News : I Built The Sky to release ‘The Sky Is Not The Limit’ on October 30
Melbourne progressive instrumental project, I Built The Sky, is preparing to release his second full-length album, The Sky Is Not The Limit, on October 30. Available for pre-order now, check out the album teaser below.
I Built The Sky will return to rock stages in 2017!
I Built The Sky is the working of one man, Rohan ‘Ro’ Stevenson, from Melbourne Australia.
Since starting the project in 2012, Ro has gained global attention with his creative music videos and melodic yet technically stunning guitar workRanging from techy instru-metal to intricate punk, to more ambient sounds with a heavy emphasis on advanced guitar techniques, I Built The Sky is totally captivating and immerses the listener in its musical themes.
Every I Built The Sky track is named after a cloud formation, one that best represents the sound of the song. This unique theme is prevalent throughout the entire discography of four releases to date.
A self titled album, 8-track EP, a B-sides album and the Translucidus single. (which you can listen to and watch here)After four years as a studio project, I Built The Sky was finally taken to the stage this year. With co-headline shows in Sydney and Melbourne with (who), a performance at the Melbourne Guitar Show alongside some highly established musicians
as well as supporting Between The Buried and Me with Chon in Melbourne during February.I Built The Sky is a vehicle for Ro to explore all aspects of musicology. An avid songwriter and player, Ro is also completely involved in the production side of his music.From recording to mixing and mastering, every aspect of every release has his full attention to detail giving him complete control of his art.With incredible support for the international guitar community, hundreds of thousands of YouTube plays, countless cover versions of his songs all over the net and the endorsement of companies including PRS Guitars (USA), Bare Knuckle Pickups (UK) Sherlock Amplifers (AUS) I Built The Sky are on a near vertical trajectory. The Sky Is Not The Limit indeed!What other artists are saying about I Built The Sky
“The kid’s a natural” – Drew Goddard (Karnivool)“Outstanding musicianship and crushing grooves!!!” – Luke Williams (Dead Letter Circus)
“I Built The Sky is responsible for one of my favorite albums of 2012” – Kin Etik (Twelve Foot Ninja)“Fantastic guitar playing with some very finely tuned songwriting skills” – Josh Smith (Northlane)
“Chock full of captivating melodies and very well written songs. The playing is superb and will definitely leave you inspired” – Angel Vivaldi“From beautiful intricate melodies to hard out riffs and mind bending, face melting solo’s! If you haven’t heard of I Built The Sky by now…you will soon” – Luke Palmer (Dead Letter Circus)
“Full of tasty shreds and hectic riffage” – Forrester Savell (Producer for Karnivool/Twelve Foot Ninja/Dead Letter Circus/Sikth)