Winter by The Sun Harmonic
The Sun Harmonic's "Winter", a "piano" album that grew into a folk, rock, jazz and classical magnum opus (per-say). Written, recorded, crafted and released in the Canadian winter season, between New Years Eve 2009 and Winter 2017.
Chapter One: Tracks 1-11
Chapter Two: Tracks 12-22
Duration: 88 minutes (as a true piano album should be)
Tracks 1-22 may be enjoyed from front to back. Or on Shuffle.
Chapter One & Chapter Two may also be enjoyed separately.
"He introduces jazz moves, classical ideas, and lush pop, with cello, trumpet, and a grand chorus of voices among the guests. With a fine, soothing voice as well, Hikele has done wonders for the piano player.”
– Bob Mersereau, CBC/arts journalist
Top 100 Canadian Albums author
New Brunswick, Canada
Tracklist
| 1. | Rivers Will Rise | 4:20 |
| 2. | An Empty Room | 3:20 |
| 3. | As I Go Away | 4:42 |
| 4. | Where Your Beauty Lies | 4:25 |
| 5. | Home (Now I Know) | 4:36 |
| 6. | Thinking Of You | 6:02 |
| 7. | Love (Like You Used To) | 3:10 |
| 8. | When The Well Runs Dry | 3:11 |
| 9. | C Major Fermata | 6:13 |
| 10. | Lay To Rest | 4:10 |
| 11. | So Long | 2:25 |
| 12. | Born (I Have Awaken) | 3:12 |
| 13. | Poison Myself | 3:22 |
| 14. | Everything You're Looking For | 4:32 |
| 15. | Hiding | 2:45 |
| 16. | I Dedicate To You | 3:06 |
| 17. | Luck (Where'd You Go) | 4:00 |
| 18. | The Regret That I Am | 4:00 |
| 19. | I Will Sleep Again | 4:47 |
| 20. | You Begin To Sigh | 4:22 |
| 21. | Days (Would You Go) | 5:15 |
| 22. | It Couldn't Stay | 2:30 |
Credits
released March 3, 2017
STUDIO CREDENTIALS:
Created by The Sun Harmonic, in the Canadian wintertime, from 2010 - 2017
Record Producer: The Sun Harmonic
Sound Recording / Mixing Engineer: Kaleb Nathaniel Hikele
All songs written for the piano during the winter months of 2010 - 2014
(Lyrics & Music composed by K. Hikele © SOCAN/BMI)
“C Major Fermata” (Ch. One, no. 9) first composed as a motif on New Years Eve, December 31st, 2009, at Mom’s home in London, Ontario - continued to be arranged and constructed until the final C-natural trumpet note sounded on January 5th, 2017 (a cold winter day)
Chapter One & Two Duration = 88 minutes (a.k.a. the number of keys on a piano)
Thank you to those who helped and inspired the creation of Winter along the way. Special thanks to my family for patiently “sitting back and watching this unfold”, so to speak. Honourable mentions to Warren Hutton, Jimmy Fitzgerald, Dave Skrtich, Nika Smith and Jen Routhier for their creative input, consultation and honesty that shaped this project.
RECORDING STUDIO SESSIONS:
Off-the-floor performances - piano & vocal - captured in the winter of 2014 over two evening recording sessions:
1) The Rose Room Recording Studio (Toronto, Canada) Monday, March 3rd, 8PM-12:30AM: engineered by Warren Hutton
2) The Chalet Recording Studio (Claremont, Ontario) Sunday, March 9th, 8PM-1AM: engineered by Josh Bowman
3) The remaining chemistry was conducted over the next 192 hours straight, March 10-17th, and so on until January 14th, 2017, in the basement music lab titled “The Townhouse Recording Facility & Sound Studio” (Riverdale, Toronto): engineered by K. Hikele
4) Drum kits (two) for When The Well Runs Dry, Ch. One, no. 8, recorded underground on Ellingwood Ave (Stoney Creek, Ontario) March 2014: performed and engineered by Zack Buck & K. Hikele
5) Mastering conducted downtown Toronto, room #11, January 15-22nd, 2017: engineered by Tom Murray
The “Rivers Will Rise” Choir, recorded 2014-2017
(in order of left to right/Stereo):
Tanya Semple (of Elder Sister Plum), Dirk Boon, Al Grantham (of Low Hanging Lights), Brandon Pasternak, Richard Garvey, Jennifer Routhier, Paula Thomas, Ed Pugliese (of Wardead), Mariana Pugliese, Joanna Drummond, Stephanie Prezioso, Laura VanDyk, Rose Del Rio Price, Fatima Butt, Mat Gruber, Kelly Makhoul, The Sober Quartet (Jordan, Lee, Pete and Kaleb), Dave Skrtich (of Sixteen Scandals), Joel Chico, Andrew Hachey, Matt Powell (of The Broadview Band), Ian Boos (of Black Lab), Jessica Liadsky (BFFL), Jenay "Nay" Hikele (my Sister), Joanne Livingston (my Mom), Richard Routhier, Lawrence Shirkie, Paul Baughman, Paul Ferguson, Brock Anderson, Ian McLennan, Natasha Fransblow, Matt Rimon (aka John Bradley), Charlie Berger (of Soft Wounds), Katie Avery, Peter Forde, Celidh Barker, Lee Archibald, Dan Farrar, Jordan Ahrens, Josef Thomas (of Hungry Lake), Jimmy Fitzgerald, Zack Buck (of Far From Freedom/The Capitol), Matthew Ariaratnam (of Waylaid), Alex Beraldo (of The Breaks), Jeff Hughes (of The Other Birds), and last but certainly best, Nika Smith.
CHAPTER ONE:
The Sun Harmonic performs:
vocals (melodies & oohs/harmonies), grand piano, organ & electric keyboards, bass & acoustic/electric guitars, mandolin, drums & bodhrán/hand percussions, cello (no. 2, 3, 6, 7, 10, 11), the beer bottle triad (no. 5), harmonica duet (no. 6), trumpet (no. 8, 9), melodica, glockenspiel, sound design, etc...
Accompanists (in order of appearance):
Dave Skrtich (drums/handclaps & harmony, no. 1)
Zack Buck (handclaps/harmony, no. 1 & drum kit #1, no. 8)
The Broadview Band trio (encore):
- Nika Smith (harmonies, no. 1, 3, 4, 8)
- Jen Routhier (harmonies, no. 3, 4, 8)
- Tanya Semple (harmonies, no. 4, 8)
Jenay Hikele (sibling duet, no. 5)
Conrad Gluch (woodwind section, no. 9)
Danielle Marconi (string section, no. 9)
Katie Avery (violins, no. 10 finale)
Attributes/Music History/FYI:
No. 2
“Sputnik 1” beep signal recorded/released by NASA - CC License
No. 3
Finale borrows the tune of Auld Lang Syne, traditional folk song (Roud# 6294)
No. 6
Ode to “A Late Night Hue”, an improv composition by K. Hikele: a dedication to Donna Greenway, my Grandmother, at rest December 21st, 2014
No. 7
Ends with three minor bell tolls (a nod to Beethoven)
No. 9/10
Compositions dedicated to composers of the Baroque, Classical and Romantic eras who fueled each Winter season
No. 11
Use of “Apollo 11: That's One Small Step for (a) Man” recording, released by NASA - CC License
CHAPTER TWO:
The Sun Harmonic performs:
vocals (melodies & oohs/harmonies), grand piano, organ & electric keyboards, bass & acoustic/electric guitars, mandolin, drums & bodhrán/hand percussions, trumpet (no. 1, 8, finale), cello (no. 1, 11), ukulele (no. 5), melodica, glockenspiel, sound design/noise compilations, etc.
Accompanists (in order of appearance):
The Broadview Band trio (encore):
- Nika Smith (harmonies, no. 2, 4, 5)
- Jen Routhier (harmonies, no. 3, 8)
- Tanya Semple (harmony, no. 4)
Scott MacPhee (cymbal with blanket, no. 5)
Jenay Hikele (sibling duet, no. 10)
Conrad Gluch & Danielle Marconi (orchestral finale)
Attributes/Music History/FYI:
No. 2
- Countdown sound effect titled “SLS Test Fire” released by NASA - CC License
- Drum beat excerpt from “64 Main” by Al Grantham - Cat # MOON 016
A-minor scale excerpt from “Für Elise” by L. V. Beethoven ( Bagatelle No. 25 in A minor, WoO 59 )
Orchestra tune-up recorded in attendance of the TSO, Roy Thomson, Toronto, layered with samples found on the World Wide Web
No. 6
- Crumar Roadrunner intro melody line borrowed from a Far From Freedom song circa 2005
No. 7
Excerpt from “Ave Maria” by Franz Schubert ("Ellens Gesang III", Op. 52, No. 6): a dedication to Hilda Hikele, my Oma, at rest August 2nd, 2010
No. 8
- Cell phone recording captured early in the morning walking on Steeles Avenue, Toronto, written on the TTC commute, January 18th 2011
No. 10
- Cassette tape recording collage compiled of Winter rehearsal tapes, recorded January-March, winter 2014, in The Townhouse livingroom space on an RCA Cassette Recorder Model No. RP3504-C
- Ending comments titled “Mercury 9: Astronaut Cooper Comments” released by NASA - CC License
No. 11
Christmas message from space titled “ Apollo 8: Merry Christmas” released by NASA - CC License
The long winded story of Winter: www.thesunharmonic.com/winter
STUDIO CREDENTIALS:
Created by The Sun Harmonic, in the Canadian wintertime, from 2010 - 2017
Record Producer: The Sun Harmonic
Sound Recording / Mixing Engineer: Kaleb Nathaniel Hikele
All songs written for the piano during the winter months of 2010 - 2014
(Lyrics & Music composed by K. Hikele © SOCAN/BMI)
“C Major Fermata” (Ch. One, no. 9) first composed as a motif on New Years Eve, December 31st, 2009, at Mom’s home in London, Ontario - continued to be arranged and constructed until the final C-natural trumpet note sounded on January 5th, 2017 (a cold winter day)
Chapter One & Two Duration = 88 minutes (a.k.a. the number of keys on a piano)
Thank you to those who helped and inspired the creation of Winter along the way. Special thanks to my family for patiently “sitting back and watching this unfold”, so to speak. Honourable mentions to Warren Hutton, Jimmy Fitzgerald, Dave Skrtich, Nika Smith and Jen Routhier for their creative input, consultation and honesty that shaped this project.
RECORDING STUDIO SESSIONS:
Off-the-floor performances - piano & vocal - captured in the winter of 2014 over two evening recording sessions:
1) The Rose Room Recording Studio (Toronto, Canada) Monday, March 3rd, 8PM-12:30AM: engineered by Warren Hutton
2) The Chalet Recording Studio (Claremont, Ontario) Sunday, March 9th, 8PM-1AM: engineered by Josh Bowman
3) The remaining chemistry was conducted over the next 192 hours straight, March 10-17th, and so on until January 14th, 2017, in the basement music lab titled “The Townhouse Recording Facility & Sound Studio” (Riverdale, Toronto): engineered by K. Hikele
4) Drum kits (two) for When The Well Runs Dry, Ch. One, no. 8, recorded underground on Ellingwood Ave (Stoney Creek, Ontario) March 2014: performed and engineered by Zack Buck & K. Hikele
5) Mastering conducted downtown Toronto, room #11, January 15-22nd, 2017: engineered by Tom Murray
The “Rivers Will Rise” Choir, recorded 2014-2017
(in order of left to right/Stereo):
Tanya Semple (of Elder Sister Plum), Dirk Boon, Al Grantham (of Low Hanging Lights), Brandon Pasternak, Richard Garvey, Jennifer Routhier, Paula Thomas, Ed Pugliese (of Wardead), Mariana Pugliese, Joanna Drummond, Stephanie Prezioso, Laura VanDyk, Rose Del Rio Price, Fatima Butt, Mat Gruber, Kelly Makhoul, The Sober Quartet (Jordan, Lee, Pete and Kaleb), Dave Skrtich (of Sixteen Scandals), Joel Chico, Andrew Hachey, Matt Powell (of The Broadview Band), Ian Boos (of Black Lab), Jessica Liadsky (BFFL), Jenay "Nay" Hikele (my Sister), Joanne Livingston (my Mom), Richard Routhier, Lawrence Shirkie, Paul Baughman, Paul Ferguson, Brock Anderson, Ian McLennan, Natasha Fransblow, Matt Rimon (aka John Bradley), Charlie Berger (of Soft Wounds), Katie Avery, Peter Forde, Celidh Barker, Lee Archibald, Dan Farrar, Jordan Ahrens, Josef Thomas (of Hungry Lake), Jimmy Fitzgerald, Zack Buck (of Far From Freedom/The Capitol), Matthew Ariaratnam (of Waylaid), Alex Beraldo (of The Breaks), Jeff Hughes (of The Other Birds), and last but certainly best, Nika Smith.
CHAPTER ONE:
The Sun Harmonic performs:
vocals (melodies & oohs/harmonies), grand piano, organ & electric keyboards, bass & acoustic/electric guitars, mandolin, drums & bodhrán/hand percussions, cello (no. 2, 3, 6, 7, 10, 11), the beer bottle triad (no. 5), harmonica duet (no. 6), trumpet (no. 8, 9), melodica, glockenspiel, sound design, etc...
Accompanists (in order of appearance):
Dave Skrtich (drums/handclaps & harmony, no. 1)
Zack Buck (handclaps/harmony, no. 1 & drum kit #1, no. 8)
The Broadview Band trio (encore):
- Nika Smith (harmonies, no. 1, 3, 4, 8)
- Jen Routhier (harmonies, no. 3, 4, 8)
- Tanya Semple (harmonies, no. 4, 8)
Jenay Hikele (sibling duet, no. 5)
Conrad Gluch (woodwind section, no. 9)
Danielle Marconi (string section, no. 9)
Katie Avery (violins, no. 10 finale)
Attributes/Music History/FYI:
No. 2
“Sputnik 1” beep signal recorded/released by NASA - CC License
No. 3
Finale borrows the tune of Auld Lang Syne, traditional folk song (Roud# 6294)
No. 6
Ode to “A Late Night Hue”, an improv composition by K. Hikele: a dedication to Donna Greenway, my Grandmother, at rest December 21st, 2014
No. 7
Ends with three minor bell tolls (a nod to Beethoven)
No. 9/10
Compositions dedicated to composers of the Baroque, Classical and Romantic eras who fueled each Winter season
No. 11
Use of “Apollo 11: That's One Small Step for (a) Man” recording, released by NASA - CC License
CHAPTER TWO:
The Sun Harmonic performs:
vocals (melodies & oohs/harmonies), grand piano, organ & electric keyboards, bass & acoustic/electric guitars, mandolin, drums & bodhrán/hand percussions, trumpet (no. 1, 8, finale), cello (no. 1, 11), ukulele (no. 5), melodica, glockenspiel, sound design/noise compilations, etc.
Accompanists (in order of appearance):
The Broadview Band trio (encore):
- Nika Smith (harmonies, no. 2, 4, 5)
- Jen Routhier (harmonies, no. 3, 8)
- Tanya Semple (harmony, no. 4)
Scott MacPhee (cymbal with blanket, no. 5)
Jenay Hikele (sibling duet, no. 10)
Conrad Gluch & Danielle Marconi (orchestral finale)
Attributes/Music History/FYI:
No. 2
- Countdown sound effect titled “SLS Test Fire” released by NASA - CC License
- Drum beat excerpt from “64 Main” by Al Grantham - Cat # MOON 016
A-minor scale excerpt from “Für Elise” by L. V. Beethoven ( Bagatelle No. 25 in A minor, WoO 59 )
Orchestra tune-up recorded in attendance of the TSO, Roy Thomson, Toronto, layered with samples found on the World Wide Web
No. 6
- Crumar Roadrunner intro melody line borrowed from a Far From Freedom song circa 2005
No. 7
Excerpt from “Ave Maria” by Franz Schubert ("Ellens Gesang III", Op. 52, No. 6): a dedication to Hilda Hikele, my Oma, at rest August 2nd, 2010
No. 8
- Cell phone recording captured early in the morning walking on Steeles Avenue, Toronto, written on the TTC commute, January 18th 2011
No. 10
- Cassette tape recording collage compiled of Winter rehearsal tapes, recorded January-March, winter 2014, in The Townhouse livingroom space on an RCA Cassette Recorder Model No. RP3504-C
- Ending comments titled “Mercury 9: Astronaut Cooper Comments” released by NASA - CC License
No. 11
Christmas message from space titled “ Apollo 8: Merry Christmas” released by NASA - CC License
The long winded story of Winter: www.thesunharmonic.com/winter
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Three piece rock n’ roll band from Canada.
Dave Skrtich: Drums
Ian McLennan: Bass
Kaleb Hikele: Guitar/Vocals.
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