Upon A Painted Ocean, by ROB JOHNSON MUSIC

Upon A Painted Ocean

by ROB JOHNSON MUSIC

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UPON A PAINTED OCEAN - Ltd Edition Digipak CD
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Limited digipak version of Upon a Painted Ocean, the new album from Rob Johnson featuring guest vocals from Max Bemis.
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1.	Point The Gun And Pull The Trigger 00:51	buy track
2.	Monster Eats The Pilot 02:57	buy track
3.	555-0134 01:10	buy track
4.	Cloak + Dagger 02:28	buy track
5.	Maimed Titles 05:18	buy track
6.	...End Credits 02:10	buy track
7.	biPOLAR 03:14	buy track
8.	"In Cahoots" 03:13	buy track
9.	Milo's Revenge 02:12	buy track
10.	Enough Is Enough 03:41	buy track
11.	10:24 03:33	buy track
12.	The Goodbye Ledger 04:14	buy track
13.	Hello Magda 02:29	buy track
14.	Amy G. Dala 05:37	buy track

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'Upon a Painted Ocean' is the debut album from UK based songwriter Rob Johnson.

The album is a deluxe soundscape comprising of 14 tracks that create the soundtrack to a film within your imagination. It is an epic and atmospheric work in which the differing songs become characters that come and go as they please - resulting in the recurrence of themes when you least expect them. Meanwhile the record has a tone that attempts to install certain feelings to the listener - all within the universally accepted principles of a 3 minute pop song (albeit without the benefit of words).

It is certainly an ambitious piece, a brief glance at a few choice song titles; "Point the Gun and Pull the Trigger," "Monster Eats the Pilot," "...End Credits," serve to illustrate this. Whether it works will be down to the individual experience of the listener, but each and every person who listens to the album will be presented with a musical, elaborate and potentially inspiring experience that attempts to recapture the magic and possibility of the instrumental album.

Rob has played guitar in numerous bands over the years (most notably Forward Is The Farewell - who once upon a time supported acts such as Hellogoodbye). Influenced by a wide array of artists 'Upon a Painted Ocean' is his attempt to do something completely and totally different to hopefully establish himself in the industry and carry on making records for a very long time.

After over a year of recording at The Ranch Production House in Southampton with Producer Geoff Swan, the result is a monumental effort that demands repeated listens. Mastered by Jon Astley (Led Zeppelin, The Who, Abba) and featuring guest vocals from Max Bemis of Say Anything the album has already been touted as "a modern tubular bells." (Overplay.com)

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released September 1, 2009

Tracks 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10 and 11 recorded at Grovesnor House, Salisbury. Tracks 7, 11, 12, 13 and 14 at The Ranch Production House, Southampton.
Produced by Geoff Swan and Rob Johnson.
Recorded, edited and mixed by Geoff Swan.
Mastered at Close To The Edge by Jon Astley.
All songs written by Rob Johnson and Geoff Swan, except 'Hello Magda' written by Rob Johnson.

(c) 2009 Rob Johnson
Released by 1024 Music
www.apaintedocean.com

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ROB JOHNSON MUSIC UK

Rob Johnson is a musician from London. His new EP Other Futures follows the albums Throw The Sun Into The Sea and Upon a Painted Ocean. It delves further into Johnson’s exploration of instrumental music, and features the song Empires which recently reached the semi-final in the instrumental category of the Song of the Year contest, judged by Dave Grohl, Steven Tyler, Gwen Stefani and Alicia Keys. ... more

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