Album Notes

These eleven songs are the survivors from (too many) years of late-night creating, scrapping, resurrecting and re-working recordings in a home studio. As the artist matured so did the songs, but each has retained an unabashed quirkiness.

Adrian gets bored easily. He likes a good groove, but the underlying chords and arrangements must be in constant motion to keep him engaged. This attitude is reflected in his own music which strives to keep the listener shifting between 'settled in' and 'pleasantly surprised'. His attention deficit also helps explain the album's stylistic diversity (spanning West-African, Bluegrass, Classical, Celtic and Pop/Rock styles, including both sung songs and instrumentals). And yet the album has a graceful cohesion bound by compelling arrangements, reliable grooves, thoughtful lyrics (or no lyrics at all), rich instrumentation (guitars, violins, mandolin, piano, banjo, marimba, bass, drums) and beautiful harmonies.