Edison's Children

Edison's Children
Edison’s Children 2011, Pete Trewavas and Eric Blackwood.
Background information
Origin Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, England, Sugar Loaf, New York, United States
Genres Progressive rock, neo-progressive rock, alternative rock, psychedelic rock, acoustic rock
Years active 2011–present
Labels Random Disturbance Records, Racket Records
Associated acts Marillion, Transatlantic, Kino, Acoustic Industry, Sunblister, Blackwood & Foti, The Eric Blackwood Band, Steve Hogarth, The Wishing Tree, DeeExpus, Robin Boult, Fish, Crimson Steele
Website www.edisonschildren.com
Members Pete Trewavas
Eric Blackwood
Featuring:
Rick Armstrong (Son of 1st Man on the Moon Neil Armstrong)
Henry Rogers

Edison’s Children are a sci-fi style rock duo, formed by Pete Trewavas (Marillion and Transatlantic), and Eric Blackwood, featuring Rick Armstrong (the son of astronaut Neil Armstrong) on synth guitar. [1] [2].

Drumming is led by Henry Rogers of Touchstone/DeeExpus fame and includes Lisa Wetton (wife of Asia/King Crimson singer John Wetton) and Iluvatar's Chris Mack.

Recording engineers include Mike Hunter (producer of Marillion), Jakko Jakszyk (lead singer of King Crimson), John Mitchell (singer of Arena, Kino, Frost*, It Bites and Lonely Robot), Robin Boult (guitarist with Fish (singer) and Pete Trewavas.

Edison's Children released their 1st album, In The Last Waking Moments…, in 2011. Their song "A Million Miles Away (I Wish I Had A Time Machine)" was released as a single in June 2012 and reached the FMQB Top 40 for 10 weeks, peaking on 18 October 2012 at #32 for most played song on United States Commercial Radio.[3]


A concept album was released in December 2013 called "The Final Breath Before November". The "edge of midnight on Halloween" theme provided a dark canvas and a step away from the more "commercial" sounding In the Last Waking Moments.... The album was based on an actual encounter between Eric Blackwood and a young teenage suicide which Eric reported as being the most horrific thing he's ever experienced. The album again featured Eric Blackwood and Pete Trewavas as songwriters but also a prominent role by drummer Henry Rogers of Touchstone and DeeExpus. Nineteen-year-old Henry Rogers had won the award for "World's Best Drummer" by England's "Classic Rock Society" for 2 years in a row, beating out Dream Theater/Transatlantic's Mike Portnoy who had long held the honor.

Rick Armstrong joined the band as their live "2nd lead and synth guitarist" after guesting on stage with Edison's Children in Montreal in 2013 and is a major part of the band's live show. He made his recording debut on Edison's Children's 3rd CD "Somewhere Between Here and There".

History

In The Last Waking Moments... was written and recorded in and around Pete Trewavas' recording and touring sessions with Transatlantic and Marillion and was recorded during 3 major sessions:

Between March 2010 and March 2011, Eric Blackwood and Pete Trewavas had already written nearly an entire album's worth of material, including the 25 minute "Silhouette" but writing sessions became so prolific during the Mont Saint-Sauveur sessions, that previously written songs (except for "Dusk") were left off the album.[6] 50 other songs were written and recorded as well, as movie soundtracks for the Hudson Film Group's upcoming projects: Purgatory, DeStressed, Jammed Up and Harvest Moon.

Pete Trewavas and Eric Blackwood wrote, produced, and engineered the album and played nearly every instrument on the album, except for special guest appearances: Steve Rothery of Marillion; Steve Hogarth of Marillion; Ian Mosley of Marillion; Mark Kelly of Marillion; Robin Boult (Guitarist for Fish) and Andy Ditchfield of DeeExpus.[7] This marks the only time that all of Marillion (as well as former Marillion Lead Singer Fish's guitarist Robin Boult) have performed on the same album outside of an official Marillion release.

Edison's Children opened for Marillion's prestigious "Brave" show at the Marillion Weekends in Port Zeilande Netherlands, Montreal Quebec and Wolverhampton England from March til April 2013 and played a 2-hour show in Montreal in addition to the evening show on the main stage.[8] All three shows were recorded and the Montreal show has been released on the "In The Last Waking Moments..." [EP SINGLE] CD [9]

Edison's Children released their second album "The Final Breath Before November" on 1 January 2014 [10] featuring Pete Trewavas, Eric Blackwood and Henry Rogers on drums. The album features only 3 songs but is 79:28 long. Edison's Children also featured Rick Armstrong on guitar/bass/keyboards and Lisa Wetton on drums/percussion for live performances along with Henry Rogers.

On 1 August 2015, the group released their 3rd album "Somewhere Between Here And There", featuring Chris Mack and Henry Rogers (Drums), Wendy "Darling" Farell-Pastore (backing vocals), Rick Armstrong (Lead Synth Guitar) [11]

Lineup

Current line-up:

  • Pete Trewavas – basses, lead and backing vocals, lead and rhythm guitars, samples and effects, drum programming, VST programming, Keyboards, Orchestration
  • Eric Blackwood – lead and backing vocals, lead and rhythm guitars, bass, keyboards, drum programming, Orchestration

Featuring

  • Rick Armstrong - Synth Guitar
  • Henry Rogers - drums and percussion

Guest Members

  • Steve Hogarth (aka "h") – vocals – "The Awakening"
  • Steve Rothery – electric lead guitars – "Spiraling"
  • Mark Kelly – vocals – "The Awakening", keyboards – "The "Other" Other Dimension"
  • Ian Mosley – drums – "The Awakening"
  • Robin Boult – backing power rhythm guitar – "In The Last Waking Moments..."
  • Andy Ditchfield – vocals – "The Awakening"
  • Wendy Farrell-Pastore – Backing Vocals – "The Final Breath Before November" and "Where Were You (Jakko's "Whisper Ending Mix")"

Live Band

Edison's Children's Live Band is made up of:

  • Pete Trewavas - lead guitar, backing vocals, keyboards, bass
  • Eric Blackwood - lead vocals, lead synth guitar
  • Anna Koropchak - violin [Apothocary]
  • Rick Armstrong - rhythm guitar, keyboards, bass [Son of astronaut and "First Man on the Moon" Neil Armstrong]
  • Lisa Wetton - percussion, backing vocals, drums (Wife of Asia/King Crimson Lead Singer John Wetton)
  • Dean Morekas - bass [Iluvatar]
  • Chris Mack - drums [Iluvatar and drummer for the Baltimore Ravens On Field Marching Band]
  • Henry Rogers - drums [of DeeExpus and Touchstone]
  • Dennis Mullin - guitar [Iluvatar]


Mixdown

  • Mike Hunter – Mixdown of Dusk, Fracture, Fallout (Of The 2nd Kind), Outerspaced, Spiraling, The "Other" Other Dimension, Across The Plains, Lifeline, Fallout (Of The 3rd Kind), The Awakening
  • Robin Boult – Mixdown of "In the First Waking Moments…", "A Million Miles Away (I Wish I Had A Time Machine)","In The Last Waking Moments…", "Fallout (Of The 4th Kind)
  • Mike Hunter – Mastering
  • John Mitchell – Mastering track 5 on "Somewhere Between Here And There"
  • Jakko Jakszyk (Current Lead singer of King Crimson)– Mixdown of tracks 8, 11, 14 on "Somewhere Between Here And There"

Discography

Studio albums

In The Last Waking Moments…

(11.18.11)

  1. Dusk - 6:42
  2. Fracture - 5:50
    1. Fracture
    2. Fallout (Of The 1st Kind)
    3. The Last Refrain
  3. In The First Waking Moments… - 0:44
  4. A Million Miles Away (I Wish I Had A Time Machine) - 5:01
  5. Fallout (Of The 2nd Kind) - 4:55
  6. Outerspaced - 3:14
  7. Spiraling - 5:01
  8. The "Other" Other Dimension - 4:45
  9. Across The Plains - 2:26
  10. In The Last Waking Moments… - 7:25
  11. Lifeline - 3:17
  12. Fallout (Of The 3rd Kind) - 4:00
  13. The Awakening - 15:33
    1. The Awakening (The Dawn)
    2. Slow Burn
    3. The Awakening (The Dusk)
  14. Fallout (Of The 4th Kind) - 1:46

The Final Breath Before November…

(1.1.14)

  1. Final Breath - 4:04
  2. Light Years - 6:05
    1. The Fading - 1:27
  3. Silhouette - 67:23
    1. Silence Can Be Deafening (Part I) - 6:47
    2. Welcome To Your Dreamland - 3:16
    3. Where Were You? - 12:05
    4. The Longing - 7:48
    5. The Morphlux - 3:12
    6. I Am Haunted - 2:51
    7. What Do You Want? - 2:04
    8. Seventh Sign - 7:01
      1. The Wrong
      2. The Acolyte
      3. The Hollows
      4. The Road (Less Traveled)
    9. The Second Coming of the Morphlux - 3:08
    10. Silence Can Be Deafening (Part II) - 5:13
    11. Welcome to Your Nightmare - 3:07
    12. Music for the End Credits of an Existence - 9:10
    13. The Clock Strikes November - 1:41

Somewhere Between Here and There

  1. Light Years (Single Edit) (3:51)
  2. Stranger in a Foreign Land (4:41)
  3. Ever Be Friends (4:56)
  4. Solstice (3:56)
  5. Growing Down in Brooklyn (5:46)
  6. Someone Took My Heart Away (5:43)
  7. A Million Miles Away (I Wish I Had a Time Machine) - Live from Wolves UK (6:11)
  8. The Seventh Sign (Jakko Mix) (7:07)
  9. The Longing (Mike Hunter Orchestral Mix) (7:50)
  10. Sinners Minus (2:31)
  11. Light Years (Jakko Mix) (6:05)
  12. Light Years - The Fading (Jakko Mix) (1:28)
  13. The Darkness (3:30)
  14. Where Were You (Jakko's "Whisper Ending Mix") (13:10)
  15. The Second Coming of the Morphlux (John Mitchell Mix) (2:39) - Bonus Download

Single Releases and other physical CD appearances

"Dusk" (11.11.11)

  1. Dusk
  2. Dusk (The Rising) [Trance Remix]

(released as a fan promotion, week before album's official release. Single included "Inaugural Fan T-Shirt")

"A Million Miles Away (I Wish I Had A Time Machine)" [EP SINGLE]

  1. A Million Miles Away (I Wish I Had A Time Machine) [Single Edit 3.47]
  2. Spiraling [featuring Marillion's Steve Rothery on lead guitar]
  3. Haunted Memories [new song]
  4. Fallout (Of The 5th Kind) [new song]
  5. A Moment of Zen [new song]
  6. Dusk (The Rising) [Remixed Trance Remix]
  7. A Million Miles Away (I Wish I Had A Time Machine) [Album Edit 5:04]

Mixed by John Mitchell except 1/7 - Mixed by Robin Boult 2 - Mixed by Mike Hunter / Mastered by John Mitchell and Mike Hunter

"In The Last Waking Moments" [EP SINGLE]

  1. In The Last Waking Moments... [Single Edit 4:58]
  2. Through The Ages [new song]
  3. Spiraling [Live in Montreal]
  4. A Million Miles Away (I WIsh I Had A TIme Machine) [Live in Montreal]
  5. In The Last Waking Moments... [Album Edit 7:58]

Mixed by Mike Hunter except 5 - Mixed by Robin Boult / Mastered by Mike Hunter

Live Tracks recorded by Phil Brown during Marillion Montreal Weekend Convention 2013 and Mixed by Mike Hunter

Robin Boult appears on Rhythm Guitar at the end of Tracks 1 and 5

"In The First Waking Moments..." [Demos, Out-takes, Alternate Versions and Remixes of In the Last Waking Moments...]

  1. Dusk [The Sugar Loaf Sessions]
  2. Fracture 1.0
  3. A Million Miles Away (I Wish I Had A Time Machine) 3.1 [Original version with Pete Trewavas on Lead Vocals]
  4. Fallout 2 [Doc Pulse Mix]
  5. Blackwater [Original version of Outerspaced with Eric Blackwood on Lead Vocals]
  6. Spiraling [Pre-Rothers Mix - Original Version before Steve Rothery's addition]
  7. The "Other" Other Dimension [Pre-Mad Jack Mix - Original Version before Mark Kelly's addition]
  8. The "Other" Other Elevator Music ["Elevator Music Version" from the film "DeStressed"]
  9. The "Other" Other On Hold Music ["On Hold Music Version" from the film "DeStressed" featuring Pete Trewavas on Rap]
  10. The Doctors [Solo of "The Doctors" conversation in "The "Other" Other Dimension"]
  11. In The Last Waking Moments... [Alternate Chorus Version. Original Version with Original Chorus]
  12. Taking Aliens Filter [Writing Session of Lifeline]
  13. Squonkie [Original Version of The Awakening with "The Longing" as the Bridge instead of "Slow Burn"]
    1. The Awakening (The Dawn)
    2. The Longing
    3. The Awakening (The Dusk)
  14. Awakening Chorus 4 [Original Version of Fallout of the 4th Kind with different lyrics and a flute solo]
  15. Dusk [Orchestral Instrumental Version]
  16. Fracture [24 Remix from the film "DeStressed"]
  17. Irene [New Song written while Hurricane Irene shut down the sessions. Recorded on Sony Camera's audio by Wendy Farrell-Pastore]
  18. Rolling... [Outtakes of Pete Trewavas breaking into comedy instead of recording his vocals during ITLWM sessions]

Mixed by Pete Trewavas and Eric Blackwood / Mastered by Eric Blackwood.

Limited Edition release of only 500 copies.

Other Physical CD Releases and CD Samplers

  1. Fracture (Fallout of the 1st Kind / The Last Refrain) also appears on the Classic Rock - Prog Magazine CD sampler release for July 2012
  2. The Awakening (Slow Burn) also appears on Marillion's Racket Records release "Playing Around"
  3. Spiraling also appears on the Fireworks UK Magazine CD Sampler for June 2012

Radio Charts

(Released to 160 U.S. Radio Stations on 18 June 2012)

  • FMQB reports that A Million Miles Away debuted @ 109 on the Hot-AC radio Charts... the highest debut song for any song on the week of 6/26/2012, (which featured debuts from previous American Idol winners).
  • By Week 12 on 9/12/2012, FMQB reported that Edison's Children's A Million Miles Away (I Wish I Had A Time Machine) had reached the Top 40 on the HOT A/C U.S. Commercial Radio Play charts coming in at #39.
  • By Week 17 on 10/19/2012 FMQB reported that Edison's Children's A Million Miles Away (I Wish I Had A Time Machine) had reached its peak position of #32 on the U.S. Commercial Radio chart
  • Week 21 11/14/2012 FMQB reported that Edison's Children's A Million Miles Away (I Wish I Had A Time Machine) had maintained its 10th straight week in the Top 40 [12] before dropping out of the Top 40 on 11/21/2012 due to the introduction of the Hot A/C chart's Holiday Music additions.

References

  1. ↑ http://www.edisonschildren.com/Rick.html
  2. ↑ https://www.sonicbids.com/band/edisonschildren/
  3. ↑ "Radio Industry News, Music Industry Updates, Arbitron Ratings, Music News and more!". FMQB. Retrieved 2012-09-24.
  4. ↑ "Transatlantic - The Official Site". Transatlanticweb.com. Retrieved 2012-09-24.
  5. ↑ "Edison's Children - Pete Trewavas / Eric Blackwood - "In The Last Waking Moments"". Edisonschildren.com. 2001-08-11. Retrieved 2012-09-24.
  6. ↑ "Edison's Children - Progressive Rock Music Forum". Progarchives.com. Retrieved 2012-09-24.
  7. ↑ "The Official Marillion Website | Racket Records Online Shop". marillion.com. Retrieved 2012-09-24.
  8. ↑ http://www.setlist.fm/search?query=Edison%27s+Children
  9. ↑ http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/edisonschildren4
  10. ↑ http://edisonschildren.com/Album2.html
  11. ↑ https://www.discogs.com/de/Edisons-Children-Somewhere-Between-Here-And-There/release/7418796
  12. ↑ http://fmqb.com/Article.asp?id=16693
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