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Japan Benefit Project
"Embrace The Sun"  |
Dedicated to the victims of the tsunami and earthquake that struck Japan in March 2011. Milan Polak (lead vocals & guitars) joined forces with Pete Lesperance (guitars, 2nd guitar solo), Kip Winger (bass), Dennis Leeflang (drums), Ron "Bumblefoot" Thal (3rd guitar solo) and Harry Hess (backing vocals). All profits are being donated to the victims in cooperation with the Japanese Red Cross Society. (Lion Music LMC303) To order go to: iTunes www.lionmusic.com www.cdbaby.com |
DISC ONE 01. Mattsson - Mother 02. Milan Polak - End Of Time 03. Anthriel - Circle Of Life 04. Airless - Second Chance 05. Dreyelands - Life Is Worth The Pain 06. Ashent - Disappearance 07. Mastercastle - Sakura 08. Locomotive Breath - Rise Up (Perspective of The Common Man) 09. Groenholm - Believe 10. Marco Sfogli - Stand Alone 11. Mindsplit - Guardian Angel 12. Missing Tide - Falling 13. Infinity Overture - Do You Care? 14. Jennifer Batten - Sakura Season DISC TWO 01. Overdrive - New Beginning (Arata Na Staato) 02. Emir Hot - Fear of the Storm 03. Venturia - On the Brink 04. Mistheria - Kibou 05. Section A - Survive 06. Status Minor - Drama 07. Mastermind - Time Stands Still 08. Tomorrow's Eve - Black Barren Lands 09. Iron Mask - Sons of the Sun 10. Astra - Voice from Within 11. Benny Jansson- Savior 12. Early Cross - Cairn 13. Winterlong - Failed Connection 14. The Lions - Embrace the Sun |
Milan Polak & Julian Puttins
"Party Hand"  |
Power Guitar Symphony feat. Julian Puttins. Written, recorded and performed by Milan Polak & Julian Puttins @ Nice Noize Studios (Italy), July 2011. To order go to: iTunes |
1. Party Hand |
Guitar Addiction
"A Tribute To Modern Guitar"  |
A sampler feat. musicians such as Guthrie Govan, Brett Garsed and many others. Milan Polak played on "The End Of The World" and on the final track "Heavy Funky Party" along with Michael Angelo and Stu Hamm. (Guitar Euro Media GEM03) To order go to: www.cduniverse.com |
1. Crossroads Of Time 2. Junkie Foot 3. Adrenaline Jam 4. The End Of The World 5. Mr. Groove 6. Mind's Labyrinth 7. FRP - A Tribute To Mark 8. Mandarine 9. Frankly Speaking 10. Cacophusion 11. Heavy Funky Party |
Drooid & Milan Polak
"Aurora/Moon Dance"  |
In 2010 Milan Polak started a collaboration with DJ/producer Drooid. The result was this EP. (Shah-Music Digital SMD2142) To order go to: www.junodownload.com |
1. Aurora 2. Moon Dance |
Milan Polak
"Murphy's Law"  |
'Murphy's Law' is Milan Polak's 2nd vocal release. He was joined by Fabio Trentini (who also co-produced the CD) on bass and Subway To Sally's Simon Michael on drums this time. (Lion Music LMC265) To order go to: iTunes www.guitar9.com www.amazon.de (Germany) www.lionmusic.com www.cdbaby.com www.amazon.co.jp (Japan) |
1. Murphy's Law 2. No God 3. Inner Truth 4. Losing Me 5. Wannabes 6. The Opposite Of Love 7. Sheeple 8. Torn 9. Alien Nation 10. Fake 11. The Mystery Of Life |
Moonbound
"Confession and Release"  |
Project of mastermind Fabio Trentini. Milan Polak played guitars on the song "Future After You". (Unsung Records UR006CD) To order go to: www.iapetus-store.com/ |
1. Nina 2. Tired Of Being Good 3. Future After You 4. Confession And Release 5. Last Minute Of The Day 6. My Life Ain't Worth Being Lived Without You 7. It Looks Like Rain 8. Luna Calante 9. Divergent Moons 10. Up Above 11. Flight Towards The Sky 12. The Lengths A Man Will Go To |
Subway To Sally
"Bastard"  |
This CD is the 11th release of the German metal band Subway To Sally. Milan Polak played all acoustic & electric guitars as well as electric sitar on this album. He also co-wrote the music for 10 songs. 'Bastard' entered the German album charts at 7. (Nuclear Blast 27361 19340) To order and listen to sound samples go to: www.amazon.de |
1. Meine Seele brennt 2. Puppenspieler 3. Auf Kiel 4. Umbra 5. Voodoo 6. Wehe Stunde 7. Die Trommel 8. Unentdecktes Land 9. Hohelied 10. Canticum satanae 11. Tanz auf dem Vulkan 12. Fatum 13. In der Stille |
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Milan Polak
"Straight"  |
This CD was recorded in NY & Germany and features John Macaluso on drums, Randy Coven on bass, Fabio Trentini on bass and Milan Polak on vocals, guitars, percussion, additional bass & blues harp.
It received great feedback worldwide, e.g. “Album of the Year” (Netherlands) and “Album of the Month” (Italy). Other nominations were "Top 10 Albums of the Year" (Italy), "Top 30 releases of 2007" (UK) und "Best Guitarist of 2007" (UK). The renowned English Fireworks Magazine voted the song "The Glowing Of A Cigarette" no. 2 of the "Top 200 songs of 2007". About the album Milan says, " 'Straight' stands for the whole concept of this album. It stands for the way this album looks, sounds and was produced - no FX, no BS. What you see & hear is what you get - 100% Milan." (Lion Music LMC204) To order go to: iTunes www.lionmusic.com www.amazon.com www.guitar9.com www.cdbaby.com |
1. Difference 2. Psychobitch 3. Crosses 4. Hero 5. Favorite Vice 6. Some Kind Of Jesus 7. All I Want 8. Superstar Mania 9. Straight 10. Happy Now? 11. I Don't Care 12. Free After All 13. The Glowing Of A Cigarette |
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The Alchemists II
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This CD is the follow-up of the very successful CD 'The Alchemists'. Different from the first album there are always 2 guitarists playing one song together this time. Milan wrote the main song and hooked up with Marco Sfogli who then added a middle part to it - hence the double title. Note that this mp3 is a cut version! Marco played drums & lead guitar on the left. Milan played rhythm guitars, bass & lead guitar on the right. (Liquid Note Records LNR0006) To order go to: www.liquidnoterecords.co.uk www.guitar9.com |
1. Unruly Elements - Chris Brooks ft. Joe Chawki 2. One Legged Chicken - Pascal Vigné ft. Christophe Godin 3. Threehundredpointtwentyone - Terry Syrek ft. Bumblefoot 4. Under The Influence - Richard Hallebeek & Antti Kotikoski 5. Space Antz - Carlos Creator ft. Robert Rodrigo 6. Stratosphere - William Stravato ft. Brett Garsed 7. At Last - Stefan Rosqvist ft. Bo Eriksson 8. The Puffball That Ate My Village - Phi Yaan-Zek ft. Chanan Hanspal 9. Last Minute Call/The Saviour - Milan Polak & Marco Sfogli 10. Fumble Fingers - Dave Martone & Chris Buono 11. Tango Schizophrenia - Si Hayden ft. Michael Berk 12. Warp Drive - Gianluca Ferro ft. Scott McGill 13. In The Beginning - Sven Stichter ft. Thorsten Koehne 14. Butterfly/Free Love/Fruit Frenzy - Geoff Tyson ft. Doug Doppler 15. Georgia In My Heart - Dr Ika & Temur Kvitelashvili |
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Milan Polak
"Guitar Odyssey"  |
'Guitar Odyssey' is the re-mastered version of Milan's sold out first instrumental album 'Guitar 2001' featuring an original demo-version of 'Where Were You Tomorrow?' as a bonus-track. There is a heavy focus on the guitar playing with some over-the-top stunts. Even after 10 years this CD still received great reviews. (Lion Music LMC155) To order go to: iTunes www.amazon.com www.lionmusic.com www.guitar9.com www.cdbaby.com www.cd-gold.co.jp (Japan) |
1. Lights, Camera, Action! 2. Where Were You Tomorrow? 3. Inner Peace 4. Vinka 611 5. More Than I've Been 6. Absolutely Positive 7. Could've been Love 8. Cruisin' 9. Tendonitis 10. Chainreaction 11. Sylphe 12. Witchdance 13. Sunrise 14. Where Were You Tomorrow? (demo-version/bonus-track) |
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Last Acoustic
"Coincidences"  |
This is the 2nd album of the Italian duo 'Last Acoustic' featuring Antonello Sassone & Marino Risi. Milan Polak played nylon and steel string guitars on two of the songs. (Azzurra Music TBPG1016) To order go to: www.azzurramusic.it |
1. Madame Rushid theme 2. Nightclub 1960 3. 28 4. Lait & Miel 5. Romeo e Giulietta 6. Smoke gets in your eyes 7. Blue Moon 8. Sicily 9. Blue Bossa 10. Snow Flower 11. Don't think sadly 12. Two for the road 13. Il postino theme |
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Milan Polak
"Dreamscapes"  |
'Dreamscapes' is Milan's self-produced second instrumental CD. The songs are more mature, focusing more on song writing than soloing. This CD features a total of 13 tunes. It was ranking at No. 1 position in the Guitar Nine charts in 4 different categories 'Most Popular Overall', 'Most Popular Fusion', 'Most Popular Hard Rock' and 'Most Popular Heavy Electric' with a popularity rating of 100.0 and has received great reviews all over the world (to see click on the review button left). (Lion Music LMC 135) To order go to: iTunes www.amazon.com www.lionmusic.com www.guitar9.com www.cdbaby.com www.cd-gold.co.jp (Japan) |
1. Panic Room 2. Girlfriends 3. Dreamscapes 4. Spanish Romance 5. Quicksilver 6. Slowgold 7. Joyride 8. Contrapunctus 3 (J.S. Bach) 9. 4 a.m. 10. Shadowdance 11. Ground Zero 12. Straight Ahead 13. Sometimes I Still Miss You |
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Joel Rivard, Alessandro Benvenuti, Milan Polak - "J.A.M."
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The J.A.M. project is a collaboration with two other great guitarists: Joel Rivard & Alessandro Benvenuti. It features 3 original compositions of each guitarist with the others soloing on them including keyboard maestro Lale Larson. It also features some of Milan's hottest playing up to date. J.A.M. enterd the Jazzwise-charts at position 2, was rated "album of the month" by Guitar Mania, was called a "victory in the instrumental releases of 2004" by Andy Craven of virtuosityone and was ranking at No. 1 of the 'Overall best-selling' charts of guitar9.com (to see reviews click on the reviews button left). (Liquid Note Records LNR0003) To order go to: www.liquidnoterecords.co.uk www.guitar9.com www.cdbaby.com |
1. The Usual Unusual (M. Polak/B. Fuxa) 2. 2 Sides of the Same Trouble (A. Benvenuti) 3. Lydian Field (J. Rivard) 4. Hot Room (A. Benvenuti) 5. Back on the Track (M. Polak) 6. Transcendence (J. Rivard) 7. S.L.O.W. (A. Benvenuti) 8. Perfect Angel (M. Polak) 9. General Relativity Jam (J. Rivard) |
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Lidia
"Sex & Violins "  |
At some point in his life Milan started working with renowned classical violin virtuoso Lidia Baich in a studio in the south of France. The idea was to fuse classical music with elements of rock but without losing the original vibe or changing the music. They then went through some extreme scores of Tchaikovsky, Massenet & Saint- Saens and Milan describes this experience as "one of the most intense musical experiences in my life." These are some outtakes of the demo. |
1. Rondo (C. Saint-Saens) 2. Danse Ruski (P. I. Tchaikovsky) 3. Thais (J. Massenet) 4. Concerto Violin And Orchestra In D Major, Op. 35: Finale. Allegro Vivacissimo (P. I. Tchaikovsky) part I part II |
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Missterious
"Rock Me Amadeus"  |
This version of "Rock Me Amadeus" is a tribute to Falco performed by the Austrian dance act "Missterious". It was released in the summer of 2003 and made it into the Austrian and Swiss charts. (ACAM 10603) |
1. Rock Me Amadeus |
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De Luca
"Mit grosser Sorge"  |
This song was released in the summer of 2003 by the Italian/Austrian comedian Ciro de Luca. It went into the Austrian top ten. Milan played guitars and bass on this tune. (Columbia Sony Music 513309 2) |
1. Mit grosser Sorge |
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Jason Becker-Tribute "Warmth In The Wilderness Vol. II"
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This double CD features some awesome musicians such as Steve Vai, Marty Friedman and Randy Coven. The track "Utopia" was originally written and recorded by Milan for the album "Dreamscapes" and features Thomas Lang on drums. All the profits go to Jason Becker - one of the best guitarists in the world - who unfortunately suffers from ALS (Lou Gehrig's desease). (Lion Music LMC 2225 2) To order go to: www.gemm.com www.lionmusic.com www.guitar9.com www.nehrecords.com |
1. Tommy Denander & Friends - Desert Island 2. Lars Eric Mattsson - Colors 3. Steve Vai - Feathers 4. Terry Syrek - Temple of the Absurd (Europe exclusive bonus track) 5. Marty Friedman & Melle Vasquez - The Brightest Stat of All 6. David Valdez - Temple in the Cellar 7. Randy Coven - Poem 8. Milan Polak - Utopia 9. Carlos Creator - Dialogues at the Moon 10. Mistheria & Friends - When You Wish upon a Star (A Jam for Jason) 11. J. K. Northrup - I.M.N.U. 12. Stephen Ross - Perpetual Burn (Europe exclusive bonus track) 13. Steve Booke with Magic Elf - Life Afterlife 14. Mario Parga - Hourglass |
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The Alchemists
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This CD actually features the last song of Milan's album "Dreamscapes". To order go to: www.liquidnoterecords.co.uk www.guitar9.com |
1. Richard Daude "Dark Ages" 2. Guthrie Govan "Fives" 3. Terry Syrek "Ritual Dance At 4. The Foot Of The..." 5. Stephen Ross "Schrodinger's Cat" 6. Richard Hallebeek "Seasons" 7. Todd Duane "The Rain" 8. Marc Pattison "Crash & Burn" 9. David Martone "Waht The Hell!" 10. Scott Hughes "Common Ground" 11. Magnus Olsson "Whatever It May Be" 12. Bumblefoot "Mafalda" 13. Phi Yaan-Zek "Out In The Boonies" 14. Lyle Workman "Rising Of The Mourning Son" 15. Milan Polak "Sometimes I Still Miss You" |
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Haddaway - My Face
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"Deep (Live Version)" was also Milan's first international job as a producer & arranger. He came up with the main guitar riff during the rehearsals for our show in Stars & Bars, Monaco. (Terzetto/ZYX MUSIC TER 20001-2) |
1. Bounce 2. Deep (Radio Version) 3. You've Got The Music 4. Gotta Be 5. Push Push 6. Man In The Moon 7. It's Not Fair 8. Love Is Blind 9. Show Me Your Dreams 10. Man Of Me 11. Bit Of Angel 12. Heaven 13. Deep (Live Version) 14. Miss Joan |
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F@lco - A Cybershow
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This is the original cast soundtrack of the "F@lco cybershow" - a gigantic live concert with musical elements, video projections and a lasershow - dedicated to the life of Falco. The music was recorded live in two days during rehearsals in March 2000. (Intonation Recordings 7243 849208 0) |
1. Sound of Musik 2. Der Kommissar 3. Rock Me Amadeus 4. Ganz Wien 5. Naked 6. Europa 7. Vienna Calling 8. Titanic 9. Push Push 10. Mutter, der Mann mit dem Koks ist da 11. Out of the Dark 12. F@lco - Cyber Track |
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Falco - Verdammt wir leben noch
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Up to this day Falco is Austria´s only internationally successful popstar. This is the last album released in 1999 after his death. Besides two remixes it features 10 new songs from old demos that Falco had offered the record company during his last six years. They all were turned down while he was alive... Milan played on the 6th song "Poison". (BMG, EMI, GIG Records, Hansa, 74321 704992) |
1. Verdammt wir leben noch 2. Die Königin von Eschnapur 3. Qué pasa hombre 4. Europa 5. Fascinating man 6. Poison 7. Ecce machina 8. We live for the night 9. Krise 10. From the north 11. Der Kommissar (Club Mix) 12. Verdammt wir leben noch (Remix) |
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Sigi Maron - Raps und Rübsen
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Sigi Maron is an Austrian singer/songwriter. His lyrics are socially and politically critical and he once had a No. 1 hit in the Austrian charts. Reviews said that this last album released in 1996 was his best one. (BMG Ariola, 74321 376562) |
1. klane leit 2. 11 monat oit 3. dowitschenja jugoslawija 4. wilkommen österreich 5. neue draken braucht das laund 6. nimm dei madl bei der haund 7. da untaschied 8. graue hoa 9. vera 10. achtung umleitung 11. celeste 12. raps und rübsen |
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Todd Duane & Milan Polak - "Overload"
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This tune is by far one of the craziest and most challenging things Milan has ever recorded in his life. "Overload" was originally a song written and recorded by Todd Duane for a CD called "Ominous Guitarists From The Unknown". They met while both teaching at A.I.M. in 1995 and one day Todd had this crazy idea to speed the song up (!) and re-record it played in harmonies. Milan kicks off the solo section on the left hand side, then Todd comes in on the right hand side and they do trade-offs. |
1. Overload |
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Milan Polak
Guitar 2001  |
Guitar 2001 was Milan Polak's first instrumental album released in 1995. It displays a lot of variety in styles due to his love and interest for different kinds of music. Some of the songs were actually written at the age of 16, 17 but recorded in 1994. The CD also features new recorded versions of "Where Were you tomorrow?" and "Absolutely Positive" which appeared on the "Guitar on the Edge" samplers No. 3 & 4. This album is sold out and has been re-released by Lion Music in October 2005 under the name of 'Guitar Odyssey'! (Rock the Nation 41207) |
1. Lights, Camera, Action ! 2. Inner Peace 3. Vinka 611 4. More than I´ve been 5. Absolutely Positive 6. Could´ve been love 7. Cruisin´ 8. Tendonitis 9. Chainreaction 10. Sylphe 11. Witchdance 12. Where were you tomorrow 13. Sunrise |
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New World
Changing Times  |
This record released in 1995 gained amazing critiques and airplay from radiostations all over Europe. Still the record company was not strong enough to promote and support it. So unfortunately, this remained the only record and the band broke up frustrated. (Rock the Nation 41 208) |
1. Fall Or Rise 2. Urban Bushman 3. Changing Times 4. Time of Dying 5. I Need It 6. Eternal Agony 7. Mother 8. Murderous Game 9. Superficial Life 10. Judgment Day 11. The World We Created 12. Fate |
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Paul Gilbert & Milan Polak - "Weedwacker"
 Photo used bykind permission of P. Gilbert |
"Weedwacker" was written and performed by one of Milan's biggest influences Paul Gilbert for an Ibanez competition back in around 1992. Milan doubled Paul's rhythm guitar and played all the solos. By the time Milan got his hands on that tape the deadline of the competition was far over so he never got a chance to participate in the first place. Still he thought it would be cool to put it on this site and Paul agreed. Here's what Paul said, "Wow! You play really well. Keep playing great guitar!!" (Paul Gilbert) |
1. Weedwacker |
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Guitar on the Edge - Vol. 1, No. 4
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Mark Varney - talent scout & head of legato records:
"I chose Milan for anchor man both times because I wanted the CDs to end with something that would totally blow away someone who had been listening to the CD up to that point." No 4 (4117 72004 2) |
1. Greg Howe / No Place Like Home 2. Lanny Cordola / The Obstinate Toy 3. Carl Verheyen / Tango 4. Ron Thal / Bumble Foot 5. Dana Rasch / First Light And Turn Green 6. Prodigy / Schizoid 7. Dave Larue / Police Work 8. Glenn Alexander / The Black Line 9. Glenn Sherman / Ala Florida Jam 10. Scott Boland / Grasshopper Lives 11. Ernie Jackson / Divided We Groove 12. Guthrie Govan / Rhode Island Shred 13. Howard Hart / The Margin 14. Darryl Gabel / Blue Fingers 15. Wayne Krantz / Is something I don´t understand yet 16. Paul Hanson / Downswing 17. Guthrie Govan / Waves 18. Milan Polak / Absolutely Positive |
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Guitar on the Edge - Vol. 1, No. 3
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'Guitar on the Edge' is a compilation series released by talent scout Mark Varney. It features some of the world's hottest guitarists. Milan appeared on no. 3 (1992) & 4 (1993) of volume one. No 3 (4117 72003 2) |
1. Brett Garsed & T.J. Helmerich/Subway 2. Rob Johnson/Down Home Cookin' 3. David Marton/Its About Time 4. Greg Howe/Direct Injection 5. Dana Rasch/Fan Mail From Some Flounder 6. Burt Teague & Word Of Mouth/One For Ray B. 7. The Jon Finn Group/Always A Bridesmaid 8. Shane Theriot/In Between 9. Ron Thal & Love Soup/Love Soup 10. John Onder/Southern Hospitality 11. Mat Gurman/Forgotten 12. Craig Erickson/LA Tour 13. Tommy Lamey/We Couldn't Find A Singer 14. The Michael Gregory Band/Vermicula Polky 15. The David Trinzo Trio/Yo!…Hey! 16. Milan Polak/ Where Were You Tomorrow? |
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"The Cosmic Monstrositors"
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This project was recorded in different places in Europe between 1991 and 1993 on a little 4-track portastudio and features the young and ambitious talents of Todd Duane, Dave Kilminster, Lale Larson, Règis Munerel, Mario Parga, Milan Polak and Phi Ansari Yaan-Zek. The tapes were remastered in June 2000 and a small amount of CD's were released. The CD was quickly sold out and is not available anymore. (Cydonia) |
1. Sunbathing On Pluto (Larson) 2. La Vie De Valerie (Munerel) 3. Martian Eden (Larson) 4. Erato (Munerel) 5. Weirdo (Larson/Yaan-Zek) 6. Space Duck (Larson) |