(PRWEB) September 8, 2006
Canadian cinematic ensemble 5th Projekt are set to release their full-length debut album, released on 29th August 2006 on Organik Rekords.
A CD release party, taking place at The Legendary Horseshoe Tavern in Toronto on August 29th at 10:00 pm, will accompany the release, in association with The EDGE presents Nu Music Nite. (CFNY 102.1 FM Toronto).
A unique band, 5th Projekt is comprised of three musicians who have an unparalleled pool of experience between them, having played with many significant artists. Since joining forces, the band won numerous awards and accolades, among them a nomination for Best Alternative Artist in the 2005 Toronto Music Awards. Already the upcoming album's track 'Oblivion' has won an incredible 17 awards in Alternative Rock, including Best Female Vocal and Best Mood for consecutive weeks, as well as hitting 3rd spot on the KIAC Big 50 (internet radio) after eight weeks in the charts.
Now the band, who have been dubbed "part goth, part folk, part drama, part spiritual," are capitalizing on the sweeping wave of acclaim that followed their 2005 EP 'The Tales of Don Quixote.' Songs on the EP were ubiquitous on Canadian radio, reaching number 7 on CFRC 101.9FM and the EP itself a six-week run in the Top 30 on Montreal's CJLO FM, following a request for an advanced copy.
The complexity of the music of 5th Projekt has most often been described as 'cinematic,' given the strong visual quality evoked by the songs. Easy summations of the group's sound and outlook are elusive, but this is understandable considering the diversity (and complexity) of artists they have been compared to: Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Portishead, along with a host of other artists in the musical field of experiment. The new album 'CiRCADiAN', as they describe, offers music that at times abandons typical popular songwriting, but also pays homage to classical compositional structure. The album title refers to the daily cycles of nature, as well as the furious balancing of opposites that characterize life. At the mixing helm was Ken Andrews, formerly of the band 'Failure' who has worked with such artists as Black Rebel Motorcycle Club and A Perfect Circle.
The opening track "In A Coma" sets the tone for the album, a dreamlike atmospheric composition that was singled out by John Sakamoto in the Toronto Star Anti-Hit List: "this haunting, relentlessly propulsive track could be an instrumental and it would still manage to articulate the essence of the lyrics: muffled panic, emotional numbness." Heavy stuff. "One To Throw Away" touches on the theme of failing eco-systems, in an emotional demand for a better world. The albums (over a thousand) that the band owns between them certainly seem to have inspired some interesting material.
Compliments from the rock journalism community have been innumerable. Julie Hunter of Tangible Sounds declares that 5th Projekt "have created a brand of music unlike any other." Karen Bliss of Canadian Musician calls the sound "haunting," whereas Wednesday Elektra of Space Junkies sums up 'Tales of Don Quixote' as "very surreal in its brilliant magical vocals, ethereal and delicate, female lulling that could put a baby to sleep."
5th Projekt came into being in 2003. Vocalist Tara Rice had released her solo album 'Face' that year on e.v.e Records, which was subsequently nominated for Best Folk Singer/Songwriter by the International Music Resource Group's Independent Music Awards. She is also contributing, with guitarist Sk?dt, to a project initiated by Ken Andrews called LADNA (Los Angeles Digital Noise Academy), along with such distinguished names as Charlotte Martin, Justin-Meldal Johnsen (Beck, Tori Amos) and Jordon Zadorozny (Abbey, Blinker the Star). Bassist Peter Broadley ? son of a songwriter father ? released an EP with The Leaving Projekt in 2002, entitled 'Inkomplete'. Sk?dt has released two full-length instrumental albums under the moniker Knell, before playing with Peter in The Leaving Projekt. "We never tried to create a certain type of music it just came out. Tara and myself are just different by nature," says Sk?dt of 5th Projekt's music.
The band has attended the 2005 North By Northeast Festival Showcase as well as The Canadian Music Week Showcase this year. They have already declared their intention "to be touring this vast and various world, sharing our music and visiting the cultures of the unique peoples that inhabit this planet."
For now, this, their first full album, will elate fans and converted critics. To further assert their independence, the album is released on their own label, Organik Rekords. Their "quest for our own unique and original sound" has taken a significant step towards completion.
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