Patrick Rondat & Ian Parry

Following on from the success of the first album - The Consortium Project is back.
Consortium Project II introduces some different musicians
as well as some of the now familiar faces.

Ian Parry (Elegy vocalist) has just signed 2 license deals in
Japan and Korea for his new Consortium Project II cd.
"Continuum in Extremis".
Official release date for Japan will be August 29th, and includes 2 bonus tracks.
Details of release dates and track list for Europe, USA and South America, to follow.

Consortuim II is a concept album, which includes 11 co-written progressive metal songs
and features performances by:
IAN PARRY - Vocals (Elegy)
JAN BIJLSMA - Bass guitar (Ex-Vengeance)
DIRK BRUINENBERG - Drums (Elegy)
GÜNTER WERNÖ - Keyboards (Vanden Plas)
PATRICE GUERS - Bass guitar (Rondat)
STEPHAN LILL - Guitars (Vanden Plas)
PATRICK RONDAT - Guitars (Elegy/Jean Michel Jarre)
THOMAS YOUNGBLOOD - Guitars (Kamelot)

A new face in the Project - Jan Bijlsma
Jan's career began as bassist for the world famous Dutch Hard Rock band Vengeance.
5 albums were released on the CBS label in the mid/late 80's exceeding 250,000 copies sold worldwide
Jan and Ian's collaboration started when Ian joined Vengeance in 1990, and has continued ever since.

• Track List

  01.Continuum in extremis
  02.Asylum Seekers
  03.The Catalyst
  04.Intrusions of Madness
  05.(Momentary) Lapse of Reason
  06.Mirror Image
  07.Sentiment In Sanctuary
  08.What You Sow, You Reap
  09.Asphyxia
  10.Collide-O-Scope (When Past And Present Collide)
  11.Poetic Justice
  Bonus Track for Japan, Korea, USA, Canada & South America
  12.As Strangers walk By

Finally it is confirmed that Ian Parry (Elegy vocalist) has just signed a Worldwide License deal for his new Consortium Project II c.d.
with Locomotive Music Spain.

The title of this phenomenal concept album is
"Continuum in Extremis"
and will be officially released in Europe, USA, and South America on
October 1st 2001. (Japan Sept 1st)

Consortium Project II includes 11 co-written progressive metal songs + additional bonus tracks

• Songwriters information:
  01.Continuum (in extremis) (Parry)
  02.Asylum Seekers (Bijlsma/Parry)
  03.The Catalyst (Rondat/Parry)
  04.Intrusions of Madness (Bijlsma/Parry)
  05.(momentary) Lapse of Reason (Parry)
  06.Mirror Image (Lill/Parry)
  07.Sentiment In Sanctuary (Parry)
  08.What You Sow, You Reap (Lill/Parry)
  09.Asphyxia (Parry)
  10.Collide-O-Scope (When Past And Present Collide) (Parry)
  11.Poetic Justice (Youngblood/Parry)
  12.As Strangers walk By (bonus track for Japan & USA) (Grillo/Parry)

Ian based his fictional concept story, on many of the present day issues and created a theoretical idea of world run by a new singular female species called NOEFEMS.

"I was flicking through pages in the Oxford English dictionary and it suddenly dawned on me, that the word feMALE is derived from the masculine MALE, and apart from the word FEMININE, women do not have a word purely of feminine origin to describe their own singular species, and thus the idea was born".

This formidable and awe inspiring story, incorporates many issues and topics, which have been in the media recently, such as the discovery of the Human Genome, Global Warming (namely the American President's stubbornness to support the Koyoto agreement), and also the hysteria we've seen in Europe around Reality TV programmes. All these relevant points, have been pieced together with real historical facts. The creation is a fictional world going out of control, which is saved by women, who prevent man from destroying the planet. Their realization is a new peaceful world enclosed in a Biosphere, where Men (now referred to as Monomales), have no part of this new singular society.

IAN PARRY - lead, harmony, Choir & backing vocals, Keyboard/synthesizer programming.

The Players in alphabetical order:
JAN BIJLSMA - Bass guitar on tracks: 2, 4, 6, 8, 9 & 11.(Shouts/Choir vocals tracks: 1, 2, 7, 8)
DIRK BRUINENBERG - All drums. (Shouts & Choir vocals: tracks: 1, 2, 3, 7 & 9)
PATRICE GUERS - Bass guitar on tracks: 1, 3, 5, 7 & 10
STEPHAN LILL - Guitars on tracks: 2, 4, 5, 6, 8 & 9 (Additional 2nd solo part: track 2)
PATRICK RONDAT - Guitars on tracks: 1, 3, 7 & 10. (Additional solo guitars on track 2, "Asylum Seekers" & track 4,
"Intrusions of Madness" 1st & 3rd solo parts).
GÜNTER WERNÖ - All Piano, Organ, Keyboards, Synthesizer's on track: 3, 6, 7 & 8.
THOMAS YOUNGBLOOD - Guitars on track: 11
CASEY GRILLO (drums)
ROBERT FINAN (all guitars) on bonus track - Japan & USA.

There is a lot more to tell of this fascinating story. The songs elaborate the theme and bring out salient points of life and society.

The strength of Consortium II lies not only in Ian's unique lyrical concept, but also to the incredible performances and co-written songs by some of the world's best symfo-progressive metal guitarists, who enhance the atmosphere of this cleverly written concept album.
Ian who personally coordinated the production duties for Consortium II recorded the album in various studios throughout Europe and the USA. "Continuum in Extremis" was mixed by ex-Victory guitarist/producer Tommy Newton (Helloween, Elegy, Kamelot, & Ark) at his Area 51 studios in Germany.

Consortium Project II is a unique collaboration and a must for
Progressive-Powermetal music listeners around the world.

Our thanks to Ian and Henk (Live Imagination) - for such detailed information
and permission to share it with you