In search of Ancient sampler! Mellotron M400

2/3:rd of Semisti Miinuksella Crew, will travel from Finland to Germany in search of ancient musical equipement! The objective is to acquire Mellotron M400 electromechanical keyboard!

What the heck is Mellotron, well Wikipedia can tell better: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mellotron

Mellotron can be heard allover classic Brittish progressive rock releases of 70's.. and it's needless to say, if everything goes well, the upcoming Mausoleum Gate album will feature some sounds from the mighty Tron!

To hear the Tron in action at it's best, here's couple nice tracks to check:

Yes- And You And I - studio album version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-rdL2KkvzY
And live version 1973: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mASjsw9zIos

-The Live version 1973 is simply magnificant, to see the band at it's full glory.. Howe's legendary slide guitar and 12-string.. And of course Rick Wakeman and his keyboard arsenal, including two Mellotrons to enhance bands symphonic sound! Some complain about the soundquality of the live version, but listen to playing and arrangements and the tone of the band.. Simpy overwhelming!!! Those not familiar this track before the album version might be starting point... Well what can be said about one of the definitive moments of symphonic progressive rock the part II of the track Eclipse.. Wakemans classic keyboard action of Mellotron and Minimoog Model D is simply beyond this world.. and then Howe adds the slide guitar huh... I could continue forever, but check the whole Close to the Edge album!

Genesis- Dancing with the Moonlit Knight : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQwgPDPttJQ
-The chorus with Mellotron Choir is just stunning.. of course other notable stuff great guitar riffs, great story.. Classic is bloody classic!

King Crimson- In the Court of the Crimson King : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nlNantlznCA

-Simply put, this is one of the most haunting and beautiful tracks ever! The 3-violins string sound of Mellotron heard allover the track is just stunning, check it your self.. Out of this World! The track features one of my personal favourite lyrics in progressive rock track ever, and obviously great vocals by Greg Lake!
And the last verse and transition to it... well listen to it for yourself!

-Wicked Ischanius

ps. Some Mausoleum Gate news coming at beginning of next month! and hopefully pics from our trip if we come back alive!

Semisti Miinuksella Productions , Small Introduction

Semisti Miinuksella Productions is small , totally independent, collective of persons! The idea behind this movement, is to release underground art , mostly music, in different formats. We are not limited in one genre, although, the focus on first releases will be metal music. How we want our metal? In old-school way of course! And we are proud to present two releases of Mausoleum Gate as our first act of musical madness. 

Releases by catalog number:

Semi 001 - Mausoleum Gate - Obsessed By Metal 7" vinyl = 5€
Semi 002 - Mausoleum Gate - Gateways for the Wicked demo re-issue tape = 4€

You can order them from: SemistiMiinuksella@gmail.com

Of course if you have allready bought them somewhere else, you can contact us or band with comments! Distribution list coming as soon as we get couple of more deals done!

Last but not least here is cool shot of the releases (thanks to Petteri Ovaskainen for gratious shot):