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Beautiful World

Album Summary

This concept album is dedicated to Stanislav Petrov — the quiet hero of the 1980s who prevented a global nuclear catastrophe.
Through ten interconnected tracks, the album tells the story of a man whose humanity outweighed protocol, whose inner strength preserved a world that never knew how close it came to ending.

The narrative begins with Petrov’s early life, shaped by discipline, modesty, and a strong moral compass. As the music moves deeper into the underground command center of Serpukhov-15, it immerses the listener in the cold, isolated tension of the Soviet early-warning system. When the false alarm strikes and the computers report an incoming U.S. missile attack, the album’s dynamics shift into frantic rhythms and dissonant tones that mirror the chaos within the bunker.

At the emotional core lies the pivotal moment: a single human decision made under unbearable pressure. Petrov’s refusal to trust failing machines over his own judgement becomes the turning point of the entire work. Subsequent tracks explore the aftermath — not glory or recognition, but interrogations, suspicion, and a life lived in obscurity and poverty. The world moved on, unaware that it owed its continued existence to one man’s clarity and courage.

Only many years later did the international community finally acknowledge Petrov’s deed. The album’s later movements reflect this belated recognition with rising choirs, warm harmonies, and hopeful crescendos, showing an aging man accepting gratitude with exhaustion, humility, and quiet dignity.

The final track, “The Sun He Left Behind,” brings the musical and emotional arc to a cinematic close: a world bathed in the sunrise Petrov saved, a reminder that humanity survives because one person chose compassion over fear.

This album stands as a tribute to Stanislav Petrov — a man who saved the world not with weapons or power, but with conscience, calm, and courage.
A silent safeguard of humanity, whose legacy continues to shine.

The Quiet Guardian

Lyrics ✨

I used to drink the shadows
just to hear them say my name.
Let them carve their little hollows
in the places I felt shame.
They whispered like a promise,
they kissed me like a knife -
and I kept letting them rewrite
every corner of my life.

But the dark got tired of holding me,
and I got tired of hiding…
So I stepped out, shaking,
barefoot on the edge of my own timing.

And now the night tastes different…
there’s a sweetness in the air.
I’ve got scars where chains once settled,
but I’m lighter everywhere.
I’m not healed- 
I’m here.
And that feels like a miracle tonight.
Call it what you want…
I call it the aftertaste of light.

Some days I still feel hollow,
like my pulse forgot its beat.
Some hours feel like echoes
of the girl I used to meet.
But I hold her by the wrist now -
pull her gently toward the dawn.
Tell her: “Love, you’re not a burden.
You’re the reason I go on.”

Breaking isn’t failure…
quiet isn’t fear.
I learned that in the silence
when no one else was near.

And now the night tastes different…
there’s a sweetness in the air.
I’ve got scars where chains once settled,
but I’m lighter everywhere.
I’m not healed -
I’m here.
And that feels like a miracle tonight.
Call it what you want…
I call it the aftertaste of light.

I walked out of the ruins with trembling hands…
but damn - they’re mine
For the first time.
And that’s enough.
That’s enough
to keep going.

Now the night tastes different…
like the sky learned how to breathe.
I’m not running from the darkness-
it’s just running out of me.
I’m not healed -
I’m here.
And somehow that’s still shining bright.
Whatever this becoming is…
it’s the aftertaste of light.

Aftertaste of Light

Sledgehammer

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Solsbury Hill

Peter Gabriel 3: Melt

Games Without Frontiers

Moribund The Burgermeister

Flotsam And Jetsam

D.I.Y. (Single Version)

pianist, composer, bandleader, educator & recording artist 

John Bianculli is a lyrical and soulful pianist and composer.

John's dynamic original music is a unique blend of jazz, Latin, Brazilian, rhythm and blues, and world music. His original music can be heard on Telarc and Dream Box records. His song “Bittersweet” made the Contemporary Jazz Charts top-ten list. His music can also be heard on "Jazz Showcase," a major internationally released CD that is a compilation of Telarc's greatest jazz recordings. 

CBS recorded John’s original solo piano music and he composed the score for the film"Lit'l Boy Grown."

As pianist for international jazz recording artist Steve Nelson for over five years, and Jeanie Bryson for over 10 years, John has also worked with Cassandra Wilson, Terence Blanchard, Regina Belle, Christy Baron, 
Charlie Rouse, Bobby Watson, James Spaulding, Jimmy Ponder, 
Bill Hardman and Earl May.

A self taught, accomplished and versatile musician, John was born and raised in New York City’s Greenwich Village across from the Village Vanguard. He got much of his training playing the jazz circuit from New York to Washington D.C. 

John's compositions have been performed by his quartet, quintet and sextet in New York City at the Blue Note, Jazzmania, Jazz Cultural-Theatre, Greene Street, the Rainbow Room and Jilly's; in Washington D.C. at the One Step Down and Blues Alley.

John Bianculli has enjoyed a considerable following at the Hyatt Regency for 19 years and
the New York Hilton for 2 years. John has played numerous other clubs, concerts and
festivals in addition to a number of television and radio performances 
in the metropolitan area.

About his music, the Home News and Tribune writes, “It invokes beauty and playful fancy,
stirs the imagination, and goes straight to the heart. It is unique, lyrical, dynamic, rich, and
uplifting. . .“ The Star Ledger says “It is music that will draw you in and make you listen. . .”


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