
On July 3, 2020, “Strut” label released “Symphonie Pacifique”, the ninth Greg Foat album. It was recorded 2019 – 2020, at “Fish Factory Studio” in London, “Post Electric Studio” in Edinburgh, “Kungsten Studios” in Göteborg, Sweden, and was produced by Greg Foat.
Personnel:
- Greg Foat – piano, keyboards, tubular bells
- Warren Hampshire – guitar, tubular bells, percussion
- Thomas Frank – pedal steel guitar
- Philip Achille – double and electric bass
- Clark Tracey – drums
- Moses Boyd – drums
- Eric Young – percussion, congas
- Art Themen – soprano and tenor saxophone
- Dave Bitelli – tenor and baritone saxophone
- Kano Kawashima – violin
- Felix Tanner – viola
- Jessica Kerr, Niamh Molloy – cello
- Heather Wrighton – harp
- Elina Ryd, Erik Dahl, Hannah Tolf, Pablo Cope – choir
- Mattias Glava – choir recording, engineer
- Rod Jones – strings recording
- James Thorpe – engineer
- Mark Ashfield – mastering
- Peter Beckmann – mastering
- Henry Valensi – artwork
- Matt Thame – design
- James Thorpe – photography
- Frank Merritt – lacquer cut
- Quinton Scott – coordinator
Track listing:
All tracks by Greg Foat, except where noted.
- Prelude
- Symphonie Pacifique
- Undulation – Philip Achille
- Anticipation
- Mu
- Yonaguni
- Island Life
- Nikinakinu
- Man vs Machine – Greg Foat, Moses Boyd
- Before the Storm
- After the Storm
- Meditation on a Pedal Steel – Thomas Frank
- Lament for Lamont
- Pointe – Vénus – Greg Foat, Warren Hampshire
- Mother’s Love – Greg Foat, Sam Chagumachinyi
- Epilogue Three Tenors – Art Themen, Favid Bitelli, Rob Мach