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Review of "RED HOT" on Indie Music Digest
Independent recording artists: Ivory Tower Project received a review from Indie Music Digest. Cyrus Rhodes writes:

”A rare find"

“As the CD progressed I actually became more & more impressed with it”

”A blast from the 80’s”

Click the following link to read the entire review: Indie Music Digest


ITP Reviewed on The Riple Effect
Ivory Tower Project received a nice review on "The Ripple Effect" a Music Blog that is listed as one of The Top 100 Music Sites in the world. QUOTE: ”Forget the tsunami ravaging the music industry, rock is a place where these cats...

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A love ballad for February...
Independent recording artists: Ivory Tower Project will be releasing a Pop/rock ballad exclusively for internet radio for February. The track: “You Can See It In My Eyes” fromthe CD: RED HOT is a tender love ballad reminiscent of Elton John, Billy Joel, Styx, and Foreigner. Broadcasting radio stations should download from Air Play Direct.

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Indie-Music.com
Holy Cabbage Patch Kids and Marty McFly, the new album from Ivory Tower Project is a top-notch record. Red Hot is a totally rad, 10-song release that combines elements of classic rock and 80s pop to capture the music of an unforgettable decade that also brought us mullets and Madonna.

Although Red Hot was released last October, the album has been in the making for more than 15 years. It features a timeless sound that apparently hasn’t been tinkered with in almost as long, single-handedly proving that if you wait long enough, things that go out of style will eventually come back again. This album is retro but relevant and has an overall consistency that fans of any age will appreciate and enjoy.

In case you weren’t sure what sound Ivory Tower Project was going for on this record, they brought in several iconic 80s musicians including Ivan Elias, formerly of Patty Smyth and Scandal, and Richie Cannata, who toured with The Piano Man himself, to do some of the studio work.

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Melodic.net - Sweden
Mark Regula (vocals, keyboards, guitars), Tony Novarro (guitars) and Fernando Menendez (drums) are back with Ivory Tower Project and their debut full-length album.
They released a 4-track EP in 2001 and what they offer is 80s Pomp/AOR that takes you back when bands like Cannata, Asia, Arrows, Bystander and Russ Ballard was played in the stereo. Yes, the 4 first tracks on Red Hot are stunning Pomp/AOR songs that really shows how good this band is.

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Strutter Magazine - The Netherlands
When listening to the songs on the CD ‘Red Hot’ of the New York based IVORY TOWER PROJECT it’s like we stepped into a time machine and set the year at 1982 destination U.S.A. This is more the real deal as ‘Red Hot’ is a full-length CD that is more or less a must for fans of 80s AOR/Poprock the North American way!

Ivory Tower Project are a group of talented artists who crank out arena-style rock. Just listen to "My Name" and you'll have no difficulty visualizing an arena packed with adoring fans.

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Mossip - Your Guide to Everything Music
Listening to Ivory Tower Project is like taking a trip back to the 80s. Every song on Red Hot is destined to make those who grew up in the 80s have Deja Vu. Where have I heard that before? Nowhere. All the songs are penned by the members of Ivory Tower Project, but they definitely pay homage to the Monsters Of 80s Rock, such as Journey and Foreigner.

The album opens with My Name a rocker that would be proud to be sung by the likes of Steve Perry, and even though it isn't, won't make a difference. Mark Regula has a voice that will stand up with the best of them and he proves that consistently throughout the disc. And he keeps it up through the next tracks, Burning, Gotcha, and Way Too Late.


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Rock It! - Germany
Great! How long has it been since I heard a new, perfectly produced High Tech-AOR CD? It seems an eternity. The Ivory Tower Project, in any case, has a great 10 track CD at the beginning that could bring tears of happiness to the eyes of the fans of the Cannata Band and the Munich City Nights-Series. The sounds emanate with a rich sound from the speakers, whereby the keyboard continually stands in the foreground leading the melody.

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Metal To Infinity - Belgium
Playing in a Rock band isn't that easy as some of you might think, it's a struggle - a fight to survive actually. Many fall - many fight back real hard and it's obviously that only the strong survive! Talking about that point, Ivory Tower Project is one of those struggled through good and bad times but they made it. Writing songs for at least 15 years, the current situation in the camp of these New Yorkers seems great. They just released a brand new album entitled ''Red Hot'' through Guerrilla Records, totally unknown label to me - I don't care 'bout that, sound quality is far above the average and that's the only thing that matters to me!

In sum you can expect 10 works of recommended Rock music. Ranges from Classic Rock to Pop Rock and AOR, people into bands like Supertramp, Yes, Styx, late Rush, Genesis,... definitely have to keep an eye on this effort.

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