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    Posted: August 09 2020 at 06:44

Elysian Fields is a progressive rock band formed and led by Mark Jeffry Dye in 1973.

While living in Los Angeles Mark became a Midi and synthesis specialist for many top artists like Van Halen, Guiffria, Gino Vannelli, and even appeared on Entertainment Tonight as a technical adviser for electronic music. He now operates a state of the art digital recording facility in Saint Petersburg, Florida.  He is now retired but continues to pursue projects that he hasn't had time for over the last 40 years.

Samples https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jBSWIJo6snQ&t=461s


Discography

"Homage" - Full Length

Self released in 2005

  1. Blur 6 
  2. So It Goes 
  3. The Journey's End 
  4. The Last Chapter 
  5. Rocket Fuel 
  6. Slip Away 
  7. Violent Midget 
  8. Childhood's End 
  9. Flint Geekwood's Gizbob 
  10. Revelation 
  11. Sharks' Lungs In Plastic-Part23A
Line up:

- Mark Jeffrey Dye / guitars, bass, keyboards
- Andrew Winton / keyboards
- Timothy Lewis / vocals

"Seven Wonders Of The World" - Full Length
Self released in 2018

  1. The Pyramid of Khufu
  2. The Walls of Babylon
  3. The Statue of the Olympian Zeus 
  4. The Temple of Diana (Artemis)
  5. The Tomb of King Mausolus
  6. The Colossus of Rhodes
  7. The Pharos of Alexandria
Line up:

- Mark Jeffrey Dye / guitars, bass, keyboards
- Andrew Winton / keyboards
- Timothy Lewis / vocals

"Terra: The Sage Of Sol III " - Full Length
Self released on June 29, 2019

  1. Terra, Pt. 1: Synthesis 
  2. Terra, Pt. 2: Thought
  3. Terra, Pt. 3: Divine
  4. Terra, Pt. 4: Quest
Line up:

- Mark Jeffrey Dye / guitars, bass, keyboards
- Andrew Winton / keyboards
- Timothy Lewis / vocals

"Revelation" Full Length
Self released on January 13, 2020

  1. Revelation 
  2. Enigma 
  3. Rocket Fuel 
  4. Starshine 
  5. U.F.O. 
  6. Toccata / Savior Of The Universe 
Line up:

- Mark Jeffrey Dye / All Instruments

"Tales of the Magi" Full Length
Self released on August 7, 2020

1. Tales of the Magi
2. Secret Key
3. Epic of Etana
4. The Question Which Knows No Answer
5. Astral World
6. The Meeting of Vzar
7. The Battle of Mugwhul and Lord Jakal
8. Tales of the Magi Reprise

Line up:

- Mark Jeffrey Dye / All Instruments


Edited by black_diamond - August 09 2020 at 06:46
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I'm guessing the reason why this suggestion wasn't followed up was the lack of an original biography, a photo and enough listening samples, but I do think that this guy needs to be checked out by the Crossover team. Proggnosis has him, and from a quick listen his four earlier albums involving Andrew Winton and Timothy Lewis are well worth a place in the archives (the latest one, 'Femmes, Family and Mars', released quite recently at the end of October, is a solo effort very reminiscent of Alan Parsons, and may not be regarded as progressive enough, but there are also a couple of quite ambitious projects from 2020 to 2022, when he worked purely as a solo artist, which draw influences from Classical Music and are concept albums based on stories by American authors).

This is his official (short) biography from IMDb, which has been used by Proggnosis in an abbreviated form:

Mark J. Dye has been involved with music since the age of 10. He played guitar and keyboards in various groups that he formed from 1965-1984. He also has a bachelor's degree in music composition from the University Of South Florida. In 1978 he moved to Los Angeles with his progressive rock group, "Elysian Fields". After changing their name to "Impulse" they released five albums on the Electric Fantasy label. While living in Los Angeles he became a Midi and synthesis specialist for many top artists like Van Halen, Guiffria, Gino Vannelli, Bobby Sherman, and even appeared on Entertainment Tonight as a technical advisor for electronic music. He now operates a state of the art digital recording facility in Saint Petersburg, Florida. Nick Carter of The Backstreet Boys, Mark Doran, Suzanne Stokes and many others have been trained by Mark from 1986-present. He continues to teach music, write music for hire and arrange and perform material for other songwriters.


All the project's albums are available in full via this YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQrwyBBn9DyS7WMAKvaq37A.

Discogs only seems to list the first album 'Homage': https://www.discogs.com/artist/13358910-Elysian-Fields-8, with no further information about Elysian Fields whatsoever.

The only image I could find of Mark J. Dye is the one on Proggnosis: https://www.proggnosis.com/Images/Artists/E/E14495.jpg



The 'Homage' album is said by CDbaby to be the ninth by Elysian Fields, though it seems that it was the first one to be released, and it is described as paying homage to the groups, Focus, Supertramp, Kansas, Genesis, Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Styx, Gentle Giant, The Alan Parsons Project, Yes, and King Crimson while still retaining its own unique sound. The composition 'Childhood's End' is in memory of the three thousand people who lost their lives on September 11, 2001 and the soldiers who've given their lives to prevent it from happening again. Mark and Andrew Winton have been co-writing music together since 1988 and their music has been heard all over the world, including five other CDs besides 'Homage'. Mark J. Dye later worked on his own, and turned his hand to writing music based on the stories of various authors with the aim of creating concept albums.

Andrew Winton was born in Flint, Michigan in 1971 and moved to St. Petersburg, Florida in 1982. His interest in music started at age 7 when he began playing piano by ear. He was able to refine his skills when he met Mark in 1987. While completing his degree in Business Management from Eckerd College, Andrew was continually writing and learning about music. In 1995, he completed his first album 'A Little Progressive'. The album contains a wide range of ideas and styles. Andrew draws much of his inspiration from his emotions, events in his life, and nature. In 1999, Andrew released his second album 'Shadowscapes', this being a further exploration of his ideas and talents. The 'Homage' album is his sixth collaboration with Mark J. Dye.

Timothy Lewis had been using Mark J. Dye as his producer for over ten years. On the 'Homage' album, Mark turned the tables and used his friend as vocalist on the tracks influenced by Kansas and Styx. Timothy can also be heard on the Hard Rock group DEPARTURE's 'Corporate Wheel' CD, and he released his own AOR / Melodic Rock CD 'Lost Angels' in 2006. It was re-released by Steelheart Records in 2019 as part of the "Lost US Jewels" Collectors Series - Vol. 6.

There was an earlier suggestion for Elysian Fields (well, kind of) by puzart in August 2018: https://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=116143.

I'll leave it up to you guys to decide whether or not to take this suggestion any further.

Edit: Note to MikeEnRegalia: Elysian Fields is on AwesomeProg, with just two of their albums added. The third one currently assigned to them ('The Afterlife') actually belongs to the American dream pop/alt rock duo of the same name based in Brooklyn, New York, and founded in 1995.

Elysian Fields on Amazon, but their albums are lumped here together with those of the Brooklyn duo mentioned above: https://www.amazon.com/music/player/artists/B000QKLKVW/elysian-fields.


Edited by yam yam - November 04 2023 at 21:27
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