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Tom Benson - electric violin, synth mandolin, synth guitar

Tom is an eclectic violinist who has explored a wide variety of styles in bands after playing in traditional chamber orchestras and quartets. A long time fan of both prog and vintage sci-fi, he is a natural fit with the EO ethos. His main violin is a Ned Steinberger Designs CR-5 electric 5 string. A Fender FM60e 5-string electric mandolin fitted with a Roland synth pickup allows him to make other-worldly sounds using the Roland VG-8ex. He also drives a vintage Roland GR-300 guitar synth with an Ibanez AR200 for fat analog sounds. As co-author of much of the band's new material, Tom blends elements of his classical, jazz/rock, and world music experiences with the established Eccentric Orbit sound. He first worked with Madeleine and Bill on the two Gentle Giant tribute albums: "Giant Tracks" and "Giant for a Life."

Madeleine Noland - wind synth, keyboards

Madeleine is a classically trained saxophonist with a 4-year music degree. She now focusses exclusively on MIDI wind controller (Yamaha WX5). She designs all her own wind-synth sounds with a Korg MS2000R analog-modelling synth. With the addition of Tom into the band she is taking a more prominent role on keys including organ and mellotron and an Alesis Fusion 6HD. Madeleine played sax (alto and bari) on the Gentle Giant Tribute Albums "Giant Tracks" and Mellow Record's "Giant for a Life" on "In a Glass House" and "Just the Same," and has also played with the Boston Ballet Orchestra.

Bill Noland - bass

Bill is the founding member and wrote all the band's material for the first album. Bill has been playing and composing original Progressive Rock since the late 1970's. He appears on both Gentle Giant Tribute CDs, "Giant Tracks" and Mellow Record's "Giant for a Life," as the bass player on "In a Glass House" and "Just the Same."

Mark Cella - drums

Mark has been playing for many years and has played on several albums including "The Gathering of the Krums" by Pye Fyte, "Between Cages" by A Triggering Myth, as well as a track on "Prog in the USA." Mark also helps with the business-side of Eccentric Orbit and owns M&M Music, a first-rate online Prog CD store. You can purchase our album and lots of other great Progressive Rock at M&M Music.

Band Members

Eccentric Orbit Band Members