FALLING LIKE THUNDER is the new single release from singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Ray Cooper. It is taken from his fifth, as yet untitled, album to be released in April 2024.
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Ray says about this song: "I was brought up on delusions; delusions of progress; delusions of history; delusions of western superiority; thinly disguised racism. The ideas in this song could have been made into several songs but I had to let it all out, standing on a box in the market square shouting like a madman".
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April 2024 will see the release of Ray Cooper's new album which has been two years in the making. All the songs dig for emotional depth and reflect his world view, whether it is nostalgia, anger, or sheer romanticism. The folk influences are still there but mixed up with many other styles, including touches of americana and even rap. The album features three duets with different singers and although Ray again plays most of the instruments himself, the album also includes some guest artists; on drums, piano, violin, Swedish nyckelharpa and a brass section. The album was recorded in Sweden, with additional overdubs in Berlin, Hamburg and Brighton.
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Ray will be on tour in 2024: Germany May 14 - 27 & September 6 - 19 // UK October 11 - 28
released December 5, 2023
Festival mix
Ray Cooper - vocals, cellos, piano, acoustic guitar, bass guitar
Recorded at The Love Shack, Malmköping, Sweden
Sunniva Bondesson backing vocals recorded at the Berlin Wall Of Sound, Berlin, Germany
Al Scott, mixing and mastering at The Dream Room Brighton, England
Folkpunk mix arranged, recorded and mixed by Henning Nugel at Nugel Bros. Studio, Schwielowsee, Germany
With additional instruments by Henning Nugel - fiddle, acoustic and electric guitars, electric bass, Irish bouzouki,programming
Mastered by Al Scott at The Dream Room Brighton, England
Radio edit by Henning Nugel
Produced by Ray Cooper
Cover image by Marry Waterson (taken from the video)
Artwork by Neomania Design
www.RayCooper.org
(c) 2023 Westpark Music, Cologne