The Long Distance, by Buck Curran

The Long Distance

by Buck Curran

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1.	Prometheus 03:25 video	buy track
2.	The Long Distance 03:17	buy track
3.	May Morning 02:11	buy track
4.	Hazel Park 02:57	buy track
5.	Quang Tri Province 06:04	buy track
6.	Florence 02:19	buy track
7.	Morning Song With Lucia 02:47	buy track
8.	The Fall Of Saigon (1975) 04:45	buy track
9.	Everday 03:03	buy track
10.	Hazel Park (A Return) 01:34	buy track
11.	Blades 01:40	buy track
12.	Prometheus Alternate version 03:25	buy track
13.	Morning Song With Lucia (Acoustic) 02:45	buy track
14.	Florence (Alternative Version 1) 02:35	buy track
15.	Florence (Alternative Version 2) 02:42	buy track
16.	Morning Song With Lucia (Alternative Version 1) 02:46	buy track
17.	Morning Song With Lucia (Alternative Version 2) 02:46	buy track
18.	Hazel Park (Begin) 00:46	buy track
19.	Hazel Park (Coda) 01:57	buy track

about

This album of intense introspective analog synthesizer music brings to mind soundtracks that have accompanied movies directed by Ridley Scott or Werner Herzog's use of Popol Vuh's music to accompany his cinematic landscapes. Other than 'Prometheus' the entire album was created and recorded during an 18 hour period between 9:00am on 24 March and 2:00am 25 March.The themes touch base on my Scottish-Irish heritage (May Morning), my father, uncles, and other family members who served in the military during the Vietnam War (Quang Tri Province, The Fall of Saigon), my old neighbourhood in Detroit (Hazel Park) where I grew up, and memories of my grandmother (Florence Curran) who passed away suddenly when I was entering my teens. On 24 March while recording most of this album, I added layers of Synth to an acoustic guitar recording I made in February 2022; a song made one beautiful morning while spending time with my daughter Lucia.

Dedicated to Werner Herzog, Jim and Pat Curran, Jim and Linda King, Lucia Curran, Pinella Sollai, Francesco Pappalardo, Adele Pappalardo, Francesco Curran, Florence and Kenneth Carroll Curran, Walt Major, Ron Deschaine and Normand Deschaine. Prometheus is dedicated to Ridley Scott.
Special Thanks to Dan Ghisleri

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released April 5, 2024

Buck Curran - Analog Synthesizer, Harmonium, Acoustic Guitar
Mastered by Harris Newman at Grey Market Mastering
Cover Photo of 'The Twin Jet Nebula' courtesy of NASA

Written, produced, performed, recorded and mixed by Buck Curran, ASCAP © 2023 Obsolete Recordings (p) Arborea Music. Under Exclusive license to Eiderdown Records

Cassette art and CD design by Aubrey Nehring
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