decided to talk about my musical project called Spleen Arcana. As I said to Angelo, I hope that it fits this board even if my music is not technical (the old debate, does music has to be technical to be prog? ;))

Band name: Spleen Arcana

Nationality: France

Prog genre: So hard to say... Progressive rock without being technical as I said... Modern prog maybe, even if there's some vintage sounds like Mellotron, hammond or minimoog... Long songs (10 mn) with a lot of changes and some atmospheric parts.

Website: http://www.spleenarcana.com/

Link to download a complete song: http://www.spleenarcana.com/music/
(direct link here)

Members: It's quite simple as it consists of a friend (David) playing the drums and myself playing the other instruments (guitars, bass, keyboards, percussion and vocals).

I work actually on the first album which will be self-produced and recorded at home. "Trample on Me" is the first song from this upcoming album. All the instruments have been recorded actually and I'm recording vocals.

This project is probably not as progressive as the usual suggestions here but I can't really judge by myself, I'm too much inside it if you know what I mean. Anyway, you'll tell me and the topic will be moved if it's "just" prog-related.

Anyway, thanks for listeing :)



Edited by Anaon - January 25 2009 at 11:56

My firm is called Arcana, but it has nothing to do with spleens. 

Ha - you found your way here! Well, given the first reactions, no need to worry.... 

Hi there!

My album is nearly finished! You can still download "Trample On Me" here: http://www.spleenarcana.com/audio/download/spleen_arcana_trample_on_me.mp3

And a new one, quite different, called "The Missing Piece" here: http://www.spleenarcana.com/audio/download/spleen_arcana_the_missing_piece.mp3

Or listen to them on streaming here: http://www.spleenarcana.com

The third other songs last 10 minutes and are more in the vein of  "Trample On Me".

Thanks for reading, thanks for listening ;)


Edited by Anaon - September 09 2008 at 13:11

Originally posted by Carbon Sounds great! Did you produce it yourself? The sound is very good!

Thank you very much

I try to produce it myself ;) Actually I'm still working to improve the sound as mush as I can. I try to keep as musch as possible dynamics in the sound more than making the music too loud. It seems to be a choice to make today...

Originally posted by Angelo Quick question: will you be selling the album in a way that is compatible with what we consider a 'signed' band? If so - we might propose you for inclusion in the archives.

Hi Angelo!

Thank you very much for your interest!! If I read well the thread you linked, I'd reply yes to your question as seen as this first album will last 45 minutes, will be professionnally pressed (no cd-r) and will be sold on my website and some music websites. Do you think that there would be any possibility?

Thanks

Originally posted by Angelo The decision is up to the genre teams - but if we can agree on an initial subgenre to be checked, they might shed their own light on this. I'll have another listen later this week to see what would be possible.

Ok, thank you very much! "Trample On Me", even if it's not the definitive mixing, is surely more representative of the other songs than "The Missing Piece" which is the "short acoustic quiet song" of the album ;) . I don't really know what genre it could be by the way, a bit of rock, alternative, prog...

I'll let you know here when the album will be available and on streaming on my website. Thanks again for your interest

Hi there!

I bump my thread because my first album is available for free download here: http://www.spleenarcana.com/download/1 (128 kbps version)

A best quality version is available in the shop (http://www.spleenarcana.com/shop/) and the "physical" cd will be soon available.

The whole album can be heard here: http://www.reverbnation.com/spleenarcana

I hope you'll enjoy it :) Thanks!


Edited by Anaon - January 10 2009 at 12:45

finished the album. excellent, keep up the good work!

I'll have another listen - and I guess this needs new attention from the Heavy Prog team as well.