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 With
over 30 years experience in the music industry, the
multi-instrumentalist known as The Psychedelic
Ensemble has garnered numerous awards including more
than 20 ASCAP awards and many others. Having worked
as a performer, composer, and arranger with many
preeminent musicians worldwide, the artist has
recently released four solo albums under the moniker
of The Psychedelic Ensemble.
In 2009, Musea Records released the debut album, The Art of Madness. Nominated Best Debut Album at the ProgAwards, the album reached top rankings on polls and charts worldwide. 2010 saw the release of The Myth of Dying. Nominated Best Foreign Record and Best Production at the ProgAwards, the album also reached top rankings on charts and polls around the globe coming in at No. 29 on the 2010 Global Progressive Rock Poll Top 100. In 2011 The Dream of the Magic Jongleur was released. A spellbinding progressive rock album that combines art and symphonic rock styles. In collaboration with artist Sam Del Russi, The Dream of the Magic Jongleur fuses a complex collection of songs with a beautiful collection of original artworks produced for the album. Nominated for Best Keyboard Performance (Album) and Best Keyboard Solo (The Riddle) by "The Proggies" awards, the album reached many critics' 2011 Top 10 lists including No. 1 (Alex Torres, Dutch Progressive Rock Page), No. 2 (Jon Neudorf, Sea of Tranquility), No. 3 (Gert Hulshof, Dutch Progressive Rock Page), Top 10 Progressive News Germany, Editors' Choice (Wild Thing magazine, Greece), No. 9 (ProgLog Afterglow), the Top 100 Global Progressive Rock Poll, and additional polls worldwide. In 2013 the fourth release appeared from The Psychedelic Ensemble, The Tale of the Golden King. A 72-minute concept, The Psychedelic Ensemble is joined on selected tracks by orchestra and guest vocalist Ann Caren. The music of The Psychedelic Ensemble combines progressive rock, symphonic rock, fusion, and classical styles. All four albums present dramatic concepts on gapless recordings. Each album is a dramatic and musical journey through inventive terrains. In The drama of each album unfolds in complex performances and styles. While creating the effect of a large ensemble, the music is, in fact, performed entirely by the solo artist, TPE. The music of The Psychedelic Ensemble is tightly composed and exhibits a highly complex style with rich contrapuntal fabrics and attention to details and overall musical form. |
  Global Progressive Rock Poll Top 100 The Village Voice-End of Year Critic Lists (U.S.) Fireworks Magazine - Top 100 Nicky Baldrian (UK) International Prog Rock Show Listeners' Choice for Top 20 CDs (CA) Dutch Progressive Rock Page - Top 10 Albums for 2013 Alex Torres La Filiere Progressive (Canada) Wild Thing Magazine Best Music in 2013 - No.2 (Greece) Progweld-Top 10 (Netherlands) Aural Moon - Top 20 Albums 2013 Sea of Tranquility - Best of 2013 (U.S.) Progressive Area-Top 2013 (Canada) Psychedelia Magazine-The Best Albums of 2013: Reader's Choice Radio Rock Rome - The Best Releases of 2013 (Italy) Prog Sphere - Best Albums of 2013 (UK) Descarga - Top 25 Albums of 2013 (Spain) Wild Thing Magazine-Editors' Choice (Greece) Cerca De La Orilla-The Best of Progressive Rock 2013 (Mexico) Decubre La Caja de Pandora-Best of 2013 (Spain) Profil-20 Best Albums of 2013 (Canada) Douban-Top 20 Progressive Albums 2013 (China) Progulator-Top 10 Songs of 2013: Finale/Arise!/Great Kingdom Progulator-Best Keyboard Solo: TPE--The Golden King Album of the Month - ProgPlanet (Denmark) The Dream of the Magic Jongleur Top Albums 2011 Nominee Best Keyboard Performance (Album) -The Proggies Nominee Best Keyboard Solo (on The Riddle) -The Proggies Top 10 No.1--Dutch Progressive Rock Pages (Alex Torres) Top 10 No. 2--Sea of Tranquility (Jon Neudorf) Top 10 No. 3--Dutch Progressive Rock Pages (Gert Hulshof) Top 10 No. 9--ProgLog Afterglow Top 10 Progressive News (Germany) No. 1 Neo-Prog/U.S. ProgArchives (January 1-present) Best Artwork--Dutch Progressive Rock Pages (Gert Hulshof) Global Progressive Rock Poll Top 100 New Reviews/New Interviews Eclipse Magazine (Germany) Koid 9 (France) Tempi Duri (Italy) Fireworks Magazine (U.K.) Dutch Progressive Rock Page (Netherlands) Big Bang Magazine (France) Empire Music Magazine (Germany) Quebec Audio & Video Magazine (Canada) Colossus Magazine (Finland) iO Pages Magazine (Netherlands) Progressive News (Germany) Highlands Magazine (France) Music Waves (France) Music in Belgium Profil (Canada) Prog Afterglow (Netherlands) Babyblaue-Seiten (Germany) Progressor (London) Mały Leksykon Wielkich Zespołów (Poland) Chromatique (France) Vaskarc (Hungary) Ragazzi (Germany) Wild Thing (Greece) PowerMetal (Germany) Progulator (USA) Descubre La Caja de Pandora (Spain) Full and additional reviews-- click here "He's done it again, folks! TPE has created another masterpiece [The Tale of the Golden King] of progressive rock" Drew Fisher, Prog Archives "I surrender, admiringly, to a splendid and indescribable music [The Tale of the Golden King]. Prodigious work, which, in my opinion, will never be forgotten. An indisputable genius. Twenty out of ten." Jose Luis Martinez, Descubre La Caja de Pandora "Frankly, music doesn't get much better than this." Alex Torres, Dutch Progressive Rock Pages "One of the best releases of 2011, bar none." Jon Neudorf, Sea of Tranquility "If I could hand out six stars, I would." Gert Hulshof, Sea of Tranquility "This is no mere display of dexterity, but a coherent prog masterpiece!" Jürgen Meurer, Babyblaue Seiten-Germany "This is just fantastic symphonic prog. Period." Matt Di Giordano, Progulator "A timeless masterpiece" W. A. Fisher, ProgArchives "What more could a progger want?" Eclipse Magazine-Germany "Three strong symphonic albums including The Dream of the Magic Jongleur, a big contender for the inevitable end of 2011 list." Harry De Vries, ProgAfterglow-The Netherlands "I am glad I heard this and it was a prime example of one man genius" ProgArchives "One of the most impressive recordings of recent years" EDITORS CHOICE Laertis, Wild Thing (Greece) "These three albums are great retrospective symphonic rock albums." Volkmar Mantei, Ragazzi--Germany "Breathtaking virtuosity on all instruments at the service of a creative genius." Richard Guay, Ted Magazine--Quebec Audio and Video "The Tale of the Golden King is an epic piece of work in more ways than one, a superb, engrossing story told with amazing skill and musicianship." Martin Hutchinson, Lady Obscure Magazine (UK) "One of the best records of the year in the area of new progressive music." [The Tale of the Golden King] Pierluigi Daglio, Tempi Duri (Rome, Italy) "If you don't like this album, I dare say you are not a real prog fan! There is not a dull moment on this album (despite its duration of 72 minutes plus) it absolutely brims with fantastic tunes, brilliant musical ideas, loads of keyboard play, fine vocals and great lead guitars...Thank you Psychedelic Ensemble, for this masterpiece!" Tonny Larsen, ProgPlanet (Denmark) |
 End of Days-Epilogue (single version) Video   Click here
for interviews in print. Click here
for reviews.
New! Interview in Italy at Tempi Duri-Coming soon! New! Live Three-Part Interview with Progulator (December 2013) click here Matt DiGiordano interviews TPE about The Golden King, the future of art music, and more in this three-part interview. New! Interview in Greece at Wild Thing magazine (December 2013) click here New! Live Interview: The Making of The Tale of the Golden King click here Live Interview on Friday Night Progressive (March 2013) FNP host, Ron Marquis, discusses music, politics, UFOs, and other zanny issues with TPE-click here Live Interview with TPE (February 2013)-click here An entertaining discussion with Prog Interviews and TPE Exclusive Interview with Progulator--click here Matt Di Giordano talks with TPE about musical style, a forthcoming TPE album with chamber orchestra, and more Live Interview with the contributing vocalist from the forthcoming album!--click here  Live Interview and Feature on the International Prog Rock Show Frank Marceau talks with TPE in an hour-long interview and features tracks from TPE's albums  Live Interview with Artist Sam Del Russi--click here Hear the artist discuss his paintings and more in this fun interview!  Live
Interview with the Classical Violinist from The
Myth of Dying & The Dream of
the Magic Jongleur--click
here
Our guest discusses
working with Led Zeppelin, ELO, and The Psychedelic
Ensemble. A truly
revealing and often funny interview!
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Selected Tracks from The Tale of the Golden King
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 Global Progressive Rock Poll Top 100 of 2013 Reviews Click Here |
Nominated
Best Keyboard Performance (Album)
and Best Keyboard Solo (Song)
The Proggies
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Purchase The Tale of the
Golden King CD with
12-page booklet that
includes the lyrics, artwork, and liner notes. $11.99
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Purchase The Dream of
the Magic Jongleur CD with 12-page
booklet that includes the lyrics,
artwork, and liner notes. $11.99
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 Nominated Best Debut Album 2009-Prog Awards |
 Nominated Best Foreign Record and Best Production 2010-Prog Awards |
 Purchase The Art of Madness CD with 12-page booklet that includes the lyrics, artwork, and liner notes. $11.99   |
 Purchase The Myth of Dying CD with 12-page booklet that includes lyrics, artwork, and liner notes. $11.99 |
CD PACKAGE DISCOUNTS
Please note: The Art of Madness is on back order until January 7, 2014.
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Package $19.98 |
3-CD
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4-CD
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Listen to The Psychedelic Ensemble on our favorite radio programs:
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Z88.9 Gagliarchives,
Philadelphia
WNYU 89.1 FM, New York Prog Rock Palace KDVS, San Diego ProgRock Radio Aural Moon International Prog Rock Show,
Canada
MLWZ, Poland CJAM 99.1 Canada |
Magic Mushroom--Radio
Central, Belgium Rock FM 100.6, Norway Morow Radio, France The Musical Box, Argentina FM107.5, Brazil ProgApart, France Captain SIB, United Kingdom The Prog Mill, United Kingdom |
La Filière Progressive.
Canada Live 365 Last FM Prog Archives Jango Radio Profil, Canada ProgDependent, Germany Friday Night Progressive, New York |
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