Unitopia

Band: Unitopia
Country: Australia
Unitopia is a musical adventure comprising the vocal/song writing skill of Mark Trueack, the production/song writing/keyboard/engineering & vocal skill of Sean Timms, the guitar & vocal prowess of Matt Williams, the bass of Shaun Duncan, the sax work of Peter Raidel and the combined drum/percussion batteries of Jamie Jones and Tim Irrgang.


Unitopia endeavours to draw from the heart and soul of the listener thought provoking topics such as environmental awareness, political and social upheaval, media misrepresentation, the hectic pace of life and human relationships in a positive and uplifting light. Using progressive rock as a framework, Unitopia's music includes elements of world, classical, jazz, heavy rock and groove.

Unitopia began when a mutual friend introduced Mark and Sean after realizing the two had similar musical tastes. In late1996 the duo began work on a track which was to become 'Take Good Care'. This formulated into a prolific and exciting song writing partnership that culminated in the completion of their debut album 'More Than a Dream'.

In March 2006, Mark and Sean recruited the specialist talents of some of Adelaide's finest instrumentalists.

Matt Williams - guitar/vocals, Monty Ruggiero - drums, Shireen Khemlani - bass and Tim Irrgang - percussion complete the Unitopia line up.

With Unitopia now a fully fledged band, Sean and Mark started writing in earnest new material which would eventually become 'The Garden' album.

In August 2008, Unitopia signed a 3 album deal with InsideOut Music, the leading progressive rock/metal record company in the world. On November 18th, 2008, InsideOut Music, Germany released Unitopia's 2nd CD, 'The Garden' internationally to critical acclaim. A double CD with 15 tracks and over 100 minutes of music, 'The Garden' has firmly established Unitopia as one of the premiere progressive rock bands in the world. Sadly, Shireen had to leave the band for personal reasons in late 2009, so Unitopia have secured the awesome bass talents of virtuoso Shaun Duncan and added the soulful sax work of Peter Raidel.

Unitopia have just completed recording and mastering their 3rd album titled 'Artificial'. It is a 10 track concept album based on the themes of artificial intelligence, design and behaviour, consolidating Unitopia's position as one of the most exciting progressive rock acts to emerge in the last 10 years.

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