In memory of Justin Haynes and Adam Balsam
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releases September 28, 2023

At the onset of the pandemic, I upgraded my out of date, pirated recording software to a proper 21st century daw, sold some much loved, faithful gear to fund the purchases of a nice ribbon mic and complementary pairs of vintage synths and drum machines, and went into full studio rat mode. I dug into the songs I had been writing on mostly nylon string guitar, and began recording this album. It was a slow, solitary and meditative experience, I learned a lot, and was very happy to enlist the help of some true a-listers. Whoever this finds, thank you for listening.


NZ: all instruments, singing, arranging, recording, and mixing
Sandro Perri - additional mixing and mastering
Felicity Williams - vocal on Time Machine
Karen Ng - alto sax on Time Machine
Kathryn Ladano - bass clarinet on Seeing Double and The Elephants
Thomas Hammerton - piano and synth strings on Echo Park
Josh Cole - fretless bass on Echo Park
Michael Davidson - vibraphone on Echo Park
Dan Gooch - flugel horn on Labrador
Nathan Lawr - congas and shaker on Motherless Sunrise

Thanks to İlknur Özallı and Jacob Mittermaier-Zubeck for listening along the way and helping to shape this music.
Thanks to Robbie Grunwald for some 11th hour audio repair.


All songs copyright Nick Zubeck SOCAN 2023
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08 You Are Loved

07 Labrador

06 The Elephants

05 True Light

04 Seeing Double

03 Motherless Sunrise

02 Echo Park

01 Time Machine

Venusian Blues: New LP by Nick Zubeck

Words & Music by Nick Zubeck
Produced & Mixed by Sandro Perri at Lahrry's House Of Coohkies, Toronto
Additional Production by Nick Zubeck at Arthur North, Guelph 
Mastered by Andy Magoffin at The House Of Miracles, Cambridge

Performed by:
Nick Zubeck (vocals, guitars, keys, percussion)
Sandro Perri (bass, keys, melodica)
Thomas Hammerton (keys)
Mark McIntyre (bass)
Josh Cole (bass)
Blake Howard (percussion)
Ryan Driver (flute)

Troubled Guest (Bonus Track)

10 Many Lives