SUNCHILD

THE GNOMON

Released :

Caerllysi Music have released the latest Colossal Concept 2 cd Project from Antony Kalugin of Karfagen and Hoggwash fame.

Antony has brought together seventeen of the most talented musicians in the Ukraine and created a musical masterpiece.

I have been lucky enough to watch this project grow from the beginning, with well over 96 minutes of music centering around three epic tracks which total more than 63 minutes alone, the album crosses all the musical genres in a most rewarding and enjoyable way. 

It starts off musically where Hoggwash and the last Karfagen albums finished, the project subject is about growing up and the childhood innocence that we hold deep within us.

The double cd will also include some surprises and hopefully some camera footage and will be sold at a sensible price.

So as Antony says, "be a child with an open heart" ENJOY FOLKS AND BE WARNED TOO MUCH GOOD MUSIC CAN BE ADDICTIVE!!!!

Will, Caerllysi Music.

Peter J says :

Wow, wotta release! The Gnomon has been knocking me & Terri out for a few days… tremendously fresh prog with cool twists and turns that keeps the interest up on repeated listens. Fantastic work, men!
 
Finally, from the Ukraine comes Sunchild! This band is the same line-up as Hoggwash minus Will Mackie from Wales. (Will is in co-producer’s chair.) The name of this release is “The Gnomon” and it tells the story of the innocence and imagination of childhood. This is fresh prog at its best… I score a 10 on the Prog-O-Meter ™! This 2 disk release is filled with inventive songwriting and eclectic instrumentation. There are several epics plus some shorter tunes. In the song “Midnight Train” they manage to do what I have never heard… they sound like Salem Hill! A large part of this epic sounds like the lost song from “Be!” The brain child of this project is Antony Kalugin and Will told me he wanted him to have free rein on this project to so showcase his enormous talent. Antony is 28 years old and a true prodigy. This one is a keeper! In the Sunchild directory you will also find album art *and* two videos that were hiding on disk 2… for your viewing pleasure, download and enjoy! Ukrainian prog!
 
The songwriting is top notch and musicianship is stellar. My only minor issue with The Gnomon is uneven vocal production. The gal singing and doing harms sounds very brittle and also (to my ears) a little more up front in the mix that the guy doing lead. To the instruments I can only say, perfect! Totally awesome release… thanks for sharing it Will. Antony, congratulations on a landmark recording! :~)
 
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       Track Listing: 

       1. The Gnomon

       2. Astoria mp3

       3. Sleepwalker mp3-1 mp3-2

       4. The Prayer of the broken heart mp3

       5. Adrift

       6. Love will shine like gold mp3

       7. Sunchild mp3-1 mp3-2

       8. Midnight Train mp3 

       9. Wonderworld mp3-1 mp3-2 mp3-3

All tracks by Antony Kalugin

Produced by Will Mackie & Antony Kalugin.

Drums, bass, Vlads guitars were recorded during Nov 07 - Jan 08 at V.I.P. studios (Kharkov)

All other instruments and vocals were recorded at KFG home studio during Nov 07 - Feb 08

Mixed & mastered by Antony Kalugin in Feb 08 

Coverart & layout by Yuriy Chubenko paguo@datasvit.net

Antony : antony@hoggwash.net, kfg.music@mail.ru

       SUNCHILD Cast:

       Antony Kalugin - all keys & programming, lead & background vocals, 

       acoustic guitar (track 8)

       Viktoria Osmachko - vocals (track 3, 7, 8, 9)

       Timophey Sobolev - vocals (track 4, 9)

       Sergey Balalaev - drums (track 2 - 9)

       Kostya Ionenko - bass (track 2 - 9)

       Vlad Annenkov - electric guitars (track 2 - 7, 9)

       Alexey Khorolskiy - electric guitars (track 2 - 5, 9)

       Roman Goloborda - electric guitars ( track 1 - 4, 7)

       Sergey Kovalev - bayan (track 2, 3, 9), vocals (track 3, 8) , harmonica (track 8)

       Helen Bour - oboe (track 3, 7 - 9)

       Roman Vinskovskiy - sax (track 2, 3, 7)

       Dmitry Bondarev - trumpet (track 2 - 4, 7)

       Timophey Brahin - trombone (track 2 - 4, 7)

       Oksana Podmarova - cello (track 2, 3, 6 - 9)

       Lesya Kofanova - flute (track 1 - 3, 6)

       Roman Gorelov - acoustic (track 2, 3, 8, 9) & electric guitars (track 8)

       Roman Philonenko - acoustic guitars (track 3, 4, 9)

       Yuri Nemirovsky - Clarnet (track 5)

ANTONY KALUGIN

THE WATER

Now available

The full first track available in mp3

ANTONY KALUGIN - THE WATER RELEASED AT LAST !

As promised at last we have now released Antonys debut cd from 2002 "The Water" issued by Caerllysi Music with a four page book and burnt on high quality cd from the original studio master.

The Water has influences from new age, electronic and progressive rock, this was the music that convinced me that Antony was indeed a hidden jewel that our music badly needed to take on board and embrace, he has the ability to create such supreme moods and emotions with his work whilst melodies of the highest quality are being continually thrown at you.

The Water also draws a line to where Antony started creating work that he loves, (earlier works were created to the specification of commercial companies and are now finding there way onto illegal download sites). 

The Water is the only work prior to Karfagen that Antony can call his own,  so listen and enjoy the start of our journey together, we thank you for continuing to walk this road with us.

Will

CaerllysiMusic