Dreamtone & Iris Mavraki's Neverland

Dreamtone & Iris Mavraki's Neverland
Background information
Origin Greece, Turkey
Genres Power metal
Symphonic metal
Years active 2005–present
Labels AFM Records
Associated acts Dreamtone
Evergrey
Blind Guardian
Shadow Gallery
Website Official website
Members Oganalp Canatan
Iris Mavraki
Onur Ozkoc
Burak Kahraman
Emrecan Sevdin
Can Dedekarginoglu
Guney Ozsan

Dreamtone & Iris Mavraki's Neverland is a music group, a collaboration between Turkish progressive metal band Dreamtone and Greek singer Iris Mavraki. Commonly abbreviated as "Neverland", their music can be best described as Symphonic power metal.

History

In 2004, Neverland's former manager Orpheus Spiliotopoulos listened to Dreamtone's first demo, Unforeseen Reflections and later introduced the band and Iris Mavraki to each other.[1] Throughout the writing and composing stages of the songs, Iris was in Greece and Dreamtone were in Turkey. During this time, they recorded a collection of demos (two of which are on the special edition of the band's first CD). On December 2007, Neverland signed their first record contract with AFM Records [2] and set out to record their debut album, Reversing Time.

Teaming up with the guest artists Hansi Kürsch, Tom Englund, Gary Wehrkamp and Mike Baker, they recorded the band's first 12 tracks. The album was released in February 2008 after visiting 8 studios before finalized.[3] Also during Hansi Kürsch's recording sessions, the recordings had to be rescheduled six times and cancelled once due to various reasons, from touring to storms destroying studio rooftops.[4] Mike Baker, the recently deceased singer,[5][6] reserved the track Reversing Time when he first heard it, without a second thought. This track was his final officially released singer appearance and ironically the song is about a person trying to reverse the time and stop his death.[7]

Future

As of February 1, 2009, Dreamtone & Iris Mavraki's Neverland are recording their second album[8] which is to be released through AFM Records.

Band members

Current members

Guest Artists

Musician Musical ensemble Album(s) performed on Featuring Track(s) Instrument(s)
Hansi Kürsch Blind Guardian Reversing Time To Lose The Sun[9] Lead & Backing Vocals
Tom S. Englund Evergrey Reversing Time World Beyond These Walls[10] Lead & Backing Vocals
Mike Baker Shadow Gallery Reversing Time Reversing Time (song) Lead & Backing Vocals
Gary Wehrkamp Shadow Gallery Reversing Time Mountain of Joy[11] Lead guitar
Hakan Sensoy (Conductor) Philarmonia Istanbul Orchestra Reversing Time All tracks except demo versions Philharmonic Orchestra
Ozan Alparslan Ozan Alparslan Project Reversing Time All tracks[12] Additional Orchestral Arrangements
Iorgos Loggos Reversing Time All tracks except demo versions Additional Orchestral Arrangements
Stefanos Efthimou Reversing Time All tracks except demo versions Additional Orchestration
Efe Alpay Reversing Time All tracks except demo versions Bass
Evren Yazgan Reversing Time Reversing Time (song)[13] Bağlama
Erim Arkman Reversing Time Shooting Star, Mankind is a Lie[14] Lead guitar, Backing Vocals
Berk Kula Reversing Time Who Asked You to Fight Backing Vocals
Ipek Kahraman Reversing Time Transcending Miracle Saxophone

Discography

Studio albums

Compilations

See also

References

  1. ↑ Band History
  2. ↑ Record deal with AFM
  3. ↑ Album Fact 1
  4. ↑ Album Fact 2
  5. ↑ "Mike Baker death news". Blogs.myspace.com. 2013-07-19. Retrieved 2013-07-23.
  6. ↑ "Shadow Gallery Press Release". Shadowgallery.com. Retrieved 2013-07-23.
  7. ↑ Album Fact 3
  8. ↑ "Neverland 2". Blogs.myspace.com. 2013-07-19. Retrieved 2013-07-23.
  9. ↑ Interview with Hansi Kürsch
  10. ↑ Interview with Tom Englund
  11. ↑ Interview with Gary Wehrkamp
  12. ↑ Interview with Ozan Alparslan
  13. ↑ Interview with Evren Yazgan
  14. ↑ Interview with Erim Arkman
  15. ↑ Power And Glory Compilation

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