RPWL

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RPWL
RPWL, 2011
RPWL, 2011
General information
origin Freising , Bavaria , Munich
Genre (s) Progressive rock , art rock
founding 1997
Website www.rpwl.net
Founding members
Jürgen "Yogi" Lang
Karlheinz "Kalle" Wallner
Christian "Chris" Postl (until 2002, 2005–2010)
Phil Paul Rissettio (until 2003)
Current occupation
Jürgen "Yogi" Lang
Karlheinz "Kalle" Wallner
Marc Turiaux (since 2008)
Markus Jehle (since 2009)
Werner Taus (since 2010)
former members
Andreas Wernthaler (2002-2003)
Stephan Ebner (2002-2005)
Manfred "Manni" Müller (2003-2008)

RPWL is a music group from Freising . The name of the band is composed of the first letters of the first line-up of the musicians. Founding members are: Phil Paul Risettio (drums), Chris Postl (bass), Kalle Wallner (guitar) and Yogi Lang (vocals and keyboard). The music of RPWL is most likely to be assigned to progressive rock or art rock .

history

The band emerged from the group "Violet District", to which Kalle Wallner and Chris Postl as well as the later band member Stephan Ebner belonged and in which Yogi Lang was a producer and guest musician. After the RPWL founding members had played together in a nameless band in 1996, RPWL was in 1997 when Pink Floyd - cover band founded. It was helpful for this that the voice of Yogi Lang is very similar to that of the Pink Floyd lead singer David Gilmour . However, RPWL quickly developed its own style and released 15 albums so far. Certain influences of the music of Pink Floyd can still be recognized today.

After the first line-up of the group had released the album God Has Failed in 2000 , the band name was already obsolete , since with Chris Postl the "P" left the band. He was replaced by Stephan Ebner. In addition, Andreas Wernthaler joined the group as the second keyboardist. With this line-up, the albums Trying to Kiss the Sun (2002) and Stock (2003) were recorded. Then the line-up changed again. In addition to Andreas Wernthaler, Phil Paul Risettio and with it the "R" left the band. The latter was replaced by Manni Müller as the new drummer. This formation recorded the 2005 album World Through My Eyes , on which Stiltskin and ex- Genesis singer Ray Wilson took over the vocal part of the song Roses . The album is available both as a conventional audio CD and as a hybrid SACD .

On the subsequent European tour, founding member and returnees Chris Postl took over bass from Stephan Ebner. Chris Postl had never lost contact with the group and was involved in all albums released after his departure as a guest musician. The group received additional support during the tour from keyboardist Markus Jehle, who had been the group's permanent tour keyboardist until he became an official member of the band in 2009. In October 2005 the double live album Start the Fire with material from the tour, on which the band u. a. appeared at the WDR - Rockpalast . Ray Wilson also works as a guest singer on the live album. Additional songs from the tour were released on album 9 in 2007. Modeled on Pink Floyd's Ummagumma album, 9 contains a live half with songs by the band and a studio half with a composition by each band member.

In 2008 the album The RPWL Experience was released . After the album was released, the line-up changed again. Manni Müller's successor on drums was Marc Turiaux. In 2009, the group released recordings of the Experience tour under the title The RPWL Live Experience , which were released on double CD, DVD and combined CD / DVD box.

In 2010 the album The Gentle Art of Music was released on the band's new label Gentle Art of Music for the 10th anniversary of the band's first album release. Ray Wilson can be heard again as a guest singer. The album is a double CD, the first CD is a best-of, the second CD contains old songs in a new - acoustic - guise with numerous guest musicians. In 2010 the ribbon carousel turned again. The band and bassist Chris Postl split up again for personal reasons. He is succeeded by the Austrian bass player and singer Werner Taus.

In 2012 the band released their first concept album, Beyond Man and Time , which was released both as a normal version and as a limited bonus edition with audio book. The concept is a musical journey through the world outside of Plato's cave.

On February 22, 2013 in RPWL have Katowice , Poland , a "Beyond Man and Time" can be recorded -Show for a live DVD and double live CD, which in September 2013 under the title A show Beyond Man and Time have appeared .

On March 14, 2014 the album Wanted was released, which is also a concept album and is a continuation of the album Beyond Man and Time . It is available in three versions - as a single CD, as a “Limited Edition” CD + DVD with 5.1 audio surround mix and as a vinyl double album. On the occasion of the album's release, the band released an official music video for their first single, Swords and Guns , which, according to the band, "shows how the album's story began hundreds of years ago".

The band has focused on releasing live albums in recent years; three of the four last albums released contain only live recordings. In addition, on October 31, 2015, the band recorded a Wanted show entitled A New Dawn for a later DVD release. The show was a mixture of rock concert, multimedia event and theater performance. In addition to the musicians themselves, around 50 actors and extras were involved. It was released on July 14, 2017 on Blu-ray Disc, DVD, double CD and triple LP. It rose to number 100 on the German album charts and number 10 on the German music video charts.

On March 22, 2019, the band released the album Tales from Outer Space , which was also released as a limited fan box.

Pink Floyd cover band

Although the band has its own style and can no longer be called a Pink Floyd cover band, a connection to the music of Pink Floyd still exists today. On the album Stock with Opel there is a song by the first Pink Floyd head, Syd Barrett . During the existence of the band, songs by Pink Floyd appeared repeatedly in the band's live repertoire, as evidenced by the Pink Floyd songs Cymbaline and Welcome to the Machine on their live album from 2005. The live album from 2009 also contains two songs by Syd Barrett and Pink Floyd, Opel and Biding My Time . Between August and October 2009, the group even played several concerts at which, without exception, songs by Pink Floyd were played; the setlist - supplemented by the song Biding My Time - corresponded to the one from Pink Floyd's "In The Flesh" tour from 1977. In addition, the band played on three occasions in 2014 - u. a. at Burg-Herzberg-Festival - Pink Floyd Special concerts, half of which consisted of lesser known songs by Pink Floyd. During their Fall 2015 tour, the band also performed the Pink Floyd concept show The Man and the Journey from 1969. In addition, the band released the album RPWL plays Pink Floyd on September 21, 2015 , which only contains live recordings of Pink Floyd tracks. Finally, the album RPWL Plays Pink Floyd's 'The Man and the Journey' for the 2015 show was released on October 28, 2016 .

Solo projects

Blind ego

Kalle Wallner 2009 (Blind Ego)

In addition to his participation in RPWL, guitarist Kalle Wallner formed a solo project under the name “Blind Ego” and has so far released three albums produced by Yogi Lang, namely Mirror (2007), Numb (2009) and Liquid (2016). John Mitchell ( It Bites ) and Paul Wrightson (Ex- Arena ) sing on the Mirror album , Paul Wrightson again on the Numb album and Arno Menses ( Subsignal ), Erik Ez Blomkvist (Ex- Dreamscape ) and Aaron Brooks ( on the Liquid album ) Simeon Soul Charger). Bass player on the first two albums was John Jowitt ( IQ / Arena / Frost * ). On Numb acts Sepultura -Schlagzeuger Iggor Cavalera with. With the album Liquid Kalle Wallner also has a. a. Get musical support from drummer Michael Schwager (ex-Dreamscape) and the bass trio Sebastian Harnack ( Sylvan ), Ralf Schwager (Subsignal) and Heiko Jung ( Panzerballett ). Yogi Lang also appears as a guest musician on all studio albums. On November 10th, 2017 the live album Liquid Live by Blind Ego was released, which contains the CD Live at Loreley and the DVD Live at Logo Hamburg , in which RPWL members Yogi Lang and Markus Jehle were involved as sound engineers. On February 14, 2020, the second studio album entitled Preaching to the Choir was released on the RPWL label Gentle Art of Music .

Parzivals Eye

In 2009 the first album of the solo project of the former RPWL bassist Chris Postl called "Parzivals Eye" was released with the title Fragments . The album contains a song from RPWL album 9 ( Another Day ) as a bonus track . Postl plays guitar and keyboard and sings on the album in addition to his usual bass. He is supported by RPWL colleague Yogi Lang, who also plays the keyboard. Prominent fellow musicians are Ian Bairnson, the longtime guitarist of the Alan Parsons Project , as well as guest vocalists Christina Booth ( Magenta ) and Alan Reed ( Pallas ). The second album Defragments was released in April 2015 . Christina Booth and Ian Bairnson are represented again. Chris Postl is also supported by former RPWL drummer Phil Paul Rissettio.

Yogi Lang & Band

In 2010 the first solo album by Yogi Lang & Band No Decoder was released. Yogi Lang is accompanied on the album u. a. by ex-RPWL drummer Manni Müller, Guy Pratt (Pink Floyd, Roxy Music ) on bass and Torsten Weber ( The Doors of Perception ) on guitar. Kalle Wallner is a guest on one song. Dominique Leonetti ( Lazuli ) can be heard as a guest singer .

Discography

Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Albums
Beyond Man and Time
  DE 68 03/23/2012 (1 week)
Wanted
  DE 77 03/28/2014 (1 week)
A New Dawn
  DE 100 07/21/2017 (1 week)
Tales from Outer Space
  DE 49 March 29, 2019 (1 week)
  CH 97 March 31, 2019 (1 week)

RPWL

Studio albums

  • 2000: God Has Failed (Tempus Fugit)
  • 2002: Trying to Kiss the Sun (Tempus Fugit / Point Music )
  • 2003: Stock (Tempus Fugit / SPV / InsideOut ; CD and DVD)
  • 2005: World Through My Eyes (Tempus Fugit / SPV / InsideOut; released as audio CD and hybrid SACD / CD with bonus track)
  • 2007: 9 (self-distribution; limited edition - 999 copies)
  • 2008: The RPWL Experience (Tempus Fugit / SPV / InsideOut)
  • 2010: The Gentle Art of Music ( Gentle Art of Music / Soulfood / BMG ; double CD)
  • 2012: Beyond Man and Time (Gentle Art of Music / Soulfood / BMG; released as audio CD and as limited double CD with audio book)
  • 2014: Wanted (Gentle Art of Music; released as audio CD and as a limited double CD + DVD box as well as a vinyl double album)
  • 2019: Tales from Outer Space (Gentle Art of Music; released as audio CD and as a limited fan box)

Live albums

  • 2005: Start the Fire (Tempus Fugit / SPV / InsideOut; live recording, double CD)
  • 2009: The RPWL Live Experience ( Metal Mind Productions ; live recording, released as double CD, DVD and double CD + DVD box)
  • 2013: A Show Beyond Man and Time (Metal Mind Productions; live recording, released as double CD and DVD)
  • 2015: RPWL plays Pink Floyd (Gentle Art of Music; live recordings)
  • 2016: RPWL Plays Pink Floyd's 'The Man And The Journey' (Gentle Art of Music; Live album consisting of CD and DVD)
  • 2017: A New Dawn (Gentle Art of Music; live album, released as Blu-Ray, DVD, double CD, triple vinyl and as a limited collector's box)
  • 2019: Live From Outer Space (Gentle Art of Music; live album, released on Blu-Ray, DVD, double CD and vinyl)

Contributions to compilations

  • 2000: Signs of Life (Angular Records) - Pink-Floyd-Tribute Sampler, a song by RPWL ( Cymbaline )
  • 2001: More Relics (Sysyphus Records) - Pink-Floyd-Tribute Sampler, a song by RPWL ( Fat Old Sun )

Music videos

  • 2008: Breathe In, Breathe Out (published on YouTube )
  • 2010: Cake (published on YouTube)
  • 2010: Silenced, unplugged at TV Limburg (published on YouTube)
  • 2012: Unchain the Earth (published on YouTube)
  • 2012: The Noon (released on YouTube)
  • 2013: Somewhere in Between (published on YouTube)
  • 2014: Swords and Guns (single version) (published on YouTube)
  • 2017: Misguided Thought (live) (published on YouTube)

Violet District

  • 1992: Terminal Breath (self-distribution)
  • 2000: Terminal Breath (Tempus Fugit; reworking of the 1992 album with a 1996 live CD)
  • 2010: Terminal Breath (Gentle Art of Music / Soulfood; re-release on vinyl)

Blind ego

Albums

  • 2007: Mirror (Red Farm Records / Farmlands Music; remastered in 2011, Gentle Art of Music / Soulfood, contains two additional bonus tracks)
  • 2009: Numb (Red Farm Records / Farmlands Music; remastered in 2011, Gentle Art of Music / Soulfood, contains an additional bonus track)
  • 2016: Liquid (Gentle Art of Music / Soulfood / BMG)
  • 2017: Liquid Live (Gentle Art of Music / Soulfood), contains the CD Live at Loreley and the DVD Live at Logo Hamburg
  • 2020: Preaching to the Choir (Gentle Art Of Music / Soulfood)

Music videos

(all published on YouTube)

  • 2016: Blackened (Director: Sebastian Harnack)
  • 2017: Live at Logo, Hamburg (full concert)
  • 2017: Blind Ego - From Idea To Reality: The Story So Far

Parzivals Eye

  • 2009: Fragments (Red Farm Records / Farmlands Music)
  • 2015: Defragments (Gentle Art of Music / Soulfood)

Yogi Lang & Band

Albums

  • 2010: No Decoder (Gentle Art of Music)
  • 2019: A Way Out Of Here (Gentle Art of Music)

Music videos

  • 2010: Can't Reach You (published on YouTube)
  • 2010: Sacrifice (published on YouTube)

swell

  1. ↑ BLIND EGO in stores. Gentle Art Of Music, accessed May 3, 2020 .
  2. ↑ Chart discography Germany Switzerland

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