ALBUM TRACKS : 01. (It’s a) FORTUNE TELLER 12.00 02. GONNA BE TOMORROW, TODAY 4.55 03. NOBODY THERE 8.04 04. HER ARMS EMBRACED THE SUN 8.11 05. FADING SOUND OF LOST THOUGHTS 3.22 06. THE DRONE 1.29 07. LONG WAY DOWN 3.06 08. THE FLIGHT (Part 1) 2.22 09. THE FLIGHT (Part 2) 3.16 10. REBORN 5.00
They're
considered by their fans and music experts in Greece and abroad as the
one and only band of the 90's which faithfully revives and improves
the fine psychedelic music of the 60's and 70's. The band was formed
in Athens, Greece in 1987 by Costas Constantinou (born Athens, 1960),
a gifted and inspired man who plays guitar, sings, composes music and
writes lyrics of exceptional sensitivity and beauty, in the fine
tradition of the futuristic psychedelic philosophy. The band recorded
their first album which was released in June 1988 andtitled '' E X I T
# 4 '' At the beginning of 1990, PURPLE OVERDOSE, started the recording
sessions for their next album, which was finally released in April of
the same year, again by ''PEGASUS Records'' and titled ''INDIGO''.
Another small independent record label outside Athens ,''FIFTH
DIMENSION'', asked PURPLE OVERDOSE to record a couple of new songs in
order to release a 7''single . They remixed an outtake track from the
album ''INDIGO'', '2008 Old View' and recorded a new one 'You Lose
It'. On both tracks they hired as organ player an old pal Vasilis
Kapanikis (who soon after that joined the band) and on drums the
session musician Makis Bellos. The above single was released in 1993
to a limited edition of abt.1000 copies. When their drummer returned
from the army PURPLE OVERDOSE started the recording sessions on March
12, 1994 at the studio 'PERIPOU'.. By the end of the sessions on April
7 they realized that they had created an exceptional album which was
simply titled ''PURPLE OVERDOSE'' as a sign of their new beginning.
The new album was released on June 7,1994 by 'PEGASUS' with an
extraordinary cover which was a giant poster of a painting by Iliana
Noea. Inside the multicolored cover was a vinyl record with 8 new
masterpieces of psychedelic music. PURPLE OVERDOSE'S album received a
very warm reception from the Greek musical press and also from abroad,
describing it as one of the finest psychedelic albums worldwide.
''PEGASUS Records'' soon after that released their two earlier albums
in coloured vinyl (EXIT #4 in yellow and ''INDIGO'' in red). A new
album is ready by early 1996. Recorded by the band from December 16,
1995 to February 21, 1996 at PERIPOU' studios with Andreas Troussas
once more as recording engineer and co-producer with the band.
'PEGASUS' released the album on May 13,1996 which was titled ''SOLEMN
VISIONS''. By mid 1998 they had signed to a new independent small
company ''ACTION RECORDS'' and in November of the same year recording
sessions began at ''ACTION'' studios in Athens. Recording engineer was
Aris Christou. After 180 hours of recordings everything was ready.
It's a concept album and the first PURPLE OVERDOSE material to be
released on CD. The title of the new album is ''REBORN'' and it was
released on April 22,1999. How can one describe a masterpiece? PURPLE
OVERDOSE steals the heart of every listener of 'REBORN'. A hopeful
message of sensitive and optimistic viewS about the coming of the new
century, is the meaning of 'REBORN' . In Spain, magazine 'ATROPOS'
rated this album with the maximum and wrote the following as a
conclusion to the review….''probably is the best psychedelic band in
the world. But what a pity! They are not from England….'' (JAN. 2000).
A series of selected performances, electric and unplugged, were
recorded in the spring of 2000 in various clubs and the material
collected was very good and more than enough for a CD and a double
vinyl record set. During September the band spent time remixing the
recorded material and the album released February 7th on CD and June
7th 2001 on a limited edition vinyl containing different songs from
the CD. The title of the album ,''THE SALMON'S TRIP LIVE! ,was an idea
of their manager Steven Panagiotakis trying to describe the 13 hard
years of the band's history in the rock scene of Greece, identical to
the counter-current voyage of salmon trying to fulfill its destiny in
life, against all odds… The band throughout the years deserves an
unexpected publicity in Greece and abroad.Many radio
stations,especially European and American ones include tracks from the
"Salmon's Trip Live" in their playlist. By the June of 2004 a small
but devoted new record company from Salonica,"ON STAGE Records"
interested to release a tape with early but unreleased recordings and
a demo of "Indigo" which recorded in 1989 with alternates.Band agreed
and on August 12th a brand new quality vinyl album was available.Soon
after a new circle of interviews started in magazines, tracks from
this album entered the playlists mostly in USA and Europe (as
usually). After all these 19 years, PURPLE OVERDOSE, remains an
underground band devoted completely to its dream: The evolution of the
futuristic and visionary psychedelic music of the 60's
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