Fractal Mirror "Beyond Borders"

Country: Multinational
Genre(s): Progressive Rock
Label: Bad Elephant Music (CD), Plane Groovy (vinyl)
Format: CD, digital
Release date: October 15 , 2021 (CD, digital), January 2022 (vinyl)
Tracklist

1. Beyond

2. Ashes

3. Slip Away

4. Shadow Man 

5. Kingdom of the Lost

6. Borders

Line-up
Leo Koperdraat - vocals, keyboards
Frank Urbaniak - drums, percussion
Ed Van Haagen - bass, keyboards

Gareth Cole (Tom Slatter, The Rube Goldberg Machine, Whitewater, Mike Kershaw) - guitars, vocals

  With

Brett Kull (Echolyn) - backing vocals

Description/Reviews:

'Beyond Borders' sees Fractal Mirror exploring their progressive rock roots, with the seventeen-minute epic ‘Ashes’ in particular displaying all the hallmarks of a classic prog epic, though the more song-oriented stylings of previous album 'Close To Vapour' are still very much in evidence in the band’s sound.

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Fractal Mirror "Close To Vapour"

Country: Netherlands/USA
Genre(s): Progressive Rock
Label: Bad Elephant Music
Format: CD, digital
Release date: February 23, 2018 
Tracklist: 
1. Mind The Gap
2. Book
3. Beyond The Pale
4. White Sounds
5. Silver
6. Close To Vapour
7. Snow
8. Hey You
9. Tabula Rasa
10. The Ever Rain

Line-up: 
Leo Koperdraat - voice, guitars, Mellotron 4000d, keyboards, recorder
Frank Urbaniak - drums, percussion
  With:
Brett Kull (Echolyn) - guitars, keyboards, bass, percussion, vocals
Ed van Haagen - keyboards (3, 10)
Tom Doncourt - keys on the intro to 'Snow'

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Fractal Mirror "Close To Vapour"

Country: Netherlands/USA
Genre(s): Progressive Rock
Label: Bad Elephant Music
Format: CD, digital
Release date: February 23, 2018 
Tracklist: 
1. Mind The Gap
2. Book
3. Beyond The Pale
4. White Sounds
5. Silver
6. Close To Vapour
7. Snow
8. Hey You
9. Tabula Rasa
10. The Ever Rain

Line-up: 
Leo Koperdraat - voice, guitars, Mellotron 4000d, keyboards, recorder
Frank Urbaniak - drums, percussion
  With:
Brett Kull (Echolyn) - guitars, keyboards, bass, percussion, vocals
Ed van Haagen - keyboards (3, 10)
Tom Doncourt - keys on the intro to 'Snow'

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Fractal Mirror "Slow Burn 1"

Country: Netherlands/USA
Genre(s): Progressive Rock
Label:  Third Contact/Synergy Music
Format: CD, digital
Release date: March 18, 2016
Tracklist: 
1. Prelude (1:43)
2. Miracle (4:54)
3. Numbers (5:34)
4. V838 (6:45)
5. Floods (4:44)
6. Mist (4:44)
7. Enemies (5:18)
8. Embers (6:46)
9. Fading (5:53)
10. Artifacts (3:48)
11. Universal (8:26)

Total time 58:35


Line-up: 
Ed van Haagen
Leo Koperdraat
Frank L. Urbaniak
  With
Brett Kull (Echolyn)
Don Fast: guitars
Charlotte Koperdraat: backing vocals
Patrick Farrell (B4tF): backing vocals
Kenny Bissett Sr (B4tF): bass
Jason Himmelberger (Jhimm): backing vocals
Peter Swart: guitars
Leopold Blu Sky (Unto Us/Mike Kershaw):  bass

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Fractal Mirror "Garden of Ghosts"

Country: Netherlands/USA
Sub Genre: Progressive Rock/Pop
Format: CD, digital
Release date: November 11, 2014
Tracklist: 

1. House of Wishes 04:18
2. The Phoenix 07:30
3. Lost in Clouds 05:07
4. Solar Flare 03:11
5. The Hive 05:32
6. Solar Flare Reprise 02:06
7. The Garden 05:38
8. Orbital View 08:15
9. Event Horizon 05:29
10. Legacy 05:52
11. Stars 08:28

Line-up: 
Ed van Haagen
Leo Koperdraat
Frank L. Urbaniak
  With
Brett Kull (Echolyn) - acoustic and electric guitars, background/harmony vocals
Larry Fast - mellotrons, keyboards, sequencers
Don Fast - sitar, acoustic and electric guitars
Jacque Varsalona - background vocals
Charlotte Koperdraat - background vocals

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Fractal Mirror "Strange Attractors"

Country: Netherlands
Sub Genre: Progressive Rock/Pop
Release date: November 8, 2013
Tracklist: 
1. What's Inside 04:24
2. The Fading Ghosts of Yesterday 04:31
3. Brian's Song 05:40
4. Fade Away 04:47
5. A Life in Darkness - Ending 02:54
6. A Life in Darkness - Insects 03:30
7. A Life in Darkness - Raising the Stakes 04:21
8. A Life in Darkness - Various Methods of Hunting 03:44
9. A Life in Darkness - Leave Me 03:10
10. A Life in Darkness - The Chair 04:17

Line-up: 
Ed van Haagen: Bass, Keyboards, Programming
Leo Koperdraat: Voice, Guitars, Keyboards
Frank L. Urbaniak: Drums, Percussion
   With
Don Fast: Ghost Guitar
Charlotte Koperdraat: Voice

Description/Reviews: 

One might call it New Wave/prog or alt rock/prog.  Indeed, as I listen repeatedly (it’s rather addictive), I’m reminded much of the intensity of Peter Murphy or Robert Smith (Faith-era), the lushness of Reverberation-era Echo and the Bunnymen, the wall of sound of My Bloody Valentine, the punctuations of The Fixx, and the vocal sensibilities (though the voices sound NOTHING alike) of Andy Partridge on “This World Over.”
It would be fair, however, to label this music as moody, lulling, serious, and accompanied by waves of sound rather than a wall of sound.

Read the full review by Brad Birzer at progarchy.com

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