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CD/DVD Releases: First Album ''Anna'' By Puzzle King Released

Posted on Sunday, June 10 @ 21:00:00 UTC by nightowl

Puzzle King is a project by François Puzenat (author, composer, vocals, guitars, keyboards, programming) with guests Nathalie Prost, bass; Yannick Thinon, trombone; and Pierre Fournier, clarinet.

About the debut concept album, Anna, Puzenat writes, "I offer you an unformatted music that don't underestimate the open mindedness of its public. I suggest you a story resulting of my own history and that is not politically correct."

"This text aims to present my first concept album Anna: a progressive rock that plunges its roots in the 70's and spreads its foliage in the third millennium. And, as for the theme, it is set at the beginning of the twentieth century, during the Russian Revolution: Anna and Anatoli are struggling at a time favourable to extremist situations, behaviors and feelings. They try to preserve their love in spite of the war, in spite of the revolution.

"Why did I choose the Revolution of 1917, a polemic topic, as a background to the story of Anna? Well, in 1917, my paternal grandfather was 13 years old and was already a young worker. My maternal grandfather was a modest 18 year old farmer. From France, they experienced the Russian Revolution as a great hope for all peoples. They supported with sincerity this fragment of humankind in search of dignity. Today, the revolution of 1917 has fallen into disgrace. It is easily condemned without further ado. To put the balance right and distinguish myself from a musical sphere too often conformist and sanitized, I've decided to write Anna.

"Unusual in its musical form, singular in its theme, the album Anna also differs by an original distribution: "Sunday's prog." Anna is made of 13 tracks including 3 acts, one preamble and one epilogue. They [were made] available successively, every Sunday, in free streaming. There [were] 4 'deliveries' from 20th May to 10th June 2012.

"More ordinary but nevertheless to report, the full album (CD or digital) is available from 20th May 2012 on the website of Puzzle King, Bandcamp, iTunes, Amazon, Fnac...

"Creation: Puzzle King is a personal project started in 2009 with the beginning of the creation of Anna. I wrote the script and lyrics, composed the music, programmed the drums, recorded the guitars, keyboards and vocals (in French and English), added sound effects. The bass was recorded by Nathalie Prost. Guillaume Ninon from Studiolaf (Nemo, Wolfspring ...) was responsible for the mixing and mastering.

"Conclusion: The purpose of this paper [press release] is to introduce you to my first concept album Anna. My approach is passionate and sincere. I made every effort to ensure that my compositions are played, listened to and that they meet their public. Some will be attracted by the music, others by the story. For my part, I'll know if there are people who think like me. I'll know if I'm not alone."

[Source: François Puzenat/Puzzle King]

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