KARFAGEN - LAND OF CHAMELEONS (2024 LTD 2CD SET/DIGIBOOK/8PB)

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If Symphonic Prog is your thing then you really have to have this band on your collection as they are among the top players in the genre now!

Ukrainian Symphonic Prog band KARFAGEN unveil their new 2024 studio album and it comes in two formats:

This Limited Edition 2CD Set with 11 Bonus Tracks in a 6-Panel Digi-Pak with a 6-Page Booklet PLUS an 8-Page Poster Booklet.
And
A Standard Single CD with 2 Bonus Tracks in a Digi-Pak with a 4-Page Booklet.

KARFAGEN Line-Up:
Antony Kalugin (keyboards / vocals), Mariya Panasenko (vocals), Olha Rostovska (vocals), Max Velychko (electric & acoustic guitars), Konstantin Ionenko (bass), Viktor Syrotin (drums & percussion), Sergii Kovalov (accordion), Konstantin Shepelenko (drums), Anton Barsukov (electric guitars) and Vladislav Karbovskiy (bass), with Marek Arnold (soprano saxophone).

‘Land Of Chameleons’ was released on 28th June 2024.

‘Land Of Chameleons’ is also available as a Single CD Digi-Pak - Stock # 2206691

Here is a brief history of the wonderful KARFAGEN…

KARFAGEN is the brainchild of Ukrainian born keyboards player Antony Kalugin. Mainly an instrumental band, they have a unique sound that separates them from most others in the genre.
When vocal parts are used they are in near perfect English and VERY GOOD to say the least, but it’s the instrumental work-outs that this band produce that will really will get your juices flowing – especially if you are already into any of the bands listed in the next paragraph.
They show imaginative use of keyboards and guitars with just odd hints of New Age and Jazz-Rock in places.
Their influences are quite wide ranging, but you will hear references to bands like: CAMEL, IQ, PINK FLOYD, SAGA, FOCUS, The ENID, the FLOWER KINGS and Anthony Phillips in their music.

KARFAGEN (means “Karthago”) is a symbol of glory and wisdom and also a never-ending journey into the world of the forgotten past and un-predictable future. The name was first heard in 1997 when Antony Kalugin formed the band at school, but it was while he was studying at the architectural university in 1998 that he began to record their first album with his close friend Sergey Kovalev (accordion and harmonica).

After making several solo albums Kalugin composed and performed on more than forty other albums between 2003 and 2005. These were all released in Russia and the Ukraine. With those projects, Antony gathered the necessary funds to record the first real KARFAGEN album, and in 2005 the band reformed and went into the studio to record: ‘Continium’, an album which led the band to sign with the Canadian label: UNICORN DIGITAL. After one other album for that label, Kalugin formed a partnership with Welsh based musician Will Mackie and has since released all the KARFAGEN and related titles on his Caerllysi Music label.

Antony Kalugin's main strength is his brilliant, at times delicate keyboard work, and alongside his musical collaborators he offers a tribute to the Symphonic Prog of the past. His impressive portfolio of musical projects threaten to place him as a Ukrainian answer to Steven Wilson - a prolific creative force capable of playing Progressive and Prog-influenced music in a vast variety of styles! As well as KARFANEN and his solo projects, he has interests in projects of SUNCHILD, a melodic, song-based Prog band in which he recruited various Ukrainian musicians. He is also an integral contributor to Will Mackie's band HOGGWASH.

Despite how important those ongoing projects are to him, KARFAGEN is Kalugin's "flagship" Progressive Rock band, the one he instituted and has been working with ever since deciding to pursue a music career back in 1994.

KARFAGEN: LAND OF CHAMELEONS Ltd 2CD Track List:

CD 1:
01. Land Of Chameleons (4:51)
02. Agora By Day (10:05)
03. My Shadow (7:49)
04. Dios Pyros - Part 2 (3:02)
05. Into The Kaleidoscope (11:48)
06. Journey To A Shrine (10:50)
07. Two Minutes Before The Dawn (2:24)
TPT - 50:52

CD 2:
01. Ithaca (2:10)
02. Agora By Day - Part 2 (6:13)
03. To Those Who Dwell In Realms Of Day [expanded version] (4:08)
04. Pilgrimage (5:31)
05. Resurrection (5:40)
06. Made in Heaven (1:27)
07. Into The Kaleidoscope [short instrumental version] (7:43)
08. Agora By Day [instrumental version] (7:52)
09. Ray Of Light [live on Progdream Fest NL 2023] (2:46)
10. Magicians Theater Short [live in Parkvilla NL 2023) (4:25)
11. Chameleon Shapeshifter [live in Parkvilla NL 2023] (4:56)
12. Land Of Chameleons [live in Parkvilla NL 2023] (4:59)
TPT - 57:52