Seven Songs by Orphan Train Project
This seven song collection was completed in mid 2013 in Berlin, but most of the songs began in different places and times.
'Violent Day', 'Over the Ashes' and 'Oben/Unten' are the only three songs that I wrote for this album in 2012, and were all recorded in the Scharnweberstrasse apartment.
'Great Pretender' was an instrumental that I recorded some years earlier in Melbourne, to which I added the vocal and xylophone parts in 2012.
'Dead Letters' was originally part of the 'Five Songs' series, but was still in demo form at the time I released that EP. I completed the lyrics and re-recorded most of the parts in 2012.
'Crystal Satellite' was part of the 'Six Sketches Berlin 2010' series, but I held it back for a few years and replaced the synth bass track with an electric bass.
'Minatures' was also a song from Melbourne, circa 2007 - 2008, and I stripped back some of the instrumentation and re-recorded the vocals for this version.
The album cover is the control board of an abandoned carnival ride in Berlin's Spreepark.
Tracklist
| 1. | Great Pretender | 1:43 |
| 2. | Dead Letters | 3:01 |
| 3. | Violent Day | 4:26 |
| 4. | Oben Unten | 4:08 |
| 5. | Crystal Satellite | 3:06 |
| 6. | Over The Ashes | 2:40 |
| 7. | Minatures | 3:14 |
Credits
License
CC BY 3.0. See the Creative Commons website for details.
Orphan Train Project is a musical journey that that began thirty years ago in the secluded hills above Adelaide, South Australia. First records were made on busted tape decks on a bedroom floor. Years passed. I lived in different places. All Orphan Train Project songs and recordings can be used under the Creative Commons Attribution licence.