NEARFest 20th Anniversary

[Fracktured]

I was t aware that the Nexas set was released


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[NogbadTheBad]

Guapo's History Of Visitation CD+DVD has the Nearfest 2006 performance (and it's monstrously good)

Personally I love the Forgas Band Phenomena DVD, really captures the performance.

[calyx]

I think this is the full list of official live releases:

Spock's Beard, "Live at the Whisky and NEARfest" (CD)
Nathan Mahl, "Live at NEARfest" (CD)
Djam Karet, "Live at NEARest" (CD)
Thinking Plague, "Upon Both Your Houses" (CD)
Birdsongs of the Mesozoic, "2001 Live Birds" (CD)
Steve Hackett, "Live Archive: NEARfest" (2CD)
Pure Reason Revolution, "Live at NEARfest 2007" (CD)
Hidira Spacefolk, "Live 11 a.m." (CD)
Glass Hammer, "Live at NEARfest" (CD)
Forgas Band Phenomena, "Acte V" (CD+DVD)
Miriodor, "Parade + Live at NEARfest 2002" (2CD)
Le Orme, "Live in Pennsylvania" (2CD+DVD)
IQ, "Stage" (DVD)
FM, "Live at NEARfest 2006" (CD+DVD)
Nexus, "Live at NEARfest 2000" (CD)
La Torre Dell'Alchimista, "USA... You know?" (CD)
Under the Sun, "Schematism: On Stage with Under The Sun" (CD)
Secret Oyster, "Live in the USA 2007" (CD)
Moraine, "Metamorphic Rock" (CD)
Strawbs, "Live at NEARfest" (CD)
Nektar, "Live" (DVD)
Netkar, "Greatest Hits Live" (2CD)
Caravan, "A Night's Tale: Live in the USA" (DVD)
Fish, "In Search of the 13th Star: Fish Live in the USA" (DVD)

NEARfest 2005: Rising to the Surface (DVD)

You're missing the DFA from 2000, plus Guapo as mentioned by Ian just above.

[Nearfest2]

Yes! I've edited the post above to include both. Thanks, guys!

[Steve F.]

Guapo's History Of Visitation CD+DVD has the Nearfest 2006 performance (and it's monstrously good)

It has half their performance. They didn't want to include Black Oni (they thought it was sub-par; I'm not sure I agree, but it is what it is and I do agree that what they put on the DVD was really, really great)

[Poisoned Youth]

Also:

Cabezas de Cera - CDC Live USA: En Vivo en el NEARFest 2009
IZZ - Live at NEARFest
Steve Roach - Storm Surge (Live at NEARFest)
Yezda Urfa - Live: NEARFest 2004

and apparently
Second Sufis - Live at NEARfest 2003 (CD-R)

[Nearfest2]

Second Sufis - Live at NEARfest 2003 (CD-R)

Ok. Apparently recorded on the steps outside.

[zeprogmeister]

BTW, whatever happened to Nexus and North Star? I thought those two were two of the best bands from the 2000 festival, but it was like they both vanished off the face of the Earth after that.

Nexus has continued to release albums, the most recent is from 2017. Haven't heard them though.

http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=263 for discography

[moecurlythanu]

Glenn Leonard passed away in 2013, 13 years after NEARfest. Looking at their FB page, in the wake of his death, the remaining members of the band worked on a final album for release in 2015. Wasn't aware that Kevin Leonard had also passed away - can't seem to find a corroborating source online. Is that really so ?

I have it in my memory that way, and I have it in a text file of the North Star & KL releases I still need. No source attribution though. Doubt if I would have put it in the text if I hadn't read it in an email or online.

[Nearfest2]

Wasn't aware that Kevin Leonard had also passed away - can't seem to find a corroborating source online. Is that really so ?

I wasn't aware that Kevin had passed either. Glenn was the more socially active one online, so his passing was very obvious very quickly.

[moecurlythanu]

Chad, you need to add North Star to your list. Don't think it got a wide release, but it is out there. I bought it from Kevin years ago.

https://rateyourmusic.com/release/al...nearfest_2000/

[Progatron]

Nexus has continued to release albums, the most recent is from 2017. Haven't heard them though.

They are all excellent IMO. If you like their sound, you can't go wrong with any of them, including the Lalo Huber solo album!

nexus cds.jpg

[Nearfest2]

Chad, you need to add North Star to your list. Don't think it got a wide release, but it is out there. I bought it from Kevin years ago.

https://rateyourmusic.com/release/al...nearfest_2000/

Wow. Thanks. I not sure I even have that one. I'll have to check.

[TheH]

Il Tempio delle Clessidre have about 20 minutes of their NEARFest Apocalypse set on
their "Live in Seoul" DVD as a Bonus.

I also seem to remember a Kenso DVD from NEARfest?

[Nearfest2]

Holy shit. How did I forget the Kenso DVD?!

[Nearfest2]

Updated!

NEARfest 1999
Nathan Mahl, "Live at NEARfest 1999" (CD)
Spock's Beard, "Live at the Whisky and NEARfest" (CD)

NEARfest 2000
D.F.A., "Work in Progress Live" (CD)
Nexus, "Live at NEARfest 2000" (CD)
North Star, "Live at NEARfest 2000" (CD)
Thinking Plague, "Upon Both Your Houses" (CD)

NEARfest 2001
Birdsongs of the Mesozoic, "2001 Live Birds" (CD)
Djam Karet, "Live at NEARest 2001" (CD)
Under the Sun, "Schematism: On Stage with Under The Sun" (CD)

NEARfest 2002
Caravan, "A Night's Tale: Live in the USA" (DVD)
Enchant, "Tug of War" (CD) ("Below Zero" live at NEARfest 2002 is a bonus track on the special edition)
Steve Hackett, "Live Archive: NEARfest" (2CD)
La Torre Dell'Alchimista, "USA... You know?" (CD)
Miriodor, "Parade + Live at NEARfest 2002" (2CD) (CD1 is a studio album, CD2 is the NEARfest performance)
Nektar, "Live" (DVD)
Netkar, "Greatest Hits Live" (2CD)

NEARfest 2003
Glass Hammer, "Live at NEARfest" (CD)

NEARfest 2004
Hidria Spacefolk, "Live 11 a.m." (CD)
Strawbs, "Live at NEARfest" (CD)
Yezda Urfa, "Live: NEARFest 2004" (CD)

NEARfest 2005
IQ, "Stage" (2DVD) (other DVD is a live performance from Montreal)
Kenso, "Live in USA" (DVD)
Le Orme, "Live in Pennsylvania" (2CD+DVD)
Proto-Kaw, "The Wait of Glory" (CD+DVD) (CD is a studio album, DVD includes three songs from their NEARfest performance)
NEARfest 2005: Rising to the Surface (DVD)
Steve Roach, "Storm Surge" (CD)

NEARfest 2006
FM, "Live at NEARfest 2006" (CD+DVD)
Guapo, "History of Visitation" (CD+DVD) (CD is a studio album, DVD is the NEARfest performance)

NEARfest 2007
IZZ, "Live at NEARfest" (CD)
IZZ, "Live" (DVD) (includes other live performances)
Pure Reason Revolution, "Live at NEARfest 2007" (CD)
Secret Oyster, "Live in the USA 2007" (CD)

NEARfest X (2008)
Fish, "In Search of the 13th Star: Fish Live in the USA" (DVD)

NEARfest 2009
Cabezas de Cera, "CDC Live USA: En Vivo en el NEARfest 2009" (CD+DVD)

NEARfest 2010
Forgas Band Phenomena, "Acte V" (CD+DVD)
Moraine, "Metamorphic Rock" (CD)

NEARfest Apocalypse (2012)
Il Tempio delle Clessidre, "Live in Seoul" (DVD) (part of their NEARfest performance is bonus content)
Renaissance, "Grandine il vento" (CD) (acoustic version of "Carpet of the Sun" is a bonus track on the Japanese version)

[GuitarGeek]

Wow, sound like there's alot more NEARfest releases than I realized. And I'm happy tosee that the Nexus one that I remembered seeing wasn't a bootleg.

I forgot I also have the La Torre Dell'Achemista and Steve Roach CD's. Roach brings up another funny thing, because I posted a photo of me and him from that weekend on Facebook. Then Peter Grenadier, the guy who built some of the modules he uses in his modular synth liked the picture and commented on it. I can't remember if I had friended Peter before that or not, but it was kinda cool that he spotted that picture and took the time to acknowledge it. I told Peter that I was aware that Steve had used his modules on Possible Planet, which is one of my favorite albums from him.

[GuitarGeek]

In the intervening years, both of the Leonard brothers have passed, unfortunately. The only way something else is coming out is if they have a curator who wants to release archival material. Don't look for it.

Wow, I didn't know about that. I also didn't know that the North Star set from NEARfest had been released.

I don't imagine their albums are still in print, are they?

[GuitarGeek]

re: Nexus

They are all excellent IMO. If you like their sound, you can't go wrong with any of them, including the Lalo Huber solo album!

Glad to hear it. I only have the first album. I guess I'm not as tuned in with what's going on, if they've put out that many records since 2000. If I remember correctly, they had just released, or were about to release, the second album, at the time of NEARfest, but I've never seen that one either. I'll have to look for some of those.

[moecurlythanu]

Wow, I didn't know about that. I also didn't know that the North Star set from NEARfest had been released.

I don't imagine their albums are still in print, are they?

I sent an email to Kevin, so all should be answered one way or another.

Some of their stuff is available on Discogs.

[Nearfest2]

BTW, for future reference... NEARfest performance releases

[interbellum]

Not a NEARfest-release as such, but released by NEARfest Records: After The Storm.

The North Star-release looks like a boot; there's also one from Happy The Man, recorded at the same NEARfest 2000.

[moecurlythanu]

The North Star-release looks like a boot; there's also one from Happy The Man, recorded at the same NEARfest 2000.

Well, considering that it was purchased from the band, if it's a boot, it's an official one.

[moecurlythanu]

Wasn't aware that Kevin Leonard had also passed away - can't seem to find a corroborating source online. Is that really so ?

I have it in my memory that way, and I have it in a text file of the North Star & KL releases I still need. No source attribution though. Doubt if I would have put it in the text if I hadn't read it in an email or online.

I wasn't aware that Kevin had passed either. Glenn was the more socially active one online, so his passing was very obvious very quickly.

Wow, I didn't know about that. I also didn't know that the North Star set from NEARfest had been released.

I don't imagine their albums are still in print, are they?

I sent an email to Kevin, so all should be answered one way or another.

I have received a reply to the email from Kevin, and I can confirm that he is very much alive and well. The prior information I had was wrong and I am quite happy that it is. Apologies for the erroneous post.

Chris, I don't think a lot of the releases are available at source at this point. Keep an eye on the 2nd hand market.

[Nearfest2]

I've just been in touch with Joe Newnam from North Star. He put out a solo album last year called "Flesh Wound" that apparently got some traction in Europe. It should be available on many of the streaming sites. And yes, Kevin is alive and well.