Dreamtone & Iris Mavraki's Neverland is a music group

Musical ensemble

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, a collaboration between Turkish progressive metal

Progressive metal

Progressive metal is a subgenre of heavy metal originating in the United Kingdom and North America in the late 1980s...

 band Dreamtone and Greek singer Iris Mavraki. Commonly abbreviated as "Neverland", their music can be best described as Symphonic power metal.

History

In 2004, Neverland's former manager Orpheus Spiliotopoulos

Orpheus Spiliotopoulos

Orpheus Spiliotopoulos , son of Greek singer Iris Mavraki, is an independent band manager, a music journalist, a radio show host, a club DJ and a lyricist. He is also the former TV host / VJ of MTV Greece's "Headbangers Ball" and a former promoter for major record labels...

 listened to Dreamtone's first demo, Unforeseen Reflections and later introduced the band and Iris Mavraki to each other. Throughout the writing and composing stages of the songs, Iris was in Greece

Greece

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 and Dreamtone were in Turkey

Turkey

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. During this time, they recorded a collection of demos (two of which are on the special edition of the band's first CD). On December 2007, Neverland signed their first record contract with AFM Records

AFM Records

AFM-Records GmbH is a music label based in Schwalmstadt, Germany. They focus on the heavy metal musical genre, signing bands such as U.D.O., Doro, Kotipelto, Masterplan, Nostradameus, and Annihilator....

  and set out to record their debut album, Reversing Time

Reversing Time

Reversing Time is the first studio album of the Greek - Turkish band Dreamtone & Iris Mavraki's Neverland, released in February 2008. Many famous musicians from all over the world, such as Hansi Kürsch and Tom S...

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Teaming up with the guest artists Hansi Kürsch

Hansi Kürsch

Hans Jürgen Kürsch, better known as Hansi Kürsch is a German musician, the lead vocalist and lyricist of power metal band Blind Guardian. Together with André Olbrich, he is also the principal songwriter for the band. He was also the bassist in Blind Guardian until the 1998 album Nightfall in...

, Tom Englund

Tom S. Englund

Tom S. Englund from Sweden currently plays guitar and sings lead vocals for the band Evergrey. He is married to Carina Englund, who does backing vocals in most of their albums.-Discography with Evergrey:* The Dark Discovery...

, Gary Wehrkamp

Shadow Gallery

Shadow Gallery is an American progressive metal band formed in Lehigh Valley, Pennsylvania, United States, during the early 1980s, originally under the name Sorcerer. After changing their name to Shadow Gallery and recording a short 8-track demo, the band was signed to Magna Carta Records in 1991...

 and Mike Baker

Mike Baker (Singer)

Mike Baker was the lead vocalist for the American progressive metal band Shadow Gallery.-Biography:...

, they recorded the band's first 12 tracks. The album was released in February 2008 after visiting 8 studios before finalized. Also during Hansi Kürsch

Hansi Kürsch

Hans Jürgen Kürsch, better known as Hansi Kürsch is a German musician, the lead vocalist and lyricist of power metal band Blind Guardian. Together with André Olbrich, he is also the principal songwriter for the band. He was also the bassist in Blind Guardian until the 1998 album Nightfall in...

's recording sessions, the recordings had to be rescheduled six times and cancelled once due to various reasons, from touring to storms destroying studio rooftops. Mike Baker

Mike Baker (Singer)

Mike Baker was the lead vocalist for the American progressive metal band Shadow Gallery.-Biography:...

, the recently deceased singer, reserved the track Reversing Time when he first heard it, without a second thought. This track was his final officially released singer appearance and ironically the song is about a person trying to reverse the time and stop his death.

Future

As of February 1, 2009, Dreamtone & Iris Mavraki's Neverland are recording their second album which is to be released through AFM Records

AFM Records

AFM-Records GmbH is a music label based in Schwalmstadt, Germany. They focus on the heavy metal musical genre, signing bands such as U.D.O., Doro, Kotipelto, Masterplan, Nostradameus, and Annihilator....

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Current members

• Oganalp Canatan - Vocals
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• Iris Mavraki - Vocals
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• Onur Ozkoc - Guitars
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• Burak Kahraman - Guitars
  Electric guitar
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• Emrecan Sevdin - Drums
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• Can Dedekarginoglu - Bass
  Bass guitar
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• Guney Ozsan - Keyboard
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Guest Artists

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Hansi Kürsch Hansi Kürsch Hans Jürgen Kürsch, better known as Hansi Kürsch is a German musician, the lead vocalist and lyricist of power metal band Blind Guardian. Together with André Olbrich, he is also the principal songwriter for the band. He was also the bassist in Blind Guardian until the 1998 album Nightfall in...	Blind Guardian Blind Guardian Blind Guardian is a German power metal band formed in the mid-1980s in Krefeld, West Germany. They are often credited as one of the seminal and most influential bands in the power metal and speed metal subgenres...	Reversing Time Reversing Time Reversing Time is the first studio album of the Greek - Turkish band Dreamtone & Iris Mavraki's Neverland, released in February 2008. Many famous musicians from all over the world, such as Hansi Kürsch and Tom S...	To Lose The Sun	Lead & Backing Vocals Singing Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments...
Tom S. Englund Tom S. Englund Tom S. Englund from Sweden currently plays guitar and sings lead vocals for the band Evergrey. He is married to Carina Englund, who does backing vocals in most of their albums.-Discography with Evergrey:* The Dark Discovery...	Evergrey Evergrey Evergrey is a progressive metal band from Gothenburg, Sweden. The band was founded in 1995 and released its debut album The Dark Discovery in 1998. Their most recent album Glorious Collision was released in 2011.-Lyrical themes:...	Reversing Time Reversing Time Reversing Time is the first studio album of the Greek - Turkish band Dreamtone & Iris Mavraki's Neverland, released in February 2008. Many famous musicians from all over the world, such as Hansi Kürsch and Tom S...	World Beyond These Walls	Lead & Backing Vocals Singing Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments...
Mike Baker Mike Baker (Singer) Mike Baker was the lead vocalist for the American progressive metal band Shadow Gallery.-Biography:...	Shadow Gallery Shadow Gallery Shadow Gallery is an American progressive metal band formed in Lehigh Valley, Pennsylvania, United States, during the early 1980s, originally under the name Sorcerer. After changing their name to Shadow Gallery and recording a short 8-track demo, the band was signed to Magna Carta Records in 1991...	Reversing Time Reversing Time Reversing Time is the first studio album of the Greek - Turkish band Dreamtone & Iris Mavraki's Neverland, released in February 2008. Many famous musicians from all over the world, such as Hansi Kürsch and Tom S...	Reversing Time (song)	Lead & Backing Vocals Singing Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments...
Gary Wehrkamp Gary Wehrkamp Gary Wehrkamp is an American musician, songwriter and producer. He is most notably a member of the American progressive rock band Shadow Gallery.-Personal life:...	Shadow Gallery Shadow Gallery Shadow Gallery is an American progressive metal band formed in Lehigh Valley, Pennsylvania, United States, during the early 1980s, originally under the name Sorcerer. After changing their name to Shadow Gallery and recording a short 8-track demo, the band was signed to Magna Carta Records in 1991...	Reversing Time Reversing Time Reversing Time is the first studio album of the Greek - Turkish band Dreamtone & Iris Mavraki's Neverland, released in February 2008. Many famous musicians from all over the world, such as Hansi Kürsch and Tom S...	Mountain of Joy	Lead guitar Lead guitar Lead guitar is a guitar part which plays melody lines, instrumental fill passages, guitar solos, and occasionally, some riffs within a song structure...
Hakan Sensoy (Conductor Conducting Conducting is the art of directing a musical performance by way of visible gestures. The primary duties of the conductor are to unify performers, set the tempo, execute clear preparations and beats, and to listen critically and shape the sound of the ensemble... )	Philarmonia Istanbul Orchestra	Reversing Time Reversing Time Reversing Time is the first studio album of the Greek - Turkish band Dreamtone & Iris Mavraki's Neverland, released in February 2008. Many famous musicians from all over the world, such as Hansi Kürsch and Tom S...	All tracks except demo versions	Philharmonic Orchestra Orchestra An orchestra is a sizable instrumental ensemble that contains sections of string, brass, woodwind, and percussion instruments. The term orchestra derives from the Greek ορχήστρα, the name for the area in front of an ancient Greek stage reserved for the Greek chorus...
Ozan Alparslan	Ozan Alparslan Project	Reversing Time Reversing Time Reversing Time is the first studio album of the Greek - Turkish band Dreamtone & Iris Mavraki's Neverland, released in February 2008. Many famous musicians from all over the world, such as Hansi Kürsch and Tom S...	All tracks	Additional Orchestral Arrangements Orchestration Orchestration is the study or practice of writing music for an orchestra or of adapting for orchestra music composed for another medium...
Iorgos Loggos		Reversing Time Reversing Time Reversing Time is the first studio album of the Greek - Turkish band Dreamtone & Iris Mavraki's Neverland, released in February 2008. Many famous musicians from all over the world, such as Hansi Kürsch and Tom S...	All tracks except demo versions	Additional Orchestral Arrangements Orchestration Orchestration is the study or practice of writing music for an orchestra or of adapting for orchestra music composed for another medium...
Stefanos Efthimou		Reversing Time Reversing Time Reversing Time is the first studio album of the Greek - Turkish band Dreamtone & Iris Mavraki's Neverland, released in February 2008. Many famous musicians from all over the world, such as Hansi Kürsch and Tom S...	All tracks except demo versions	Additional Orchestration Orchestration Orchestration is the study or practice of writing music for an orchestra or of adapting for orchestra music composed for another medium...
Efe Alpay		Reversing Time Reversing Time Reversing Time is the first studio album of the Greek - Turkish band Dreamtone & Iris Mavraki's Neverland, released in February 2008. Many famous musicians from all over the world, such as Hansi Kürsch and Tom S...	All tracks except demo versions	Bass Bass guitar The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
Evren Yazgan		Reversing Time Reversing Time Reversing Time is the first studio album of the Greek - Turkish band Dreamtone & Iris Mavraki's Neverland, released in February 2008. Many famous musicians from all over the world, such as Hansi Kürsch and Tom S...	Reversing Time (song)	Bağlama Baglama thumb|180px|Cura and bağlamaThe bağlama is a stringed musical instrument shared by various cultures in the Eastern Mediterranean, Near East, and Central Asia....
Erim Arkman		Reversing Time Reversing Time Reversing Time is the first studio album of the Greek - Turkish band Dreamtone & Iris Mavraki's Neverland, released in February 2008. Many famous musicians from all over the world, such as Hansi Kürsch and Tom S...	Shooting Star, Mankind is a Lie	Lead guitar Lead guitar Lead guitar is a guitar part which plays melody lines, instrumental fill passages, guitar solos, and occasionally, some riffs within a song structure... , Backing Vocals Singing Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments...
Berk Kula		Reversing Time Reversing Time Reversing Time is the first studio album of the Greek - Turkish band Dreamtone & Iris Mavraki's Neverland, released in February 2008. Many famous musicians from all over the world, such as Hansi Kürsch and Tom S...	Who Asked You to Fight	Backing Vocals Singing Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments...
Ipek Kahraman		Reversing Time Reversing Time Reversing Time is the first studio album of the Greek - Turkish band Dreamtone & Iris Mavraki's Neverland, released in February 2008. Many famous musicians from all over the world, such as Hansi Kürsch and Tom S...	Transcending Miracle	Saxophone Saxophone The saxophone is a conical-bore transposing musical instrument that is a member of the woodwind family. Saxophones are usually made of brass and played with a single-reed mouthpiece similar to that of the clarinet. The saxophone was invented by the Belgian instrument maker Adolphe Sax in 1846...

External links

• Dreamtone & Iris Mavraki's Neverland Homepage
• Dreamtone Homepage
• Dreamtone & Iris Mavraki's Neverland at MySpace
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• Iris Mavraki at MySpace
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