History
Robert (Bob) D'Eith attended the University of Victoria in the 1980s, receiving both a Bachelor of Arts (BA) and a Bachelor of Law (LLB) from this institution. Before creating Mythos, he played keyboards in Rock band Rymes with Orange, and contributed to the scores of a number of film and television productions. Throughout his musical career, he also maintained a private legal practice in Entertainment Law, and currently holds the titles of President for Adagio Music (Mythos' label, formerly "Spark"), and Executive Director of Music BC. [1]
D'Eith and Schmidt formed Mythos in 1995. Mythos' initial release, Introspection, was on D'Eith's Spark Records and was confined to the Canadian market.
After Canadian success, Mythos submitted the Introspection EP to X DOT 25 Music (producers of Beyond Denial by the world fusion group; Axiom of Choice), a boutique Record Label in San Francisco Bay Area. This submission resulted in a several-albums contract deal with X DOT 25 Music, in 1996. Per X DOT 25 Music requirement for a full album, Mythos added few new songs (Angeles Weep, Paradox, The Niles and November (remix)) to the original Canadian release Introspection EP. The new full album (also called Introspection) was released by X DOT 25 Music. Shortly after the release, Introspection by Mythos (on X DOT 25 Music) went up to #2 on New Age Voice Magazine's New Age Chart, in March of 1997. A trip to MIDEM in France and a meeting with Max Ahmadi (X DOT 25 Music Executive Producer, A&R) and Jon Leon Guerrero (X DOT 25 Music, Marketing Director) was fruitful with a discussion around producing the second album. Consequently Mythos delivered the second album "Iridescence" to X DOT 25 Music. Max Ahmadi decided to work on a deal with Mr. Dan Selene (Executive Vice President, A&R) Higher Octave, a Malibu California New Age Label.
Higher Octave then released a combination (mastered and sequenced by Max Ahmadi of X DOT 25 Music) of Introspection and a follow-up unreleased EP Iridescence (1996) with the world release of Mythos (1998) through Virgin/EMI. Higher Octave wanted to have X DOT 25 Music creativity engaged in the release and commissioned X DOT 25 Music to create the cover concept. Max Ahmadi suggested using Mr. Gil Bruvel's painting for the cover and inside pages of the CD. So 4 of Gil's paintings were licensed by Higher Octave and used in the CD package.
The "Mythos" release was commercially successful, peaking at 18 on the Billboard Top New Age Albums chart. Mythos became a big seller for Higher Octave who went on to release the follow-up albums Reality of a Dreamer (2000) and Eternity (2002), both of which placed on the Billboard chart. Sales would surpass 100,000 and Mythos stayed on Billboard New Age charts for many months. All Mythos albums' artworks were licensed from Gil Bruvel. Mythos subsequently released the album Purity (2006) with Pacific Music/Warner in Canada and Allegro/Alula records in the USA. Since that time, the pair have continued to write, but with Paul Schmidt living in Korea, recording has been a challenge.
In 2010, Mythos released Rain, a remixed version of "Wind" (from Introspection), in celebration of the group's 15 year anniversary. After a six-year hiatus, Mythos released an album entitled "Journey" in April 2013 on Adagio Music/The Orchard, followed in 2015 with a special 20th Anniversary Vinyl "Best of Mythos" collection. and an EP entitled Eros on August 3, 2018. In 2021, Mythos released a 25th Anniversary Album XXV featuring 5 new tracks and 9 fully remastered classics and an EP entitled Redux in 2022.
Musical style
Critics have described Mythos as New Age, Ambient, Ethereal, and Film-Oriented, with influences from Jazz, Classical, Gospel-Soul, and various World styles. Many of their songs include vocalize performances, but few have lyrics. The music is multi-layered, incorporating synthesizers and a numerous acoustic instruments. Multiple guest artists and/or session musicians have contributed to each of Mythos' studio releases, most prominently husband and wife pair Rene Worst (bass) and Jennifer Scott (vocals).
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