The new issue of the German magazine eclipsed has a list of the Top 40 German prog-albums since 1970 (in chronological order). Two albums from 2011 in that list - one of them is Island Noises!

... that's what the Dutch Progressive Rock Pages, one of the most important prog-sites, say about Island Noises. Great duo review here.

Our Facebook site now has its own music store. Here you can listen to three tracks and you can buy our music directly from there. Three of our albums are already there. More soon.

For all who want to listen before they spend money on music: the entire album is available for free streaming at www.progstreaming.com (for a limited time only).

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English reviews have now started to come in. Here is what they have to say:

Poor Genetic Material seems to be that rare breed of progressive minded band that embraces melody and strong song-writing as part of the musical expanse that it celebrates. With Island Noises, the expanse has widened and the band has created its ultimate masterwork.
Progressiveworld

A modern marvel.
Sea of Tranquility

A swell trip of discovery and fascination.
ProgGnosis

Weeeeeoooooo! Weeeeeoooooo! Concept album alert.
Hang on, don't run away, this is great stuff.
Get Ready to Rock

Genuinely creative and intriguing; a delightful listening experience. Strongly recommended!
Danger Dog

Here is what German reviewers have to say about Island Noises:

"Ein Meisterwerk dieser Stilistik, dieses Genres."
Babyblaue Seiten

"Ein Konzeptstreich, der einem voller Erstaunen und Begeisterung schier den Mund offen stehen lässt."
Break Out

"Was für ein schönes Album, ganz große Klasse, der bisherige Höhepunkt des musikalischen Schaffens von Poor Genetic Material."
Empire

"Anmut und Komplexität. Artrock par excellence. Bravo!"
eclipsed

"PGM liefern in den 98 Minuten Musik “full of noises“ und haben ihr Meisterwerk kreiert, wobei sich die Frage stellt: Ist dieses noch zu übertreffen? Ein absoluter Tipp!!!"
Home of Rock

"Die vielleicht beste deutsche Art-Rock Formation ... ihr bisheriges Meisterwerk."
Hooked on Music

"Ein Meisterwerk des emotionalen Artrocks."
Locke's RockSounds

"Je mehr Aufmerksamkeit man diesem Album schenkt, desto mehr gibt es einem zurück. Gewohnt hochklassige POOR GENETIC MATERIAL-Qualität!"
Metal1

"Für alle Fans atmosphärischer Progsounds ist Island Noises sicher einer der Höhepunkte des Jahres - POOR GENETIC MATERIAL haben wiedereinmal eindrucksvoll gezeigt wie Art Rock klingen muss."
Metal-Inside

"Kaufrausch!"
Proggies.ch

"Im jungen, neuen Jahr ein absolutes Highlight."
Prog-Rock.info

"Kaum zu glauben aber wahr: Island Noises ist ein unprätentiöses Mainstream-Prog-Highlight aus Deutschland geworden."
Schallplattenmann


English reviews coming soon.

Island Noises (and most of our back catalogue) is now available from Mindawn. Mindawn offers flacs, so for those of you who prefer downloads to physical CDs but want better quality than mp3s, this may be the place to go.
iTunes and all the other digital sellers will have Island Noises shortly.

Our new album Island Noises will be presented by Musikzirkus Radio on Thursday, 6th January, 6 p.m. They will play some tracks from the album and also broadcast an interview with the band. You can listen here.

First reviews for Island Noises are coming in:

http://www.babyblaue-seiten.de/album_11194.html#oben

http://www.proggies.ch/magazine/index.php?name=Reviews&req=showcontent&id=614

Not too bad, we should say .-)

The official release date of Island Noises is set for 8th February. However, the album can already be preordered from our labels QuiXote-Music and Progrock-Records. Preorders are available at a discount price and will ship from mid-December.
To get an idea of the music on Island Noises listen on our Myspace-Site.

Our new album will be a double concept album based on William Shakespeare's The Tempest. The album is called Island Noises and wlll be released by QuiXote-Music teaming up with Progrock Records (USA). The album was recorded by our usual line-up of Philip Griffiths (vocals), Stefan Glomb (guitars), Philipp Jaehne (keyboards), Dennis Sturm (bass), Dominik Steinbacher (drums). Guests include Martin Griffiths (the legendary Beggar's Opera singer), classical flutist Pia Darmstaedter and jazz singer Jutta Brandl. The artwork was done by Martin Griffiths.