Live at NEARfest 2007 is the first live album from Pure Reason Revolution

Pure Reason Revolution

Pure Reason Revolution are a British rock group formed at the University of Westminster in 2003 and who are playing their final dates together in November 2011. Their music incorporates elements of progressive rock and electro. Their music has been variously described as 'Astral Folk' and 'New...

, and was recorded live at the North East Art Rock Festival

NEARfest

The North East Art Rock Festival, or NEARfest for short, is a multi-day event celebrating the resurgence of progressive and eclectic music in the United States and around the world. The event is held annually in early summer in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, approximately one hour north of Philadelphia...

 in June 2007. The live set includes many songs from their full-length debut, The Dark Third

The Dark Third

The Dark Third is the first full-length album by Pure Reason Revolution. It was produced by Paul Northfield and recorded at Fairhazel Studios and later RAK studios. An earlier single "Apprentice of the Universe" peaked at #74...

, plus a few new tracks that eventually appeared on their following studio album, Amor Vincit Omnia

Amor Vincit Omnia (album)

Amor Vincit Omnia is the second full-length album by British progressive rock band Pure Reason Revolution.The title of the album is Latin for Love Conquers All. It is also a reference to the painting Amor Vincit Omnia by the Italian baroque painter Caravaggio, completed circa 1601. The track title...

, specifically Deus Ex Machina and Victorious Cupid. The song Golden Disco is a rearrangement of the song Golden Clothes, which appears on the 2nd disc of the InsideOut

Insideout

Insideout was an Israeli Euro Dance act formed in 1994 which is considered to be the first Israeli Euro Dance group.- History :The group was founded in 1994 by Tomer Glatt and Alon Levin, two 16-year-old high school students from Givatayim who attended to the same class.Under the record company...

 European release of The Dark Third.

Track listing

1. "In Aurélia" (5:33)
2. "Borgens Vor" (2:30)
3. "Deus Ex Machina" (5:45)
4. "The Bright Ambassadors of Morning" (10:42)
5. "Victorious Cupid" (3:45)
6. "Voices in Winter/In the Realms of the Divine" (7:06)
7. "The Twyncyn/Trembling Willows" (7:36)
8. "Golden Disco" (3:05)
9. "Aeropause" (5:46)
10. "Apprentice of the Universe" (3:29)
11. "Nimos & Tambos" (3:48)
12. "Arrival/The Intention Craft" (8:36)

Credits

• Jon Courtney
  Jon Courtney
  Jon Courtney, who grew up in Reading, Berkshire, is a singer, guitarist, and keyboard player in the British rock band Pure Reason Revolution. He was also the sole songwriter on their first two albums...
  
   - Vocals, Guitar
  Electric guitar
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  , and Keyboards
  Electronic keyboard
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• Chloe Alper
  Chloe Alper
  Chloe Alper is a British/French musician and artist, best known as a singer and bassist in the British New prog rock group Pure Reason Revolution. Her career began with girl punk band Period Pains, and she later appeared as a guest vocalist on the Hope of the States song The Good Fight...
  
   - Vocals, Bass
  Bass guitar
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   and Keyboards
• Jamie Willcox - Vocals, Guitar, and Keyboards
• Paul Glover - Drums
  Drum kit
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• Adam Whitaker – Mixing
• Brett Kull
  Echolyn
  Echolyn is an American progressive rock band based in eastern Pennsylvania.- Origins and first phase :Echolyn was formed in 1989 when guitarist Brett Kull and drummer Paul Ramsey, members of a recently split cover band called Narcissus, joined with keyboardist Chris Buzby to form a new band to...
  
   - Recording and Mastering

External links

• NEARfest Records
• NEARfest
  NEARfest
  The North East Art Rock Festival, or NEARfest for short, is a multi-day event celebrating the resurgence of progressive and eclectic music in the United States and around the world. The event is held annually in early summer in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, approximately one hour north of Philadelphia...