Dear Friends,

My new solo CD "Horror Express" was officially released on May 13. There are 10 tracks on the CD which runs just over 60 minutes in length. It took a good long time for me to complete the recording, but I am very pleased with the overall production and mood. I used a beautiful 1880 Steinway piano throughout, and this really enhanced the quality of the sounds. Other instruments include the usual lot, plus a nice bit of theremin, and new to me, a cello. Ryan Parmenter (of Eyestrings) created the cover art, which is really superb.

As the album title and cover art might suggest, there are some playful references to scary movies all over the place on the CD. I hope you will find this motif a way in to the emotional centers of the songs, rather than the whole point, full stop. You can learn more at the web site:

http://www.strungoutrecords.com/ - http://www.strungoutrecords.com/


Just around the corner in June comes NEARfest 2008 in Pennsylvania. If you have not heard already, Discipline. has joined forces to perform there after some years not playing out. This performance will feature the band members most of you will remember best: Jon Preston Bouda, Mathew Kennedy, Paul Dzendzel, and that mime. Performers at the 10th annual NEARfest include:

    * Banco del Mutuo Soccorso (Italy)
    * Liquid Tension Experiment (United States)
    * Fish (Scotland)
    * Peter Hammill (England)
    * echolyn (United States)
    * Synergy (United States)
    * Discipline. (United States)
    * Radio Massacre International (England)
    * Mörglbl (France)
    * Koenji Hyakkei (Japan)

I am told the tickets for the festival sold out in half an hour. To learn more, or to try and bribe one of the festival organizers for a scalped entry, visit the NEARfest web site:

http://www.nearfest.com/ - http://www.nearfest.com/


We have been archiving lots of the old Discipline. recordings dating back to the 1980s. Many of these recordings pre-date David Krofchok on keys for the band (circa 1992), but do feature David Krofchok's recordings of the band before we learned that he could play the keys (circa 1988).  We plan to release some of these recordings with the Cyclops label out of England along with the now out-of-print live CD "Into the Dream" (1999). I cannot promise a release date as we have lots left to do in gathering up the old pieces. There were many shows recorded and there are many recordings to sift through. But this might be something worth looking for later in the year. (No promises yet.)

Please visit our web site to find out more about live shows, releases, and where to find them.
http://www.strungoutrecords.com/ - http://www.strungoutrecords.com/

Sincerely,
Matthew Parmenter