Pleistocene Dreams by Ryan Downing
"Pleistocene Dreams" is a psychedelic rock concept album by Alabama based rock musician Ryan Downing.
The album's concept is based upon the last global Ice Age.
Tracklist
| 1. | Smilodon | 2:24 |
| 2. | Pleistocene Park | 3:02 |
| 3. | Statue of Lamentations | 2:13 |
| 4. | Huckleberry Branch Suite | 2:15 |
| 5. | Plastered Dinosaurs | 2:38 |
| 6. | Turn Back Time | 3:31 |
| 7. | Shaman One-Tooth | 3:15 |
| 8. | The Arrival | 2:23 |
| 9. | Down La Brea Way | 4:12 |
Credits
released September 2, 2021
Recorded June 2019, June-July 2020, and July-August 2021 at Twelvepitch Studio, Dadeville, Alabama
Personnel:
Ryan Downing: acoustic six and twelve string guitars, electric guitars, drums, programmed drums, electric bass, Mellotron, Vox Continental organ, Farfisa organ, vocals, and synthesizer.
Brett Moseley: Electric lead guitar solo on track #2, "Pleistocene Park."
Drake Jennings: Farfisa organ on track #3, "Statue of Lamentations."
Michael Polland: Rickenbacker electric bass on track #3, "Statue of Lamentations."
Producer: Ryan Downing
Mixing and mastering engineer: Ryan Downing
Songwriters: Ryan Downing (music) and Mitch Downing (lyrics)
Label: Twelvepitch Records
Partially analog and digitally recorded, digitally mixed and mastered.
Recorded June 2019, June-July 2020, and July-August 2021 at Twelvepitch Studio, Dadeville, Alabama
Personnel:
Ryan Downing: acoustic six and twelve string guitars, electric guitars, drums, programmed drums, electric bass, Mellotron, Vox Continental organ, Farfisa organ, vocals, and synthesizer.
Brett Moseley: Electric lead guitar solo on track #2, "Pleistocene Park."
Drake Jennings: Farfisa organ on track #3, "Statue of Lamentations."
Michael Polland: Rickenbacker electric bass on track #3, "Statue of Lamentations."
Producer: Ryan Downing
Mixing and mastering engineer: Ryan Downing
Songwriters: Ryan Downing (music) and Mitch Downing (lyrics)
Label: Twelvepitch Records
Partially analog and digitally recorded, digitally mixed and mastered.
License
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Ryan Downing is an indie rock multi-instrumentalist and singer-songwriter based in East Alabama. With his hindsight to retro rock and folk influences such as Big Star, Emitt Rhodes, The Beatles, Syd Barrett, The Beach Boys, and Nick Drake, and more recent indie rock influences such as Wilco and Elliott Smith, Downing's sound is a melting pot of pure rock and roll inspiration.