Adrian Jones is immensely pleased and proud to announce that the very talented and cool Mr Pieter van Hoorn will be joining Nine Stones Close for their impatiently awaited new album, a follow up to 'Traces'. Pieter currently drums for Knight Area, the successful and highly regarded Dutch band currently touring and about to hit the East Coast of America. A huge coup for Nine Stones Close to have such an addition to their ranks, here is a brief introduction to Mr van Hoorn, taken from the Knight Area website http://www.knightarea.com/
Pieter started playing the drums at the age of seven. He struck his first beats in a marching band and later he was educated at the local school of music
On the decision to work with Nine Stones Close Pieter said "I am very excited to be part of this great recording process and to have the opportunity to add my drums to these wonderful compositions. For sure this will be a great album with very talented musicians!"
Pieter has been working closely with Adrian already, the chemistry is sparking and they are looking forward to spending some quality time in the studios in the upcoming weeks. The songs are all written and sounding amazing, and they will only be improved with such a fresh addition; watch this space for further exciting news!
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The EP is now exclusively available for download via Mindawn, and as a limited edition CD of only 1000 copies on ProgRock Records. To order click HERE.
The Mindawn download is available in highest quality FLAC format. You can purchase the download from Mindawn HERE.
The release features new artwork from the brilliant Ed Unitsky. Check out the fantastic front cover below.
As part of the initial release of TRACES there was a limited edition version available with a bonus CD called ReTraced. This was created for the faithful that pre-ordered the album. Thank you all! There has been renewed interest in those tracks on the bonus disc by new fans who are only just discovering Nine Stones Close. In order to fill the gap between Traces and the new album we decided to release some of those versions of the tracks from Traces alongside 2 newly recorded re-workings of Falling To Pieces and 2 remixes of Threads created by a talented friend of the band. If you were one of the faithful that puchased the special edition including ReTraced you will be pleased to hear that 2 of those tracks will remain exclusive to that release (Threads (short) and Thicker Than Water (instrumental mix)) and will not be released again.
The final track list...
1. Falling To Pieces (Indian Summer Version)
2. Innersense (acoustic)
3. Threads (rewoven)
4. Traces (reconstructed)
5. Falling To Pieces (reprise)
Bonus Tracks
6. Threads (Red Earth Mix)
7. Threads (Rethreaded Mix)
We hope you enjoy this collection as much as we do, the takes are very different from the originals and cast a new light on the songs. The EP is just over 35 minutes in length.
In the meantime work continues on the new album.... it's sounding great so far!
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The release date has yet to be confirmed but the EP will be exclusively available for download via Mindawn initially, with a physical CD release to follow shortly afterward on ProgRock Records, more details on the release date will follow shortly. The masters are almost complete and work on a video for one of the tracks has begun. The pre-order details will be available on the web site very soon.
The release features new artwork from the brilliant Ed Unitsky which will also be available as part of the download so that you can print the artwork and burn your own CD if you wish. Check out the fantastic front cover below.
As part of the initial release of TRACES there was a limited edition version available with a bonus CD called ReTraced. This was created for the faithful that pre-ordered the album. Thank you all! There has been renewed interest in those tracks on the bonus disc by new fans who are only just discovering Nine Stones Close. In order to fill the gap between Traces and the new album we decided to release some of those versions of the tracks from Traces alongside 2 newly recorded re-workings of Falling To Pieces and 2 remixes of Threads created by a talented friend of the band. If you were one of the faithful that puchased the special edition including ReTraced you will be pleased to hear that 2 of those tracks will remain exclusive to that release (Threads (short) and Thicker Than Water (instrumental mix)) and will not be released again.
The final track list...
1. Falling To Pieces (Indian Summer Version)
2. Innersense (acoustic)
3. Threads (rewoven)
4. Traces (reconstructed)
5. Falling To Pieces (reprise)
Bonus Tracks
6. Threads (Red Earth Mix)
7. Threads (Rethreaded Mix)
Look out for more news of the release date coming soon and thanks for all of your support so far! We hope you enjoy this collection as much as we do, the takes are very different from the originals and cast a new light on the songs. The EP is just over 35 minutes in length.
In the meantime work continues on the new album....
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Traces is reviewed by Geoff Barton in the latest edition of the Classic Rock magazine.
Adrian attended the Marillion Weekend in Port Zelande from 25-27th March. The Nine Stones Close merch stand was located in the Adventure Factory. Thanks to everyone who stopped by to say hello and to those that puchased cd's and T-shirts. You support is greatly appreciated. A great weekend was had by all. Many thanks to Marillion for allowing us the opportunity to promote the album there.
The new Nine Stones Close album 'TRACES' was reviewed in issue 15 of Classic Rock Presents Prog magazine. Issue 15 came out on the 9th March! Pick up your copy now!
The title track of TRACES is also be featured on the cover CD, Prognosis 15! Make sure you get hold of your copy!
