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01/Apr/2008 - Alejandro Millán talks about the music of Hello Madness
After playing with bands like Elfonía and Stream of Passion,
the Mexican composer now focuses all his energy in this new project of his own.
Hello Madness represents a big challenge for him, and it's very
different to what he has done in his other projects. "For this album I decided to
make music with clear and specific musical content. This is definitely a rock album!", said Millán.
He mentioned that the music is centered in melodies and not virtuosity. "This work is
focused on feelings and emotions. I needed musicians who were able to communicate these aspects...
I needed musicians who enjoyed the songs very much."
Also, he pointed that he always wanted to record an album without guitars. So, the main
elements in the songs of Hello Madness are vocals, keyboards, bass and drums.
Finally, receiving the songwriting award in his country, back in November 2006, gave him the perfect
opportunity to work on this album, having the absolute freedom of developing an idea that is now a reality.
11/Feb/2008 - Recordings are finished!
The album includes 11 tracks, all written by Alejandro Millán.
After ten months of composing, five of recording and one of mixing, the first album of Hello Madness
is now finished. "This project has been a big challenge for me. It's the first I write all the music and lyrics
for an album, and I'm proud to say that everything turned out just the way I wanted to", said Millán.
Two other musicians join Millán in this new adventure, Pablo González (ex-Elfonía, Claxons)
on bass guitar and Enrique "Bugs" González (ex-Jumbo) on drums. This is how Hello Madness
integrates the right elements to create its unique sound.
Piano, bass and drums were recorded in El Cielo Recording Studio, which took three days to
complete the interventions. Later, the voice and keyboards were recorded in The Note Garden Records Studio.
Finally, the mix was done in Holland by Joost van den Broek (After Forever).
So, after a year and a half, Hello Madness is almost ready to rock!
21/Jun/2007 - Hello Madness will start recording next week!
Next week the mexican drummer Enrique �Bugs� Gonz�lez and Alejandro Mill�n will enter
El Cielo studios in Monterrey, Mexico to record the drums for the first album of Hello Madness.
�Bugs is a great and very experienced drummer. He�s true professional. So far he has impressed me. I have complete confidence
that we�re going to have fun in the studio with amazing results. We both are looking forward to next Monday!� Alejandro said.
They have been working on the tracks for some weeks and now they�re preparing the last details for the recordings!
Be ready for the madness!
02/Apr/2007 - Hello Madness!
Hello Madness is the new project of Alejandro! This project is mainly going to be based on keyboards.
The basic elements will be drums, bass, keyboards and vocals. No guitars this time ;-)
You can also listen to some demo versions on the MySpace site
28/Mar/2007 - New forum available!
There's a new forum available in this site. Feel free to register and talk with other people.
Click here to visit the forum.
09/Mar/2007 - Alejandro Mill�n quits Stream of Passion
Alejandro decided to quit Stream of Passion to focus on his new musical project. Also Arjen and Lori decided to quit the band to
focus on their own lives and projects. Read the letter to the fans where Alejandro explains his decision.
09/Mar/2007 - Alejandro Mill�n quits Stream of Passion
Alejandro decided to quit Stream of Passion to focus on his new musical project. Also Arjen and Lori decided to quit the band to
focus on their own lives and projects. Read the letter to the fans where Alejandro explains his decision.
17/Dec/2006 - Alejandro Mill�n won a music contest!
Alejandro participated in the Musical Production Contest of Conarte 2006 and
he was recently announced as the winner. He's going to record a full length album
in 2007 of his own compositions. More details will posted soon!
Stream of Passion new tour!
Sunday, 17 Dec 2006
Stream of Passion is going to do an european tour again on 2007. Check out the
dates
Stream of Passion new tour!
Sunday, 17 Dec 2006
Stream of Passion is going to do an european tour again on 2007. Check out the
dates
Davy Mickers enters Excess studios for Unwritten Pages!
Tuesday, 26 Sep 2006
After initial attempts to record Davy's drums, both Fred and Davy weren't satisfied
with how the recordings turned out; they decided that it was neither the sound,
nor the circumstances they were looking for to pull it off. However, July was far
from being a month of failure: the recording session turned out to be a pool of
useful information and directions of where they want to take the drums and thus a
fundamental structure for the album.
In October Unwritten Pages enter Excess
studios in Rotterdam, which should offer them all the fine qualities they require
in order to make the drums sound huge and kickin'. After having applied the trial
and error method for some time now, this also finally marks the start of the
album production.
Stream of Passion live in Mexico City!
Thursday, 07 Sep 2006
Alejandro Mill�n will live perform with Stream of Passion at
Circo Volador in Mexico City on October 14, along Xandria and Anathema!
Tickets are now available through
ticketmaster.com.mx.
Unwritten Pages enters the studio!
25 July, 2006
The members of Unwritten Pages finally enter the studio for the actual
production of their first album, Noah
It's Davy's turn to kick off the show, starting next wednesday (July 26th).
Visit the official Unwritten Pages
website and stay tuned for upcoming studio updates, including pictures and audio/video snippets:
Stream of Passion audio samples!
25 July, 2006
Audio samples from Stream of Passion
'Live in the Real World' are now available for
download!
New Project!
30 May, 2006
Alejandro Mill�n will participate in a new project with the dutch composer Fred Epe:
Unwritten Pages
More details will be revealed soon!
'Live in the Real World' trailer
30 May, 2006
A video trailer for Stream of Passion's upcoming live DVD, 'Live in the Real World'
is now available for download.
Click here
to watch the video and get a short glimpse of what the show is all about!
Live DVD to be released this summer!
1 May, 2006
A DVD of the Embrace the Storm Tour 2006 of Stream of Passion shot in Rijssen, Holland is scheduled for
release this summer; a live CD will be released separately.
Composing songs for Elfon�a
1 May, 2006
Alejandro Mill�n is currently working on new songs for Elfon�a. "The band is more than
ready to make more music. We've already talked about the musical direction of this album and
we already started doing demos and listening to many ideas. We'll start rehearsing very soon.", Mill�n
Stream of Passion on tour again
1 May, 2006
The next June and July, Alejandro Mill�n will be performing in Europe with
Stream of Passion.
Find information on the dates and venues in the tour section.
