Hard times. We've all been there and we've all experienced them. And everyone has is own strategies to cope with them. So yeah, even if it isn't all that revolutionary, it's still a fact: at the foundations of this album you'll find a story 'bout a girl and a broken heart.
Since I didn't really seem to be able to recognize myself anymore, somewhere around spring 2006, I took the decision to record every song I had written up 'til then. The songs we had been playing with my band, Oblivion Forgotten, as well as the ones of which the arrangements weren't really finished yet. It was supposed to be an acoustic album. Me and my guitar. The goal was recognizability. I was going to search for pieces of the guy i used to be, hoping that all this would get me further in my quest for myself; looking for balance and solid ground.
After the first days of recording in the rehearsal-room of my best friend Sebastian and his brother Dominic, the first rough versions of nine songs were a fact. Thanks to Dominic, who showed me the way, helping me take my first steps in the process of recording. The concept of 'Luminaries' was the base of my project. Because, call it a coincidence or not, the songs i had written up to then, were all telling a story about someone different. About one or more people that had had an influence on me or my life. People that, at times, had shown me the way like North Stars in the firmament.
But soon it became clear that all this wouldn't be the end of it. As I was strolling through the recording process, even more songs were sprouting from my doubts and griefs. Slowly but steadily, new songs came to life and the cd became also a process of coping. An entire collection of bitter emotions came out to form new compositions and lyrics, forming a collection of songs that i refer to as 'the Dark'. And as I look back, it only seems natural to mee, because without darkness, there can't be a concept of light either...
That doesn't all mean that it will all be over, the moment I close the case of the first burned copy of my album. Au contraire. In the mean time there are already a bunch of new fragments and pieces of text lingering out. I'm still in the middle of processing all of it.
However, 'Luminaries and the Dark' is a finished entity to me. That's a solid fact. The tracks I have bundled seem right. The cd has all the songs it needed to have. It has a certain equilibrum, just like there is - in my own experience - a storyline to be found within.
And yeah, because emotions are universal and also because this project wouldn't just be something for myself, I've decided to let those who are interested join in on my music.
It's the birth of 'Luminaries and the Dark'. My first acoustic demo. Not perfect, yet very real to me; I kinda recognize myself in it.
Hope you like it.
See you around,
P.
