Album
“A Road Like This”
Out now!
MUSIC
ABOUT
One evening in Berlin in 1981 Paul turned on his clock radio. It was equipped with a timer that automatically turned off the device: click and silence! That evening was to be different: Radio AFN, founded after the war for American soldiers, was on the air. It often played American music ahead of German radio stations. That evening a new album was introduced by a singer/songwriter Paul had never heard of. It was Bruce Springsteen, his album The River.
"For the first time I felt how stirring a song can be when the songwriter really connects with the audience, makes it follow him through the song". That night Paul didn't sleep much.
"I have always been writing; I just didn't know where the journey would lead me," says Paul, who looks back on a career path of over three decades as an actor.
A few years ago, he worked on a story about Joseph Roth's last days in exile in Paris. One of the greatest authors of the 20th Century facing a miserable death away from home, impoverished, lonely, homeless, and drunk. Paul noted down quotations, intending to integrate them into the text. Enchanted by the intensity of the German, he started translating them into English...
"This is a song..."
That is how MY ENDLESS SUMMER came about.
Much followed this. Soon Paul had notebooks filled with his texts and compositions. At that time, he happened to attend a concert by Heather Nova in Berlin. He found that "the arrangements and performance were strikingly tasteful." Heather was accompanied by the Austrian multi-instrumentalist Arnulf Lindner. Paul drafted an e-mail to Arnulf but found out that he lived in London. The greeting was never sent.
Weeks later, Paul was strolling around his Viennese neighborhood when he suddenly saw Arnulf walk towards him. He had just moved to Vienna with his family.
The two struck up a conversation and got to know each other. Paul played some of his songs for him. Arnulf was impressed by the sensitivity of the lyrics and the musicality of the songs and offered to produce them. This encounter not only led to a fruitful musical collaboration, but also to a friendship that now goes far beyond music.
Movingly, Paul's lyrical talent blends with Arnulf's musical imagination. The result is a distinct sound, inspired by Anglo Saxon and American songwriting.
Now in March 2023 the album A ROAD LIKE THIS is ready to be released!
Collaborators
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Creator of genre defying music with authenticity at its heart.
A talented multi-instrumentalist, Arnulf understands how to harness the power of real instruments in composing, arranging, producing and performing music that touches and evokes emotion.
production / arrangement / bass / upright bass / keyboard / acoustic guitar / electric guitar / harmonium / backing vocals
Songwriting credits: Where have you gone? (with Paul Matic)
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Heather Nova is the Bermudian Songwriter who grew up on a boat in the Caribbean and went on to sell over 2 million albums in her 15 year career to date. She has released seven albums and has opened for artists like Van Morrison and Neil Young as well as performed with artists like Sarah McLachlan.
lead vocals, backing vocals (Stop all the clocks)
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Steve Cooper is a sound engineer, mixer and producer. From his studio in East London he records and mix es music for many of the world’s best-known artists; from Elton John to Portishead, Oasis to Muse, Jocelyn Brown to Jim Mullen.
mixing
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Doug Shearer is a british mastering engineer who has worked at several high-profile London based mastering studios including Chop 'Em Out, The Town House and the Pierce Rooms. Doug is now a self-employed mastering engineer.
mastering
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Ralph’s signature groove has made him drummer of choice for artists, producers and composers worldwide and he has performed or recorded with Paul McCartney, Bjork, George Martin, Aretha Franklin, Elton John, Madonna, James Brown, Chaka Khan, Lady Gaga, Dionne Warwick, Quincy Jones, Celine Dion, Diana Ross, Jeff Beck, Tori Amos, Burt Bacharach, Alison Krauss, Sheryl Crow, Mick Jagger, Gary Moore, Alanis Morissette, Tom Jones, Jamie Cullum, Mike Oldfield, Nik Kershaw, Rick Wakeman, Nitin Sawhney, Robbie Williams, Gary Barlow, Ronnie Wood, The Beach Boys, Elvis Costello, Keith Emerson, Jacob Collier, James Morrison, Michel Legrand and many more.
drums
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percussion
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backing vocals (Where have you gone?)
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“Paul’s vocal reminds me of Nick Cave or Leonard Cohen, in its deep and emotional richness.”
Heather Nova