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What's up:
- You can listen to
songs from our albums on MySpace
and read reviews about them on our Reviews-page.
- You can buy our albums from Firebox
webshop and
several other web shops and music stores. For
our Japanese fans, we recommend Garden
Shed. For our fans in the U.S., we recommend Syn-phonic.
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August 2010 (by Michael): 25
August 2009 (by Michael): 25
October 2008 (by Kebu): 13
June 2008 (by Michael): 27
February 2008 (by Kebu): 1
February 2008 (by Kebu): 31
January 2008 (by Kebu): 21
January 2008 (by Kebu): 7
January 2008 (by Kebu): 10
December 2007 (by Kebu): 3
December 2007 (by Kebu): 22
November 2007 (by Kebu): 20
November 2007 (by Kebu): 15
November 2007 (by Kebu): 12
November 2007 (by Kebu): 9
November 2007 (by Kebu): 29
October 2007 (by Kebu): 23
October 2007 (by Kebu): 22
October 2007 (by Kebu): We're sorry
that we didn't inform you about the 3-song-voting system, we missed that
(although it was mentioned on the home page). Anyway, thank you all for
your effort. We really appreciate it. Also thanks to Vegalistan
for giving us the chance and sorry for all the trouble! 15
October 2007 (by Kebu): The
album has also recieved its first reviews! You can find the review from
Arbetarbladet and Artrock.se on the newly opened review
page. The reviews are not yet translated, but both are very positive
reviews, so we will probably translate them soon. :) You
can also find a news
item regarding the album on the Finnish-Swedish music site Stationen.fi.
Our
Finnish fans can now order both "Imperfekt" and "Prime
Mover alias Drivkraft" from the popular online shop Ariman. 7
October 2007 (by Kebu): 6
October 2007 (by Kebu): 5
October 2007: 4
October 2007: 29
September 2007: 24
September 2007: 29
August 2007: 28
May 2007: 26
May 2007: 26
March 2007:
An update again about what the Prime Mover musicians have done lately. Michael Karlsson has done an album with the Turku-band Space Bar Hoppers, you can download 8 tracks from here, the style is mainly classic 70's hard rock.
Sebastian Teir is active with the funk/jazz band Vinyl Jam in Espoo. Click here for some sample songs! The band is playing live and has also released a couple of albums, the last one being "Kino" (2009). And more stuff with Kouzin Bedlam is also coming up... stay tuned!
Prime Mover has not been active lately, but if you want to hear some related stuff you
can check out this website: Greys. Greys features two members of Prime Mover, and the new 10-track album "Generated by the Abducted Musicians" includes two songs that were originally intended for Prime Mover, back in the early 00's ("Things May Seem Real" and "An Exhibition of Challenging Art"). All the new songs can be downloaded for free here: Mikseri.net. Please give feedback on the tracks!
Another Prime Mover-related album that also can be downloaded for free is this one: Kouzin Bedlam. Hard rock featuring Sebastian "Kebu" Teir on keyboards.
We apologize for not having updated the web page for a while. Both Michael and I have been very busy lately. Except for our day time jobs, Mikke continues working with his band Space bar hoppers and I have started working with Vinyl Jam, which just released a single with me playing clavinet, moog, and juno.
Aural Moon Radio recently requested a copy of "Imperfekt", so soon you should be able to request music from it on their streaming Internet radio station! We have a few reviews still coming in from the record that we will post here as soon as we get some time to write them down.
The new website ZXC, which is specialized in music by the Swedish-speaking minority in Finland, has reviewed "Imperfekt". The reviewer, "Humppe", thinks it's a good album, but that it could be a bit more energetic and aggressive. You can read the review here.
VM at ProgressoR, the Uzbekistan Progressive Rock Pages, has also reviewed the album. He loved "Prime Mover Alias Drivkraft" and gave it maximum points, but is not quite as blown away this time. You can read why not here.
A
new review of Imperfekt
was recently published in the Finnish-Swedish magazine
Resonans.
The review is positive and the reviewer thinks we are a promising band.
The review is not yet translated, but if you know Swedish you
can read the review on our
review page.
Most
of the reviews of Imperfekt
have now been translated into English. You
can read the reviews and their translations on our
review page.
Jackpot!
Imperfekt
was awarded five stars (maximum) by a review in the distinguished Finnish
music magazine Rumba.
He thinks that we revive a stuffy genre, and describes our record as creative,
of high-quality, and excellently implemented, as well as exhilaratingly
original and fresh. Wow, thank you for the compliments! You
can read the review on our
review page. The review
is in Finnish, but we will try to translate the reviews as soon as possible
(sorry for the delay, we have just been very busy with our regular jobs).
A
new review of Imperfekt
was published in the latest issue of Progressive
Newsletter. The reviewer thinks we have developed since our first
record and finds Imperfekt
a better experience than our first record. You
can read the review on our
review page. The review
is in German, but we will try to translate the reviews as soon as possible.
Happy
new year everyone! A new review is up from the popular Swedish pop/rock
magazine Zero
Music Magazine. They think that our latest record is "new, but
classic progressive rock of class" and both better and smoother than
our previous record. Thank
you for that! You can read the review on our
review page. We will
try to translate the review as soon as possible.
More
reviews are raining in. One review is from the popular Finnish indierockpunkmetalzine
Sue and another review
comes from a German webzine called Rocktimes.
At
Rocktimes, we got a review of our previous record,
Prime Mover alias Drivkraft, as well. All three
reviews are very positive ones. You can read them on the
review pages.
Several
new reviews and translations have been posted on the review
page!
We
have now managed to translate most of the reviews to English! We also
put the reviews in alphabetical order to (hopefully) allow for more easy
navigation. Go on to the review page...
Finland's
number one music magazine, Soundi,
has published a review of Imperfekt!
The reviewer thought it was difficult to figure us out. He thinks we play
well together and that there are several great moments on the record,
but not as many great tracks. According to the reviewer, there seems to
be too many chefs in our kitchen. :) However, he still gave it 3 out of
5 points. The review is in Finnish, but we have began the translation
work. The first review of our record has now been translated and added
to our review page.
In
one month, our U.S.-based fans will be able to order our records by domestic
mail directly from Syn-phonic's
web shop! You can place
your orders already to pre-book your CDs.
Two
more reviews of Imperfekt
were published last week. The first review is from the
Dutch
Progressive Rock Page and is the most detailed review so far! The
reviewer mentions both highlights and weak points of the record. Overall,
he enjoyed the record and gave it 7 out of 10 points. The second review
is from Åbo
Underrättelser, a local newspaper. The short review is in Swedish
and I have not yet had time to translate any of the reviews. The reviewer
seemed to like the record. You can read both the reviews on our review
page.
Our site
was down during the beginning of this week due to maintenance by our service
provider. Sorry about that! Next time, I'll try to warn you in advance.
But for now, the site should be running again as normal.
Two
reviews of Imperfekt
have recently been published on
distinguished progressive rock web sites. The first review is from Progressive
Ears. The reviewer started the review with saying that our record
was the greatest CD Progressive Ears has sent him to review yet and ended
the review by saying that our record is one of 2007’s highlights!
Thanks for the nice words! The second review is from Babyblaue
Seiten. The review is in German and I have not yet had time to translate
it. But the reviewer thought that our record was very good and gave it
a rating 12/15 (one notch higher than our previous record scored). You
can read both the reviews on our review
page.
A
new review of Imperfekt
has been published on Palasokeri.com.
The reviewer gave our record very high ratings, 4.5/5, and says that our
latest record may as well be our best ever! Thats good to hear! We have
cited the review on our review page
as well, but we have not yet had time to translate any of the reviews.
But don't worry, we will soon translate them.
Thanks
to all our loyal fans who voted for us on Vegalistan
last week! Unfortunately, most of the votes were only for one song, so
the votes were discarded. Otherwise, we would have been on the list. What
a bummer! But the rules are that voters must vote on three songs from
the list, not only one. The first thing I came to think about when I heard
about the results was what seems to be the typical paradigm in Finland:
"Don't try to be good, try to be mediocre!" In other
words, if you stick out from the mainstream you will probably get trampled
on. But I think it was more a case of the other side of the coin, which
can be summarized by a well-known saying in Swedish: "Den som gapar
efter mycket mister ofta hela stycket". Freely translated it means
that if you are too greedy, you often lose the lot.
Yesterday,
the song "Sagt och gjort" from the
new Prime Mover CD, Imperfekt,
was listed as a challenger for the chart Vegalistan
on Radio Vega. Please vote
for "Sagt och gjort" on Vegalistan!
If we get enough
votes, we might enter its charts! Just
check the box next to the song on the web
page, fill in your name, address, and e-mail and press "Rösta".
Today,
Prime Mover was a hot topic in Tonträffen
on Radio Vega. Three songs (no, we didn't bribe the station) were
played from the new Prime Mover CD, Imperfekt.
The speaker, Bengt Bergqvist, was quite enthausiastic about the record,
and summarised quite well what Prime Mover is about. The program will
air again on the 10th of October at 20:30 so stay tuned at Radio
Vega then! Also Nöjesmagasinet
on Radio Vega and Musikrepubliken
on Radio X3m have during the week played songs from the album, although
it is not a musical style that they typically play. Many thanks to Radio
Vega and Radio X3m for the support!
All
our albums are now available from
Firebox
webshop!
Go to their "Catalog" page and search for "Prime Mover".
Today,
Sebastian was interviewed on Radio
Vega Österbotten by Ann-Sofie Långvik regarding the new
Prime Mover CD, Imperfekt.
The interview was very intensive, and during his eight minutes on the
air, Sebastian told us as much as possible about the new CD in his own
native dialect (hope somebody else understood the discussion as well :).
According to Sebastian, ideals and values is the main theme throughout
the record. Especially demands and excptations, on both a societal level
and a personal level, and their impact on our lives are reflected upon
in the lyrics.
The
Imperfekt
CDs have now arrived at Garden
Shed (Japan). If you happen to live in Tokyo and would like to listen
to some good ole' Finnish-swedish progressive rock (huh?) now's your chance!
The
Imperfekt
CDs have now arrived to our distributor and will available
on
the 10th of October
from Firebox
webshop (Finland, also international sales). A shipment has also been
sent to Garden
Shed (Japan) and should arrive after a week.
The new Prime Mover album, Imperfekt, has
been released today! Thanks to everybody involved for the effort! In honor
of the new CD, we have revamped the home page graphics, redesigned the
bio-page, and opened a new Imperfekt-page,
where you can find the lyrics both in Swedish and in English. The CDs
have not yet reached our distributor, but they should be available in
a week or two. In the meantime, you can listen to two songs from the album
on MySpace.
Two
songs from the new CD are available for streaming as well from the Mikseri-site!
The new Prime Mover album, called Imperfekt, has now been sent
to the CD-presses. We delayed the production slighlty, because we extend
the CD booklet to 16-pages in order to have room for more artwork as well
as lyrics. The CD will be distributed by Firebox,
who has kindly agreed to also
distribute our first album, Put
in perspective. So all the three CDs will soon be directly available
from the Firebox web shop! We will keep you informed as we get there.
It's time to reveal that a new Prime Mover album is scheduled for release
towards the end of this summer! It will be called Imperfekt, containing
eleven new original songs and clocking in at around one hour. The songs
are now complete, and we are in the final stages of production before
handing it over to the printing press. The record will be released under
our own label, and will be distributed by Firebox.
More information will follow as things happen. Watch this space!
We have finally set up our MySpace-page!
It pays to pay it a visit, because we have remastered "Why do you think
you are" from Put in Perspective, just for the MySpace-page!
The spring seems to have arrived, putting Prime Mover is on the move again.
Last weekend we recorded a few missing backing vocals that completed the
recording sessions for the new material. Much effort and dedication has
been put into these songs, which have been carefully crafted during two
years now. As soon as we are satisfied with the mixes, we will release
a new Prime Mover album. So remember to check in once in a while, more
news will follow soon.