2018 was an eventful year for us at Melodic Revolution Records with twelve exceptionally talented bands and solo artists joining our family.
86 Bullets (US) Melodic Hard Rock
Bomber Goggles (US) Neo-Prog
Steve Bonino (US) Crossover Progressive Rock
Colouratura (US) Avant-garde Prog
DC Snackebuster (Belgium) Blues
Flor de Loto (Peru) Progressive Folk Metal
Lisa La Rue (US) Symphonic Prog
Overture (Italy) Italian & Canterbury Prog
Ten Jinn (International) Symphonic Classical Prog
SL Theory (Greece) Progressive Melodic Rock
Alan-Michael Taylor (UK)Ambient, Crossover Prog
Our goal as an independent record label has always been to work with artists of the highest caliber, and bring you music that we feel will stand the test of time. Every year we set the bar a bit higher than the previous one.
We feel that 2018 like previous years was special, all of our releases have been played either or in some cases both terrestrial and internet radio with much acclaim. Many of these artists even ended up in the best of 2018 playlists.
2018 was pretty amazing, we released a wide range of musicial styles and formats, artists such as Forever Twelve, Bomber Goggles, Michael-Alan Taylor and Ten Jinn were nominated for album of the year, not all won but many ended up on various top album charts for 2018, as well as receiving critical acclaim in various music blogs and magazines around the world.
January
Odin’s Court – Turtles All the Way Down Volume II – CD & Digital
February
Marco Ragni -Land of Blue Echoes HRA 24 Bit Remaster – Digital
Marco Ragni The Wandering Caravan – HD 24 Bit Remaster
Marco Ragni The Wandering Caravan – CD & Digital
March
Overture – Overture – CD & Digital
Bomber Goggles – Gyreland – CD & Digital
April
Lisa LaRue – Origins – CD & Digital
Insites – Last Thought –Digital
BABAL The Circle of Confusion of Tongues – LP, CD & Digital
Aethellis – A Home In Your Thoughts (EP) – CD & Digital
May
Ten Jinn – Sisyphus – CD & Digital
Colouratura – Unfamiliar Skies – CD & Digital
June
86 Bullets – Animals & Angels (EP) – CD & Digital
Michael-Alan Taylor – Avalonia (The Sonnets of Guinevere) – LP & Digital
SL Theory – Progressively Dark (A Concert For A Group & String Orchestra) – CD, DVD & Digital
August
ifsounds – An Gorta Mor – CD & Digital
September
The Steve Bonino Project – Stargazer – CD & Digital
Ten Jinn – Ziggy Blackstar (a tribute to David Bowie) – CD & Digital
Babal – The Glacier – CD & Digital
Stratospheerius & Joe Deninzon – Guilty of Innocence – LP, CD & Digital
October
NeverWake (Single) Are You In There – Digital
November
DC Snakebuster – DC Snakebuster – CD & Digital
Flor de Loto – Eclipse – CD & Digital (LP in Early 2019)
December
Progeland – Harmony Of The Universe – CD & Digital
The Sled – Various Artist Christmas Album – Digital
Darrel Treece-Birch – The First Step…Is to take one – CD & Digital
All releases are available worldwide from local record shops to Online shops, including Amazon, Bandcamp CD baby as well as most all popular digital platforms.
Festivals we attended in 2018
Melodic Revolution Records attended 2 festivals were we set up shop to market and promote our artists, the first was at the Majestic Theater, Gettysburg, PA during RosFest (The Rites of Spring Festival) May 4th – 6th 2018. During this
Flor de Loto thrills the crowd with their brand of progressive folk metal at RosFest 15 (The Rites of Spring Festival) on May 6, 2018. The Promoter and fans were so impressed with the band that they were invited to return to play Rosfest 16 in Sarasota, Flordia in May of 2019
Melodic Revolution Records vending table at UCPAC Hamilton Theater during ProgStock II in Rahway, New Jersey between October 5th and 7th 2018
Joe Deninzon & Stratospheerius blow the roof off at UCPAC Hamilton Stage during ProgStock II in Rahway, New Jersey on Saturday, October 6th, 2018
The Promoter and fans were so blown away that JDS have been invited back to play the main stage Union County Performing Arts Center in October 2019
2018 was all about growth and broadening our vision of marketing and promotion, we launched two new entities to do just that the first was Melodic Revolution Radio, at first we started off promoting all of the MRR releases, somewhere close to 100 releases, but then we decide to expand and add music bt many independent artists that were not receiving worldwide airplay and distribution. the station stream 24/7 playing all styles of music.
Stop by and give us a listen: http://melodicrevolutionradio.com/
PeacockSunrise Records (PSR) was our second new concept to strengthin our vision for marketing and promotion growth, conceived on the 5th of December 2018 and is an imprint MRR.
PSR is an Alternative Crossover label and will be the home to amazing Rock, Pop, Blues, Singer-songwriter, Alternative, and whatever else moves us music. Our promise is to release the same quality of music we now release via MRR.
One of our very first releases on PSR will be the debut solo album by Scarlet Hollow Vocalist Allison VonBülow. Allison is an artist that we have had the pleasure to work with since 2006 when we discover the magic of Echoes Landing.
More info very soon!
Melodic Revolution Records Online:
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Melodic Revolution Records Spotify Playlists:
https://open.spotify.com/user/melodicrevolutionrecords