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Latest NEWS, September 2011
New drummer aboard:
Klaus Neumärker (ex-Foroyal) is the new man behind drums and cymbals.
A bassplayer ist still urgently wanted.
Bernhard Marx has released a CD with "Hal'sVoice"
July 2011
Due to still ongoing search for new musicians
SOD is forced to cancel their appearance on
Leverkusen Streetlife Festival on August, 7.
June 2011
Regretably Chris Struwe lost his life on
Monday, June 6-2011 of lung cancer. !
The funeral will take place on
Tuesday, June 14 2011 in Düsseldorf.
May 2011
Drummer and Bassplayer wanted!!!
Due to the seriousness of Chris Struwe’s desease,
the band regretably is forced to
replace him on the drums.
Despite of great critics on the new CD at all,
Bassplayer Klaus Lohr has decided
to leave SOD again.
March 2011
Graffity’s Rainbow is out now and
available at Musea in France.
The good news is that Bernhard is well again,
the bad news is that Chris is in hospital now.
January 2011
The new CD “Graffity’s Rainbow’s order no. is
MUSEA FGBG 4866 and shall be released in January.
The band has been booked for Leverkusen
based “Streetlife” festival in August.
Also, it is possible that another
Cologne Creative Rock Festival –
feat. SOD – will be planned.
November 2010
Regretably Shades of Dawn are unable to perform on
1. Cologne Creative Rock Festival (1. Kölner Kreativ Rock Festival) due to
Bernhard’s still lasting illness. The band is very unhappy with the situation.
The festival will take place, however.
The Leverkusen show must be cancelled due to Bernhard’s illness,
unfortunately.
It’s planned to do this concert later on.
October 2010
The long expected CD "Graffity's Rainbow"
will appear on MUSEA records now.
SOD will play on Dec, 10th
on "1.Kölner Kreativ Rock Festival"
in Cologne.
September 2010
The “Matisse” club in Troisdorf unfortunately has been closed.
For this reason the concert on Oct. 2nd can’t take place there.
The band is trying to replace this show in that area soon.
Moreover, SOD will play in Leverkusen on Nov. 6th.
Details will follow asap.
July 2010
The new album "Graffity’s Rainbow" finally has been
finished.
At present there’s still some adjustments to be done on the booklet.
May 2010
The Rüsselsheim show has been cancelled surprisingly and short termed.
Mangrove declined coming to Germany for one gig only.
April 2010
Not only caused by airplay on a local radio station
but also by some promo activities
the show in March was pretty successful.
The band now is looking forward
to playing in Dusseldorf again.
The new album “Graffity’s Rainbow”
has been mixed now.
It shall be mastered next.
Febrary 2010
Next show will take place on
March, 20th 2010 in Leverkusen, GERMANY.
Support: Five Live
As before in Frankfurt the GS Lasershow will appear again.
Tickets available for € 9,- in advance.
Bassplayer Klaus Lohr has returned
to the band in the meantime.
January 2010
Shades of Dawn will play in Frankfurt, GERMANY
on Friday, February 5th 2010.
This will be a Double Feature together
with Klaus’ Hess Mother Jane.
Mixing for the new album is still in process.
October 2009
Frankfurt show postponed to Feb-05, 2010.
"Mother Jane" will perform instead of the band "Gum".
The mixing process has reached the 2nd half
of title track Graffity’s Rainbow.
All other tracks have been mixed.
July 2009
The first test mixes for the new album
“Graffity’s Rainbow” have begun.
Despite heavy summer temperatures the work
on the new album will be continued.
Ex- keyboardist Cyrill Stoletzky is working on
“Graffity’s Rainbow – Part II” currently,
a subsequence of the monumental title track.
May 2009
The show in Troisdorf caused enthusiastic audience reactions.
Audience and venue owner were more than happy.
February 2009
New concerts planned.
Swiss airbrush artist Richi Sieber has taken
over the booklet artwork for the 3rd CD.
December 2008
The show in Gruenberg -w/ Jane -
had been postponed to 2009.
September 2008
Shades of Dawn will perform in
Siegburg, Germany on Friday, Oct-14.
The band’s performance on Wuppertal Kraut Rock
Festival was a huge success. Fans requested more
encores as possible. Many people considered SOD
as the most interesting act of this day.
July 2008
New show in Duisburg:
Shades of Dawn will play on Friday, Oct
24 at Cafe Steinbruch
in Duisburg, Germany - together with "The Path of Genesis"
February 2008
Shades of Dawn live in Bonn, Germany
at "Mausefalle" on Sat- August 23rd 2008
Details : www.mausefalle-bonn.de
CD "From Dusk till Dawn" available at
MUSEA records again
Ask for sources of supply at expeditions@musearecords.com
check out the sources of supply portion here under “audio”
or ask your common dealer. Order number : Musea FGBG 4692
MUSEA is responsible for the worldwide distribution. In France
it will be sold to chain stores like FNAC, HYPER
MEDIA, EXTRAPOLE, STARTER and VIRGIN as well as in
supermarkets and independant record shops by their own
representatives (total + 200 shops).
This distribution also includes the main online sites such as
AMAZON.COM or FNAC DIRECT and lots of independant on-line stores :
Gemm, Half.com, Alibris, Musicstack, Netsounds, Alapage, PriceMinister, CD & LP etc.
Click here to read more about this CD.
Click here to order.
Click here to read reviews
January 2008
Shades of Dawn will perform on the
1st Krautrock Open Air Festival
in Wuppertal, GERMANY
together with legendary Kraut acts
Jane and Birth Control.
Details
here
Warm-ups and improvisations:
Still you'll find our "Space Dance" out of our old
sessions featuring bassplayer Theo Labs for
free download here: Download ( 12 MB )
The band is planning to offer more of such
improvisations on CD-R if there is any interest.
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Live Appearances:
Shades of Dawn is accepting bookings.
Please contact us for details
All inquiries are very welcome.
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