VOTE FOR JASON
Jason has been nominated as part of the Progspace 2023 Awards in the category of best non-traditional instrument category. Voting lasts until February 28th.
A CONFUSION SEQUENCE
7D Media releases Jason’s lates progressive rock album, A CONFUSION SEQUENCE today. The album features Marco Minnemann once again on drums and artwork by longtime collaborator, Hajo Meuller. The album was mixed by Amery Schmeisser at Gravel Road and mastered by Andy VanDette and Evolve Mastering.
PROGSTOCK FOOTAGE
The band has received footage from their performance at last year’s ProgStock festival and is currently working on releasing videos from the show. Look for this later in the year along with an announcement about the next album.
JASON RELEASES CANDLES BURN
What was originally written as an Aziola Cry EP, Candles Burn went through many changes before becoming a string duo album featuring Raphael Weinroth-Browne (Leprous, Musk Ox) on cello. Labeled as “chamber music for metalheads,” the album is availabe through 7d Media.
VOTE FOR JASON
Jason has been nominated in The Progspace Awards “Performance of the Year: Non-Traditional Rock Instrument” category. Cast your vote for all categories now at https://theprogspace.com/awards2023/
PROG MAGAZINE REVIEW OF PROGSTOCK
The current issue of Prog has a nice review of the entire ProgStock Festival. The band is mentioned and referred to as “one of the highlights of the weekend.”
RADIANT DUSK
Jason has released a new solo Warr guitar album entitled, Radiant Dusk. The physical CD comes with the accompanying EP, Slightly Different Paths (a reworking of some of the songs to include drums). Both albums may be streamed everywhere. Buy the album or read the press release below:
https://jasonblake.bandcamp.com/music
PROGSTOCK PHOTOS
Visit the media section of the website as the photos section has been updated to include many new pictures by Gregory Rawrysz from ProgStock 2023.
THE BAND WAGON
The band’s catalog is now available for purchase at The Band Wagon USA. Visit the store at https://thebandwagonusa.com/collections/aziola-cry
THE PROGRESSIVE ASPECT REVIEW
“The level of musicianship is off the charts, yet at the heart of it all are well constructed compositions.”
Check out this detailed review of ProgStock by The Progressive Aspect.
https://theprogressiveaspect.net/blog/2023/10/18/progstock-2023/
PROGSTOCK REVIEW
Check out this review from our ProgStock appearance.
THANK YOU PROGSTOCK
Thank you to Tom, Ann, the entire staff at ProgStock 2023, and everyone that came out and supported us at the show. We really appreciate everyone and look forward to see you again sometime soon!
LIVESTREAM OF PROGSTOCK
There will be a livestream of our performance at ProgStock. Visit https://www.stageit.com/ProgStock for more information
3-DAY PASSES
3-day passes are now available for purchase to ProgStock 2023!
PROGSTOCK 2023
The band is very excited to announce that they will be playing at ProgStock Festival this year! The festival will be held October 6-8, 2023 and three day passes go on sale tomorrow.
GUITAR SESSIONS
Mike has been hard at work coming up with guitar parts for the new album. Sharing files back and forth with the band has been helpful in the creation process. Dates have now been set with Transient for us to reenter and track guitar. Stay tuned.
DRUM RECORDING SESSIONS
We started with the drum solo song on our final day of tracking drums. Steve provided some great feedback for this one too. While our songs always included sections that featured Tom’s playing, this song was truly composed to highlight drums. It sounds like the band while having a different vibe as compared to the material of The Ironic Divide. Last up was the last and most complicated song on the album. Through the process of simplifying certain drum parts and intensifying others, the song will work as the perfect conclusion to this album. Overall, the music is taking a much different sound to our last album. It feels like the next logical progression while maintaining certain elements of the band’s sound. Rough mixes were given to us to begin work on what to do guitar-wise. Guitar sessions are now scheduled for summer.
We tackled three songs today. With a much earlier start, Tom rolled through the next few in order as they appear in the album. Today felt very relaxed knowing that we still had one more day of recording. A few drum parts were altered slightly based on suggestions by Steve. Having his ears and input has been very valuable as we assemble these songs in the studio. That leaves two more tracks for tomorrow including a drum solo song and the misted complicated of the bunch.
Tom arrived at the studio and began setting up his drums in the big room. The band will be recording the upcoming album at Transient Sound in Chicago (this is where most of the last album was recorded). Soon after, Steven Gillis started placing mics while Tom tuned his drums. They did some checks and then we were off. Tom started with what will be the first song on the album and got through it pretty fluidly. The plan is to spend the next two days recording five more tracks for the album.
THE IRONIC DIVIDE TURNS TWO
The Ironic Divide turns two today! Help celebrate by giving the album a listen. :)
SUBSEQUENT RUINS OUT NOW
Jason’s album, “Subsequent Ruins” featuring Marco Minnemann on drums, is out now! Buy the album from 7D Media at https://jasonblake7d.bandcamp.com/album/subsequent-ruins or stream anywhere.
PREORDER SUBSEQUENT RUINS
You may now preorder Jason’s upcoming prog rock album featuring Marco Minnemann on drums though the 7D Media website.