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"Enthralling vocals, beautiful harmonies, haunting songcraft" October Project is back. Re/Formed around the voice of Marina Belica, and the songs of Julie Flanders and Emil Adler, the group returns itself to its three original members, who have been friends and collaborators since college. Signed to Epic Records in 1993, the group has enjoyed international acclaim and has sold close to half a million copies of their two albums ("October Project" and "Falling Farther In"). The albums continue to sell and attract new listeners to this day. In March 2002, "Falling Farther In" made the top five (along with Creed, Jars of Clay & U-2)in a list of "Music With A Message" in Borders Bookstores' magazine. October Project headlined sold-out shows across the U.S. and toured with such platinum-selling acts as The Crash Test Dummies and Sarah McLachlan. The band performed live on TV’s Latenight with Conan O’Brien as well as on numerous nationally syndicated radio shows, and was featured in an Emmy Award-nominated PBS Special, Just Passing Through, with Shawn Colvin and Julia Fordham. October Project’s music appears in the feature film Blown Away starring Tommy Lee Jones and Jeff Bridges, and has appeared on such TV shows as The Real World, Extra!, The Rosie O’Donnell Show, Baywatch and One Life to Live. October Project established its roots in a New Jersey garage but its early seeds germinated on the campus of Yale University where Belica and Flanders were roommates for four years. The three were joined in 1990 by guitarist David Sabatino, percussionist Urbano Sanchez and singer Mary Fahl. Although the original group took a break for personal reasons in 1996, Flanders, Belica & Adler continued to make music together. In 2000, they gathered in the studio with Sabatino and percussionist Sanchez to “cover” October Project's second single, "Return to Me," for Belica's debut solo recording, "decembergirl." The response to the track was phenomenal. It went to #1 on alternative station WBER in Rochester, New York and aired for several months on 99X, one of the most popular commercial radio stations in Atlanta. Prompting a mention in Billboard magazine, the track was also featured in the climactic scene of an indie movie (“The Adulterer”) featuring several Flanders & Adler songs, and was used as the closing credit music in "Spirit of St. Paul’s," a documentary about the World Trade Center disaster and its aftermath. Having completed their 6-song EP "different eyes," they are at work on a full-length release. They plan to include Sabatino and Sanchez in the recordings and in select concerts. |
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