Unitopia celebrating 25 years of soulful storytelling

From the forthcoming album '7 Chambers' (2022)
MANIA

Mania is like the opposite of depression and can vary in intensity - symptoms include feeling great, having lots of energy, having racing thoughts and little need for sleep, talking quickly, having difficulty focusing on tasks, and feeling frustrated and irritable.

Bipolar disorder used to be known as manic depression because the person experiences periods of depression and periods of mania, with periods of normal mood in between.

Lead Vocals: Mark Trueack
Backing Vocals: John Greenwood, Sean Timms, Steve Unruh. Mark Trueack
Guitars: John Greenwood, Steve Unruh
Electric Violin: Steve Unruh
Keyboards, Piano, Programming: Sean Timms
Produced by John Greenwood, Mark Trueack, Sean Timms, Steve Unnruh
Video Art: Peter Lazar/Spinfox Production

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Tears from the Garden - UNITOPIA
Bonus track from The Garden 2020 Remaster

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Chris Topham unwrapping the Triple Vinyl Set (first look!)
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John Greenwood (Guitars, Vocals, Co-Producer),
Steve Unruh (Flute, Vocals, Co-Producer)
Sean Timms (Keyboards, Vocals, Co-Producer)
Mark Truey Trueack (Lead Vocals, Co Producer)
Ed Unitsky (Artwork) - www.facebook.com/Ed.Unitsky.fanpage
Ted Ollikkala (Video Production)

Unitopia is published by Perfect Pitch

The remastered version of The Garden by Unitopia, released in Dec. 2020 on 3 LPS or 3 CDs will include 2 bonus tracks:

- The Garden Live USA
- Tears from the Garden

Note: additional live bonus tracks are available on the 3 CD set.

Special thanks to Chris Topham (planetgroovy.com) and Mark Monforti (essentials.progrock.com)

Taken from the album 'More Than A Dream - The Dream Complete'; triple digipak special deluxe edition. Released on Giant Electric Pea (GEP) on 24 October 2017. http://gep.co.uk/

"This is our swan song, our parting gift to the loyal, dedicated and loving fans of Unitopia. Mark and I wish to thank you for all your support, encouragement and love throughout the Unitopia journey.

Even though this particular dream may be complete, there are many more dreams to come.

This release is dedicated to Kris Guglielmucci and Mike Stewart who are no longer with us. You will forever be remembered. We miss you and love you." - Sean Timms

The Dream Complete (New song written especially for this release)

Written by: Sean Timms & Mark Trueack
Mark Trueack: Lead & Backing Vocals
Sean Timms: Keyboards, Guitar, Programming and Backing Vocals
Matt Williams: Guitar
Pat Schirripa: Guitar

Sean TImms: Production, Engineering
Mark Trueack: Co-production
Mastering by Disc Edits

Album artwork: Ed Unitsky https://www.facebook.com/Ed.Unitsky.fanpage/
Video produced by Ted Ollikkala, Singapore.

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This is a taste of what the three shows in Chicago and Sarasota would have been like

Unitopia Live In Concert
De Boerderij, Zoetermeer, The Netherlands, 15th Oct 2010
Mark Trueack - vocals
Sean Timms - keyboards, backing vocals
Matt Wiliams - guitar, backing vocals
David Hopgood - drums, backing vocals
Craig Kelly - bass, backing vocals
Tim Irrgang - percussion

Ian Ritchie - saxophone, flute, tin whistle, backing vocals

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Suffocation (from the Unitopia album 'Artificial')

I can’t breathe anymore… I can’t breathe
I can’t breathe anymore… I can’t breathe
The air is too thin… too thin… too thin… too thin…

Artificial World (from the Unitopia album 'Artificial')
Centuries passing in the blink of an eye
Minds caught in a cross-fire of confusion
Mixed emotions as you realise
That you’re something less than human
We search the heavens for signs of life
When there’s abundance on earth
A common problem, or lack of sight?
A new beginning, rebirth…in this…
Artificial world
Artificial life, artificial life
Superficial face
Molded by a knife, molded by a knife
Kids don’t play with each other anymore
They live their lives in seclusion
Interaction to inactivity
Have you reached the same conclusion?
I talk to my friend on the other side of the world
Don’t even know my neighbour
I interface and communicate all day
With cybernetic zombies in this…
Artificial world
Artificial life, artificial life
Superficial face
Molded by a knife, molded by a knife
Face to face is not what it once was
Have we lost much more than we’ve gained
In this artificial world?
From strength to strength or insecurity’s chains
Two steps forward, three steps back
In this artificial world. (x3)
You know that I had to remodel that patient’s entire face?
And it was strenuous and very complicated
Plastic surgery at times seems to me to be…very complicated…
Artificial world
Artificial life, artificial life
Superficial face
Molded by a knife, molded by a knife (x2)

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Unitopia – One night in Europe
Live in at The Boerderij, Zoetermeer, The Netherlands
October 15, 2010
Running Time: 122 minutes
Format: 2 DVD NTSC and 2CD
4 pages folder

DVD 1
1. Suffocation
2. Artificial World
3. Nothing Lasts Forever
4. Not Human Anymore
5. Tesla
6. Gone in the Blink of an Eye
7. The Great Reward
8. Angeliqua
9. More Than a Dream
10. Justify
11. The Garden
12. One Day
13. Inside the Power

DVD 2

Bonus features

Live on Tv Limburg - The Netherlands
Inside Unitopia
Behind the scenes
Bonus live material

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Unitopia - 'The Great Reward' video by Ed Unitsky

from 'Strength' - by Various Artists For The People Of Japan
Music [by permission].

© 2011 tih records and Melodic Revolution Records
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HELPING THOSE IN NEED...
"ALL PROCEEDS FROM THESE RELEASES DONATED TO CHARITY"
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UNITOPIA - 'The Great Reward'
(Words and music -- M. Trueack, S. Timms)

Now it's time to make a choice
Sing alone or with one voice
In a choir of rescued souls, you don't have to be alone anymore
Throw off the ties that bind
See through the eyes once blind
Break down the barriers, no need for chains anymore

Maybe the time has come to set things right
To take a chance, and trust the maker
Stop listening to fools and you might plainly see
That some things are built to last forever

Now that you've seen the signs
Now you've endured the trials
A purpose redefined
You've found the part of yourself...that's been missing?

Now your destiny awaits
As all the past mistakes
Fade like flowers in the sun, flowers in the sun
And all that's left to do
Is embrace the sweet perfume
And take your place as son, take your place as son

And the artificial thoughts
Give place to all that's true
They're dropped into the sea and remembered no more
And the stains are washed away
As you start a brand new day
And receive the great reward for the sacrifice adored.

credits:
from Strength, released 22 March 2011
Lyrics and Music
© Sean Timms & Mark Trueack

Unitopia is:

Mark Trueack,
Sean Timms,
Matt Williams,
Tim Irrgang,
Ian Ritchie,
Craig Kelly,
David Hopgood,
Ed Unitsky


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- SINGLE DOWNLOADS NOW AVAILABLE -

COMPLETE ALBUM DOWNLOAD AVAILABLE 3/29/11

A Digital CD to help raise money for the people of Japan, in the aftermath of the tragic Tsunami and Earthquakes that have devastated the country since March 11, 2011

I would like to thank all the talented musicians that have come together for such a heartfelt cause. Without you this album would not have been possible.

This album is dedicated to you all and the people of Japan.

Much Love and Respect
Nick Katona
credits
released 22 March 2011
Original Art by Ed Unitsky

Ed is an international visual artist, known for his complex and captivating surrealistic art and primarily for music progressive album artworks. His artwork expands the mind creating an imaginary journey into the fantastic realms.

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UNITOPIA - 'This Life' (The Garden)
Music [by permission].
Mark Truey Trueack​ / Sean Timms​
Directed & Edited by Joshua Sutherland

Director of Photography - Aaron Gully
Smoke editor - Richard Coburn
Assistant cameramen - Ben Dowie & Maxx Corkindale.
Lighting - Chris Herzfeld
Makeup, hair & styling - Emma Hack
Audio playback - Peter Martin
Publicity - Amanda Timms
Audio Post Production - Timms Tunes
Artworks - Ed Unitsky

UNITOPIA - 'This Life' (The Garden)
Directed & Edited by Joshua Sutherland
Music: Copyright 2008 Unitopia
Cover artwork by Ed Unitsky
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'UNITOPIA' from Australia - New at InsideOut Music InsideOut Music welcomes Australian band Unitopia.
'The Garden' - a double concept album - will be released on Oct. 27th. 2008.
The artwork was done by Ed Unitsky (The Tangent, The Flower Kings, Starcastle, etc.)

Music to dream along to, to enjoy and develop visions -- a wide range of different emotions is associated with the songs by the Australian band, Unitopia. Their carefully arranged compositions are as multi-layered as they are transparent, and at the same time every one of their songs is pervaded by an infallible feel for melodies and emotional depth. Imagine The Flower Kings, Van der Graaf Generator, King Crimson and Men at Work in one and the same boat, and you get a vague idea of the artistic worlds which Unitopia unite. The current second release by the six-piece (Mark Trueack, vocals; Sean Timms, keyboards, guitar; Matt Williams, guitar; Monty Ruggiero, drums; Shireen Khemlani, bass; Tim Irrgang, percussions), entitled The Garden, is a double album featuring impressions which are as diverse as the place described in pictorial language by the band.

Unitopia began in 1996 when a mutual friend who ran a CD store introduced Mark Trueack and Sean Timms after realising the two had similar musical tastes. They discovered many similarities, not only in music, but in their sense of humour, their movie and TV tastes and their joy for life and concern for the environment. A date was made for Trueack to come over to Timms' studio. As soon as Timms heard Trueack sing, he knew that they had to start working together. This formulated into an energetic and exciting song-writing partnership that culminated in the completion of their debut album More Than A Dream in 2005 "With our first CD, Mark and I were learning about one another, what we liked, what we didn't and what we wanted to get out of the Unitopia partnership," Timms explains. "For the most part, it was a labour of love, something we did in our infrequent spare time. We weren't necessarily recording an album, just writing a collection of songs for our own enjoyment. This collection became More Than a Dream, and it was only after it was released and we saw all the positive responses we got from all around the world that we thought 'Maybe we're on to something here'."

With great commitment, the two returned to work. The Garden was written, demoed, recorded, mixed and mastered in three years. "The Garden is a more coherent, mature album, more firmly placed in the progressive rock genre. It is far more lyrically and musically intricate than More Than a Dream," says Sean Timms, who produced the album together with Trueack, adding: "Whereas More Than A Dream was recorded over eight years in three different studios, The Garden was finished in one studio in three years. This means that there is a lot more consistency between the tracks."

The result is a concept album which takes its listeners on a fascinating journey through space and time. From the opening track, 'One Day', to the opulent, more than 22-minute title song, from 'Journey's Friend', the expansive beginning of the second CD, to the final '321', this double album keeps its listeners in permanent suspense. "The songs do tie very nicely together and have a flow to them," Timms confirms, explaining its thematic background: "The overall message that the album conveys is one of redemption. It is an album about hope coming from despair. Whereas More Than A Dream was predominantly concerned with where the world was going and pointing the proverbial finger at the 'higher powers' -- the government, media and authoritarian leadership --, The Garden is much more concerned with getting our own lives right before we criticise others. It's much more introspective and asks the question 'What do I need to change in myself in order to elicit a positive change in others?'" A truly sensitive question which is reflected in every note of Unitopia's wonderfully lyrical music.

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Copyright © 2008 InsideOut Music GmbH
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Unitopia - 'The Way the Waters are Moving'
(The Flower Kings) by Ed Unitsky.
Music [by permission].

from 'Covered Mirror - Vol 1'
A selection of songs that inspire Unitopia...

Music by 'The Flower Kings'

© Unitopia
Artwork and video-mix © Ed Unitsky
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'The Way the Waters are Moving'
(The Flower Kings' album 'Paradox Hotel')

Summer is gone, memories long
we're afraid and hold on desperately
To the last of hopes and memories
Time moves on, how I wonder
Even perfect moments slip away
And may leave us empty and afraid

Now
I can sense there's something wrong
The way the waters are moving
Struck by the impact we all change
Forever
You are all gone
And I'm left here slowly dying
Now this ain't right, I curse and cry
I've asked myself a million times
Why some just have to lose and suffer

Summer is gone, it all went wrong
So we bury all the pain inside
And once more put on a friendly smile
Life moves on, but no more bonds
We're afraid to love and lose once more
So we turn lights low and lock the door

Now
I can sense there's something wrong
The way the waters are moving
Struck by the impact we all change
Forever
You are all gone
And I'm left here slowly dying
This ain;t right
Here's one more sleepless night
I'm growing older
There's no way I escape your cries
I've asked myself a million times
Why I have to lose and suffer

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Unitopia - 'Don't Give Up Love' - video-mix and artwork by Ed Unitsky ...
From album "Artificial". Music [by permission].

This is video slide-film for one song from beautiful Unitopia band's double album "The Garden" 2008...
This artwork was inspired masterpiece triptych Great old master - Hieronymus Bosch!!.

Enjoy!

Artworks by Ed Unitsky - www.facebook.com/Ed.Unitsky.fanpage
Special Thanks to Hieronymus Bosch (1450-1516) - 'The Garden of Delights'

Lyrics used by permission
Unauthorized copying and duplication of this recording without copyright owners consent prohibited.

© 2008 Timms/Trueack/Shock Music Publishing.

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Video-mix and cover-artworks by Ed Unitsky.
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Unitopia - 'This Time I think we Got it Right'
Mark Truey Trueack / Sean Timms /Matt Williams
United Progressive Fraternity - UPF
Music [by permission].

This song is a bonus track from Unitopia's album 'Artificial'.

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This Time I think we Got it Right (Bonus Track)

This time, I think we got it right
Come and join the journey
But don’t hold on too tight
This time, I think we got it right
I think we got it right

With everything we do
And everything we say
We justify our actions
We know no other way
It’s a struggle to survive
In this ever evolving world
We adapt to the changes
But have we done things the right way?

Some say there’s a light
At the end of the tunnel
But there’s always, always
Two sides to every coin

Our future, our hope remains
It’s a part of who we are
When everything changes
Have we done things the right way?

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accoustic recording at TV Limburg 13 October 2010

Unitopia play "The Garden" in acoustic unplugged mode, live at Progtopia, Roxbury Hotel, 30 Sep 2011, Sydney, Australia.

"More than a Dream" by Unitopia, live at Progtopia at the Roxbury, Glebe, 30 Sep 2011. Unitopia are an Adelaide based band, just returned from their tour of Europe & UK. Seen here in acoustic mode, this was their debut in Sydney, a prelude to their full-on electric performance the following night at the Factory.

accoustic recording at TV Limburg 13 October 2010

Unitopia live performance at TV limburg - The Netherlands during their 2010 European tour.