TRANSATLANTIC - the
Prog Supergroup of Neal Morse, Mike Portnoy, Roine Stolt & Pete Trewavas
–recently announced the release of ‘Live at Morsefest 2022: The Absolute
Whirlwind’ for the 26th April 2024. This mammoth Limited 5CD +
2 Blu-ray Artbook set features both sets from Morsefest in their entirety, with
nearly 4 and a half hours of music in total.
Now the band are
pleased to reveal a video of them performing ‘Lay Down Your Life’ from night 1
of Morsefest. Watch it now here: https://youtu.be/zm8EEu_CfsE
Watch ‘Can You Feel
It’, taken from night 2 here: https://youtu.be/YuAgUHnVnBk?si=mDQdnBy5r1wCvjws
Pre-order the album
as a Limited 5CD + Blu-ray artbook, featuring an extensive 36-page booklet
including photos and liner notes, here: https://transatlantic.lnk.to/LiveAtMorsefest2022-TheAbsoluteWhirlwind
Mike Portnoy
comments:
“Not to be confused
by last years live release of our last show in Paris, THIS release of TA at
Morsefest 2022 represents the most epic and mammoth of all TA Live
releases!
2 Nights, 2
completely different sets, 2 TA concept albums done in their
entirety…accompanied with Strings, Horns, Percussion, Female Vocals,
etc…Transatlantic has always been about “More Never Is Enough”, but no live TA
release has ever been more EPIC than this one…It’s the ULTIMATE Live TA
experience!”
Neal Morse adds:
“At long last, a
musical dream come true in true epic fashion! To play The Absolute Universe,
The Whirlwind, and other great pieces of music with Transatlantic, along with
an amazing string section, background singers, etc. What more could any
musician ask for? This is the very best of the very best in my view. I hope you
all enjoy experiencing this as much as we enjoyed performing it!“
Roine Stolt
comments:
“Playing Morsefest
was quite a task, learning all the different material for the 2 different shows.
We even got a
chance to play that Procol Harum tune, that is dear to me & takes me back
to my teenage years, just getting to know what prog is/was. The addition of the
strings and choir at Morsefest, plus Philip adding percussion lent a different
and perhaps more of an orchestral side. That worked really well and made these
2 nights very special.”
Pete Trewavas
comments:
“To play Morsefest
2022 was an absolute pleasure for me and gave us a natural break at the end of
the North American leg of The Absolute Universe tour, where we regrouped at
Neal’s to rehearse for the two shows, back where we had rehearsed for the tour
some four or five weeks earlier.
We had 3 days I
think it was to refresh The Whirlwind full version and learn ‘In Held T’was In
I’. The festival was an absolute blast. We were all super relaxed and enjoying
ourselves probably due to the little break from touring back to
rehearsing.
Neal had been
wanting to get Transatlantic at MorseFest since we released Whirlwind and it
never panned out for various reasons, so it felt fitting that we got it all
together for The Absolute Universe tour.”
Morsefest, the
festival put on by Neal Morse annually in Nashville, Tennessee has been in
existence since 2014. Typically, the weekend-long event celebrated music from
Neal’s solo work and other bands from his career. But with each
passing Morsefest, there had been one question lingering among the faithful
audience that returned every year…when will Neal Morse, Mike Portnoy, Roine
Stolt & Pete Trewavas perform at Morsefest? In 2022, at the 9th
Morsefest, it finally happened and in epic Transatlantic fashion.
In 2021, Transatlantic
released The Absolute Universe, the band’s 5th album since forming in 2000.
However, as the band’s motto is “More Is Never Enough,” ‘The Absolute Universe’
was released as two different versions – ‘The Breath of Life (Abridged
version)’, and ‘Forevermore (Extended version)’. In addition, the
band combined those two versions for an Ultimate Edition of the album. With
touring restrictions due to the pandemic finally lifted, the band finally
started their tour in April 2022 ending up at Morsefest on the weekend of April
29th and 30th.
The weekend at
Morsefest provided 2 nights of shows. For night one, the band
performed their classic album ‘The Whirlwind’ in its entirety, the first time
they had done so in 10 years. The evening also added “Into the Blue”
and “Shine” from the band’s 4th album ‘Kaleidoscope’ as well as the classic
ballad “We All Need Some Light.” As a surprise, the band played a song they’ve
never performed live before - their cover of the Procol Harum classic “In Held
‘Twas In I” from the first Transatlantic album ‘SMPTe.’
Night 2 saw the
full performance of The Absolute Universe – The Ultimate Edition, combining all
of the tracks from the 2 versions of the album. The night closed
with a medley of tracks from the band’s first two albums including “All of the
Above,” “My New World,” and “Stranger In Your Soul.”
For the first time,
the band performed alongside a choir and string section, making these shows
truly special for those who were in attendance. Now, you can
experience these incredible performances for yourself with the release of this
Limited Deluxe 5CD+2Blu-ray artbook, featuring an extensive 36-page booklet
with photos, contained within a hardcover.
Night 1 Tracklisting:
1. Into
The Blue
2. In
Held ('Twas) In I
3. Shine
4. We
All Need Some Light
5. Overture/Whirlwind
6. The
Wind Blew Them All Away
7. On
The Prowl
8. A
Man Can Feel
9. Out
Of The Night
10. Rose
Colored Glasses
11. Evermore
12. Set
Us Free
13. Lay
Down Your Life
14. Pieces
of Heaven
15. Is
It Really Happening?
16. Dancing
With Eternal Glory/Whirlwind (Reprise)
Night 2
Tracklisting:
1. Overture
2. Reaching
For The Sky
3. Higher
Than The Morning
4. The
Darkness In The Light
5. Take
Now My Soul
6. Bully
7. Rainbow
Sky
8. Looking
For The Light
9. The
World We Used To Know
10. The
Sun Comes Up Today
11. Love
Made A Way (Prelude)
12. Owl
Howl
13. Solitude
14. Belong
15. Lonesome
Rebel
16. Can
You Feel It
17. Looking
For The Light (Reprise)
18. The
Greatest Story Never Ends
19. Love
Made A Way
20. Bridge
Across Forever
21. The
Final Medley
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