Luminescence Bruce Soord

• 1 Dear Life 03:28
• 2 Lie Flat 03:51
• 3 Olomouc 03:55
• 4 So Simple 02:05
• 5 Never Ending Light 04:13
• 6 Day of all Days 03:23
• 7 Nestle In 03:15
• 8 Instant Flash of Light 03:36
• 9 Rushing 03:03
• 10 Stranded Here 03:41
• 11 Read to Me 02:07
• 12 Find Peace 03:45
• Total Runtime 40:22

Info for Luminescence

Bruce Soord’s profile has grown substantially over the last decade. In addition to his solo work and being chief songwriter of The Pineapple Thief, his exceptional production skills and coveted mixing has seen Bruce working for acts including TesseracT, Opeth and Jethro Tull.

Inspired by the idea of finding inner peace, Luminescence explores the difficulty of living in the maelstrom of the modern world. Born from days exploring various cities whilst on tour, tracks from the album feature recordings from Soord’s wanderings captured on a field recorder.

With acoustic guitar at the centre of the album, tracks such as Lie Flat appear simple on the surface, yet reveal Soord’s unmistakable intricacies throughout.

The album’s lead track and single Dear Life encapsulate Soord’s unique sense of poised melancholy, while Nestle In flirts with electronica. Olomouc’s rousing strings work against the acoustic backdrop of Soord’s guitar to paint a vivid picture of the stillness that the record describes.

Recorded between January and June of 2023 at Soord Studios, additional strings were recorded at RAK Studio 3 in London (arranged and conducted by Andrew Skeet, a long-time member of The Divine Comedy and orchestrator on many films/tv shows, from Netflix’s smash hit Black Mirror to David Attenborough’s Green Planet).

The album's lead track and single 'Dear Life' effortlessly encapsulates Soord's unique sense of poised melancholy, while 'Nestle In' flirts with electronica. 'Olomouc's rousing strings work against the acoustic backdrop of Soord's guitar to paint a vivid picture of the stillness that the record describes.Recorded between January and June of 2023, the album was cut at Soord Studios with additional strings recorded at RAK Studio 3 in London, featuring contributions from Andrew Skeet, long-time member of The Divine Comedy and musical producer of the orchestration on many films/tv shows from Netflix's smash hit "Black Mirror" to David Attenborough's "Green Planet" and "Dynasties II". On 'Luminescence' Andrew arranged & conducted a six-piece string section.The artwork has been provided by Carl Glover at Aleph Studios (Porcupine Tree/Marillion) with the mastering handled by The Pineapple Thief's Steve Kitch. 'Luminescence' was engineered by Bruce Soord.

Bruce Soord

Bruce Soord
is perhaps best known for writing, producing and mixing The Pineapple Thief albums. He also recorded, produced and mixed the 2013 release, Wisdom of Crowds.

Recently he has worked on the new Katatonia live release ‘Sanctitude’, providing a stereo and a high resolution 5.1 surround mix. Since then Bruce has been working on more 4 more major 5.1 releases as well as producing and mixing new projects scheduled for release later this year and early 2016. Watch this space for more news.

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