United Progressive Fraternity - Planetary Overload - Part 1: Loss (2019)

The forthcoming CDs by United Progressive Fraternity (UPF), described by the founder and ‘Architectual-Director’ of the musical concept that is UPF, Mark ‘Truey’ Trueack, (co-founder of the band Unitopia) as ‘the most communicated albums ever made’, is an ambitious undertaking that unites a team of international artists who are collaborating with Truey to record two CDs worth of material that will delve deeper into the environmental issues that we all face as a united world. The two themes, ‘Loss’ [CD1] and ‘Hope’ [CD2] will focus on the problems we are already beginning to encounter on a troubled planet and expected to face with increasing severity in the near future, and taking immediate positive action to mitigate those effects to ensure humanity’s survival. The album release is expected to culminate in a series of exciting global musical events which will raise further awareness about the plight of our planet and what we can all do to help.



Track List:
Phase I: Dawning On Us
01. Loss (Anathem) (3:26)
02. What Happens Now (4:04)
03. Cruel Times (8:06)
04. What Are We Doing To Ourselves (3:19)
Phase II: Destraction and Destruction
05. Stop-Time (6:56)
06. One More (2:37)
07. Mercenaries (6:49)
08. What If (1:45)
09. Forgive Me, My Son (7:47)
10. Dying To Be Reborn (5:20)
11. Seeds For Life (19:34)
12. Loss To Lost (5:16)

Line-up / Musicians:
- Mark Trueack (Unitopia) / Vocals
- Steve Unruh (Resistor) / Violin, Guitars, Flute, Vocals
- Christophe Lebled / Keyboards
- Cornel Wilczek / Guitars, Keys, Programing, Orchestration
- Daniel Mash (The Tangent, Maschine) / Bass
- Matthew Atherton / Keys, Acoustic Guitar, Vocals
- Marek Arnold (Stern Combo Meissen, Toxic Smile, Seven steps to the green door, Cyril) / Sax
- Joe Toscano / Drums, Vocals
- Mark Franco / Bass, Vocals

With:
- Michel St-Père (Mystery, Huis) / Guitar
- Claire Vezina / Backing Vocals
- Jon Davison (Glass Hammer, Yes) / Background Vocals, Chorus
- Angelo Racz / Music & Melodies and Keyboards (3)
- Nick Magnus (Steve Hackett) / Keyboards
- Michelle Young (Glass Hammer) / Vocals
- Jesús Gancedo García / Drums
- Hasse Fröberg (The Flower Kings) / Vocals
- Guillermo Cides / Chapman Stick
- Grace Bawden / Choir, Soprano Vocals
- Lisa Wetton / Drums, Background Vocals, Choir
- Charlie Cawood (Knifeworld) / Oud, Bağlama Saz, Bouzouki, Hammered Dulcimer, Zither, Pipa, Zhongruan, Liuqin, 12-String Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Bass VI
- Steve Hackett (Genesis) / Acoustic Guitars
- Raf Azaria / Piano, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Violin, Mandolin, Accordion
- Clive Hodson / Alto Sax, Valve Trombone, Trumpet, Flugal, Oboe
- Jerry Marotta / Drums
- Angus Keay / Guitar
- Colin Edwin (Porcupine Tree, O.R.k.) / Bass
- Hans Jörg Schmitz (King of Agogik) / Drums
- Phill Sokha / Drums
- Brendon Darby / Trumpet, Flugal, Digital Trumpet
- George Perdikis / Guitar
- Matt Williams (Unitopia) / Electric and Acoustic Guitars & Backing Vocals (7)
- Valentin Halembakov aka Val Hal / Guitar
- Little Brodie Byrne / Spoken Word (9)
- Marc Papeghin / French Horn
- 'Ghost Girls' / Haunting Voices (9)
- David Hopgood (ex-Unitopia) / Drums (7)
- Dr. James E. Hansen / Narration (1,2)
- Mark Maslin / Narration (1,7)
- Dr. Cary Fowler / Introduction (11)
- Sir David Attenborough / Narration (1,5)
- Dr. Jane Goodall / Narration (1,10)
- James Lovelock / Narration (8)
- David Suzuki / Narration (7)
- Alanna Mitchell / Narration (6)
- Satish Kumar / Narration (1)
- Ettore Salati / Arrangements and Electric & Acoustic Guitars (3)
- Alex Grata (Voices of Babylon) / Vocals, Piano, Synthesizers, Loops, Electric and Acoustic Guitars (9)
- Gordo Bennett (GorMusik) / Keyboards (11)
- Fraternity Symphonic Orchestra, conducted by Cornel Wilczek (11)

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