We are soliciting interest for a CD release party in Las Vegas.
Complete with live performance.
Late August, early Sept, exact date TBD – tentatively Sept 11th…

Let us know if you are interested and if you have some request.

luvatya,
cblime

I have had the opportunity to preview the new 24E CD “Monks, Monsters and the Suffering” numerous times. Admittedly, for sake of openness, I have to report that I am biased. I have been long time friends with the band and I am also an ambient artist who assisted (along with my musical partner) with some minor soundscape work on the CD. That being said I think, with as much objectivity that I can muster, this CD is one fantastic work of mature sound and song craft.

The last couple of years have been just plain rough in our nation and in our world. Everyone I know has gone through, in small and large ways, personal and professional struggles. These struggles have hit the band as well and the CD is the better for it. The struggles we go through either bring us down or cause us to reflect on where we have been and where we are going. Who are we? What do we really need to live? Why is this happening? This is an introspective work that examines the effects of these struggles.

This is the most unified work 24E has done. This is truly an album and it has an extremely cohesive feel. The album starts out with the instrumental “Troubled Sky” that starts slow but builds into a crescendo of rock and roll goodness. That leads into the next track “Always in My Head” which continues and expands on the theme. This is a standout track for me and has a bit of a Smashing Pumpkins feel. “Don’t Say Goodnight” grabs you right away and includes a great guest vocal appearance by the very talented Romulo Costa, formerly of the band “Brilliant Absence”. “Destroy Me” is one of the tracks I will put on repeat. The hook on the song is very subtle but it does grab you once you let it sink in. “The Museum” has a melancholy feel that includes some nice keyboard work. In fact, many of the tracks have more keyboards than previous 24E CDs. The CD ends with “He Said Love” which has some intriguing lyrics that are best left for you to discover their meaning on your own. There are many other outstanding tracks but the review would be too long to describe them all. All the songs are great, there are no filler tracks on the CD, the song order is fantastic and it feels like a lot of care and thought went into the production.

For those 24E fans that have been waiting a long time for a follow up to their critically acclaimed “From Stagger to Wind” I can say the wait will be well worth it. This is, I believe, 24E’s best work to date. For those new to 24E some comparisons to Coldplay, Train and U2 may be appropriate. But there is no question 24E has a style all their own. This CD is a great place to begin your experience with 24E music.

Highly recommended.

Bill Olien – Resonant Drift

We added a new topic, “Are You Kidding Me”? See what crazy people Thom supports. When you’re done, I’m sure you will be asking yourself, “Are You Kidding Me”?

Club 10 Experience Podcast 4/8/2010

ALWAYS IN MY HEAD
“Always in my dreams ~ always everything”

FINDING THE ORANGE
“Finding you is finding me ~ we are the same”

DESTROY ME
“Crush me in between for I am nothing now”

I’D RATHER BE A QUEEN THAN AN ANGEL
“What have I lost inside me and will I feel it again?”

THE MUSEUM
“Is it over now before it all gets started?”

DON’T SAY GOODNIGHT
“If love is real then it’s worth the pain ~ the voice is life, the life is strange”

LOVE IS REAL
“I’ve heard all the stories I know how they end ~ not always happy but they send the same message … love is real”

WHILE YOU WERE DREAMIN PT II
“There are so many now ~ they call to me, let it bleed”

STARING BACK AT ME
“Now I finally see what all this really means, as your staring back at me … I can’t watch you leave”

HE SAID LOVE
“He went down when his people weren’t around ~ though they’d all been there before, this time he was alone”

COME LAY IN THE FIELDS HE HAS MADE
cblime in the sky

I realize it’s been a long wait and we are happy to say that the wait is nearly over. We are excited about the new music and we will be posting some new stuff soon.

Here is the track listing for “Monks, Monsters and the Suffering”:
1) Troubled Sky

2) Always in my Head

3) Finding the Orange

4) Destroy Me

5) I’d Rather be a Queen than an Angel

6) The Museum

7) Don’t Say Goodnight

Love is Real

9) While U Were Dreamin Pt II

10) Staring Back at Me

11) He Said Love

We are also working on music videos for ‘The Museum’, ‘Destroy Me’ and ‘Finding the Orange’.

In the meantime check out my conversation with our own guitar master, Travis Tingley on the latest edition of the Club10 experience podcast at:

http://web.me.com/club10/Site/Podcast/Podcast.html

luvatya,

cblime

Darrin talks about growing up with a legend in music, Bill Medley, hangin with Elvis and being an artist in his own right.

http://web.me.com/club10/Site/Podcast/Podcast.html

luv to the fans,
cblime

The album calls on the production talents of guitarist, Travis Tingley and  a host of new and old collaborators, including Ambient artist Bill Olien from “Resonant Drift” and singer, songwriter Romulo Costa formally of “Brilliant Absence.”

Look for a new single and video to hit your face very, very soon.

24EOnline.com
Jupiter Records

2009 had it’s ups and downs. We as individuals and as a band had some life changing moments of courage and clarity.

Our lead guitarist, fellow song writer and producer delivered his best work, as he and wife Emily, welcomed their 1st child Daisy.

The Energy, searched his heart and mind for what is really needed for a man and his family to live and made some material changes towards a new existance and landed just fine.

The Proffessor continued to tear away a mask that he had kept at the door for years. Beneath it he found an equal amount of pain and relief that will follow him in to the new decade. But the mask is gone and he moves on the more real.

As for me, I bounced between love and dissappointment and a greater understanding of human behaviour. I found that darkness is not that unnatural and the judgement of man can be dealt with much easier when you realize that.

These things and a few others have brought distractions that have had 24E working on our new cd, “Monks, Monsters and the Suffering” all year
long.
We are all better for it and although the release has had some delays the album will be better for it as well.
This has also kept us from our passion for playing live, so in 2010 we promise you will see more of that. Maybe in some unique ways and places but whether it be acoustic, electric, loud or intimate we will bring our expression to you.

We continue to wonder what 24E will mean to the history and future of music. We don’t know how
far our music will reach and who will hear it. But
what we do know is that we will keep making it
and no matter what other musical ventures we enter in to, 24E will ALWAYS make albums
together … always!

Love and respect and Gods love to all,
cblime in reality

starring:

* cBL1ME as himself

* sTEVE aDLER as the Energy

* tRAVIS tINGLEY as the Sound

* sCOTT pIPHER as Brockback Beeker

* rOMULO cOSTA as Brazilia

* aLLWYN kELLY as Flashster than DeLa Hoya

* gARRET nEWMAN as Kickin’ Pigeons

* bILL oLEIN as EnOlein the Drifter

and tHOM hOFFENKAMP as Dr. Love

Brockback Beeker