MANDOKI SOULMATES Music Video For New Single Places Bandleader Leslie Mandoki in a Cinematic Dreamscape

MANDOKI SOULMATES’ music video for their new single “I Am Because You Are” places bandleader Leslie Mandoki in a cinematic dreamscape where he’s taking a long, wistful look in the mirror, a melodic rumination and re-examination of life’s twists and turns

I Am Because You Are ,watch below

This is the follow up single to the previous Mandoki Soulmates single release, The Wanderer
https://youtu.be/HjPOEpaoqzo?si=idNXZImEktkX7bRN


both of which are part of a major expansion of the offerings associated with the Soulmates’ groundbreaking new album, A Memory Of Our Future, which now also includes a limited X-mas edition of the album on deluxe audiophile white vinyl

What if music could give us the opportunity to rewrite the future?

Mandoki Soulmates puts this question at the heart of their latest acclaimed album, A Memory Of Our Future, which has attracted worldwide attention as a musical masterpiece, in Europe, and particularly in the USA and UK: Called “A modern-day Jazz Progressive Rock masterpiece” by Goldmine Magazine, and said by Forever Music “the album of the year,” fans and music press alike have hailed the album for carrying the flag for the future of Prog Rock through its timeless and socio-politically relevant musical messages conveyed in a super high-end audiophile format, in what band leader Leslie Mandoki calls, with a sly smile,“a revenge of the analog.”


EPK / Making Of
https://youtu.be/pmws4k6VtEM?si=wn6oo6D6cQWCEImc


After this summer’s simultaneous release of the new album and packed-house European concert successes with the full line-up of this “band of bandleaders” playing the album live, A Memory Of Our Future is receiving accolades for the compositional maturity of its songs, the virtuosity of the performances from Europe’s favorite supergroup of jazz-and prog-rock legends, as well as for the audiophile analog production with a deeply American feel, generating great enthusiasm from Stateside listeners.

On November 29, a strictly limited deluxe X-mas edition of the album A Memory Of Our Future has been released worldwide on White X-mas Vinyl for the highest sound quality. Produced completely in the analog domain, audiophiles have lauded the production quality of A Memory Of Our Future, and coming shortly, the album will also be available on ¼” studio master tape for the ultimate analog audiophile experience.

Courage is calling for people like us! Stay Loud for a future in freedom and peace!

Music has always been humanity's greatest unifier, and now more than ever we need it to unite us.

Together, across generations—for a common future in a better world.”
 


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Mandoki Soulmates release a very clear statement with new single and video “We Stay Loud” from upcoming album A Memory Of Our Future

Mandoki Soulmates – the international and inter-generational supergroup consisting of rock and fusion grandmasters surrounding founder and mastermind Leslie Mandoki – release the 3rd single “We Stay Loud” of upcoming album, A Memory Of Our Future.

Pre-Order A Memory Of Our Future here:
https://mandokisoulmates.lnk.to/AMemoryOfOurFuture-Bio

“We Stay Loud” - is actually the most contemporary statement to say “let’s swim against the current” in this black-tie devil’s masquerade. This is no peaceful resistance, no love-parade.

As Soulmates, we’re always trying to find a musical way to express ourselves, to give a comment to our world, and musically it’s probably the hardest rock song on the album.

It’s a very clear statement, a revenge of analog in a digital world.

Watch the video for “We Stay Loud” below.

Stream “We Stay Loud” on your favorite DSP or pre-order here:
https://mandokisoulmates.lnk.to/AMemoryOfOurFuture-Album

Watch the insights of the album and behind the scenes of the production here:
https://youtu.be/0RnFwaG0I9c

A Memory Of Our Future is now available for pre-order and will be available in the following formats:
 

180g black 2LP wide spined Gatefold & extensive 12-page booklet
Ltd. CD Edition PocketPac with noble matt/gloss finishing, Vinyl-look disc and extensive 24-page booklet
Standard CD Jewel case (US Version)
Digital album
Dolby Atmos Version

Stream and watch the supergroup’s last single and video release, “The Big Quit”.

The single has it all – musically and socio-politically. The Soulmates counter the relentless, literally harsh diagnosis of the lyrics with the poetic power of the music as energetic therapy. A prog rock classic with catchy tune potential that will have you singing along long after the needle has been lifted from the vinyl.

Listen to the single here & watch the video here.

Pre-Order A Memory Of Our Future here:
https://mandokisoulmates.lnk.to/AMemoryOfOurFuture-Bio

After their successful 30 Years Anniversary Tour through Europe, the Soulmates will be performing a special open-air concert in the courtyard of the Munich Residenz on August 15, 2024 and play the new album live.

Buy tickets here:
https://www.muenchenticket.de/tickets/performances/etbn0mu9zw2q/Mandoki-Soulmates 


Mandoki Soulmates are:
Leslie Mandoki
Ian Anderson (Jethro Tull)
Mike Stern
Al di Meola
Randy Brecker
Till Brönner
Bill Evans
John Helliwell (Supertramp)
Cory Henry
Richard Bona
Steve Bailey
Simon Phillips (Toto)
Tony Carey (Rainbow)
Nick van Eede (Cutting Crew)
Jesse Siebenberg (Supertramp)
Mark Hart (Supertramp)

Mandoki Soulmates announce new studio album this May and reveal video and single

Mandoki Soulmates – the international and inter-generational supergroup consisting of rock and fusion grandmasters surrounding founder and mastermind Leslie Mandoki – proudly announce their new album, A Memory Of Our Future, to be released worldwide on May 10th via Sony Music’s label InsideOutMusic.

Pre-Order A Memory Of Our Future here: https://mandokisoulmates.lnk.to/AMemoryOfOurFuture-Bio

The group celebrates the announcement with the release of a new single and video, Blood In The Water. Listen to the single here & watch the video below.

A Memory Of Our Future is Mandoki Soulmates’ latest work of art and nothing short of an instant prog-rock classic, bringing world-class musicianship and composition together with trenchant social and political messaging. The entire album was recorded and produced purely in the analog domain, from microphone to mixing and mastering, making A Memory Of Our Future a manifesto of precision and passion that is hard to find in today's music landscape. Recorded and mixed in Leslie Mandoki’s Red Rock Studios near Munich, mastered in the infamous Sterling Sound Studios in New York and cut in the Emil Berliner Studios in Berlin, the Soulmates are also making a statement as a kind of “revenge of the analog” in times of digital deception, scam bots, and internet trolls. The analog format is also an expression of their special appreciation and bond with the band’s audience, “like a love letter handwritten with a fountain pen."

A Memory Of Our Future is now available for pre-order and will be available in the following formats:

  • 180g black 2LP wide spined Gatefold & extensive 12-page booklet

  • Ltd. CD Edition PocketPac with noble matt/gloss finishing, Vinyl-look disc and extensive 24-page booklet

  • Standard CD Jewel case (US Version)

  • Digital album

Mandoki continues, “The hyper-emotionalization of news in social media delivers outrage instead of information, intentionally triggering waves of
over-excitement and manufactured conflicts. Without fact-checking, where can we find the truth among all the ‘alternative facts,’ lies and AI-generated propaganda? This has yielded a deep crisis of trust that is being exploited by the populists and demagogues of the world.

Despite their seemingly obvious fallacies and contradictions, the people in their bubbles actually believe them. Rational, civil discourse rarely takes place, and without the sensible exchange of ideas we are left with a festering breeding ground for insecurity, hate and division.”

With the 12 new tracks on A Memory Of Our Future, the band hangs a beacon of light at the end of the depressing tunnel of today, and remind us that rock music has always sung for freedom in peace and for peace in freedom.

The album announcement comes with a new single called Blood In The Water, which has it all: a pulsating beat, a catchy hook, and that ineffable prog-rock spirit that appeals to heart and mind simultaneously. The single is an anthem for resilience in the face of a shark tank’s-worth of daunting challenges. It encourages those who dare to resist conformity and courageously to look ahead; it issues a call to be different and join a movement of resistance.

With virtuosic solos from Ian Anderson’s inimitable flute and Cory Henry’s searing Hammond organ, Blood In The Water’s powerful lyrical message is delivered with insistent passion from vocalists Leslie Mandoki, Nick van Eede (Cutting Crew), Tony Carey, and Jesse Siebenberg (Supertramp).

Watch Blood In The Water here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oe6qKO28QEw

The song reflects Mandoki's vision of building bridges among disparate groups using progressive jazz-rock and incisive lyrics to comment on the social challenges of our time, to inspire the aspirational, pointing toward a utopia for realists.

Reflecting with some chagrin, Mandoki states, “The dreams of my generation lie in ruins today. After 1989, we had such a wonderful, historic opportunity to create a mindful, humane, peaceful, and absolutely free world for future generations. But we blew it. Driven by egotism and greed, we have inadvertently enabled the creation of a world where money itself makes profit faster than human labor, no matter the value-added proposition. This devaluation and commodification of people’s work has also led to the disregard for sustainability, both economically and environmentally, yielding a climate of social imbalance, inequity, and unrest. This division and radicalization, as we have unfortunately and painfully learned, has even led to war. And so, I sing that there is ‘blood in the water.’ Far too much blood in the water.”

He adds about the meaning of the black swan on the album cover: “Blood In The Water as a song presents our contemporary situation as a labyrinth of crises in a world without a compass, where unifying and stabilizing movements in society have crumbled. The dreaded ‘black swan’ has landed. It sits on our album cover as a symbol of our times, in which reality outstrips our worst fears with previously unimaginable tragic scenarios. We must stay vigilant, as we sing: you better keep an eye open, if you fall asleep...”


Mandoki Soulmates are:

Leslie Mandoki
Ian Anderson (Jethro Tull)
Mike Stern
Al di Meola
Randy Brecker
Till Brönner
Bill Evans
John Helliwell (Supertramp)
Cory Henry
Richard Bona
Steve Bailey
Simon Phillips (Toto)
Tony Carey (Rainbow)
Nick van Eede (Cutting Crew)
Jesse Siebenberg (Supertramp)
Mark Hart (Supertramp)

 

Mandoki Soulmates online:

Website: https://mandoki-soulmates.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mandoki.soulmates
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/themandokisoulmates
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@MandokiSoulmates
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/intl-de/artist/7fl0Hsad90Ni5g3zVYzg6m
Amazon Music: https://music.amazon.com/artists/B07S2KV19B/mandoki-soulmates
Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/de/artist/mandoki-soulmates/1526677421

YouTube Music: https://music.youtube.com/channel/UCS6fldWIZXVQJA_AhfGNZ_g

Deezer: https://www.deezer.com/de/artist/65835822?app_id=140685
Tidal: https://tidal.com/browse/artist/15805305