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Contents Introduction DREAMTIDE, the hard rock band led by Fair Warning guitarist Helge Engelke! Their fourth original album, their first in 14 years, is filled with the beautiful, heavenly sounds you've always dreamed of! The limited edition is a Japan-exclusive, limited 2CD edition that includes the EP "EPic Dreamdust"! DREAMTIDE, led by guitarist Helge Engelke, famous for his work with FAIR WARNING, releases their fourth studio album, "DRAMA DUST DREAM," 14 years after their 3rd album "DREAM AND DELIVER" in 2008. The beautiful sound of his beloved "NCC 1701-H," based on the Sky Guitar developed by Uli Jon Roth, is still present! ??A powerful album completed after a long period of time This new album comes 14 years after their previous work, and it seems that the production period was also quite long. Helge says: "'DRAMA DUST DREAM' took a long time to make, but it wasn't painful. That's probably because the work wasn't constant. There was no need to write songs under any pressure. New songs may have come out smoothly and unexpectedly. When we started working on this album, we had already written quite a number of songs. Some came out quickly, while others took years to complete due to a turbulent history. I usually don't like the clich? of 'this is my best work ever,' but I have good news that this time the word 'normal' doesn't apply. 'DRAMA DUST DREAM' is undoubtedly the most 'unconventional' album I've ever made." ??New bassist joins the band From this album onwards, Lars Lehmann (b), who has experience touring in Japan as a member of Uli Jon Roth's tour band, has joined the band, replacing Francis Buchholz (b). Lars also takes on the role of one of the triple vocalists on "Merciless Sun," along with Helge and Olaf Zenckbeil (vo). Furthermore, C.C. Behrens, Helge's bandmate from FAIR WARNNG who had been the drummer until the previous album, was unable to participate in the recording, so a drummer named Horst Guntram Schlag (ds) took part. ??Includes an EP consisting of unreleased tracks The Japanese limited deluxe edition includes the EP "EPic DREAMDUST". This is a 5-track EP consisting entirely of new songs not included on this album "DRAMA DUST DREAM", and also includes a cover of "Die Wei?en Tauben Sind Mude", the biggest hit released in 1982 by German singer-songwriter Hans Hertz. ??Over 4,500 characters of self-liner notes by Helge The liner notes for this album were specially written by Helge for the Japanese edition and exceed 4,500 characters in Japanese. Written from Helge's unique perspective of "Can music be expressed in words?", it describes his thoughts on this work and songs, as well as the band members. Pre-release in Japan Regular edition (VICP-65597) also released simultaneously. Media reviews and more. Fair Warning guitarist Helge Engelke's hard rock band Dreamtide releases their long-awaited 4th album after a full 14 years! The limited edition is a Japan-exclusive, completely limited 2CD edition that includes the EP "EPic Dreamdust"! (C)RS
