2008 ...

   Xymphonia Records has released the new Timelock album “Buildings”!

Timelock - “Buildings” - [XYM 1007]

[track-listing]

Species of One [5:51]
The Sheltering Sky [7:50]
Afterlife (Philo says) [7:46]
Memories of an Identity [4:48]
Between Frontiers [4:44]
Waiting for the Punchline [6:52]
Ben Mundo [2:21]
Moonchild [7:34]
We Can Not [4:24]

Total playing time 52:14

Timelock is:
Mike Boekhout: Drums
Bert de Bruijne: Bass
Ronald Demilt: Guitars
Julian Driessen: Keyboards
Ruud Stoker: Vocals

2005 ...

Plackband - "Visions" - [XYM 1006DVD]

[track-listing]

The Battle/After the Battle
See the Dwarf
Little Minds
Death and Lost Glory/Hunchback
The Good Earth
Pillow
Red Rain
Carpet Crawlers
Blue Flashes (In the Red Light District)
Seventy Warriors

Plackband: first DVD release on Xymphonia Records

After their stunning album “After The Battle” a lot of positive credits were given, but most of the fans still prefer their brilliant live performances. So after a short period of preparation the band decided to make a DVD.
Between their studio album and the live-recording leadsinger Kees Bik left the band and Karel Messemaker ( November, Dreamcarnation ) took his place.

If you like emotional symphonic rock in a live ambiance you must buy this DVD.
Atmospheric and powerfull keyboards, brilliant guitarlicks and solo’s, bass and basspedals pumping in stomage, superb rhythms and last but not least characteristic and beautifull vocals.

“Visions” is the first DVD box of Dutch symphonic rockband Plackband
It contains most of the songs that brought Plackband fame since the band’s first performance in 1977.

This DVD is a unique document with audio and video recordings never previously released. The audio mix in Dolby 5.1 and stereo of the concert is so dynamic, it will blow your head off!

This box includes also a separate audio CD of “De Boerderij” concert and offers many extras such as a 16 page full colour booklet, a funny audio mix of “Little Minds” in “The Making Of” section and a slide show of the early buyers in “Guests”.

Plackband on "Visions":

Karel Messemaker: vocals, keyboards, guitar and percussion
Ronald Brautigam: guitars and backing vocals
Michel van Wassem: keyboards and backing vocals
Albert de Keijzer: bass guitar and bass pedals
Tom van der Meulen: drums and percussion

Guest appearance:
Gilles Nienhuis: didgeridoo

The concert was recorded and filmed at “de Boerderij”, Zoetermeer, Holland

Line-up of the current live formation:

Koos Sekreve - Vocals
Ronald Brautigam - guitars and backing vocals
Michel van Wassem - keyboards and backing vocals
Albert de Keijzer - bass guitar and bass pedals
Tom van der Meulen - drums and percussion

2003-05-05 Fourth Xymphonia release...

Dr. No - "El Bufó de la Cort" - [XYM 1005]

[track-listing]

Arlequí (Acrocinus Longimanus) [6:21]
[Harlequin]
Un somni de paper [7:23]
[Paper dreams]
Cançó d'esperança [6:58]
[Song of hope]
No se el teu nom [6:27]
[I don't know your name]
Jardí de l'Eden [7:02]
[Garden of Eden]
Estación Pirenaica [3:40]
[Radio station Pirenaica]
El Bufó de la Cort [10:48]
[The jester of the court]

Dr. No: first international release on Xymphonia Records

After releasing three Dutch bands Xymphonia Records goes international with the release of the album “El bufó de la Cort” from Dr. No, a band from Catalonia.

On this debut album the Jester (El Bufó) tells their first story. Enric Pascual and his musical friend Conrad Dubé have composed a beautiful melodic symphonic rock album. The emotional sung Catalan lyrics give this album a unique atmosphere. In the mellow moments of the album bands like Camel and Eris Pluvia will cross your mind. And the Jester on the cover is not the only thing that will remind you of the early Marillion. This makes the album easy to consume and interesting for a broad audience.

The album will be presented at the 5th Tiana Prog Festival (10 May 2003) where the band will play together with Atila (Catalonia), Collage (Poland) and Consorzioacquapotabile - CAP (Italy). Tiana is located close to Barcelona.

Dr No on "El Bufó de la Cort":
Enric Pascual: Vocals, Drums & Percussion and Keyboards
Conrad Dubé: Bass, Keyboards and Vocals

Guest appearance:
Pere Mestres: Electric guitars
Jaume Moncusi: Piano, Mellotron & Keyboards
Dani Anguera: Classical guitar "No se el teu nom" and
Guitars on "Estación Pirenaica

Line-up of the current live formation:

Enric Pascual - Vocals and Percussion
Conrad Dubé - Bass and Vocals
Vilislav Pankov - Guitars
Abel Benito - Drums
Raül Cid - Keyboards

2003-04-05 Dr. No ...

After releasing three Dutch bands Xymphonia Records goes international with the release of the album “El bufó de la Cort” from Dr. No, a band from Catalunya.

Dr. No - "El bufó de la Cort" - [XYM 1005]

On March 15th Enric Pascual & Conrad Dubé visited Holland to sign the contract with Xymphonia Records. Dr. No is probably the first Catalan band that is contracted by a foreign record company. We at Xymphonia are very proud to present to you the delicate and unique music of this Catalan band.

    

The Jester (El Bufó) tells his first story on this debut album of the Catalan band. Enric Pascual and his musical friend Conrad Dubé have composed a beautiful melodic symphonic rock album. The emotional Catalan vocals give this album a unique atmosphere. In the mellow moments of the album bands like Camel and Eris Pluvia will cross your mind. And the Jester on the cover is not the only thing that will remind you of the early Marillion. This makes the album easy to consume and interesting for a broad audience.

At the moment we are working hard to finish the artwork and mastering of the album. We will keep you informed about the release date.

2002-09-01 Third Xymphonia release ...

Timelock - "Circle of deception" - [XYM 1004]

[final track-listing]

The Road to Babylon [6:04]
Man in the Mirror [6:00]
Louise Brooks Revisited [6:27]
Redskindian [4:44]
Different Light [4:20]
Oceans Away [5:29]
Voodoo [4:31]
The Fortune [6:27]
Everything Except the World [12:14]
I. First Period
II. Elements
III. Dividing Line
IV. Dream Song
V. Timelock Theme
The Way I Am [5:13]

Total playing time 61:42

Timelock: After a period of 8 years Timelock is back!

A few months after the release of "The Dawn" (1994) their record label SI Music went bankrupt and Timelock were forced to stop for a while. Now after 8 years they have recorded a brilliant new album entitled "Circle of Deception". With FAF (For Absent Friends) drummer Ed Wernke they recorded 10 complete new songs (including a 12 minute epic) at the Holland Spoor Studios in The Hague.

The official release date of this album will be October 15th.

The album will be presented at an official CD presentation which will be held in venue "de Boerderij" Zoetermeer, Holland on November 1st.

Timelock will be supported by FAF (For Absent Friends).
Be there!

Timelock is:
Bert de Bruijne: Bass
Julian Driessen: Keyboards
Martin Hendriks: Guitars
Ruud Stoker: Vocals

Guest appearance:
Ed Wernke: drums on all songs
Rob Boshuijzen: percussion on "The Road To Babylon"
Sandra Jungsläger: vocals on "Man in the Mirror"
& "Everything Except the World"
Hans van Lint: vocals on "Man in the Mirror", "Everything Except the World"
& "Different Light"

2002-05-03 License deal ...

Plackband: Reviews & license deal "After the battle" album.

In the media section you'll find some new reviews of the "After the battle" album and the CD-presentation (release-party) held at "de Boerderij" in Zoetermeer.

We are planning a lot of concerts in Europe and the rest of the world. The first gig will be on June 29th in Zuiderpark, The Hague. More concerts will follow in Holland, England, Mexico and Spain. We will keep you informed!

Shortly after the release of Plackband's "After the battle" we signed a license for South America with Record Runner (rrunner33@uol.com.br) from Brazil. They will release "After the battle" in a few weeks time with new artwork (RR 0350)

2002-02-22 Second Xymphonia release ...

Plackband - "After the battle" - [XYM 1002]

[final track-listing]

The battle [3:28]
After the battle [11:18]
See the dwarf [6:50]
Sleeping warriors [0:52]
End of the line [6:34]
Death and lost glory [0:59]
Ghosttown [5:17]
The hunchback [9:48]
Sign of the knife [8:26]
There come the warlords [3:06]
Remember forever [4:23]

After 25 years the legendary Dutch progrock band Plackband will finally release their first studio-album. This concept-album "After the battle" features 6 of their famous classics and a few new compositions. The full-length version of "Remember forever" completes this superb CD.

In the year 2000 the band reunited in their original line-up and gave a few concerts. The reactions were more than warming and they decided to record their songs.

Xymphonia Records proudly presents this outstanding symphonic rock release on their label. The release date of this album will be the 19th of April. The album will be presented at an official CD presentation which will be held in venue "de Boerderij" Zoetermeer, Holland. Don't miss this special concert!

Plackband are:
Ronald Brautigam: Guitars
Michel van Wassem: Keyboards
Tom van der Meulen: Drums
Albert de Keijzer: Bass
Kees Bik: Vocals

2002-01-15 Promo single Plackband ...

Plackband - "Remember Forever" - [SXYM 2002]

Remember Forever [4:13]
Seventy Warriors [7:19]
Some Party [4:54]

Xymphonia brings you the single version of a complete new track from their forthcoming album "After The Battle". But that is not all. As a gift to their fans we present also the remastered version of their legendary EP on the same release.

Plackband are:
Ronald Brautigam: Guitars
Michel van Wassem: Keyboards
Tom van der Meulen: Drums
Albert de Keijzer: Bass
Kees Bik: Vocals

2001-09-01 First Xymphonia release ...

Entropy - "Echoes from the past" - [XYM 1001]

Phases of being [5:04]
The shapes that won't fit [1:59]
Withheld [6:04]
Crossroads (Deathbed regets?) [6:46]
Mouths in war [6:56]
Luna [1:50]
Masquerade [7:00]
After this [5:23]
Theatre of repression [5:41]
For he who walks among us [2:44]
An eye for an eye [6:59]

Entropy started during 1999 large scale promotions with "Perception" which led to many positive reviews from the media. One of them, Xymphonia Records, were surprised by the superb vocal parts of Maaike Breijman (she passed her exam in 2000 on the Conservatory of Alkmaar) and the combination of great heavy guitar riffs and atmospheric synthesizer parts.

"Echoes from the past", their second full album has been released at Xymphonia Records in September 2001. On this album you find 9 brand new songs and two re-recorded songs from "Perception". Contributions were made by Irene Barel, violin and Peter Boer, cello.

Entropy are:
Maaike Breijman: Lead- and backing vocals, piano
Esther Ladiges: backing vocals
Erik van Duin: Guitars
Thomas Kuilboer: Guitars
Martin Stoop: Bass guitar
Stephan Stoop: Keyboards
Daniel Crom: Drums and Percussion