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May
29
In addition to NOW being reissued, we are pleased to announce the reissue of both Kites and Way Of The Sun by Esoteric Recordings (previously known as Eclectic Records). They can be purchased directly from them at www.cherryred.co.uk/esoteric/artists/jadewarrior.php

Esoteric are also planning to complete the "Island set" with the release of Floating World and Waves during July.

In other news, the listeners at Epileptic Gibbon have been voting on their favorite tracks for the programme's 3rd anniversary special, and one of the tracks from NOW was included in the selection.


May
10
We are pleased to announce that our current album NOW, has been released as a digipak by Repertoire Records and is available to purchase from them at www.repertoirerecords.com/cgibin/catalogframeset.php?repcode=REPUK1129 along with Jade Warrior, Released, Last Autumn's Dream, Eclipse, and Fifth Element.

NOW is also available as a download from Amazon, iTunes, eMusic, Napster (USA only), and Rhapsody (USA only).

Progress on both the instrumental album HAIKU and the, as yet, untitled song album have been slow of late but we are happy with what we have so far and will be putting up some snippets of the tracks soon.


Mar
25
Woody Harris over at www.thedividingline.com/ss has recently given "Images of Dune", from our Horizen album, a spin on his Soundscape #189 radio program as part of a Dune themed segment. Click on the link to listen in (it starts at about 1h 19m).


Feb
26
For those of you who are accessing our flash based website, you will have noticed we have made a few changes and also that it no longer opens in a separate window. Barry tells us that all the file sizes have been reduced too, so that it should load a lot quicker.

Recording for the instrumental album HAIKU has now resumed and we are hopeful of getting some "work in progress" samples up on the site soon.


Feb
11
We have added two more pictures from the recently discovered set, taken in 1974 at Island Studios by photographer Chris Nation, to our gallery.


Jan
18
The Alternative Mike Oldfield Group on Yahoo interviewed Jon recently with Dave asking their questions, click on the following links to listen. Interview Pt 1. Interview Pt 2. Interview Pt 3.

Due to the inclement weather we've had in the UK, our planned recording sessions for the new albums have been temporarily postponed. Hopefully we will be getting together soon to resume the sessions

Jan
6
Firstly, a belated Happy New Year to you all - let's hope it is a better one than the last.

Just a minor news item: our html site (for those without Flash installed) has had a bit of a make-over in readiness for the forthcoming albums.