Swingers Castle by Mikel Rouse
Swingers Castle is the new album from Mikel Rouse, coming on September 6. It’s an outsiders homage to the City of Angels. Original piano tracks were recorded in a 1926 era Hollywood Hills mansion and tracks were completed and mixed in NYC.. The ghosts of LA make an appearance and William Holden is floating in the pool. Memories of early 90s West Coast hip hop weave through the drive time with a grateful nod to everyone from Arthur Russel to Father John Misty, from Tyler and Frank and Earl to Slick Rick. To the glory and good fortune of everyone who shares the world. This album includes a Digital Booklet.
FOR PRESS PLEASE FIND DIGITAL BOOKLET [With Footnotes ;-)] HERE: http://www.mikelrouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Digital-Booklet-Swingers-Castle-Reduce2.pdf
Tracklist
| 1. | The Edges Of Entertainment | 3:33 |
| 2. | Actors With Guns (Sleepwalk Through The Mantra) | 5:49 |
| 3. | Hollywood & Sons | 3:38 |
| 4. | And Now We Are Not | 4:31 |
| 5. | Court Packing | 4:12 |
| 6. | The Him Half | 3:14 |
| 7. | Younger For Longer (LA a Go Go) | 4:19 |
| 8. | Ascending Room | 4:58 |
| 9. | Hudson Walk | 3:40 |
| 10. | The Pop Machine | 3:24 |
| 11. | LA Continental | 5:06 |
| 12. | Share The World | 4:28 |
Videos
Credits
The album will follow the release of four video singles.
Release schedule:
The Pop Machine: 06/14/2019
The Edges Of Entertainment: 07/05/2019
Hollywood & Sons: 07/26/2019
Share The World: 08/23/2019
Swingers Castle Album: 09/06/2019
In addition, the release of Swingers Castle will also coincide with the public launch of Rouse’s 13 hour legacy opus ‘One Boy’s Day' which will premiere in 2020. Info on 'One Boy’s Day' can be found here: youtu.be/d4bCBYtqCno
FOR PRESS INQUIRIES: EMAIL@MIKELROUSE.COM
Available on all digital outlets including iTunes, Spotify, Tidal, YouTube and CD Baby.
WRITTEN, ARRANGED and PRODUCED by MIKEL ROUSE
MIKEL ROUSE: Vocals, Piano, Guitars, Keyboards, Programming, Drums, Percussion, Violin, Cello, Clarinet, Tenor Sax, Trumpet, KATHY VALENTINE: Harmony Vocals on Hollywood & Sons,
EVAN LEE, SHAWN SALE: Violins, BARBARA CRAIG: Viola, JOHN GAZE: Cello, BART ROSS: Drums, KYLE LANGLY: Trumpet & Trombone, DALE LENT: Alto & Soprano Sax
RECORDED and MIXED 2017-2018 at SWINGERS CASTLE, LA and CENTER OF THE EARTH, NYC
MASTERED by MATT AGOGLIA at THE RANCH MASTERING
DESIGN AND PHOTOGRAPHY BY M+R NYC
Thanks to Kathy Valentine, Bill Miltenberger, Colette Brooks, J. Marina Muhlfriedel, Mark & Laurie Frick, Bryan R Gibson, Steven Weisburd, The Bluebonnets, Everyone at Dan Tana’s, Paul Cavallero for saving my seat, The Original Pantry, Everyone at Musso & Frank, Graham & Alex Miller, Jeff McErlain, Jim Bourgeois, Joan Parker, Paul Katz, Peter Malfatti, Allan Bush, Crista Barnes, Stuart Leaf, Steve Knutsen, The Gregory Brothers, Jeff Burk, Everyone at Krannert Center, Brennan Mikel Ponder, Kevin Wright, Veanne Cox, Preston Truman Boyd,Valda Witt & Jay Hat eld, Andy Padian & Carl Gillen for taking my seat.
For KV and all the swingers
In Memoriam Scott Miller
Some previous Press:
Pitchfork: pitchfork.com/reviews/tracks/18299-metronome-habibi-lossless/
Pitchfork: pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/22184-take-down/
The Wire UK: mikelrouse.com/2016/07/15/metronome-take-down-by-mikel-rouse-featured-in-the-wire-uk/
The Guardian: guardian.ng/tag/mikel-rouse/
The New York Times: www.nytimes.com/2015/03/26/arts/music/the-musical-the-demo-at-stanford-recreates-the-dawn-of-the-digital-age.html
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Mikel Rouse is a New York-based composer, director, performer and recording artist hailed as “a composer many believe to be the best of his generation.” (NY Times 2002) His works include 25 records, 7 films (including Funding and Music For Minorities), and a trilogy of media operas: Failing Kansas, Dennis Cleveland and The End Of Cinematics.