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IN TERRA COGNITA?

Music of the rock opera The Magical Musical Man

"It's a special album for me, my very own Mona Lisa you could say ! It's a dreamy and musical trip around the world, in four volumes, that I patiently and painfully made for the past twenty years, just like a gigantic mosaic. Here is the first piece of this puzzle, finally revealed in front of you. It was made like a movie in space and time, a journey at the edge of earthly music and human societies.

Those are, as told by The Magical Musical Man, the hero of this rock opera, the stained glass of my cathedral, dedicated to music. In all simplicity. So, get settled in comfortably, put on the (good) sounds and let yourself float."

JJ Chardeau

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CREDITS...

Composed and Produced by JJ CHARDEAU

Orchestration, keyboards, sequences, recording & mixing : John Van EPS

Mastering (& whistling) : Angelo QUAGLIA @ Northfire studio

Keyboards : JVE, JJC, Francis DÉCAMPS

Drums : Danny SERAPHINE, Kenny ARONOFF, Mark WALKER

Bass : Mark ANDES, Fifi CHAYEB, Ruben RODRIGUEZ

Guitar : Chris PINNICK, Martin BARRE, Basile LEROUX, Hank LINDERMAN

Violin : Jerry GOODMAN, Layth SIDIQ

Sax/ clarinette : John HELLIWELL

Pedal steel guitar/ cello : John McFEE

Organ /Fender Rhodes : Brian AUGER

Sitar / santur : Paul LIVINGSTONE

Tabla / flutes : Neelamjit DHILLÓN

Ethnic flutes : Ellen REDMOND

Percussions : Mike RINGQUIST, Michael MOUSHABECK

French Horn : John CLARK

Trumpet : Jeff HOLMES

Trombone : Tim ATHERTON

Clarinet : Lynn SUSSMAN

Orchestral strings : Emlyn Van EPS (violin, viola, cello) & Voicy PELLITER (cello)

Backing vocals : Jeddrah LEITERDING, Roberto TIRANTI, Valeria BRUZZONE, Alan SIMON, JJC

GUESTS...

Jason SCHEFF, bass (4, 11, 13) & vocal on Overture

Eric TROYER, vocal on Overture

Alex LIGERTWOOD vocal on Dream’in Moscow

KOHANN vocal on Les larmes du Pacifique

Michael SADLER vocal on The last Rockaway

Christian DÉCAMPS vocal on Tchad

LULENDO : sansa & vocal on Tchad

Jean-Claude DROUOT, narrator on Farewell Lhassa & Nunavut

Cover art & 3D art : Kristof Laroche / Bohu Tohu

IN TERRA COGNITA?

CD 15 tracks

Digisleeve 3 flaps with booklet 36 pages + Recording book 20 pages

International release on November 15th

at Cherry Red Records.

Order the CD HERE

You can also buy the album by our own SHOP or download it by clicking at the top of the player