The Troubled Sleep Of Piano Magic
 
 

Writers Without Homes
Piano Magic

Released on 4AD, June 10th 2002
Cat number : CAD 2209CD
Format : CD album/11 tracks

 

1) (Music Won't Save You From Anything But) Silence

(Words - Johnson/Music - Johnson/Marin/Steer/Tcherneyan)
Recorded and mixed by Gareth Parton at The Fortress
Rykomusic Ltd/Rocket Girl Music


2) Postal

(Words/Music - Johnson)
Recorded and mixed by John Rivers at Woodbine St Studios
Rykomusic Ltd/Rocket Girl Music



3) Modern Jupiter

(Words - Lippok/Music - Jestram/Johnson/Lippok/Marin)
Music recorded at home by Jerome Tcherneyan and at Bleibeil Studio Berlin by Tarwater
Mixed by Tarwater
Rykomusic Ltd/Rocket Girl Music/La Chunga Music


4) 1.30

(Music - Johnson/Marin)
Recorded and mixed by Miguel Marin at home
Rocket Girl Music/Rykomusic Ltd



5) The Season Is Long

(Words - Johnson/Music - Johnson/Marin/Raymonde/Steer/Tcherneyan/Topham)
Music recorded by John Rivers at Woodbine Street Studios
Vocals recorded and track mixed by Robinson Hughes at Subterfuge Studios
Rykomusic Ltd/Rocket Girl Music/Sony/ATV



6) Certainty

(Words/Music - Johnson/Marin)
Recorded and mixed at Blue Mountain Studios by Spike
Rykomusic Ltd/Rocket Girl Music



7) Crown Of The Lost

(Words - Johnson/Music - Johnson/Marin/Raymonde/Steer)
Recorded and mixed at Blue Mountain Studios by Spike
Rykomusic Ltd/Rocket Girl Music/Sony/ATV



8) It's The Same Dream That Lasts All Night

(Words - Johnson/Music - Johnstone)
Recorded and mixed by John Rivers at Woodbine St Studios
Rykomusic Ltd/Rocket Girl Music


9) Dutch Housing

(Words - David-Guillou/Music - Johnson/Marin)
Recorded and mixed by Miguel Marin at home
Rocket Girl Music/Rykomusic Ltd



10) Already Ghosts

(Words - Johnson/Music - Johnson/Marin/Steer/Tcherneyan)
Recorded and mixed by Gareth Parton at The Fortress
Rykomusic Ltd/Rocket Girl Music




11) Shot Through The Fog

(Words - Johnson/Music - Raymonde)
Recorded and mixed by John Rivers at Woodbine St Studios
Rykomusic Ltd/Rocket Girl Music/Sony/ATV



Piano Magic are:

Glen Johnson - guitars/programming/electronics/voice on "Silence"
Miguel Marin - drums/percussion/programming/electronics
Alasdair Steer - bass
Jerome Tcherneyan - programming/percussion/electronics

with

Paul Andersen - voice on "Already Ghosts" (appears courtesy of Tram)
Peter Beresford - vibes on "The Season Is Long"
Vashti Bunyan - voice on "Crown Of The Lost"
John Grant - voice on "The Season Is Long" (appears courtesy of The Czars)
Bernd Jestram - electronics on "Modern Jupiter" (appears courtesy of Tarwater)
Robert Johnstone - guitar on "It's The Same Dream That Lasts All Night" (appears courtesy of Life Without Buildings)
Ronald Lippock - voice and electronics on "Modern Jupiter" (appears courtesy of Tarwater)
Bigas Luna - voice introduction to "Already Ghosts"
Suzy Mangion - voice on "Postal" & "It's The Same Dream That Lasts All Night" (appears courtesy of George)
Charlotte Marionneau - voice on "Dutch Housing" (appears courtesy of Le Volume Courbe)
Caroline Potter - voice on "Certainty" & "Shot Through The Fog"
Simon Raymonde - piano on "The Season Is Long" "Crown Of The Lost" and "Shot Through The Fog"
James Topham - viola on "Silence", "Already Ghosts," & "The Season Is Long"

Mastered by Sean Magee at Abbey Road Studios, January 2002