From: sounni.ali@gmail.com   
      
   As part of a two- year project, singer/songwriter - Roger D'Arcy is creating   
   his third collection of original music - following the critically acclaimed   
   Crooked Tales (2016) and House of Heads (2017)   
      
   The new collection is being released as a track a month and currently has the   
   working title of The World Recording Tour.   
      
   Each track stands proud and alone due to the fact that the songs in the   
   collection are being produced, recorded and mixed using local musicians and   
   engineers in each country. Thus, each track has a unique musical perspective   
   with local flavors and    
   musical styles reflected in the songs - all written by Roger D'Arcy and   
   published by his longstanding Longsongs Music company.   
      
   Ultimately, the recordings will be revisited and compiled into an album   
   collection by the project's executive producer, Pieter Snapper (who also   
   produced, mixed and mastered Crooked Tales and House of Heads) at Babajim   
   Studios in Istanbul, Turkey - which    
   D'Arcy designed in 2009.   
      
   "Fool Me Once" was recorded at Le Doyen - a brand-new three-room facility in   
   May 2019 in Kiev, Ukraine and was produced, recorded, mixed with overdubs and   
   mastered by Oleg Kulchytskyi - Chief engineer for Le Doyen studios in a   
   facility originally    
   designed by Roger D'Arcy in 2001.   
      
   Previously the building was an old Soviet-era film processing plant on the   
   edge of Kiev.   
      
   Guest musicians included Viktor Alferov (drum programming Oleksandr Sviet   
   (viola) and, uniquely for music of this type a traditional instrument - the   
   bandura was played by the premier musician for this unique instrument - Marina   
   Krut.   
      
   Roger D'Arcy quotes: " One of the most thrilling aspects of the World   
   Recording Tour is to go into one of my studios in a different country with   
   some new songs but with no idea which one we will end up recording or how it   
   might turn out - that and    
   collaborating with local musicians giving each song a unique identity. Fool Me   
   Once features the traditional Ukrainian string instrument, the bandura played   
   here by the remarkably talented Marina Krut. The history of this instrument is   
   epic in itself -    
   from itinerant and mostly blind exponents in earlier centuries to their   
   persecution and virtual extermination by Stalin in the 1930s.."   
      
   Meanwhile "Fool Me Once producer and engineer Oleg Kulchytskyi - quotes:   
   "The pleasure of working with Roger inspired all project participants to   
   boldly break the country-style pattern with the embodiment of Ukrainian folk   
   instruments. The inspiration is still underway and we are waiting for a new   
   song from Roger. in the    
   sound stream of thoughts.   
   Fool me Once is music for visual representation, both in cinema and in the   
   sound stream of thoughts"   
      
   BACKGROUND   
      
   Widely acclaimed as one of the best sound studio designers in the world -   
   Roger D'Arcy is recording this third collection in different studios around   
   the world - all studios which he has designed including projects by the   
   world-renowned Recording    
   Architecture - the company that D'Arcy founded in 1987 and which was closed in   
   2012 upon publication of the best-selling RA: The Book so that D'Arcy could   
   devote more time to his first love - creating music - something he had put on   
   the back burner while    
   running Recording Architecture.   
      
   RA specialized in creating wonderfully unique creative spaces for artists that   
   include Annie Lennox, UB40, The Cure, The Waterboys, The Kinks, Sade, Bryan   
   Ferry, Ian Anderson, Ronnie Wood and hundreds of other clients all over the   
   world. D'Arcy continues    
   to design a handful of studios each year for past clients.   
      
   Other countries visited during the "World Recording Tour" project so far   
   include Ireland, Greece, India, and Ukraine - while plans are in progress to   
   record in the USA, the UK, Russia, Spain and eventually winding up in Turkey.   
   A month ago, D'Arcy    
   released the first track from this collection and that was recorded in Israel.   
      
   Meanwhile, watch out for news of Roger D'Arcy's "Virtual World Tour" as he   
   hosts a series of internet live concerts broadcast from some of the hosting   
   studios and countries - again - using local musicians to recreate the tracks   
   and, of course, bring a    
   different flavor from each of the concerts producing a totally unique   
   experience for the audience.   
      
   Beechpark Studios in Dublin is the first venue confirmed to host a live   
   performance on the Virtual World Tour in October. Others will follow.   
      
   Audio:   
      
   YouTube Music   
   https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=1qPpKLzW_LM   
      
   Spotify   
   https://open.spotify.com/album/3gopOS4WiA757JUf7Gi3aK?si=qbolLnWHTDm3SiGzDCDq9w   
      
   For more on Roger D'Arcy and his music please visit: WWW.LongSongsmusic.com   
      
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