King Ruiner by :PAPERCUTZ
‘King Ruiner’ is :PAPERCUTZ's 3rd original album featuring songs recorded in Porto, Nyc, Hamburg and Tokyo. The group lead by Bruno Miguel has returned to touring throughout Europe and the U.S. after an hiatus to record their new album. The globally sourced strains of pop songs feature shadowy and exotic electronic sounds, layered folk choral vocals, minimalist synth motifs, atmospheric textures and percussive beats.
"Our new album 'King Ruiner' is out. I don't use the term 'album' lightly. I recently gave an interview regarding the release where I was confronted with the notion that its a dying format... I don't believe so, an album holds a concept, a story line like this one does. From a collage of failed ambition to a message of hope in a relatable listenable and hopefully with a sense of catharsis for those who get to dig deeper. Nowadays we’re expecting a lot of ourselves in terms of work, rate, and degrees of success, so it’s just my way of commenting on the vast feeling of sadness you can experience if you don’t match those expectations. I got a lot of comfort from global music these past times, from the powerful choral African singing and polyrhythms to the otherworldly feelings of escape from New Age Oriental music. Its all in there but underneath our own electronic music song format."(Bruno)
The album follows the character portrayed in previous recordings finding his way through a tension of failure and uncertainty versus ultimate hope. A physical ruin holds a place in time where past and present unite in a broken down figure which ultimately can be rebuilt.
"The idea for these collection of songs has been shifting since I started working on them. My work as :papercutz has been inspired from memories of childhood through challenges within my own manhood, going through high and low times, struggling with balance and uncertainty. I had decided to back off recordings and just keep trying out the songs live on tour but also working on other projects, producing artists or composing movie scores. Those gave me the insight I really needed to fulfil this album to its fullest extension, connecting with musicians far away from home in a truly global music production effort. By diving on the album's recordings I had to deal with my own notion of non-fulfilment but also coming to understand there was an underlying feeling of hope, one that has always been part of my writing and it slowly started strengthening... showing there's no real definitive ends, we're all but changing and made up of new beginnings." (Bruno)
Tracklist
| 1. | Choral | 1:37 |
| 2. | Halfway There | 4:00 |
| 3. | Your Beliefs | 3:43 |
| 4. | Lowlands | 3:37 |
| 5. | Indifference | 4:06 |
| 6. | Exit Places | 3:27 |
| 7. | On Euphoria & Despair | 2:46 |
| 8. | Become Nothing | 3:49 |
| 9. | All Of The Ways | 3:42 |
| 10. | Choir | 2:37 |
| 11. | ルーズエンド (Loose Ends) | 4:23 |
| 12. | Halcyon | 4:54 |
| 13. | Year New | 7:33 |
Credits
Ⓟ :PAPERCUTZ under license to Moorworks.
Published by Rossio Music Publishing.
Written, arranged and performed by Bruno Miguel.
Vocals by Emmy Curl, Ferri, Lia Bilinsk and Bruno Miguel.
Lyrics by Bruno Miguel. Japanese adaptation by Rena Morizono.
Mixed and produced by Bruno Miguel, mixed by Brandon Peralta at Red Bull Music Studios NYC. Vocal engineering and recordings by Ricardo Gandra at SW, Porto, Tim Hartig at Cloudshill, Hamburg and Naoki Shinji at Studio Noah, Tokyo.
Mastered by Sam John at Precise Mastering Ltd, Hawick.
Cover photo by Aëla Labbé.
Art Direction and design by Susana Maia.
