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CANCELLED DUE TO SNOW
February 13, 2009
Aethellis at St. James, Parkton MD
See the Live page for details.
Aethellis has the soaring majesty of classic symphonic rock and incorporates a contemporary rhythmic feel.
The Aethellis album was spearheaded and recorded in 2002/2003 by classically trained keyboardist/vocalist/hack guitarist/Narcissist Ellsworth Hall and has many influences including rock, classical, synth pop, funk, jazz and even hip-hop. This either represents wide tastes or an inability to focus.
He puts this genre wanderlust to good use in his soundtrack work with Ellsounds. Album tracks, other originals and classic rock/progressive rock covers are performed live with several cohorts from previous bands including Mark Van Natta and Erik Marks.
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"...Symphonic Rock that transmits an optimism beyond the common..." - Descubre La Caja Pandora "AETHELLIS' music is more like a
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NEWS UPDATE 2/1/10 New Aethellis interview at Music Street Journal Music Street Journal review of the Aethellis album
Sales of Aethellis CDs and downloads at CD BABY to help Haiti $1 of our cut from every CD sale through the CD Baby website, and $1 from every download sale over $8.99 on the CD Baby site goes to the American Red Cross and to Mercy Corps, a Portland-based relief organization with a large presence in Haiti.
The band returns to St. James in Parkton MD for several gigs starting in February 2010. Aethellis played its eclectic mix of Classic Rock, dance, prog and funk at St. James in Parkton MD on September 12th. The amazing, versatile and quite modest Chris Marks (guitar/vocals) took a break from performing with the 2nd Sole Band to return once again to the Aethellis fold. For more details, see the Live
page. A special concert is in the planning stages for 2010 which will be videotaped in its entirety for a DVD release and the Tchessi Channel (online video). Let the arguments over the songlist order ensue! More details and performance photos
are posted at the Live page. Recording for the new album, Northumbria Drum tracks are currently being put down for the album's title track, "Northumbria." A sample of this song should be available online in February. Recording is ongoing and will feature Dyan Brown (see blog) on vocals along with Mark Van Natta on guitar and vocals. Ellsworth will again be doing the keyboards, vocals, and guitar. Bassist Erik Marks is also scheduled to appear on some tracks, particularly one of them he co-wrote. That would be only fair, eh? Completion is tentatively set for Spring 2010 if Ellsworth gets off his duff. _____ Ellsworth's Polysix Tips and Tricks is back for classic analog synth fans. The video version of the song "Hubris" differs somewhat from the album version, features Frances Swarthington, footage shot by Cheryl Hall and quirky band members attempting to synch to the music. The song remained in the Broadjam.com Progressive Rock Top 10 chart for 6 months, debuting at #1 on March 23, 2003. It also appeared in the Rock (#7), Maryland (#1) and Mid-Atlantic (#5) Top 10 charts. The new "Saint Augustus" video is due out in 2010.
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Aethellis is -
On CD: Ellsworth Hall - keyboards, vocals, guitar, digi-drums, custom acoustic drum loops
Live: Mark
Van Natta - guitar, vocals Ellsworth Hall -
keyboards,
vocals Erik Marks - bass, vocals
Aethellis is published by Ellsounds / Ellsworth R. Hall
Website contents © 2003 - 2009 Ellsworth R. Hall / Ellsounds
