Castles in the Sand
(2008) (CD)
1- The Curtain Falls - 01:18
2- Solitary Dancer – 05:40
4- The Enemy Within - 04:49
5- Draining My Energy - 03 :22
6- Beyond The Labyrinth - 04 :26
7- Castles in the Sand - 06 :59
8- For Eternity - 04 :25
9- Caught in the Game - 04 :39
10- Caged - 04:50
12- No Place For A Dreamer - 05:24
It took (Beyond The Labyrinth mastermind) Geert Fieuw 11 years to write the concept album ‘Castles in the Sand’, another 10 months of preparation, 9 musicians and 3 months to actually record it.
This musical masterpiece -a future classic- is an intense roller coaster of emotions, feelings, variety, imagination and excitement that takes 53:45 min to listen to … but a lifetime to enjoy and explore!
Musicians on the album :
Jo De Boeck - Vocals
Geert Fieuw – Guitars, Song Writing, Keyboards and Midi Programming
Danny Focke - Keyboards
Gerry "Krenryg" Verstreken - Bass
Bruno "Drumaholic" Goedhuys – Drums & Percussion
Guest Participations
Henry "Medea" Meeuws - 2nd guitar solo on "Pure Sabotage"
Fredéric "Fré" Ost - 2nd guitar solo on "No Place For A Dreamer"
Kirill Pokrovsky - Piano on "Castles in the Sand"
Kirsten "The Spanish Inquisition" Fernandez Suarez -
Backing vocals and Oh's and Ah's on most of the songs
Sleeve by Carlos Del Olmo Holmberg.
Pictures by the slightly fantastic Cindy Frey.
Beyond The Labyrinth 2008 logo, layout and booklet concept by Bruno "Manibus Pedibusque - Arthouse" Goedhuys based on an original idea by Geert Fieuw
Album Recorded and mixed june-july-august 2008 @ G.P.S./Denderwindeke
Produced by Geert Fieuw and Beyond The Labyrinth
Engineered by Geert Fieuw, assisted by Bruno "Bru" Goedhuys, Jo De Boeck and Louise Fieuw.
Remember this: *Killing The Dream is Killing The Dreamer*
Label : Incommunicado B & M
Available as limited edition digipak (Barcode : 54250109111415)
distributed through Yellowhammer/Suburban (Benelux) and Musea (France)
In 2009, “For Eternity” would see a reworked release on Lisa LaRue’s “2K9” album (link)
Castles in the Sand
(2018) (Digital Rerelease)
1- The Curtain Falls - 01:18
2- Solitary Dancer – 05:40
4- The Enemy Within - 04:49
5- Draining My Energy - 03 :22
6- Beyond The Labyrinth - 04 :26
7- Castles in the Sand - 06 :59
8- For Eternity - 04 :25
9- Caught in the Game - 04 :39
10- Caged - 04:50
12- No Place For A Dreamer - 05:24
13- For Eternity (demo 2004 version)
14- No Place For A Dreamer (MS demo 2008)
15- Time To Fly (Single Edit)
16- Pure Sabotage (Radio Edit)
17- For Eternity (Alternative Version)
The 2018 Digital Rerelease features 5 bonus tracks
“For Eternity” was featured on the bands demo 2004-2005. With Danny Focke officially credited as the keyboard player for this track, the keys were actually recorded by Geert Fieuw and later the midi performance was recovered for the final album.
Jo De Boeck - Vocals
Geert Fieuw – Song Writing, Keyboards and Midi Programming
Frédéric Ost - Guitars
Yann “DC” De Ceuckelaire - Bass
Filip Vinck – Drums
“No Place For A Dreamer” (MS demo 2008)
MS stands for Myspace. However to avoid confusion with other digital platforms, it had to be shortened to “MS”
An early demo of the song, already showcasing its strength.
Jo De Boeck - Vocals
Geert Fieuw – Song Writing, Guitars, Keyboards and Midi Programming
was Beyond The Labyrinth ’s very first iTunes single beginning of November 2008. Once the yearly costs of maintaining digital distribution through Tunecore surfaced, it got taken down.
This is the edited version as featured on the youtube clip. The video clip itself, that was another story : recorded in October 2007, the director didn’t manage to find time to edit it in time and Geert retrieved the tapes, edited it himself and released it in March 2008, just after the “Pure Sabotage” clip.
With the album released, the question was which song was to be the next promotional single. It was a difficult decision between “No Place For A Dreamer” and “Pure Sabotage”.
With the band having taped the whole release show concert with only 2 cameras, the footage of “No Place For A Dreamer” having featured live guests Kirsten Fernandez-Suarez and Frédéric Ost was not sufficient. Additional video footage shot in the recording studio for “Pure Sabotage” and turned into black and white was the right solution.
For Eternity (Alternative Version)
features a full drum part by Bruno Goedhuys in stead of the digital drums on the album version, and an electric guitar solo in stead of an acoustic one
