Hubi Meisel

Hubi J. Meisel (born 31 July 1974) is a German progressive rock vocalist^[1] and producer who was born in Frankfurt.

Early years

Before going on his own, he was the singer for the German progressive metal band Dreamscape on their CD "very" (1999).

Solo albums

CUT

The cover of Cut

In 2002, he released an EP called "CUT", featuring re-arranged versions of his favorite 80s songs from such bands as Rush, The Cars, A-ha, and Mr. Mister, performed in rock/metal style, feat. Marcel Coenen on guitars.

EmOcean

The cover of EmOcean

In 2003, he released "EmOcean", a concept album about such themes as Atlantis, the Sargasso Sea and the Bermuda Triangle. For this album, Meisel closely cooperated with French keyboardist Vivien Lalu who composed the instrumental music according to Meisel's concept & directions; the other musicians involved are guitarist Marcel Coenen (Sun Caged), Swedish Drummer Daniel Flores (Mind's Eye) & Jean B. Affonco (bass).

KAILASH

The cover of KAILASH

His latest CD is the concept album “KAILASH”, released on February 27, 2006. This CD is all about the Tibet, the Himalayas, Mt. Kailash as well as the Dalai Lama and Buddhist/Hinduist culture and mythology. Like on “EmOcean”, Hubi was again closely collaborating with Vivien Lalu; the rest of the line-up features Spanish guitarist Jorge Salán ("Mägo de Oz"), Marcel Coenen ("Sun Caged"), Swedish drummer Daniel Flores (Mind's Eye) and the bass by Johan Niemann (Therion) and Joop Wolters, who played the guitars on the 2 bonus tracks "The Gentleman of Great Magic" & "Tigers of Everest".

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