Sounds Are Active » Rockband http://soundsareactive.com Making Noise Beautiful Since 1999 Sat, 26 Feb 2011 19:15:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Rockbands Presents The Fireside Room- Hidden Driveways (SAA1111) http://soundsareactive.com/rockbands-presents-the-fireside-room-hidden-driveways-saa1111/ http://soundsareactive.com/rockbands-presents-the-fireside-room-hidden-driveways-saa1111/#comments Wed, 03 Oct 2007 07:29:41 +0000 Chris Schlarb http://soundsareactive.com/rockbands-presents-the-fireside-room-hidden-driveways-saa1111/ In a kind of musical time-warp Hidden Driveways tips its hat as much to the mountains and greenery of Kelowna, Canada as to Neil Young, The Flaming Lips and Brian Eno. Rockband has been the main musical outlet for tirelessly creative singer and primary songwriter, Steve Hubert who also performs with a laundry list of Canadian ensembles in addition to engineering, mastering and producing. Hidden Driveways bears out some of the above influences and makes informed progress on it’s own merit as well. Incorporating analogue keyboards as judiciously as violins and ambient field recordings the album is a consistently warm listen.]]> A11A30D7-3D27-4474-83F1-A9A0CCEA29BF.jpg
In a kind of musical time-warp Hidden Driveways tips its hat as much to the mountains and greenery of Kelowna, Canada as to Neil Young, The Flaming Lips and Brian Eno. Rockband has been the main musical outlet for tirelessly creative singer and primary songwriter, Steve Hubert who also performs with a laundry list of Canadian ensembles in addition to engineering, mastering and producing. Hidden Driveways bears out some of the above influences and makes informed progress on it’s own merit as well. Incorporating analogue keyboards as judiciously as violins and ambient field recordings the album is a consistently warm listen.

A quantum leap in production quality and with the maturing of an already keen songwriting ability, Hidden Driveways sees Hubert (who plays most of the instruments on the record) fulfilling his potential. The beautiful melody and narrative on “A Strange Farewell For A Game” shift cleverly from subtle keyboard to overloaded drums to conversational singing all within the first two minutes of the song. Tracks like “The Heat In Your House” (which starts off with an interesting drum machine and guitar duet) and the quietly gorgeous “You And I Belong” are flooded with melodic ideas and ambiguous/observant lyrics.

Rockband is:
Steve Hubert- guitar, bass, vocals, keyboard, drums, electronics
Meghann Hubert- violin, vocals, keyboard
Mike Hubert- drums
Ryan Sawatzky- guitar
Ryan Peters- drums

Recorded and Produced by Steve Hubert
Mastered by Toby Hulse

Track Listing
01. The Homeroom Vortex (Made and impression)
02. A Strage Farewell for a game
03. Digital Filters
04. Turn Up The Heat in Your House [mp3]
05. So Come On
06. Hidden Driveways
07. The Resonant Tone of this Room is “Gee”
08. You And I Belong
09. Search Your Hearts and Be Silent
Bonus Fire Mountain EP
10. Fire Mountain
11. Paradise is Gone
12. Postmodern Table

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]]> http://soundsareactive.com/rockbands-presents-the-fireside-room-hidden-driveways-saa1111/feed/ 0 Rockband- Organica in Box-Sized Shapes (SAA1109) http://soundsareactive.com/rockband-organica-in-box-sized-shapes-saa1109/ http://soundsareactive.com/rockband-organica-in-box-sized-shapes-saa1109/#comments Wed, 03 Oct 2007 07:24:43 +0000 Chris Schlarb http://soundsareactive.com/rockband-organica-in-box-sized-shapes-saa1109/ First released in Canada by the group's own Silver Shamrock label, somehow an early copy of the album made it's way in the backpack of Orlando Greenhill all the way to Long Beach, CA. Only thing is, he doesn't know how it got there. One day while Chris Schlarb was looking through Orlando's CD collection (Ruins, Danielson Famile, Scatered Few, Henry Cow) he came across the album. Borrowing it and falling in love with it immediately, Of course it sounds nothing like the aforementioned noise, experimental and avant-ensembles, but rather, guitar and keyboard based rock-type music that just never seems to get stale. Creative arrangements and sonic workouts on this 14 song LP, originally recorded on 4-track by guitarist/singer Steve Hubert. We tried in vain to contact the Canadians. Letters and phone calls went without reply. Finally after three years. An email. Well the rest isn't as interesting but let's just say we're super happy that Rockband is on board and look for more music from them in the near future. This re-release contains a lyric sheet and full colour sticker on the front of the album.]]> 32CA8FAE-D01A-45AA-8ED3-8121758878FA.jpg
First released in Canada by the group’s own Silver Shamrock label, somehow an early copy of the album made it’s way in the backpack of Orlando Greenhill all the way to Long Beach, CA. Only thing is, he doesn’t know how it got there. One day while Chris Schlarb was looking through Orlando’s CD collection (Ruins, Danielson Famile, Scatered Few, Henry Cow) he came across the album. Borrowing it and falling in love with it immediately, Of course it sounds nothing like the aforementioned noise, experimental and avant-ensembles, but rather, guitar and keyboard based rock-type music that just never seems to get stale. Creative arrangements and sonic workouts on this 14 song LP, originally recorded on 4-track by guitarist/singer Steve Hubert. We tried in vain to contact the Canadians. Letters and phone calls went without reply. Finally after three years. An email. Well the rest isn’t as interesting but let’s just say we’re super happy that Rockband is on board and look for more music from them in the near future. This re-release contains a lyric sheet and full colour sticker on the front of the album.

Steve Hubert- guitar, vocals, keyboard
Rob Wiebe- bass, vocals, percussion
Mike Hubert- drums
Recorded by Steve Hubert
Mastered by Toby Hulse

Track Listing
01. Tounge to confess his thanks
02. Things are much more complicated than they seem
03. Organica in box-sized shapes
04. 21st Century Dream: light and sounds unite [mp3]
05. Swimming pools of blue
06. Anne Cleveland
07. Pirates
08. Listen
09. Mothership
10. B minor
11. Mama
12. No less
13. Sing it to the setting sun [mp3]
14. Paris in the fall

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