Rings by Cameron Hassard
Rings is the debut album from Berlin-based recording artist and multi-instrumentalist Cameron Hassard.
A mergence of styles, the seven track album was written and designed as a set listening piece, punctuated by Morricone-esque spaghetti western interludes, apocalyptic surf guitars, wailing saxophone, rousing orchestral lifts, gut-punching rock beats and Hassard’s own dulcet baritone pulsing the overarching narrative.
A writer by trade, Hassard’s lyricism carries the album’s storylines: tunes that chart the mythic, the elemental, and the geo-politically relevant.
Rings was produced and recorded at Berlin’s Famous Gold Watch Records by Cameron James Laing (Universal), and is set for release January 8 under the studio’s eponymous Record Label.
Tracklist
| 1. | Prelude | 1:25 |
| 2. | Everything is Different Now | 3:26 |
| 3. | Rings | 4:26 |
| 4. | Intermission | 0:52 |
| 5. | Ambiguous Desire | 4:44 |
| 6. | The New Fire | 3:49 |
| 7. | East of the Cross | 5:20 |
Credits
Personnel:
Cameron Hassard - Electric guitar, vocals, saxophone, organ
Cameron James Laing - Production, arrangement and orchestra design, organ, piano, percussion
Phil 'The Weasel' Walker - Electric guitar, space echo, electric bass
Gidon Carmel - Drums, percussion
Alex 'Musty-T' Samawicz - Trumpet on 'Prelude' and 'East of the Cross'
Natasha Jaffe - Cello on 'Ambiguous Desire'
Mone - Vocals on 'The New Fire'
Jess Smith - Vocals on 'Ambiguous Desire'
Recorded, Produced, Mixed and pre-mastered at The Famous Gold Watch Studios, Berlin, by Cameron James Laing.
Mastered by Steve Corrao at Sage, Nashville, TN.
Special thanks to Viktoria Byt for album art and photography.
