Born of frustration and creativity, BEAUTY IN CHAOS is far more than my ‘solo’ album.
It is a convergence of textures and styles that I envisioned blossoming and evolving. I certainly imposed some constraints on this debut release, mainly that I would play all guitars and no synthesizers would be used. Not from my ego, but as a personal challenge to myself. I wanted to see if I could create the sounds and textures I heard in my head. I think that rather a lofty goal was accomplished only in thanks to the other constant in BIC, my long-time friend Michael Rozon. A world-class engineer, mixer, producer and musician who pushed me to give my better-than-best on every note on this entity we created. A true sound alchemist, he helped me to orchestrate compositions using only our wide array of guitars and effect pedals … lifting, but never overshadowing the songs. Honestly? Rozon is the engine that revved BIC – it was him that pushed and encouraged me to explore the sounds and textures in my mind and start BIC.
The reason why this musical vehicle we have created is called BEAUTY IN CHAOS is simplistic; yet not so. The vision of a beautiful flower growing in the middle of an abandoned burnt-out building replays over and over in my head when I look to describe the why. Assembling, or in some cases, disassembling beautiful soundscapes, melodies and chords, while injecting harsh bursts of sonics … or visa versa. Light in the dark, dark in the light is the contrast that helps in realizing the goal of creating something musical that is also very visual and cinematic.
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(Source: Beauty in Chaos Site)
