tracks

Falling Ash (Landscape Burning P1)
Running Blind
Uncover Me
Down In New Orleans
Running Back To You
London Vibe
Lionheart Betrayed
Sandcastles
Across The Pond
Rising Sun (Landscape Burning P2)
Hippy In The Rain

notes

Record Label release notes:
"In an album that features mood swings and roundabouts, this is a musical journey through melodic rock songs driven by edgy electric guitar riffs, progressive keyboards and sultry sax combined with acoustic music, melodic flute and elements of jazz. There is a mix of short and long tracks that allow the compositions to develop without ever becoming complacent and repetitive.

In an online study this music appealed to fans of the following artists, to name but a few:
Fleetwood Mac, Pink Floyd, The Beatles, Eagles, 10cc, Coldplay, U2, Jethro Tull, Genesis, Supertramp, Dire Straits, etc.

The album is bookended by two halves of the Landscape Burning suite, opening with the powerful “Falling Ash” and closing with “Rising Sun” which begins by gently echoing the same progressive rock themes but with an entirely different arrangement, before climaxing with a grandiose finale . The lyrical theme centers around the struggle of identity and integrity in a world of make believe that we create and destroy, imagine and reimagine.

Peter handles the guitar work with ambient solos, graceful chords, fretboard tapping and gentle picking, and is backed an incredible array of talented musicians. Jimmy Keegan, drummer for Spock’s Beard, entertains throughout with driving rhythms and explosive technique. Powerful female vocals from Natalie Azerad reflect the Dark Side of the Moon (and it’s evident why she was recently chosen to sing live with Alan Parsons at the mixing desk). Ted Zahn provides contrasting male vocals that are reminiscent of Richie Havens, Cat Stevens and the whole Woodstock era. Rick Meadows’ strong bass lock in to provide the perfect backbone while David Gilman shows off his classically trained talents on flute with Conor Jonson lending his jazz talents on sax.

Do you miss listening to albums that feature strong individual songs that stand alone, and yet only when they are all put together can you truly define the album as a whole? Where you couldn’t gauge the album in the first three songs and anything thereafter was not just more of the same, but worse? When it actually felt worth your while to check out the entire album, and be ready to go back and listen again? Then maybe this album is for you. It’s certainly not formulaic."

credits

Alto Saxophone – Conor Jonson (tracks: 4,5,6,9), David Gilman (tracks: 5), Jesse Molloy (tracks: 6)
Artwork – Patrick Carney
Backing Vocals – Peter Matuchniak (tracks: 1,2,4,8,9,10)
Bass – Peter Matuchniak (tracks: 1,8,10), Rick Meadows (tracks: 1,3,4,5,6,8,9,10)
Composed By – Peter Matuchniak
Drums – Jimmy Keegan (tracks: 1,2,4,5,6,7,8,9,10)
Engineer – Peter Matuchniak
Flute – David Gilman (tracks: 3,6,7,9,10)
Graphics – Ken Westphal
Guitar – Mike Eager (tracks: 1), Peter Matuchniak (tracks: 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11)
Keyboards – Peter Matuchniak (tracks: 1,4,6,7,9,10), Vance Gloster (tracks: 9,10)
Layout – Peter Matuchniak
Lead Vocals – Natalie Azerad (tracks: 1,2,3,5,11), Peter Matuchniak (tracks: 7,11), Ted Zahn (tracks: 1,4,8,9,10)
Mastered By – John Vestman
Mixed By – Dan Ochoa, Peter Matuchniak
Photography – Bruce Hershey
Recorded By – Peter Matuchniak
Songwriter – Peter Matuchniak
Trumpet – Henry Miller

companies

Copyright (c) – Peter Matuchniak
Recorded At – Garidge Studios
Published By – Peter Matuchniak

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