1. INTRODUCTION What is UPF? First of all, we must be clear that UPF is not a 'band'. United Progressive Fraternity is the project which fulfils a lifelong ambition and passion of Mark Truey Trueack; to bring people together under a common love of music and concern for humanitarian issues and the environment. Truey explains The more people that are involved to help us, whether it be from a musical, artistic, or a networking/media, the better our success will be in this.All commitments to the UPF project are tremendously valued and we really appreciate all that you do. 2. WHO IS 'TRUEY' Mark Truey Trueack and Sean Timms made their mark on the progressive music scene down under with the band Unitopia, and were active from 1996 - 2014, releasing a total of 6 albums, including the acclaimed One Night in Europe DVD and live album, and a 2019 box set compilation entitled 'More Than A Dream - The Dream Complete . Sean went on to form Southern Empire, while Mark founded UPF. Notable Unitopia songs include The Great Reward, and This Time, which also feature in the 2019 bonus album, Reimagining by the Romantechs (more about this below). 3. PLANETARY OVERLOAD Planetary Overload represents the culmination of more than four years of collaboration with international guest musicians, a team of talented songwriters and arrangers, support from documentary film directors and environmental organisations, endorsements from climate scientists, and features the voices of prominent spokespersons such as Jane Goodall, Sir David Attenborough, Dr. James E. Hansen, David Suzuki, and others. The urgency of the message in Planetary Overload cannot be overstated Our entire survival depends on what action humanity takes in the next few years, and the United Progressive Fraternity is striving to create the best musically communicated albums ever made. Together we must make a change to save our distressed planet.Branching out The message continues to reach out via Truey's creative flair for experimenting with other musical styles. Truey's pet project about romantic themed songs turned into the Chris Lebled-Mark Trueack-Steve Unruh trio called the Romantechs, who will be releasing a bonus companion disc with each of the two Planetary Overload albums, and a USA mini-tour is in the works for later in 2019. Jon Anderson, who has collaborated with Christophe Lebled on several albums, says: It has been almost impossible to find a musician who can make music as Vangelis does, and here we have Chris Lebled, a wonderful music man very capable of morphing into many styles of music, and sound very unique at the same time.
