music and tales
The Sultan’s Elephant is a show, specifically a piece of marionette street theater featuring a giant mechanical elephant. It was created in 2004 by the French theater company Royal de Luxe to commemorate the centenary of Jules Verne’s death and commissioned by […]
After WWII Stalin hesitated on commencing building of the great Palace of the Soviets. Included in his thinking was the idea that having won the war, the Soviet Union was now a superpower and must appear as one. It not […]
I’ve been debating which song to sneak a peak of next, and since i featuring Jason Broderick last time, this time i thought i’d feature Kayleigh McKnight. While Kayleigh recorded numerous tracks, i’m presenting this one because it shows another […]
In the 1930s Stalin wished to boldly stamp a vision of the future, one where the great Worker’s Paradise would be a beacon to the entire world, leading the way to a new era. It would be grand and mighty, […]
To recap: in the beginning there was steampunk, a fantastical, futuristic reimaging of the victorian era. It was only logical that the period afterwards, the 20s to WWII, would have its sci fi devotees, and it has become Dieselpunk. 1945 […]
You know, i really wasn’t going to post any new tracks. I mean… i’ve posted so much already, at this point you’re either interested in the finished album or you’re not. It isn’t like a few more tracks are going […]
Today we feature one of my favorite artists, Paul Laffoley. His work exists in the genre of Visionary Art. There is nothing else like it and no one else i know of who does what he does. He takes an […]
Although i never actually bother to do it, i can, if pressed, explain what any given post (or general subject matter) has to do with The Steampunk Opera and what stretch of rationale connects it, however loosely. Tree houses may […]
Hi everybody. The sessions are complete, the entire show is recorded and over the next 2 weeks i will be mixing, mastering and putting the finishing touches on the project. Since that process isn’t really newsworthy or particularly exciting to […]
Well folks, the end is nigh. The recordings are almost complete. The exceptional Jason Broderick has completed his tracks as was foretold in the ancient prophecies and now only one remains. As with our Narrator, the stunningly captivating Kayleigh McKnight, […]