Go to Iceland in the dead of winter and nearly every conversation comes around to discuss their summer. 

On one particular day, drunk on Scotch, with the iPhone set on record to capture my musical explorations, and I truly believed I'd hit on a song to rival one of my gold standards, Bowie's "Heroes".  Vaporized.

Well, the battery died and the memo recording gone forever. I remembered enough of it to put this song to form but it is not the Heroes-level track I'd originally envisioned.

Recording started in the cabin in Kjös, Sundlaugin Studios, Mosfellsbær, Iceland and Perfect Mixes, Brooklyn, NY.

Drums/Percussion - Matt Muir
Engineers - Elisabeth Carlson, Godfrey Diamond

Our Summer (Okkar Sumar)

Accompaniment:

Zoe Hillengas - flute
Carol Buck - cello

My Life's Friends

Scene filler music. Instrumental for now...no sense it is yet finished.

Linnéa Lundgren - Clarinet
David Stoller - Drums

Evening Felt Not The Dark Frost

The Tide Is Rising Kawari

Fractured spine and pain killers and I did this in a night. Didn't get out of bed for two days. The doctor said stay in bed and I paid a small price for ignoring advice.

Recorded at the carriage house apartment on the edge of Valley Forge National Park.

The Tide Is Rising

A song I'd messed with for some years, recorded around 2006 in Brooklyn. Vibes were overdubbed in Philadelphia. Re-titled "A Walk In Central Park" for the session, it put us all in a good state of mind. 

I was intimidated as hell. These were great players. The places they took this song was inspiring. This was one of six takes, I forget which. I do remember the piano wasn't tuned. It made no difference.

George Burton - Piano
Rashaan Carter - Double Bass
David Stoller - Kit
Tony Micelli - Vibes

Writer/Producer: Erik Rex
Engineer: David Stoller
Recorded at The Samurai Hotel (at the original Dean St. location)

I Smile (When I Think Of You)

Transcribed from a voice memo. Vox Teardrop Mark XII, classical guitar, some virtual sounds, voice, etc.

Photo: Iceland, Feb. 2019

Is This Just A Dream (in progress)

Demo - no attention to rhythm, just feel, on the edge of falling apart or never coming together. makes no difference to me.

Diametric (A Tree Half-pruned)

instrumentalist.composer.producer.engineer

Erik Rex

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