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  • DURP, July 2001

    On 13th July 2001, Steven McCabe was interviewed by Renald Meinert of DURP and Empire Magazine. Please find below the full interview. 1. Sorry, but I don’t know a lot of things about your band, so at first some standard questions! Please tell me something about the history of the project! Elegant Simplicity was formed…

  • toomanygoodbyes.com, July 2008

    – interview with songwriter/composer Steven McCabe, 24th July 2008 So, what’s the story with “Too Many Goodbyes”? The CD was originally going to be another concept album, and in a way, it is!, but I didn’t want to make another record like that. Anyway, Too Many Goodbyes is to be taken literally. The title says…

  • Higher and Higher, April 2005

    The following interview was conducted on 30/04/2005 by Dawn Wolfe for publication in the Moody Blues fanzine Higher and Higher, Issue #49, and relates to the band contributing a cover of ‘Driftwood’ on the Mellow Records tribute to the Moody Blues box set, ‘Higher and Higher’. 1. Are you Moodies fans? How long have you…

  • Colossus Magazine, July 2002

    The following interview with Steven McCabe was conducted by Marco Bernard and was published in Colossus Magazine (Finland), Issue 19, July 2002. The interview came about due to ES contributing a new track, Ilmarinen’s Bride Of Gold, to the mammoth Kalevala triple CD! 1. Could you tell us something about your band? When was it…

  • Vignettes EP (2009)

    The Vignettes EP by Elegant Simplicity is a collection of 5 songs, thematically linked – stylistically similar – but different to each other! The first track One Tiny Moment of Joy has skittish percussion and a synth solo that fair zips along before an unexpected acoustic guitar solo with a very Pink Floyd like progression!…

  • Phantasmata Vol.8 (2008)

    Phantasmata Production is an independent Italian Record label skewed towards metal and hard rock. They also publish a magazine / CD combo. We appeared on Vol 8 way back in 2008 with the song Mood #10 from our album Too Many Goodbyes. Release Info Label Cat # Year Format Buy Phantasmata Production PP022 2008 CD…

  • Powerplay Power Files, Chapter 32 (2007)

    Powerplay is a UK based Rock and Metal Magazine featuring a cover-mounted CD, known as Power Files. Issue 94 featured Power Files Chapter 32 and on it, we had, at track 12, a slightly edited version of Mood #10 from our Too Many Goodbyes album. Release Info Label Cat # Year Format Buy Powerplay Magazine,…

  • Too Many Goodbyes (2007)

    Elegant Simplicity are back with their first vocal album since the critical and commercial success of the legendary Architect of Light (2002) album. Once again featuring Ken Senior on vocals and band regular Christoper Knight on drums, Steven McCabe has fashioned an album of maturity, beauty and depth. Kicking off with the frenetic instrumental Mood…

  • Nowhere Left to Turn (2006)

    Clocking in at 54 minutes and just 4 tracks, this is the best album we have ever made: it’s the most in yer face, guitar crunching, hammond rocking album yet! Track 1, In Passing (6.34) is a rollicking guitar fest with some ace riffs and pounding hammond. A great opening number that has a slinky…