Such is life

 "Such is life" is the new musical opus (september 2023) by Jeff Rian, essayist and musician, composer and guitar player, editor and writer for the magazines Purple Fashion and The Purple Journal, regularly contributing to the magazine Artforum. 

 

He is the author of "Lexicon revolver", "Purple Years" (Onestar Press) 

and books on Richard Prince, Lewis Baltz, Philip-Lorca diCorcia, and Stéphane Dafflon. 

 

 

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"Such is life"

JEFF RIAN - guitar, vocals
GERARD MCFADDEN - bass, backing vocals
MARTY VICKERS - drums
EMMA RIAN - backing vocals & lead vocal on "je ne sais pas"

JAMES S. TAYLOR - post production & keyboards on "if to you be like"

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STEPHAN MATHIEU - mastering

CÉDRICK EYMENIER - executive production

Coriolis Sound - september 2023 

"Recordings arise out of necessity. Why does anyone record anything, take a picture, sign a document? This recording came together from my personal connection with Cedrick Eyemenier of Coriolis Sounds who made a choice… I rehearsed 14 songs with Canadian drummer Marty Vickers and Australian bassist Gerard McFadden. I didn’t tell them what to play or how to play the songs… Cedrick’s English friend James S. Taylor took apart the basic tracks, added percussion, more drums, keyboards, and harmonium, and transformed the songs, asking me to speak an number of them, which I’d never done before… I didn’t tell anyone what they should do. It was a total collaboration, I happened to be the one with the songs and words. We made it together." Jeff Rian 

 

other Jeff Rian' music: 

 

 the famous "Everglade"  (2000) a duo with Jean-Jacques Palix

exclusively composed with guitar' sounds

 

 with one unreleased remix: "chime before"  (2023)

 

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 "Fanfares" (2004) and "8 de pique" (2007) for Alexandra Roos

 

 

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  "Battle Songs" (2010) with his band  Rowboat

 

 

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