"Like Magic" (c) 2016 by Earl Kayoss
Earl Kayoss / Uniondale High School / New York / 1976
Earl Kayoss / KJ Farrell's Bar & Grill / Bellmore, New York / July 11th, 2013
Fernando Perdomo / New York City / New York / 2015
"Like Magic" - Earl Kayoss
Life On Mars - Far | "The Resurrection of Ants" & More
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Introducing "The Resurrection of Ants" - The first new recorded music from Life On Mars in two years.
Available Friday, April 14th, 2017.
From The Bronx, New York, prolific songwriter and musician Earl Kayoss has written over 700 songs and his website is called, rather appropriately Over700Songs.com. Earl says that the lyrics are the most important part of the creative process to him; with each of his songs, he wrote the lyrics first with the music springing out of the lyrics. Earl is an ASCAP-registered songwriter and his ASCAP publishing company is “Vindictive Cat Ltd.”
Earl released his own debut album in 2009 called “Disarray.” An EP titled “Nancy’s Finger” along with his 2nd full length album “Beyond the Reach of the Infinite Mercy of God” followed in 2014.
Life On Mars
The band “Life On Mars” was formed in 2014 from a fateful collision between two worlds (Earl meets Fernando Perdomo) and consists of fellow ACR Management artist, Fernando Perdomo, who is both producer, engineer and artist on vocals, and most instruments. Earl is the principle songwriter and artist on vocals and guitar and piano. Life On Mars also features Durga McBroom (Pink Floyd) on lead and backing vocals. Another great artist recently added to the band, Ruti Celli, on lead vocals and cello. As the project “Life On Mars”, they released their debut 10-track album “Far” to critical acclaim in May 2015.
"The Resurrection of Ants"
Before embarking on the journey whose final destination was the Life On Mars album "The Resurrection of Ants", I wondered what it was that my most-loved bands had in common. Why were these bands and their songs my favorites, my influences over the decades. I realized it was two things they all had in common. The first being the most obvious... they each had uniquely gifted musicians whose uniqueness was the biggest contribution to the songs that made the songs what they were... great songs. The second took some thought. I finally realized that these bands all had the ability to run the entire spectrum of the song range and... get away with it. It was still "them" no matter how far and wide the songs themselves ranged in style, structure, and intent. The Beatles could do "Blackbird" and "Helter Skelter... it was still The Beatles. Led Zeppelin could do "Going to California" and "Kashmir"... it was still Zep. David Bowie explored and delivered the entire spectrum of the capability of songs throughout his entire career. Everything fit together, everything was ONE with these bands, no matter how far the songs themselves differed from one another. There's a lot of absolutely great bands you could never say that about... they had their "niche" and they stayed within those walls with their songs, never venturing outside those walls. With the Life On Mars band, I had the uniquely gifted musicians. I added the diversity of songs and let the players have at them and add their uniqueness to my songs. I believe I created an album in the likeness of my most-loved bands... an album with unique and great musicians and... songs that are diverse but they are still Life On Mars, they are still Earl Kayoss, they all go together seamlessly to form one single work of art. Nothing seems out of place at all. - ek.
Album Highlights
15 new studio recordings from Life On Mars.
64 minutes of music.
Compact Disc (CD) is available with 2 different cover art choices.
Digital Download is available on all major music platforms.
Digital Lyric Book is available upon request in PDF or Word Document Files.
Video Tracks
1 I'm Alright (4:12)
2 I Can Save Your Planet (3:57)
3 Technology (5:42)
4 Crying Time (4:27)
5 Hourglass (4:27)
6 Home (4:13)
7 Money Game (5:20)
8 Shadows In A Jar (4:41)
9 Get Real (2:36)
10 Like Magic (3:59)
11 Snowman (4:41)
12 Parade (4:36)
13 Either Way (4:10)
14 Birth (3:59)
15 For A Reason (4:13)
For Bookings / Information
Please contact ACR Management:
ann@acrmanagement.com or call: 252-402-5395
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Introducing "Trance Formation" - The highly anticipated 3rd album from Life On Mars.
Available Friday, January 26th, 2018.
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From The Bronx, New York, prolific songwriter and musician Earl Kayoss has written over 700 songs and his website is called, rather appropriately Over700Songs.com. Earl is an ASCAP registered songwriter and his publishing company is “Vindictive Cat Ltd. Earl released his own debut album in 2009 called “Disarray.” An EP titled “Nancy’s Finger” along with his 2nd full-length album “Beyond the Reach of the Infinite Mercy of God” followed in 2014.
Life On Mars
The band “Life On Mars” was formed in 2014 from a fateful collision between two worlds (Earl meets Fernando Perdomo) and consists of fellow ACR Management artist,Fernando Perdomo (Jakob Dylan/Ken Sharp) who is both producer, engineer and artist on vocals and most instruments. Earl is the principle songwriter, producer and artist on vocals, guitar and piano. Life On Mars also features Durga McBroom (Pink Floyd/Blue Pearl) on lead and backing vocals and Ruti Celli on lead vocals and cello. As the project “Life On Mars", they released their debut 10-track album “Far” to critical acclaim in May 2015. That was followed by the 15-track album "The Resurrection of Ants" in April 2017.
"Full of spacious ambient melodies, beautifully psychedelic instrumentation, and seriously heavy duty rock. The lyricism separates Life On Mars from so many prog acts - the band ROCKS and at the same time still gives traditional prog a right kick in the arse throughout the 64 minutes of this brilliant album." - David Tolar's The "TOP 20 ALBUMS OF 2017" list.
Trance Formation
Features special guest appearances from the legendary Jamie Glaser (Bryan Adams, Anderson Ponty Band, Chick Corea, Manhattan Transfer, Jean-Luc Ponty) on guitar, Dan Crawford on keyboards and Gilberto Zanelatto on violin.
Earl Kayoss on “Trance Formation”
The title of the new Life On Mars album is an obvious play on words. It is the transformation of my songs going from being written cross-legged on the floor in my pajamas to the fully produced versions that appear on all 3 Life On Mars albums that I find extremely interesting and gratifying in the end. I have written over 700 songs and 34 of the 35 recorded Life On Mars songs in existence are mine with the exception of “Home” written by Fernando Perdomo which appears on “The Resurrection of Ants” album. I have written the lyrics first for all 700+ songs because they are the most important part of songwriting for me. The music springs forth from the lyrics, the music and lyrics are one thing to me... intertwined. I am the only one to see the songs come in out of the great void... and into existence. That is an amazing part of the transformation for me.
Most songwriters, only let the fans hear the final produced versions of their songs but I consistently show my songs to the audience in various stages of their existence. I show them from their absolute most primal stages (moments after I have written them) all the way up to the final produced versions. I do this in the hope that they will understand the process of songwriting and how songs evolve. “Trance Formation” contains 10 songs that I am extremely pleased with in regard to their transformation... so much so that I wanted to elude to that in the titling of the album.
The Life On Mars albums are all filled with the amazing artistry and musicianship by some of the greatest musicians of all time, in my opinion. It’s both fun and exciting for me to assign specific musicians and their instruments to specific songs and watch the transformations. I do this with an intimate knowledge, in advance, of what to expect from each of them. That is a big part of the transformation. I listen to Life On Mars strictly as a huge fan of the musicians on the albums. “Trance Formation” contains brilliant performances by Fernando Perdomo, Jamie Glaser, Durga
McBroom, Ruti Celli, Gilberto Zanelatto and Dan Crawford. It’s an honor for me to work with each of them.
Whether or not folks like my style of songwriting or... the genre of the music, if they know anything at all about music, they will have great respect for the performances given on “Trance Formation”. Parts of our lives are in these songs. I hope planet Earth gets to hear them. I can safely assure you there certainly IS... Life On Mars. - ek.
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Album Highlights
10 new studio recordings from Life On Mars. Release Date: 1.26.2018.
Focus Tracks for Blogs, Critics, Internet Radio and Airplay are #1, #2, #5, #6.
Compact Disc is available on Bandcamp along with limited edition free bonus Promotional Items and DVD's.
Digital Download is available on 50+ major music platforms. Release Date: 2.7.2018.
Digital Lyric Book is available upon request in PDF or Word Document Files.
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Video Tracks
1 In The Garden of Time (5:30)
2 Keeper of the Dreams (5:55)
3 Ruby Slippers (4:59)
4 Rabbits (3:36)
5 Ego (3:59)
6 She Makes Me Hungry (5:24)
7 Burgers (3:45)
8 This Is True (5:16)
9 Ever? (3:25)
10 If I Fall (3:54)
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For Bookings / Information / Interviews
Please contact Extremely Huge Records:
over700songs@hotmail.com or call: 631.471.1940
Magic Marc Productions:
marc@magicmarcproductions.com or call: 612-816-0119
Life On Mars - "The Resurrection of Ants" DVD
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Video Tracks
1 I'm Alright (4:12)
2 I Can Save Your Planet (3:57)
3 Technology (5:42)
4 Crying Time (4:27)
5 Hourglass (4:27)
6 Home (4:13)
7 Money Game (5:20)
8 Shadows In A Jar (4:41)
9 Get Real (2:36)
10 Like Magic (3:59)
11 Snowman (4:41)
12 Parade (4:36)
13 Either Way (4:10)
14 Birth (3:59)
15 For A Reason (4:13)
Life On Mars? - Earl Kayoss
The Hotel Underground - Earl Kayoss
The Hotel Underground - Earl Kayoss / Hand-Scribbled Song Sheet
Michael Carr and Earl Kayoss Holland Studios Milford, New Jersey / March 18th, 2018 / Photo by Terri Sharp Images©
Earl Kayoss / Holland Studios / Milford, New Jersey / March 18th, 2018 / Photo by Terri Sharp Images©
Earl Kayoss Vietnamese Flower Les Paul Holland Studios / Milford, New Jersey / March 18th, 2018 / Photo by Terri Sharp Images©
Earl Kayoss / Holland Studios / Milford, New Jersey / March 18th, 2018 / Photo by Terri Sharp Images©
Earl Kayoss / Holland Studios / Milford, New Jersey / March 18th, 2018 / Photo by Terri Sharp Images©
Michael Carr and Earl Kayoss / Holland Studios / Milford, New Jersey / March 18th, 2018 / Photo by Terri Sharp Images©
Life On Mars - "FAR" DVD
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01 Hurricane Jane (4:40)
02 Fairweather Friend (3:58)
03 Someday Maybe (4:40)
04 King of Spiders (4:37)
05 Long Way Down (4:36)
06 Oblivious (4:53)
07 Far (3:16)
08 The Line (3:37)
09 Blues For One (3:44)
10 Why (2:55)
The Hotel Underground - Life On Mars
The Hotel Underground - Life On Mars with Scarlet Rivera
Life On Mars - Observer (Press Release)
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Introducing "Observer" - The long awaited and highly anticipated 4th album from Life On Mars.
Available Monday, June 29th, 2020
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Observer
Features special guest appearances from Zak Nilsson on Lead Vocals, Salvador Navarra on Piano, Synthesizer and the legendary Scarlet Rivera (Bob Dylan/Joni Mitchell) on Violin.
Earl Kayoss - thoughts on “Observer."
"To me "Observer" (the 4th album from Life On Mars) has a lot in common with what "The White Album" accomplished for The Beatles. To Me "Observer" is the Life On Mars white album. It has 17 new songs on it. The songs are varied and range from ballads to some of the hardest rock you will ever hear and everything in between.
Special guest artists Scarlet Rivera (Violin), Zak Nilsson (Vocals) and Salvador Navarra on keys all gave tremendous performances on the album. Fernando Perdomo outdid himself with his brilliance which he poured into every song on the album. His skills on so many different instruments and his skills as an engineer on "Observer" are abundant and clear on every track. Mike Carr did an amazing job with recording engineering on the album as well.
"Observer" is full of recordings that I am very proud of. I think that upon hearing the entire album and then being able to see "Observer" as an entity, in its entirety, most listeners will find it to be a very impressive work. It took well over two years to bring the album out because Life On Mars wanted to do a great album for our fans. There's 17 songs on "Observer." Zero fluff. I think it's an extraordinary work." - ek.
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Album Highlights
17 new studio recordings from Life On Mars. Release Date: 6.29.2020.
74 minutes of music. A double album in two parts on 1 CD.
Compact Disc is available on Bandcamp along with limited edition free bonus Promotional Items and DVD's.
Digital Download is available on 50+ major music platforms.
Digital Lyric Book is available upon request in PDF or Word Document Files.
Part One: Mars
1. AND ONE DAY (3:52)
2. CEMENT (4:31)
3. THE GHOST OF ELVIN HAWKINS (6:21)
4. AFTER ALL (4:42)
5. IF THERE IS A GOD... (5:10)
6. NO SAY (4:10)
7. THE TALL MAN (3:59)
8. I RIDE THE TRAIN (5:57)
Part Two: Earth
9. THE HOTEL UNDERGROUND (4:15) THE HOTEL UNDERGROUND (Lyric)
10. TARGET (3:25)
11. MILLION DOLLARS (2:53)
12. I'M A GOOD MAN (2:44)
13. COMPANIONS (4:19)
14. FOR SOMEONE (3:27)
15. NO SKY (4:00)
16. MAGGOTS EATING A DEAD RAT... ON HIGH-SPEED FILM (4:01)
17. GRAY (6:09)
From The Bronx, New York, prolific songwriter and musician Earl Kayoss has written over 700 songs. Earl is an ASCAP registered songwriter and his publishing company is Vindictive Cat Ltd. Earl released his own debut album in 2009 called “Disarray.” An EP titled “Nancy’s Finger” along with his 2nd full-length album “Beyond the Reach of the Infinite Mercy of God” followed in 2014.
Life On Mars
The band “Life On Mars” was formed in 2014 from a fateful collision between two worlds, Earl meets Fernando Perdomo (Jakob Dylan/Todd Rundgren) who is both producer, engineer and artist on vocals and most instruments. Earl is the principal songwriter, producer and artist on vocals, guitar and piano. Previous Life On Mars albums have also featured Durga McBroom (Pink Floyd/Blue Pearl) on lead and backing vocals and Ruti Celli on lead vocals and cello. As the project “Life On Mars" they released their debut 10-track album “Far” to critical acclaim in May 2015. That was followed by the 15-track album "The Resurrection of Ants" in April 2017. A third album titled "Trance Formation" was released in January 2018 and featured special guest appearances from Jamie Glaser (Bryan Adams/Jean-Luc Ponty) on guitar, Dan Crawford on keyboards and Gilberto Zanelatto on violin.
"A heartfelt throwback to the glory rock ‘n’ roll days of the ’70s, Life On Mars evokes everything that made rock music so special way back when. The dynamism displayed on this album is commendable. From pastoral folk to balls-out rockers, there is something for every classic rock lover. Essential." - THE NEW ROCK AND ROLL POWER OF POP RECOMMENDS.
"Phenomenally diverse melodic and progressive rock tracks... this is an album FULL of amazingly complex and yet powerfully melodic music - I call LIFE ON MARS "progressive soul" and that moniker really works well here. A musical collective in the truest sense of the word and every album they do keeps getting better and better... "TRANCE FORMATION" is VERY highly recommended." - David Tolar's EARS 2 U PRESENTS THE "TOP 30 ALBUMS OF 2018" PODCAST.
For Bookings / Information / Interviews / Reviews
Please contact Extremely Huge Records:
over700songs@hotmail.com or call: 631.471.1940
Magic Marc Productions:
marc@magicmarcproductions.com or call: 612-816-0119
