OUT NOW: Craig Padilla & Marvin Allen - Weathering The Storm

BREAKING NEWS!

For Immediate Release

CRAIG PADILLA & MARVIN ALLEN 

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WEATHERING THE STORM

RELEASE DATE: 2/17/23

Weathering the Storm is the third collaboration by electronic ambient veteran Craig Padilla and guitar virtuoso Marvin Allen for Spotted Peccary Music. Like their two prior releases, Toward the Horizon and Strange Gravity, this album sees Padilla and Allen build from their unique styles a dreamlike and dramatic electronic landscape that only they could create together. It releases worldwide on February 17, 2023 as a physical CD with artistic design by Daniel Pipitone, or in 24-BIT Audiophile, CD Quality Lossless Download, and MP3 streaming formats that can be found at https://orcd.co/weathering-the-storm, and in all formats on SpottedPeccary.com and Bandcamp.com.

Weathering the Storm is a hypnotic fusion of early ‘70s krautrock and modern electronic ambient production. Padilla and Allen have once again blended guitar and synthesizer, old and new, into a captivating sonic odyssey. The musicians used very little studio trickery and went "old school" with the first few songs. For the 18+ minute first track, "The Prodigal Sun," Allen played some rhythm guitar in the style of the opening track of Edgar Froese's "Macula Transfer" album to complement the main sequence, and overdubbed some lead guitar. Padilla used an organ sound and his analog modular synth, as well as some classic effects, much like the musicians of that time would have used.

Not only a trilogy in sonic stylings, all three of Padilla and Allen’s collaborations feature the iconic Umbrella Girl depicted on the cover, perhaps representing all of us looking for our own way of existence amidst the chaos of the world....these soundscapes are her explorations.

Read the complete story behind the music in the MEDIA KIT.

The album premiered on Star's End Radio hosted by Chuck van Zyl, who wrote, "With each passing piece we become exposed to different intensities of mood and variations in tone. From bright motion-filled sonic landscapes and blissed-out plush textures, to overcast hollows of twilight realms, Padilla and Allen guide us safely through their well-crafted thought zones. Moving between the soothing, the unsettling, and the fiery, Weathering the Storm coaxes raindrops of melodic narrative from storm clouds of harmonic drama – playing out as a thousand beautiful dreams burn softly within."

Spotted Peccary Music will live stream the album throughout the day of release on its 24/7/365 audio visual streaming outlet SPMLive: 
https://linktr.ee/ambientelectronic.tv

For interviews, reviews, or promotional requests, Contact: 
Beth Ann Hilton

Weathering the Storm Album Page

"Craig Padilla and Marvin Allen are forecasters of a new and better tomorrow...Like wind walking quietly away from the tempest Weathering the Storm tells us that behind the clouds something incredible is waiting to be known. Made with human hands and hearts it is an album for fans of space rock from two of the Spotted Peccary Music label's well-lived, well-loved, and well-played cosmic voyagers, and is the follow-up to the collaborations Strange Gravity (SPM-9088) and Toward the Horizon (SPM-9086)."
-STARSEND RADIO REVIEW

Tracklist
1 The Prodigal Sun 18:55
2 A Matter of Time Part 1 3:03
3 Aquatic 7:45
4 Sunflowers in the Wind 4:37
5 Weathering the Storm 10:12
6 A Matter of Time Part 2 1:46
7 Onwards and Upwards 8:59
8 Liquid Heaven Part 2 5:56



For more details about the music and artists:

MEDIA KIT - DROPBOX 
ARTIST PAGE 
ORCHARD LINK 
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