TARJA TURUNEN has checked in with the following update:
Dear fans, Sorry for being lazy in writing to you more often. But it is for a good reason. I have been writing lyrics the last week with Anders and Mattias. You can see us in the photo in a break from the creative process 😉 I have also been recording vocals and today I received the first song mixed and I have decided the name for the new album… So things are getting ready little by little. Write to you soon 🙂
Max Lilja (HEVEIN, TARJA TURUNEN, ex-APOCALYPTICA) will release his solo album, “Plays Electronica By One Cello”, in February.
The track listing for the CD — which showcases Max‘s talents as a songwriter and a master of electrified cello — is as follows:
01. I Sound My Sound
02. In SoS
03. Like This
04. Qualified
05. A State Of Mind
06. Count Phase
07. It Is In
08. You Me
09. Now
10. The End
Max was a founding member of APOCALYPTICA, and has been recording and touring with former NIGHTWISH singer Tarja Turunen since 2007. In his career, Max has played hundreds of concerts in over fifty countries.
Mike Oldfield release new studio album “Tubular Beats”, reworked and remixed together with Torsten “York” Stenzel, on February 1st, 2013 via earMUSIC. Album includes brand new song “Never Too Far”, featuring Tarja Turunen.
earMUSIC is proud to announce the release of “Tubular Beats” the brand new remix album by Mike Oldfield. The album will be released on February 1st, 2013 and will include the most popular songs by Oldfield who has worked on new arrangements and new sounds for his compositions.
All tracks have been reworked from the original multi-track recordings and remixed together by Mike Oldfield and multi-platinum awarded German producer Torsten “York” Stenzel.
Newly recorded guitar parts by Mike Oldfield have been added to the mix, making Tubular Beats a new album by all means. A brand new song featuring Tarja Turunen closes the album on a high note.
“Never Too Far” is a brand new song featuring singer Tarja Turunen who not surprisingly is offering one of her most emotional performances ever, being Oldfield one of the singer’s heroes.
Tarja explains: “It was such a pleasure to work with Mike Oldfield. The song turned out to be even better than I could have ever expected. Mike has a vast career and experience in pop, instrumental and electronic music. I love his music and his personal guitar sound. My work in this song was inspired by Mike’s ‘Islands’ featuring another of my youth idol: Bonnie Tyler. A way to thank them for the nice melodies I grew up with was to add a line from their hit. And I believe Mike liked the idea too. That’s how ‘Never Too Far’ was born. Hope that you enjoy the song as much as I do.”
Tracklist:
01. Let There Be Light (York Remix)
02. Far Above The Clouds (York Remix)
03. Ommadawn (Mike Oldfield & York Remix)
04. Guilty (Mike Oldfield & York Remix)
05. Tubular Bells (Mike Oldfield & York Remix)
06. To France (York & Steve Brian Radio Mix)
07. Northstar (Mike Oldfield & York Remix)
08. Moonlight Shadow (York & Steve Brian Radio Mix)
09. Guilty (York & Mike’s Electrofunk Remix)
10. Tubular Bells 2 (Mike Oldfield & York Remix)
11. Never Too Far (new song, with Tarja Turunen) http://www.mikeoldfieldofficial.com
On January 2th TARJA TURUNEN entered the studio to record her new album. Late last night she issued the following short update on her Official Facebook Page:
“Isn’t it lovely to be able to work with the whole family? We recorded a cover song for the new album. It worked out pretty well 🙂 You can start guessing the Artist I covered 😉 “
“Happy New Year 2013! Today I am going to studio again to record vocals for my new album. I’ll keep you posted how that is progressing.”
Recently Tarja Turunen finished her Christmas tour. She wrote on her Official Facebook Page: “I want to thank all the people involved and my amazing fans for the support and love. It was very special tour for me this time. Now it is time to relax and enjoy the holidays.”
Germany’s 60minuten.net recenty conducted an interview with former NIGHTWISH singer Tarja Turunen. You can now watch the chat in two parts below.
Part 1:
Part 2:
Tarja and her husband/manager Marcelo Cabuli recently became the parents of their first child.
Turunen, who currently resides in Buenos Aires, Argentina with her husband, kept her pregnancy a secret until the very end.
“Act I”, the first-ever live solo album from Tarja Turunen, was released in North America on September 4 in 2-CD, 2-DVD and Blu-ray format via the Eagle Rock imprint Armoury Records, in conjunction with Hamburg, Germany-based earMUSIC.
The first-ever live audio/video offering from the former NIGHTWISH soprano, “Act I” is a mammoth undertaking recorded and filmed with 10 HD cameras at the breathtaking Teatro El Círculo in Rosario, Argentina in March 2012. With an elaborate track listing of solo tunes, NIGHTWISH classics and various covers, including a rendition of Andrew Lloyd Webber‘s “The Phantom Of The Opera”, Gary Moore‘s “Over The Hills And Far Away”, WHITESNAKE‘s “Still Of The Night” and a variety of video extras, “Act I” provides a full-fledged bill of fare to every diehard Tarja fan.
Tarja‘s sophomore solo album, “What Lies Beneath”, sold around 1,300 copies in the United States in its first week of release. The CD landed at position No. 24 on the Top New Artist Albums (Heatseekers) chart, which lists the best-selling albums by new and developing artists, defined as those who have never appeared in the Top 100 of The Billboard 200.
“What Lies Beneath” was released in North America on September 14, 2010 via The End Records.
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