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Liquid Tension Experiment 2
- Liquid Tension Experiment chat on Yahoo!
- Pre-order Liquid Tension Experiment 2 now!
- Liquid Tension Experiment 2 samples
- Liquid Tension Experiment 2 tracklisting
- Liquid Tension Experiment 2 release date
- Another LTE2 update from Tony Levin
- LTE2 update from Tony Levin
- New LTE date added.....Final LTE itinerary
- ****Exclusive LTE Live dates****
- Liquid Tension Experiment 2 update
- Jordan Rudess about LTE 2
- LTE2 updates from Tony Levin
- LTE2 recordings postponed
- More LTE2 news from Tony Levin
- When the Water Breaks
- Tony Levin about LTE2
- Second Liquid Tension Experiment album
Liquid Tension Experiment 1
Liquid Tension Experiment chat on Yahoo!
Added on 08-27-1999Mike Portnoy, John Petrucci and Tony Levin will be doing a Yahoo chat on Monday, August 30th, 9pm ET/6pm PT.
"Liquid Tension Experiments' Mike Portnoy and Tony Levin
So all of a sudden, Liquid Tension Experiment becomes 3/4 of Dream Theater with the fourth wheel being possibly the most respected bassist in the business, Tony Levin(John Lennon-Double Fantasy). Drummer Mike Portnoy explains: "When The Water Breaks is the big epic centerpiece of Liquid Tension Experiment 2. It's a seventeen minute song, an actual composition and not a jam. We all have our individual influences which stick with us through everything we write, but I think when it comes to Liquid Tension, more of the stuff we might look to is instrumental like Frank Zappa, there are even moments that remind me of Phish." Chat with Mike Portnoy and Tony Levin Monday, August 30, 9pET/6pPT."
Pre-order Liquid Tension Experiment 2 now!
Added on 05-15-1999Pre-orders are currently being taken for Liquid Tension Experiment 2. The album will be released on June 15th, 1999. For more information, read Magna Carta's biography or take a look at the artwork and tracklisting.
Liquid Tension Experiment 2 samples
Updated on 05-04-1999Samples of Liquid Tension Experiment 2 (RealAudio, AIFF and Wav) are now available on Medius at http://www.yesiknow.net/lte.
Liquid Tension Experiment 2 tracklisting
Added on 02-15-1999LIQUID TENSION EXPERIMENT 2
- Acid Rain (6:35)
- Biaxident (7:40)
- 914 (4:01)
- Another Dimension (9:50)
- When The Water Breaks (16:58)
- Chewbacca (13:35)
- Liquid Dreams (10:48)
- Hourglass (4:26)
Liquid Tension Experiment 2 release date
Updated on 02-16-1999"Liquid Tension Experiment II" is scheduled for release on June 15th, 1999 :
Liquid Tension Experiment - LTE IISource: http://www.magnacarta.net/
MA-9035-2 (June 15, 1999)
The second dynamic studio album from Mike Portnoy, John Petrucci (both of Dream Theater), Tony Levin (King Crimson, Peter Gabriel, hundreds of others) and Jordan Rudess (Dregs, Rudess-Morgenstein Project). Four musicians, lotsa jammin'.
Another LTE2 update from Tony Levin
Updated on 01-17-1999More LTE2 news from Tony Levin's page :
January 21 - NYC.
Start of the Liquid Tension tour - Next week’s events in L.A: King Crimson DVD release, Hollywood RockWalk event, Stick night, and the NAMM show.
Tonight, at the Bowery Ballroom, was the first (ever) concert of Liquid Tension Experiment. We (Mike Portnoy, John Petrucci, Jordan Rudess) had only two days to rehearse, and the music is very complex, so mistakes were expected (at least from me!) Nevertheless, it was a fine show - my first exposure to the enthusiastic Dream Theater audience, who helped me and the band make it though a night of many many notes. Aside from learning the previous album, we decided to do some material from the new, yet to be released one. Tomorrow (Friday the 22nd, we'll be playing at the T.L.A. in Philly - I hope that will be as successful as the first.
The NAMM show is a music retail biz show, with many musicians and equipment manufacturers enclosed in a large building for four days! I'll be at the Trace Elliot booth (which this year is in the Gibson display) greeting people, and somewhat trying to place my new book with some music stores. Liquid Tension will be playing a concert for Sabian Drums, on Saturday the 30th. Still in L.A, another public show of Liquid Tension will be at the Roxy, on Feb. 1st. We're trying to tape it for a possible live cd, since it's unlikely there will be more shows of this group.
LTE2 update from Tony Levin
Updated on 01-17-1999More LTE2 news from Tony Levin's page :
First, regarding the Liquid Tension Group, (Mike Portnoy, John Petrucci, Jordan Rudess, and me) has finally booked our "January Tour" -- it's only a handful of shows. Full details below, but the first is next week in NYC - the Bowery Ballroom, on Thurs, Jan. 21st. Then on the 22nd, back to Philly, the T.L.A. (where both the Bruford Levin group, and Dream Theater have already played in the last months.) We will play at the L.A. NAMM show, but it's an 'industry' concert, only for people with NAMM passes (that'd be about 1/3 of the planet earth) Anyway, that's called "Drums along the Biltmore" at that hotel, on Jan. 30th, and we'll be the last of many drum/oriented acts on the bill. I've heard we'll go on stage at 1am. On Feb. 1st we'll play a normal gig in L.A, at the Roxy. The new album is just being mixed, and I guess we'll play some material from that as well as the first. (I've got a lot of practicing to do. More notes on each one of those tracks than on a whole Peter Gabriel album!)
New LTE date added.....Final LTE itinerary
Added on 01-13-1999One last LTE date has been added on the east coast:
Friday January 22nd - Theater of Living Arts in Philadelphia, Pa.
215-922-1011
This now makes the "final" itinerary of
the ONLY live appearances
(maybe ever!?!?!) of
LIQUID TENSION EXPERIMENT
featuring Mike Portnoy, John Petrucci, Jordan Rudess and Tony Levin:
Thursday January 21st - The Bowery Ballroom, New York City
212-533-2111
Friday January 22nd - TLA, Philadelphia, PA
215-922-1011
Saturday January 30th - Sabian's Drums along the Biltmore
(exclusive to NAMM attendees) Los Angeles, CA
Monday February 1st - The Roxy, Los Angeles CA
310-278-9457
Don't miss what will surely be a once in a lifetime experience!!!!
****Exclusive LTE Live dates****
Added on 01-12-1999This just in..........
Don't miss the ONLY live appearances
(maybe ever!?!?!) of
LIQUID TENSION EXPERIMENT
featuring Mike Portnoy, John Petrucci, Jordan Rudess and Tony Levin
Thursday January 21st - The Bowery Ballroom, New York City
212-533-2111
Monday February 1st - The Roxy, Los Angeles Ca.
310-278-9457
There will also be one appearance at the Sabian show at NAMM
in Los Angeles on Saturday January 30st.
(exclusive to NAMM attendees)
and a possibilty of one more east coast appearance on
January 22nd......stay tuned......
Don't miss what will surely be a once in a lifetime experience!!!!
Liquid Tension Experiment 2 update
Updated on 01-10-19991/4/99 - John and Mike are in Avatar Studio in NYC finalizing John's overdub on Acid Rain. Mixing will be start on 1/7.
12/15/98 - John will start his overdub tomorrow hoping to hear some cool stuff. This album will be out next year around May. Also here are the titles of some tunes:
When the water breaks
Acid Rain
Biaxident
Another demention
12/9/98 - Jordan Has just finished his overdubs, waiting for John to finish his.
Jordan Rudess about LTE 2
Added on 01-02-1999Here is an excerpt from Jordan Rudess' website :
12/23/98
Before I left for Korea I finished my keyboard parts on LTE2. I'm really excited about the way this album has evolved over a short period of time. It's going to be wicked cool and should be fun for all of us to check out when it's mixed and done. (beginning of January I believe.) I don't have actual release information as of yet- but when I do, I'll pass it along.
LTE2 updates from Tony Levin
Updated on 12-01-1998More LTE2 news from Tony Levin's page :
ROAD DIARY UPDATE - Nov. 28, Millbrook NY. We're in the last stages of recording here with Liquid Tension. Had to stop work today for the usual photo session - there's always a band debate about those things - you know you need photos, but somehow the shoot usually ends up disrupting all work for most of the day. (I recall a Crimson day, recording THRAK in RealWorld Studio 1995, when Robert Fripp refused to allow a photo shoot, saying we'd lose a whole day of recording. The record company insisted, assuring it would only take an hour. We let them schedule the shoot. It took all day.)
Anyway, this one went quickly, and I got some interesting shots during it. We're getting so many L.T.E. shots, we've decided to start a new photo page with thumbnails you can click on to see the full picture with captions. Dream Theater fans will certainly enjoy the photos of their group.
ROAD DIARY UPDATE - Nov. 27, Millbrook, NY
Back in Millbrook Sound with Liquid Tension, having broken for a day to eat (burp) with our families. Album is finally getting finished up - one track to go, and we'll be ready to do fixes and overdubs. Considering some January live dates, for sure one at the NAMM show in L.A.
ROAD DIARY UPDATE - Nov. 22, Millbrook NY. - Liquid Tension repairs its leak.
We're back in the studio, finishing the album we started last month. John Petrucci's baby is doing fine, and the hiatus the baby urged on this project seems to have been worthwhile - my fingers are certainly nimbler now, after some Crimson touring. As I write this, at midnight, the other guys are still in the studio - having taken barely a break all day from writing and learning the newest LTE epic. Their endurance amazes me.
LTE2 recordings postponed
Added on 10-16-1998Well, as some of you may or may not have heard:
The LTE 2 sessions were off to a great start....and then Mother Nature called!
John's wife gave birth to a baby daughter, Kiara. (Congratulations!)
After a couple days of hours & hours of massive improv jams recorded by myself, Jordan Rudess and Tony Levin, the session has been posponed until our schedules re-allign next month.
The good news is that we will get to record & finish what has started off as another intense "Experiment".
The bad news (for those of you keeping track of upcoming events...) is that this will likely delay my other project to a later time....
That's the latest for now....
Mike Portnoy
More LTE2 news from Tony Levin
Added on 10-15-1998More news from Tony Levin's page :
Road Update: Oct. 14, Millbrook NY - Kiara
John's baby girl was born this morning - her name is Kiara and she is doing fine. But the band, trying to continue recording without our guitarist, is running a bit short of ideas! It's a bit like recording Music Minus One. Hopefully he'll make it back to the studio next week."
When the Water Breaks
Added on 10-14-1998On October 13th, Rena Petrucci went into labor. The following is an excerpt from Tony Levin's page :
"Road Update: Oct. 13, Millbrook NY, LIQUID TENSION BREAKS WATER...
A surprising change of schedule: John Petrucci's wife went into labor today(!) so after getting the phone call, he went home to Long Island, leaving us at a loss how to procede with our 10 days for recording the quartet. After congratulating him and seeing him off, we spent the night jamming with just the three remaining, and will make decisions tomorrow. A little awkward for me, since I'm off to tour with P4 next week. We'll see. One thing for sure, the one composition that we were just finishing will be called "When the Water Breaks.""
Tony Levin about LTE2
Added on 10-13-1998On October 10th, 1998, Liquid Tension Experiment went back into the studio for ten days to record LTE2.
The following is an excerpt from Tony Levin's page :
"But now I'm at a studio nestled in a remote corner of New York State - the autumn leaves are bright gold here, and when it's not raining, the air is wonderfully fresh. But that's for the horses to enjoy, cause we (Liquid Tension Experiment) are again locked in a studio without windows, writing and recording round the clock. Ten days to write and record an album - why do we do this to ourselves?? I'm again impressed by how many notes per second the other guys can play! (Jordan Rudess, Mike Portnoy, John Petrucci.) And, as in the last recording, I'm the one struggling to play these blazing parts, and grateful that the others are patient with me. I did, since I knew this was coming, practice my speed Stick playing a bit, so am not hopelessly left behind this time. It's pretty cozy here - four guys, three bedrooms - no wonder we'd just as soon rehearse till after midnight!"
Second Liquid Tension Experiment album
Updated on 09-06-1998Liquid Tension Experiment will be going back into the studio in October to record a second album. There might be a chance of a tour in January 1999.
Here are some excerpts from Tony Levin's page :
"There's talk about a followup cd to Liquid Tension Experiment, and hopefully this time, a tour. (if all talk about albums and tours led to something actually happening, though, none of us would have a life at all!)"
"Much coming up in the Fall: Liquid Tension Experiment will record our second cd in October, hopefully for release soon after and a possible tour in January. For those who haven't read about it before on this page, that group consists of Mike Portnoy and John Petrucci from Dream Theater, Jordan Rudess from Dixie Dregs, and myself."
Liquid Tension Experiment AOL chat
There will be an AOL chat with Mike Portnoy, John Petrucci, Jordan Rudess and Tony Levin about the 'Liquid Tension Experiment' on Thursday May 28, 1998 (keyword: Nightclub):
Thursday, May 28The chat can only be reached through AOL but a transcript will be made available to this site approximately a week after. The address for the chat is "aol://4344:128.nc_lte.1341624.579203679".
B: Rap Fan's Chat
C: Modern Rock Chat: Grab Bag
D: Open Music Chat
The Rock (Or Special Room, TBA)
10-12pm EST
Mike Portnoy and John Petrucci (Dream Theater) and Tony Levin (King Crimson, Peter Gabriel) to chat about their album Liquid Tension Experiment!
Problem with European 'LTE' CD
Apparently, the European version of the 'Liquid Tension Experiment' CD has annoying two second pauses between all the songs. This includes 'Three Minute Warning', which consists of the last five tracks. Here are Magna Carta's instructions, in case you want to exchange your disc:
We have had a major problem with Liquid Tension from our German pressing plant. They remastered the CD when they made the Glass Master for pressing. This has resulted in a complete disruption of the music on the disc. A new version is on its way out.
This corrected version will have the matrix number MAXX9023 on the CD itself. To make sure this is the correct master, either play the CD, there should be no gaps or pauses (especially not in "Three Minute Warning"). Or check the CD itself for the number (the mismastered Cds will have MAX9023, the correct will have a double X, MAXX9023)
The only way to see this number is to flip the CD over, look at the playing side. Toward the center of the CD you will see a series of numbers and letters.
We are attempting to solve this horrible situation in regards to our European distributors, but this may take some time.
In the meantime, if you send me your CD (just the CD (no jewel case or book) in an envelope is fine) to me, I will send out a corrected disc. Magna Carta feels terrible that the fans had to get caught in the middle of this situation. We will make sure that everyone gets the corrected CD.
Address the envelope:
Magna Carta
"Liquid Tension" CD
208 East 51st St, Ste 1820
New York, NY 10022
Message from Jordan Rudess
This was posted on the Ytsejam mailinglist on March 8th, 1998 :
I just put up Liquid Tension Experiment sound samples available thru my site. Please spread the word. Also a picture of the album cover and inside photo are on the page. Samples are in AIFF and .WAV plus Real Audio files.
Please spread the word.
Thanks!
Jordan Rudess
Check out my new record with Rod Morgenstein;
Domo Records - 'Rudess Morgenstein Project'
'Liquid Tension Experiment' featuring John Petrucci, Mike Portnoy and Tony Levin and JR to be released March 10th /98 on Magna Carta Records
Visit my personal web site at http://www.jordanrudess.com/
"Liquid Tension Experiment" tracklisting
- Paradigm Shift (8:54)
- Osmosis (3:26)
- Kindred Spirits (6:29)
- The Stretch (2:00)
- Freedom Of Speech (9:19)
- Chris And Kevin's Excellent Adventure (2:21)
- State Of Grace (5:01)
- Universal Mind (7:53)
- -13 Three Minute Warning (28:31)
Liquid Tension Experiment
In September 1997, Mike Portnoy, John Petrucci, Jordan Rudess (Dixie Dregs) and Tony Levin (Peter Gabriel, King Crimson) got together for a project called "Liquid Tension Experiment" (formerly known as Millenium Project). The album is produced by Kevin Shirley, who also produced Dream Theater's "Falling Into Infinity". It will be released on March 10th by Magna Carta records in the US and Roadrunner in Europe.
The following is taken from Tony Levin's homepage :
"In a few weeks I'll be going into the studio with two players from the group 'Dream Theater' Mike Portnoy and John Petrucci. We'll be joined by an excellent keyboard player, Jordan Rudes - and I'm hoping the result will be something worthwhile."
This is also taken from Tony Levin's homepage
Update - September 29
Well, we finished the rhythm tracks of the project currently titled "Millenium Project" - Mike Portnoy and John Petrucci of Dream Theater, Jordan Rudes of Dixie Dregs -- and me, trying to keep up! (Boy, these guys play FAST!) Hopefully that cd will be ready for release by the end of the year (it'll be on Magna Carta Records, and I'll put up a note and link when it's ready.) We had some amusing moments, some of the riffs being so fast I must admit I had to punch in my bass parts bar by bar. (no shame!)
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