Progressive - Art Rock at Tributary Music

***Featured release* ART ROCK CIRCUS**

.............. TELL A VISION.... 2005 (two disc set)

ART ROCK CIRCUS

Progression Magazine Interview with John Miner

Nucleus Magazine Interview with John Miner

Rock Opera Heavens Cafe' Runs six weeks in Los Angeles

Featured Review on American Theater Web

K 2 "Book of the Dead"

American Freedom Interview with John Miner

TRIBUTARY MUSIC!

.....TELL A VISION

"Most contemporary Art-Rock bands should take lessons from Art Rock Circus in how to create music! The sonic palette of the album has been carefully elaborated, and it doesn't remind me of anything I have ever heard before. Brilliant stuff.
....Progressor/RussiaDetailed Review

"Album of the Month June 2005" Addictive, Innovative, Amazing!
....Radioenlace/ Madrid SpainDetailed Review

"Without a doubt, Tell a Vision is a must have album for every Art Rock Circus fan, and 70's art rock and progressive fans. Praise to Miner for recording an honest album.....a labour of love and a real success at capturing the sound of the 60's and 70's"
.... Rock Reviews Online Detailed Review

"The overall proceedings have a more progressive edge than the bands previous works...the music is stronger, more melodic and accessible. Touches of Genesis/Gabriel... Crimson or early 70's Bowie theatrics."....European Progressive Rock Reviews

"This music is completely unique, lying beyond any possible comparisons. all of the songs here are equally impressive....classic symphonic Art-Rock at its best..
....Progressor/RussiaDetailed Review

"In light of progressive rock regaining popularity recently, there has been a longing for a more artsy aspect to come to light. Tell a Vision...
an elaborate and extensive piece of work, very organic sounding..a down to earth
album with the technical endurance at the forefront.... it speaks of a real concept, hitting close to home.....some could learn from this record."....Ytsejam Magazine Detailed Review

"Tell A Vision is an excellent epic...and makes for an enjoyable listen that surprises you when you realize that for 20 minutes you have been digging one song."....Sea of Tranquility

"This album, which addresses the alienation generated by television and computers which so often controls man, comprises some great moments.
The best of Art Rock Circus. If you like progressive rock, try the experiment...the total result is very wonderful."
....Music in Belgium MagazineDetailed Review

"Great guitar work...with a healty dose of avantgarde to boot"....Prognose

"Tell a Vision" is a gigantic step forward..It seems to me it's been ages since I've experienced as great a pleasure when listening to Art Rock as original and inspired as this...a genuine author's honesty and inspiration, raised to the power of musical magic.
....Progressor/RussiaDetailed Review

"an ambitious two CD project that requires multiple listens..... a very interesting, well performed and produced traditional Prog album"
....ProGGnosisDetailed Review

.....MANTRA SUNRISE

"The 20 minute Land of Sprinagar is an utterly amazing piece of music...Mantra Sunrise is A MAJOR ALBUM OF 2000!"....European Progressive Rock ReviewsDetailed Review

"Progressive Rock at it's Best"....Dmitry Epstein/Let it Rock....IsraelDetailed Review

"If good music matters more than labels to you, get this album now.
The main melodies in the songs are simply addictive, The instrumental Brudenell is a classic masterpiece."....Jem Jedrzejewski/The Hairless Heart HeraldDetailed Review

"It is obvious these guys go their own quite original way of composing...well performed electric and acoustic guitar passages, original bass lines and a strongly constructed rhythm section on the whole...all the band members play there roles excellent according to the Spirit of the Time."....Vitaly Menshikov/Progressor...RussiaDetailed Review

"Wonderful material here..unlike anything I've ever heard before. The psychedelic Land of Sprinagar captures Mantra Sunrise in every aspect...a true masterpiece."....Rock Net/Netherlands

"The voice of Bissing is beautiful...Miner is an excellent guitarist (very classical in his approach), and the rhythm section is varied and very dynamic....definetly a group to discover!"....LA VIE EN ROCK/ FranceDetailed Review

"John has created an album of dark, moody music, almost gothic in nature..." ....Fred Trafton/ Gibraltar Encyclopedia of Progressive RockDetailed Review

"Imagine a dusty room dominated by eclectic incense, oriental tapestrys and an audience tripping on acid...when Clapton was God...this music is so authentic....Mantra Sunrise has undeniable credibility!"....Marcelo Silveyra/Progfreaks/MexicoProgfreaks Online

"A progressive rock album for fans of Marillion (Hogarth era), Pink Floyd, and maybe Yes."....More Than Music/Swedish Rock Reviews

"I now know the reincarnation of early progressive rock has taken place!" "....Progressor/RussiaDetailed Review

.HEAVENS CAFE' LIVE

"Will have you jumping out of your seat cheering for more, brilliant!" "....Terry Tucker/European Progressive Rock ReviewsDetailed Review

"So much more dynamic, so much more passion and vitality. So much more greatness! "....More than Music/Swedish Rock Reviews

"The Live version of Heavens Cafe' sounds really wonderful...the music and overall vocal pallatte are very rich..A "true" classic rock opera...one of the few. "....Progressor/ RussiaDetailed Review

"A pure moment of progressive rock as some would only dare to try in the 70ës, with the touching and unstoppable nativity of those blessed years! "....Harmonie Magazine/ FranceDetailed Review

"The guitar playing of Miner is particularly superb. The different singers excel and the rhythm section assumes it's role perfectly..... All in all what we have here is nothing but good!" "....Renaud Oualid/LA VIE EN ROCK/FranceDetailed Review

"A work of progressive songs very fresh and vital....very interesting." "....Marks Varela/Margen Magazine/SpainDetailed Review

"What if a bunch of progressive rockers staged a Broadway Musical?...An unusual and intruiging CD that should be of interest to most prog fans."....Gary Hill/Music Street Journal/ USADetailed Review

"Art Rock Circus casts away any doubts and achieves it's completion with a rewarding sense of accurate impersonation and playful execution. The music on Heavens Cafe' Live is the pillar on which the entire proceedings rest.....Marcelo Silveyra/Progfreaks/MexicoDetailed Review

"A Rock Opera in the epic sense..harks back to The Who's original Tommy, or the stage version of the Rocky Horror Show" ....Fred Trafton/ Gibraltar Encyclopedia of Progressive RockDetailed Review

"..Completely blown away by this amazing live performance.I wish I had been in the audience that night! Highly recommended!" ....Greger R«nnqvist/ Prog Reviews on Line/ SwedenDetailed Review

"A very ambitious multi media presentation, a very successful union between psychedelic rock and musical theater...organic and sincere. Kudos to Tributary for taking a chance on such a project!" "....Prog 4 You/ USADetailed Review

"Songs like Heavens Cafe, Never Alone and Tower of Information show that John Miner has quite some skill in songwriting!" ....Markus Weis DUPR/Tales From the Progressive Ocean/Germany

"Stylistically more typical of the era of Enlightened music lovers of the 60's and 70's than for the present time. ....Vitaly Menshikov/ Progressor...RussiaDetailed Review

.A PASSAGE TO CLEAR

ART ROCK CIRCUS OVERVIEW LISTEN LYRICS IN THE STUDIO EXTRAS ORDER

"A Passage to Clear is one of the most addictive prog releases I've heard all year!"
....Larry Nai/Progression Magazine/USADetailed Review

"Sit back, close the eyes and enjoy the aural journey. This is different.Further
benefit is either to listen through headphones or in an otherwise 'quiet room' with no interruptions. Nice."
....Jem Jedrzejewski/Hairless Heart/ United KingdomDetailed Review

"Certainly the great innovation here is the presence
of the two "divas"...an album to be a success without a doubt!"
....Renaud Oualid/LA VIE EN ROCK/FranceDetailed Review

"Passage to Clear, the forth work of the excellent John Miner and his Art Rock Circus shows a preoccupation with the quality of this music...a style clearing a passage to the womb of our universe....using rock, classical, and jazz, it sends us back to the baptismal bottoms of our movement with ingenuity, pomposity, curiously all compatible...thwarting any notion of comercialism..a flourishing musical jorney with few boundaries"
....Bruno Versmisse/Harmonie Magazine/FranceDetailed Review

"Take a shot at Art Rock Circus....their whole approach to making music differs from any other CD reviewed on our site....It's a whole new world...the production gives the music an authentic, nearly live recorded feel"/
....Eef Vink/Rocknet...Netherlands..Detailed Review

"The Album is filled with nice female voices singing about light and dark
feelings whose universal meaning is clear almost everywhere...
I agree with Miner's lyrical conclusions completely. I have a profound respect
for the people at Tributary and to John Miner in particular..."
....Vitaly Menshikov/Progressor...Russia...Detailed Review

"America seems to be into this retro sound at the moment, and it's a welcome change...you can't help but appreciate the re creation of rock music of yesteryear!"
....European Progressive Rock ReviewsDetailed Review

"Miner once again is going his own way....oddball chord progressions and odd meters...the album is arguably even more progressive than Heavens Cafe'" ....Fred Trafton/ Gibraltar Encyclopedia of Progressive Rock....Detailed Review

"Once again Miner surrounds himself with excellent musicians...Closing my eyes I see an enormous band of musicians and actors performing their parts like a Broadway Musical!"
....Eef Vink/Rocknet...Netherlands Detailed Review

..HEAVENS CAFE'

ART ROCK CIRCUS OVERVIEW LISTEN LYRICS IN THE STUDIO ORDER

"Superb emotional stuff...faultless vocals..an album I will keep coming back too...very thought provoking" "....Terry Tucker/European Progressive Rock ReviewsDetailed Review

"The Dark" is a masterly piece of music, progressive in structure, superb guitar work here!" ....European Progressive Rock ReviewsDetailed Review

"Thematically this is a conceptual work...a very very interesting and original approach to reincarnation even from the spiritual point of view." ....Vitaly Menshikov/Progressor...RussiaDetailed Review

"If you are looking for a musical/Rock opera set in
an art-rock/progressive vein, then this outing from
John Miner should do just fine. "
.... Dutch Progressive Rock ReviewsDetailed Review

HEAVENS CAFE' PERFORMANCE LAS VEGAS...REVIEWS Detailed Review

"A triumph in the development of theatrical and musical artistry!" ....Las Vegas Sun

"Broad instrumental arrangements and multilayered pop hooks similiar to Pink Floyd circa Dark Side of the Moon or Genesis Circa Selling England by the Pound!" ....Southwest View

"Makes Smashing Pumkins Mellon Collie and the infinite Sadness seem like slacker music!" ....Las Vegas Review Journal

HEAVENS CAFE' PERFORMANCE/ SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

Miner is a smoking composer and his psychedelic progressive guitar stylings are wickedly good. This is definitely music to blow a few trillion brain cells to...OC Weekly

Miner's music is wonderfully original...like a rock music fantasia! ...Orange County Register

A psychedelic masterpiece with a soundtrack that may leave you plastered to your theater chair for eternity. The director offers up a magic carpet ride that takes you far away from the comforts and constraints of our everyday lives...an hour and a half of mind blowing rock and roll cosmic mayhem! It's been a long time since a writer and director have teamed up and delivered such a unique and compelling vision in the theater arts! ...American Theater Web