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Lana Lane Announces New Album, "El
Dorado Hotel" "El Dorado Hotel" hosts Lane's usual broad spectrum of musical styles and genres with a cohesiveness that fans of the artist will recognize instantly. The opener, "A Dream Full of Fire," is a new Lana Lane classic that blurs the line between prog metal and jazz stylings in a melange that only she can deliver. "Maybe We'll Meet Again" is a European-styled melodic AOR radio anthem blending classic rock with modern sensibilities. The song, "El Dorado," is a Lana Lane epic with a soaring chorus reminiscent of her classic, "Queen of Ocean." The robust "Darkness Falls" introduces an Irish folk style combined with a gothic metal element with its haunting choral vocals and arena-crafted chorus. Then "Hotels" is an acoustic track that evokes jazz standards like "Autumn Leaves." The tracks, "Believe," "Life of the Party," |
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"Gone Are The Days" and "Moon God" add further threads to the "El Dorado Hotel" tapestry. The album closes with the 11-1/2 minute opus, "In Exile" that producer Erik Norlander describes as a "vintage progressive rock epic." Norlander comments, "We've never done anything quite like this on a Lana Lane record before. 'In Exile' begins with haunting Mellotron strings that immediately sets the tone for this very cinematic piece of music with great dynamics and drama along with some odd meter bits that help to tell the story. The musicians are all working overtime on this one!" The musicians of "El Dorado Hotel" are a top-notch group of
artists including both new and familiar faces. Lane says about the
musicians, "Both Freddy DeMarco and Mark Matthews did some fantastic
work on Erik’s solo project, “The
Galactic Collective”.
I then had the opportunity to play with them both during some live
appearances in 2011 when I sang with the band. After having
played with the guys and getting to know them, I knew that I wanted
them to be a part of this project as well. Then for John Payne, Jay
Schellen, Guthrie Govan and Bruce Bouillet (ex-Racer X), as you know,
Erik has been playing with John Payne for about 5 years now. When the
original 1982 lineup of ASIA reformed a few years back, John Payne
formed his own separate band to continue all the work that he had done
with ASIA during his 14-year run and many albums with them. So John and
Erik tour as “ASIA Featuring John
Payne,”
and they’ve probably played over a hundred shows together. Jay is the
drummer in the band, and both Guthrie and Bruce have been the
guitarists. Bruce is working with them currently. I of course go to a
lot of their shows and have become friends with all of them. It is a
great group of people, and they are all very talented musicians. Since
we see them so much and Erik plays with them constantly, it was only
natural to work with them on this album. And then finally for Mark
McCrite, Neil Citron and Don Schiff, all three of them have been on so
many Lana Lane albums going all the back to my very first album in
1995. It’s great to continue working with them through all these years."
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| Lana Lane - El
Dorado Hotel - Musicians: Lana Lane - vocals Erik Norlander - keyboards, additional guitars, bass and programming with John Payne - harmony and choral vocals, mandolin Mark McCrite - guitars, bass, choral vocals, programming Bruce Bouillet - guitars Neil Citron - guitars Freddy DeMarco - guitars Guthrie Govan - guitar Don Schiff - NS/Stick Mark Matthews - bass Jay Schellen - drums Produced by Erik Norlander for Think Tank Media Mastered by Maor Applebaum at Maor Applebaum Mastering |
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Lana Lane - El Dorado Hotel Release Dates: January 25, 2012 on the Think Tank Media and the Avalon (Japan) labels Both label versions contain the identical track listing - there are no bonus tracks on any edition |
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