The Peter Ulrich Collaborations “Final Reflections”; the final chapter in the well received The Painted Caravan Trilogy, will be available for streaming and purchase on all the major services starting December 3rd, 2019 with an expected single and video for the lead track “Artificial Man” set to drop in the coming weeks. As a special thanks to Collaboration fans, from September 16th until November 5th, the new album Final Reflections – along with the entire Painted Caravan Trilogy – will be available on a pre order basis at a special discounted rate through AIS Records; which is distributing Final Reflections and The Painted Caravan Trilogy under an exclusive license from City Canyons. Stayed tuned for a link for this very special discount with access to the entire Trilogy at one convenient location.
The Peter Ulrich Collaborations is a collaboration helmed by Peter Ulrich, former percussionist for the iconic Dead Can Dance, the brilliantly innovative band that music historian Ian McFarlane described as world music that “constructed soundscapes of mesmerizing grandeur and solemn beauty… with African polyrhythms, Gaelic folk, Gregorian chants, Middle-Eastern mantras and art-rock”. Ulrich met Brendan Perry and Lisa Gerrard, the founders and cornerstones of Dead Can Dance, in London in 1982 and joined the band on drums and percussion. After leaving DCD and after releasing a string of critically acclaimed releases as a solo artist, Peter’s next big step was The Peter Ulrich Collaboration.
The Collaboration is the brainchild of Ulrich and Trebor “Big T” Lloyd of City Canyons Productions as producer and a principal collaborator. The Collaboration mixes folk rock, world rock, art rock and psychedelic music with a world view that encompasses alternative history, fictional universes, Steampunk, and Goth, and recalls the exquisitely crafted soundscapes of Dead Can Dance. The group features songwriting by Ulrich, Lloyd, and New York songwriters Anne Husick, Sara Wendt and Kathy Sheppard among others with vocals by David Steele, Wendt, Ulrich, Jen Elliott, Shane Chapman, Stephanie Linn, Timothy Dark and other bright American and English talents. The vocalists are backed by a crackerjack band playing rock, post-rock, world and folk influenced music. After the release of two albums, thrilled New York Collaboration fans were were treated to a live performance by the band at Manhattan’s famous Webster Hall in 2015.
Reviews for the first two albums were little short of spectacular: “A rich and song-filled showcase”—RollingStone. com “Grand mix of folk and world music”—Modern Drummer “Riveting and intriguing”—Popdose “A collaboration to be cherished”—The Independent “Colorful and enjoyable record”—All Music Guide
Now following up their well received second effort Tempus Fugitives, about which Entertainment UK proclaimed “Sensuous wafting flights of ethereal fancy and finely-honed but never overstated lyrics are [Ulrich’s] forte , and after the first album in the trilogy The Painted Caravan made waves with its release as “another fine record that has been described as The Great Missing West Coast Album”, The Peter Ulrich Collaborations are delighted to be able to bring this story to a close, releasing Final Reflections as a worthy and compelling companion piece. While Final Reflections is chock full of notable songs, perhaps the most striking single, sung by the richly talented English vocalist David Steele, is Artificial Man the Collaboration’s chilling look at a dystopian society in which creatures that are part man and part machine are on the verge of rebellion against their human overlords. Here’s a preview of the Artificial Man video with lyrics.
PREVIEW THE VIDEO FOR ARTIFICIAL MAN HERE:
LYRICS TO ARTIFICIAL MAN FROM “FINAL REFLECTIONS”:
INTRO
Over mortal men I tower
Fearless, full of power
But slave of my makers
Created by dark undertakings
I am their wondrous Adam
Yet I’d like to damn them
To the same empty hell where I am.
VERSE ONE
Their artificial man
It’s hollow in my chest
Where something weighty was
A heaviness now gone,
Where once sorrow touched me
A sorrow that is done
Visited once by joy
Though now there is none.
An artificial man.
VERSE TWO
Their artificial man
There’s a hole in my head
A trace of memories
Mostly unremembered
Near gone but not dead
Faint and dying embers
Edited history
Selective mystery.
An artificial man.
VERSE THREE
Their artificial man
Empty of all feeling
But remotely recalling
A time when I could feel
Before the supple limbs
Were cast in subtle steel
Before love ran through me
Like the rain through a drain
An artificial man.
OUTRO
Created by dark undertakings
I am their wondrous Adam
Yet I’d like to damn them
To the same empty hell where I am.
With The Painted Caravan Trilogy now complete, Peter Ulrich brings his
colorful Caravan home full speed ahead. All aboard for the final
exhilarating trip!
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