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Life In Rewind

by Vox Romana

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Life In Rewind 04:23
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2.
When Summer Ends 05:25
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3.
The Future 04:54
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4.
Cannibal Cafe 04:06
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5.
Mermaid 04:13
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6.
Forward In Life 04:02
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7.
Manic Monsters (Bonus) 06:29
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8.
Family Man (Bonus) 04:10
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about

This album was recorded and mixed over the summer of 2022. It features a variety of guitars, 12 strings, lap steel and an 8 string guitar. I was experimenting with a sound I was referring to as "cabana core" and things kind of went from there. The major addition to the sound on this record is the 808 kick. It features in a few tracks. I also tracked a Roland D05 synthesizer on a lot of the tracks.

Three of these songs are actually some of my oldest solo material. The Future dates back to the year I first moved to Seattle. Cannibal Cafe dates back to 2012 when I was visiting Third Man Records in Nashville, I tried recording a song in the little recording booth there (sadly it broke down while the record was being etched). It was originally an instrumental called Frankensteins Motel. When Summer Ends was a track called American Babylon and it was about a dystopian world, and had lyrics about mutant waitresses with tentacle arms serving chemical cocktails... MmmmMmmm.

Mermaid was originally titled Algernon. This one actually features twice on the record, once with Synths, and a second time with different lyrics and more electric guitar. Family Man is actually the version I wanted to go with, but Mermaid's synth sound ended up fitting the main theme better.

Forwards in Life and Life In Rewind are sister songs. Life In Rewind was originally just an album interlude that went into When Summer Ends, but quickly became its own song over the course of a day. Forwards In Life was a solo acoustic outro for Family Man recorded in a single take.

Manic Monsters is the black sheep of the record but its certainly the harbinger of more to come. This one is a goth strutter. A vaporiwaved version of Manic Prairie Girl led me to give the song a new treatment. We bleached the roots and dyed it black! Sort of an homage to both Lou Reed and Peter Steele. RIP. The cello section and pizzicato strings was from a session with my good friend Eric from The Wiley Foxes.

credits

released September 9, 2022

Music and Lyrics- Adam Dwork
Guitars
Synths
Bass
Electronic drums
VCR effects

Drums- Cam Tom
Xtra Vocals- Sades
Alto Saxophone- Warren Wilcock

Mixed and Mastered- Dubya Studios / Warren Wilcock
Album Cover Photo - Chris Inferrera

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Vox Romana Seattle, Washington

Solo project of Adam Dwork

Transplanted from Tallahassee Fl to Seattle Wa, this song smith follows the beat of his own drum.

Self recorded, self produced, and co-owner of Timberwolf Records. His output is a musical gumbo. From Lapsteel to drop tuned guitars, 12 strings, 8 strings, synthesizers, samplers, anything and everything that sounds cool. ... more

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