Written for the Winter Landscapes Challenge. 

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bQvbjp60Es
www.milanazilnik.com/albums/metamorfosi

"DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE" - the 2nd single from “METAMORFOSI” is LIVE on streaming platforms! And we have a short lot of magnificently illustrated CDs as well!

This story is not about Alice. Although, we've all had Alice in our lives. As well as the Cheshire Cat, Mad Hatter, Queen of Hearts and Jabberwocky, in one form or another. This story is about you. This story is about me. 

When I hear different sounds in my head and then touch the piano, or the Hang, or sing it with my own voice - quite often I feel like falling down the rabbit hole into the world that only exists in the music itself, painted with the brush strokes of notes and in the silence between them.

“The rabbit-hole went straight on like a tunnel for some way, and then dipped suddenly down, so suddenly that Alice had not a moment to think about stopping herself before she found herself falling down a very deep well. ”

Many thanks to Vitaliy Tkachuk for the magical guitar, Yoed Nir for the magnificent cello, Craig Akin for the dramatic bass, Phil DiMercurio for the orchestral drums and percussion, Diana Lloyd for shaping my voice, Justin Gray for bringing it all home in one stunning mix, and Anastasia Frenkel for illustrating the story in such a wondrous way! And, of course, thanks to my husband, Arty Sandler, for believing in three crazy things before breakfast and making them real!

“Down, down, down. Would the fall never come to an end! I wonder how many miles I've fallen by this time?”

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Composed by Milana Zilnik
Produced by Arty Sandler
Piano, vocals, Hang drums by Milana Zilnik (Canada)
Cello by Yoed Nir (Israel)
Electric and acoustic guitars by Vitaliy Tkachuk (Ukraine)
Drums and percussion by Phil DiMercurio (US)
Electric and upright bass by Craig Akin (US)
Flutes by Boris Khodorkovsky (Canada)
Mixed and mastered in stereo and in Dolby Atmos by Justin Gray (Canada)
Illustrated by Anastasia Frenkel (Canada)

Metamorfosi

Down The Rabbit Hole

"Down The Rabbit Hole" from "Metamorfosi" by Milana Zilnik

www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bQvbjp60Es
www.milanazilnik.com/albums/metamorfosi

"QUEEN OF HEARTS" - the 8th track from "Metamorfosi" album telling the story of a composer who wanted to write music for "Alice in Wonderland" and found herself falling through a rabbit hole opened in her piano. This track is the chapter where the Composer meets the Queen of Hearts, an arrogant, capricious and egocentric ruler of "Metamorfosi" world.

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This story is not about Alice. Although, we’ve all had Alice in our lives. As well as the Cheshire Cat, Mad Hatter, Queen of Hearts and Jabberwocky, in one form or another. This story is about you. This story is about me.

My life has been swirling around Wonderland for a long time. I have two cats who are as mischievous as Cheshire’s smile. I have Mad Hatter for a husband, crazy enough to believe in three impossible things before breakfast and all day long, and even crazier to make them real. I have Tweedledee and Tweedledum for kids, complementing each other in curious ways. I have my own inner demons to fight against, be it the Red Queen or Jabberwocky.

Together with my Mad Hatter we’ve been playing this eternal chess game of Metamorphosis, transforming dreams into reality. We both felt like Alice’s story just wanted to hatch through our music into the wonder of this world. And it finally did, bending time and reflecting the sky. All we had to do is making the choice to follow the White Rabbit down the Rabbit Hole. It took us to places we’ve never been before. And this journey becomes Curiouser and Curiouser ever.

We are all mad here!

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Composed by Milana Zilnik
Produced by Arty Sandler
Piano, vocals, Hang drums by Milana Zilnik (Canada)
Cello by Yoed Nir (Israel)
Electric and acoustic guitars by Vitaliy Tkachuk (Ukraine)
Drums and percussion by Phil DiMercurio (US)
Electric and upright bass by Craig Akin (US)
Flutes by Boris Khodorkovsky (Canada)
Mixed and mastered in stereo and in Dolby Atmos by Justin Gray (Canada)
Illustrated by Anastasia Frenkel (Canada)

Queen of Hearts

"Queen Of Hearts" from "Metamorfosi" by Milana Zilnik

Nanetta's aria from Falstaff by Verdi. 
Nannetta, disguised as the Fairy Queen, calls the fairies out of their hiding places and commands them to dance, to disturb and frighten the drunken Falstaff.
Graciously recorded and mastered by the amazing Anthelian.
Image by Vikan Photo

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