Sylvan
Note: There are three artists with this name.
1. Prog Rock, German band<… Read Full Bio ↴Note: There are three artists with this name.
1. Prog Rock, German band
2. 60's female pop singer.
3. Low-Fi Dublin Band
1.
In the spring of 1990, Kay Söhl, the two keyboarders Volker Söhl and Matthias Harder, founded the band TEMPORAL TEMPTATION. By that summer the band had already played its first gig - the first live performance of the core founding members of the band. In a way it was also Sylvan's birth. At this time the band played hard rock music and sang in German. Only a small part of their music was progressive rock.
In Autumn 1990, the band changed its name to CHAMELEON, a symbol of changeability, representing the long instrumental parts in their music. The cover artwork had a likeness to early MARILLION covers and has never been issued. In summer 1991 Marko Heisig joined Chameleon as the lead singer and bassist. Between 1992 and 1994 the band had a gloomy and aggressive tonality to them and in this they were very different from the more rocky sounds of the previous years. In 1992 the first official demo tape of Chameleon was released. With Matthias Koops as lead singer, the second official demo tape was recorded. The title was 'Slaves' and its tracklist was 'Time', 'Slaves', 'Mirror of a Lifetime' and 'Childhood Dreams'. (By the way, 'Slaves' was the old title of a version of today's song 'Deliverance' after which Sylvan's first album was named!).
In winter 1995 one of the band's dreams was fulfilled: Marco Glühmann, an old friend who played many years before with Chameleon, joined the band. Within the same year the third and last official demo tape was recorded. The tracklist was 'Beren and Luthien', 'Golden Cage' and 'Outro'. All of these songs have merged into Sylvan's first studio album in one way or another.
In 1997 the last live concert took place under the name Chameleon. Marko Heisig left the band and the bass was taken over by Patrick Münster. The band changed its name to Sylvan. Their first cd was recorded in 1998 and the second was released in 2000. (Adapted from text on the official history website). The music of the band is progressive rock with some hard rock moments, and some spacey melodic pop-rock elements, probably lingering from earlier in their career. Also there are some Art-prog elements, but really not enough to call this music Art-rock as such. Other apparent influences include psychedelic rock, a little PINK FLOYD in the spacey elements, and surely MARILLION and GENESIS.
2. 60's female pop singer. In 2006 her record "We Don't Belong" first recorded in 1965, was featured on a Rhino Records compilation set "The Hatbox collection" "Girl Groups Lost and Found" which gained two Grammy Award nominations in January 2007. Now a successful photographer living in London. www.sylvanmason.com In 1965 Sylvan became the first and only Stowaway on Radio Caroline's Mi Amigo Pirate Ship. She spent the weekend with Tony Blackburn, Roger Gale and Mike Allen promoting her record "We Don't Belong" which had recently been banned by the BBC; helping the dj's with their quiz shows and making jingles whilst the headlines in newspapers screamed "Beautiful blonde Marooned with 15 men". Unlike the new film "The Boat That Rocked" which is based on Radio Caroline, it was cold, uncomfortable and a bit smelly says Sylvan but the boys were very sweet and well behaved.
3. Irish band Sylvan are a five-piece low-fi Dublin-based group, originally formed in 2000 by band members Colin Russell-Conway (drums), Paul Clynes (vox & lead guitar), and Adam McCormack (vox & guitar). Adam left the group in 2004, to move to Denmark and is now recording & gigging with his new band, Imagine I Had Hands. At this point Kieron (Beardy) joined the band to replace Adam on vox & guitar. And Fergus Russell-Conway was also recruited to join the band on bass & backing vox. The band have released 3 full-length albums to date. Their first album "The Ugly Lemon" was recorded in Chicago with Steve Albini in 2003. They then recorded their second album My Marble Eye themselves in Dublin in January 2005. Sylvan have just released their third album "We Are Lying to you through song" in September 2007, and are currently touring this album in Ireland and Europe. http://www.myspace.com/sylvan1
1. Prog Rock, German band<… Read Full Bio ↴Note: There are three artists with this name.
1. Prog Rock, German band
2. 60's female pop singer.
3. Low-Fi Dublin Band
1.
In the spring of 1990, Kay Söhl, the two keyboarders Volker Söhl and Matthias Harder, founded the band TEMPORAL TEMPTATION. By that summer the band had already played its first gig - the first live performance of the core founding members of the band. In a way it was also Sylvan's birth. At this time the band played hard rock music and sang in German. Only a small part of their music was progressive rock.
In Autumn 1990, the band changed its name to CHAMELEON, a symbol of changeability, representing the long instrumental parts in their music. The cover artwork had a likeness to early MARILLION covers and has never been issued. In summer 1991 Marko Heisig joined Chameleon as the lead singer and bassist. Between 1992 and 1994 the band had a gloomy and aggressive tonality to them and in this they were very different from the more rocky sounds of the previous years. In 1992 the first official demo tape of Chameleon was released. With Matthias Koops as lead singer, the second official demo tape was recorded. The title was 'Slaves' and its tracklist was 'Time', 'Slaves', 'Mirror of a Lifetime' and 'Childhood Dreams'. (By the way, 'Slaves' was the old title of a version of today's song 'Deliverance' after which Sylvan's first album was named!).
In winter 1995 one of the band's dreams was fulfilled: Marco Glühmann, an old friend who played many years before with Chameleon, joined the band. Within the same year the third and last official demo tape was recorded. The tracklist was 'Beren and Luthien', 'Golden Cage' and 'Outro'. All of these songs have merged into Sylvan's first studio album in one way or another.
In 1997 the last live concert took place under the name Chameleon. Marko Heisig left the band and the bass was taken over by Patrick Münster. The band changed its name to Sylvan. Their first cd was recorded in 1998 and the second was released in 2000. (Adapted from text on the official history website). The music of the band is progressive rock with some hard rock moments, and some spacey melodic pop-rock elements, probably lingering from earlier in their career. Also there are some Art-prog elements, but really not enough to call this music Art-rock as such. Other apparent influences include psychedelic rock, a little PINK FLOYD in the spacey elements, and surely MARILLION and GENESIS.
2. 60's female pop singer. In 2006 her record "We Don't Belong" first recorded in 1965, was featured on a Rhino Records compilation set "The Hatbox collection" "Girl Groups Lost and Found" which gained two Grammy Award nominations in January 2007. Now a successful photographer living in London. www.sylvanmason.com In 1965 Sylvan became the first and only Stowaway on Radio Caroline's Mi Amigo Pirate Ship. She spent the weekend with Tony Blackburn, Roger Gale and Mike Allen promoting her record "We Don't Belong" which had recently been banned by the BBC; helping the dj's with their quiz shows and making jingles whilst the headlines in newspapers screamed "Beautiful blonde Marooned with 15 men". Unlike the new film "The Boat That Rocked" which is based on Radio Caroline, it was cold, uncomfortable and a bit smelly says Sylvan but the boys were very sweet and well behaved.
3. Irish band Sylvan are a five-piece low-fi Dublin-based group, originally formed in 2000 by band members Colin Russell-Conway (drums), Paul Clynes (vox & lead guitar), and Adam McCormack (vox & guitar). Adam left the group in 2004, to move to Denmark and is now recording & gigging with his new band, Imagine I Had Hands. At this point Kieron (Beardy) joined the band to replace Adam on vox & guitar. And Fergus Russell-Conway was also recruited to join the band on bass & backing vox. The band have released 3 full-length albums to date. Their first album "The Ugly Lemon" was recorded in Chicago with Steve Albini in 2003. They then recorded their second album My Marble Eye themselves in Dublin in January 2005. Sylvan have just released their third album "We Are Lying to you through song" in September 2007, and are currently touring this album in Ireland and Europe. http://www.myspace.com/sylvan1
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Sylvan Lyrics
A Fairytale Ending He roamed the wood of Neldoreth His name was Beren -…
A Kind of Eden Feel it faintly ... … feel it shyly … feel it…
A Sad Sympathy Look up faintly and I lack the power to cry Fall…
About to Leave About to leave… Cling to intimacy you used to feel No-one …
All of It He fills up all – is the background and the…
Answer to Life When they talk to me – I just shut my…
Around The World When the streets wake up we open our eyes -…
Artificial Paradise In a vaporous world - an appearance so bright where the…
Belated Gift I cannot get it - colors driving me so mad Pictures…
Bequest of Tears In the quietness of my silent walls Where the shadows play…
Bitter Symphony Close your pages, lay them down Dim the light and look…
Chapter 1: The Fountain of Glow Part One Heart, you bleed away... Day's, you're dyed in crimson World…
Childhood Dreams If you want to be the king of this land Just…
Cold Suns He can't sleep at night and he works all day Tries…
Deep Inside Desperately depressed or even deeply hopeless This was rath…
Deliverance Many times you remember freedom Happy days without fear and…
Embedded Every day's a miraculous voyage for you And each night an…
Encounters One decision, one encounter of fate – An explosion echoes t…
Episode 609 I take my time For the friends that I never had And…
Essence of Life Hey, did I ever tell 'bout cute tick called Pete He…
Eternity Ends Heat grows cold, light becomes dark And the dust returns to…
Fearless Calm down and take my time I got to keep cool…
Follow Me Hear my call, Me tempting my melody, let us talk Feel my…
For One Day Your hands uncertain, with your voice unheard When you're l…
Force of Gravity I light up a fire, a fire that stands for…
Forgotten Virtue Each day I leave my realm, step out of my…
From the Silence So it starts, grow microscopic Tiny parts... From the sile…
God of Rubbish That's far too different Too insignificant, You know What…
Golden Cage Mist is surrounding her cliff, I feel pain, it is caused…
High Hopes Beyond the horizon of the place we lived when we…
Human Apologies Wastefulness - the inconvenience of our passions Thoughtles…
I Still Believe Deep in my soul - fertile in sentiments – Gaining control,…
In Chains Cold spreads out a chill of fear when the wind…
In Vain You smile, you charm, you hold his sense – Bewilder everyth…
Isle in Me When I greet the morning With a smile you always loved And…
King Porn Turn your TV on, take it in you The show has…
Long Ago So long ago sonce boisterous lands arose… Long ago since oc…
Lost Patient silence filled the air that day So ominous but know…
Message from the Past I’m starring into space, falling quietly, captured by her pa…
Midnight Sun An ice crystal ocean As far as the eye can see And…
No Earthly Reason Lift my head and look outside See the city sleeps Watch th…
No Way Out Though I know it would be hard to get through. How…
Not Far From The Sky Wait… approach them inside… jointly expectant and quiet, awh…
One Step Beyond My resistance is broken I can not even lift my head Left…
Overture No-one ever dared believe- A deed that lay beyond their nee…
Pane of Truth Lying in my bed of tears, haunted by the eye…
Posthumous Silence In the quietness of his silent walls Frail und sunken drops…
Presentiments And they whisper soft, It's a breath of air and a…
Presets Tasted flavors of regret Paid for all my past preset Count…
Questions They move in the rhythm of their time and keep…
Safe There are birds above me, free of all they're cicling…
Seeking Nights Shadows of twilight, like a sign of might, conquers greed…
Signed Away I gave you truth – you gave me nothing I broke…
So easy When you breathe in memories and your thoughts are light-yea…
So Much More Try in vain to convince me, but I never felt…
Souvenirs Did you ever fight? Did you ever fear that things…
Strange Emotion Whenever darkness arises the shadow doesn't hide the traces …
That's Why It Hurts I am searching for the silence, hear the sound of…
The Colors Changed Fought my way through gloomy alleys, felt the storm in…
The Fountain of Glow Heart, you bleed away... Day's, you're dyed in crimson World…
The Last Embrace Easy is nothing, nothing is near – it used to be…
This World Is Not for Me Living with promises - broken and light Flowing through con…
Those Defiant Ways Those defiant ways Yes, I followed them just to be back…
Through My Eyes With my thoughts astray I still hear you say that…
Timeless Traces When I said I had no doubts While I tried to…
Today Today - I took it from you Today - gave it…
Trust in Yourself Now things became vaguer So daunting they seem A rash of new…
Turn of the Tide Way up In a second Way down And again back up Somehow I…
Unconsciously Why does it change like an endless cycle* Where passion turn…
Vapour Trail Vivid memories did I start to sleep? Watch the clouds drift…
When the Leaves Fall Down All we knew for decades is spoken Thousand promises have be…
Would You Feel Better Just a stranger of obscurity But you've finally arrived Te…
You Are When I saw you for the first time, you smiled…
Your Source Do you recall all the tears that she dried, Every soothing…