Bandcamp. If you've heard of it you'll know why we are using it! If you've not heard of it you'll thank us for telling you!
Can you imagine a website where bands can upload full resolution audio files (.aiff) and you can chose what type of format your download is, and there's a minimum of third party overheads reducing the band's income.
Imagine no more because that's what Bandcamp is. By starting with the highest possible quality source, they’re able to convert our tracks into a bunch of different format and quality combinations for you to listen to, including MP3 (320, VBR V0), Ogg Vorbis, Apple Lossless, FLAC and AAC (aka .m4a or iTunes store format)
You can see why we have chosen bandcamp as our supply partner for our downloads.
Having said that In the days of our demo recordings the facilities available to up-coming bands were rather basic compared to this century!
The demo tracks were mostly recorded on a cassette based "portastudio" or in some cases directly off the sound desk at gigs but this also imbues the tracks with a certain 'patina', which given their 30+ years age is quite fitting, so please understand that these are not modern recording studio quality. We're currently leaving the tracks open for streaming so you can hear what you are getting before buying!
The Early Days
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Arrive Alive
The Sentinel
Sentinel Tour Programme UK Tour Spring 1984The Sentinel Track By TrackBand comments on each track on the albumFirst Kerrang Article December 1982The band's first Kerrang featureAfterglow Edition 12Gig Review, Aberdeen, 26 May 1983Afterglow Edition 14Review of The SentinelSounds August 10 1983Jay Williams interviewed the band for SoundsKerrang November 1983Kerrang visits the band in AtlantaSounds February 11th 1984Front Cover & Feature for album releaseMelody Maker April 4th 1984Derek Oliver interview at the start Sentinel TourPress Reviews for The SentinelOriginal press reviews for The Sentinel LP
Get wearewhoweare and itiswhatitis now! Only available directly from the band. ORDER HERE.
For track by track comments and soundbites click here
We are proud to announce that we are now taking orders for the Niall Mathewson Cd "Eclectic Electric Volume 1"
Please note that Bandcamp allows a choice of download formats including lossless and that you will recieve the bonus 'megamix' download upon ordering !
The Extensive details about the tracks on the album can be found under the Eclectic Electric menu above.
Pallas are proud to announce that the special edition digibook version of the new album 'wearewhoweare' has now been released - all thanks to the recently completed a crowdfunding campaign through Indiegogo. As a result of this unique funding wearewhoweare will currently be exclusively available only directly from the band through our direct supply partner Bandcamp.
This album is available as a lavishly illustrated 40 page (including cover) digibook featuring artwork from the Russian artist Anton Semenov, or a value pack cd, both including the download version which will be available on the day of release, or just as a download.
Please note that Bandcamp allows a choice of download formats including lossless and that you will recieve the bonus 'megamix' download upon ordering !
The Extensive details about the tracks on the album can be found under the wearewhoweare menu above, or by using this link, complete with video snippets and studio reports to document the albums progress.
A unique chance to own instrumental versions of the tracks of the 'wearewhoweare' album along with some demos, including an as yet to be completed track, Ghost In This House, and an advance teaser, Undiscovered World, from the forthcoming Niall Mathewson album 'Eclectic Electric'!
Available now as a value pack cd in card cover with free download included or just as a download.
Track Listing:
1 - New Life Prelude
2 - Shadow of The Sun (Instrumental)
3 - New Life (Instrumental)
4 - Harvest Moon (Instrumental)
5 - And I Wonder Why (Instrumental)
6 - Dominion (Instrumental)
7 - Wake Up Call (Instrumental)
8 - In Cold Blood (Instrumental)
9 - Winter Is Coming (Instrumental)
10 - In Cold Blood Piano Demo
11 - Ghost In This House Demo
12 - Big City/Shadow Of The Sun In Development
13 - Undiscovered World - Demo from forthcoming Niall Mathewson Album
The band recorded the rehearsals for the pre-christmas gigs at The Mill Recording Studios in Banchory and it was mixed down by Niall Matthewson in time to be available as a cd at the gigs.
The set includes some old tracks not played for some years and two brand new tracks from the forthcoming album 'wearewhoweare' appearing here with their working titles which may change over the next few months!
There's fifteen tracks which is an hour and three quarters of music at only £8 for the download, the track list is:-
1. Crown of Thorns, 2. Imagination, 3. Rat Racing, 4. Falling Down, 5. New Life/(Is This) Your Life* New Track!, 6. Shadow of the Sun* New Track!, 7. Ghostdancers, 8. Blood and Roses, 9. Midas Touch, 10. Rise and Fall, 11. East West, 12. March on Atlantis, 13. Atlantis, 14. Arrive Alive, 15. Cut and Run
The download also includes the wearewhoweare trailer video and audio, artwork and artwork for each of the gig posters !
We have recently uncovered the rough mixes of The Sentinel which the band took away with them from the Eddy Offord's studio in Atlanta, which gives another insight into what the LP could have been had fate not intervened.
During the last few days before the band left the Studio in Atlanta Eddy Offord sat at the sound desk with them and made a rough mix of the album - which can be compared and contrasted with the two mixes that were later released.
It is well known that the band and record company were not happy with the final mix, which had been rushed to accommodate a new project Eddy was hired for by a band with considerable more clout than they had, and a remix was made for the later american release.
We have also re-worked a previously only available as medium quality mp3 exclusive release "The Sentinel Demos" and made it available at much better quality through our new bandcamp facility to give you some idea of what a double album of The Sentinel may have been like.
This extensive archive of rehearsal and live recordings includes the tracks that would have been on the album had it been a double and never found their way onto B sides and the later CD are: A New Age Dawns, The Scrolls, The Cell, Flashpoint 2, and The Calm Before the Storm which explore the storyline in much more detail than the truncated eventual LP did.
