"Living on all wrong the life we thought was the one, living it's know paradise is a myth"
from
Play,
released October 2, 2020
All the songs and lyrics are written and arranged by Benjamin Paquette. Guitar, bass and vocals are performed by Benjamin Paquette with the exception of the instruments played by the musicians in the paragraph below. All the songs are produced, recorded, mixed and mastered by François Lefebvre. This album is directed by Benjamin Paquette.
Musicians who participated in the recording: François Marion at the upright bass and bass guitar on "Labels", "Lola" and "Amy", Ariane Paquette, my sister, at the violin on "Amy", "Long Road" and "Lola", Joseph Grenier at the drums on "Get It Alright" and at the bongos and congas on "Sex Makes Me Bad", William "Willaye" Manseau for the awesome backvocals on "Lola", the "Théâtre du Rift de Ville-Marie" for granting access to their backstage and allowing us to record after buisness hours, Patrick Kuczynski for reviewing and editing this text in English, and a special thanks to my sound engineer and friend François "Freink" Lefebvre for having put all his heart into this recording and mixing process, for having exploited his talent to the maximum to offer a wondeful piece of production work, which allowed us to achieve a final result that meets our expectations and that we are proud to present it to you all, for havind assisted me and for having helped me in the tasks associated with this project: for searching for studios, for musicians and collaborators, for having driven me from one place to another to spare me complications when it was possible for him, for having to set-up and for having to take down the studio, for his support and his professional point of view, for the cajon on "Lola", the lead guitar on "Fiction Shifter", "Sex Makes Me Bad" and "Long Road", the rythm guitar on "Labels", the güiro on "Labels", the classic guitar on "Amy" and "Lola", for his help with the arrangements on "Labels" and for the drum beats we worked on together which are found in the mix.