Crazy Dreams by Cam Butler
'Crazy Dreams' is my first solo album, released on Pharmacy Records in 2003. It was my early, beginning steps to create a solo musical world away from a band environment. These pieces are germinal works, the start of a process that has lead to where I am today as a composer and instrumentalist. 'Crazy Dreams' shows early versions of moods and atmospheres that I have kept returning to - a mysterious, other-wordly atmosphere ('Space', 'Darkness') and a kind of uplifting feeling ('Deep Blue', 'Things Will Never Be The Same Again').
We recorded 'Crazy Dreams' at home and at Richard's Pharmacy Studios on an eight track 1/2 inch Tascam tape machine. It has a great atmosphere and colour from using this machine, the album's creation was a totally analogue recording and mixing process. It also has the first recording of 'Lonely World', a piece that I have always loved and have recorded two more times since, the last time being for my album 'Strings Music' from 2023.
I hope you enjoy this special Bandcamp only release of 'Crazy Dreams'.
Tracklist
| 1. | Deep Blue | 5:22 |
| 2. | It'll Never Be The Same Again | 3:58 |
| 3. | Lonely World | 6:04 |
| 4. | Someday | 6:34 |
| 5. | Space | 6:40 |
| 6. | Things Will Never Be The Same Again | 6:24 |
| 7. | Things (reprise) | 0:50 |
| 8. | Darkness | 7:36 |
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Cam Butler is a Melbourne guitarist and composer who has a large collection of solo releases going back to the early 2000's. His singular guitar tone has been a feature of all his solo projects and of his work as a sideman. He has released eleven solo instrumental albums which vary in style from guitar and synthetic-based soundscapes, to works with string ensembles, both large and small.