ALBUM TRAILER On The Road - Minor Giant

On The Road - Minor Giant

Minor Giant is a Dutch progressive rock band founded in 2011 by keyboardplayer/composer Rindert Lammers and drummer Roy Post.

The music is influenced by amazing, well known artists like Neal Morse, Spock's Beard, Transatlantic, Jem Godfrey and Camel.

Biography
In 2010 Rindert Lammers at the age of 16 starts to compose and record a number of symphonic/progressive rock songs. One year later he posts the first instrumental demo on Soundcloud, which is later completed with vocals by Christiaan Bruin (Sky Architect, Chris). Rindert posts an appeal to musicians to join him to record these tracks for an album. Drummer Roy Post is the first person to reply, he offers to be co-owner of the project. While Rindert focuses on composing, Roy deals with organisation and communication. Soon bass player Harry den Hartog (ex-PBII), guitar player/vocalist Jordi Repkes and keyboard player Jos Heijmans join the duo Lammers/Post.

They now know there is a mutual interest, but does it also click musically? That remains to be seen when the quintet gathers for the first time in a rehearsal studio in Emmeloord (NL) in August 2011. The matters at hand are the first two tracks of what should become the debut album. The effort , preparation and dedication of all musicians concerned lead to the fact that the rest of the project will be continued with these people.
At the end of 2011 the -until that time nameless- project was named: Minor Giant.

The band wins the confidence of the organisation of the Progmotion Festival and is asked to do their very first gig as the opening act of the first edition of this festival in September 2012. That show is seen by many as the highlight of the evening.

In the meantime Minor Giant has recorded their debut album ‘On The Road’ in –among other places- The Pitt studio in Boskoop working with engineers Ruud Rijnbeek en Gerben Klazinga (Knight Area). The album consists of six tracks varying in length from three to fifteen minutes. ‘On The Road’ deals with the different roads people choose in life. The lyrics are about the hope and strength everybody needs in our travels through life. The final track ‘The Last Road’ concludes this spiritual voyage, and after revisiting some themes from the previous tracks, the album concludes with an optimistic end full of hope for the future.

The album will be released the 30th of June, 2014 on the British label Festival Music (F2).

After Harry den Hartog finished recording, he left the band and was replaced by Rik van Dommelen.

Minor Giant is:
Rindert Lammers - keyboards
Roy Post - drums and percussion
Rik van Dommelen – bass guitar and vocals
Jordi Repkes - guitar and vocals
Jos Heijmans – keyboards and vocals

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