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ART ROCK CIRCUS celebrates the release of their 5th album of music on this

special two disc CD. The writing and recording took just over three years to complete.

John Miner and Nolan Stolz worked closely together to create what most of us here feel is

a milestone achievement for the band. The creative pair culled together a cast of talented

players to bring the vision to reality in this recording. The majority of the music was written

in Seattle in 2001 and recorded at John's home studio in Las Vegas in 2002 to 2004. The

band took a break to perform it's rock opera "Heavens Cafe'" in Los Angeles in summer of 2003.

The opening title track "Tell a Vision" takes the listener on a journey through the inner mind of

a seemingly helpless media addict, then closes with an instrumental live synopsis of the major themes

of the album arranged for three piece rock band. What lies in between will become your own

reality.

John Miner: The first thing I had to decide when approaching the recording process was..... how do I want this to sound?

Based upon the material we had written, and the types of players and gear we had...it made sense to me to record it very naturally

and capture this band as organically as possible, and to best represent to the listener what "Art Rock Circus" sounds like.

Kelton and I have vintage tube amps...I have an original analog tape delay unit on my effects board, and Nolan is using a vintage

Ludwig drum kit. Milo brought over an early sixties Hammond organ and all kinds of other vintage toys...so it was clear to me

that this record would be capturing the sounds of these things as they were intended at the time of their invention. To best record

these classic instruments I chose to use analog tape everywhere I could. The natural compression of tape lends itself quite nicely

to rich and full textures and the subtle colors you hear on the record are a result of a lot of attention to mic placement and the

natural reverberation found in the various rooms we used to record the album. The art of recording and individual sound development

for each track were specifically engineered to keep the sonic spectrum alive and hopefully interesting to the listener unlike much of the

homogenized "pro tools and plugin" approach most producers follow today. My intention was never to "sound retro" but

to deliver an authentic recording that represents the band much as we are in a live situation. This is an honest record, maybe to a fault,

no sampling, no manipulating the rhythm section to computer perfection, just a group of intense musicians laying down real tracks in

real time as we do. Enjoy!