Arrival

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1		Too Far East	2:52	Play
2		Spy in Asia	4:23	Play
3		Sawatdee Ka	3:29	Play
4		Girl From Saigon	2:57	Play
5		Final Approach	4:59	Play
6		The Day You Left	4:16	Play
7		Tantra	4:44	Play
8		Khmer Lullaby	4:07	Play
9		Whiskey and Pinays	4:56	Play
10		Departure	3:42	Play
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Description

"Partikul" is the solo music project created by P.R. Hladon. Partikul's first album, Arrival, was written, arranged, recorded, and mixed entirely by Hladon at PKL Studios Japan, the home of his arsenal of synthesizers and samplers - a Yamaha Motif ES6, Korg Triton Le, Access Virus C and Yamaha RS7000, to name a few. Hladon used a Yamaha AW16G Digital Audio Workstation to record and mix tracks, then the CD was mastered by professional engineers at DiscMakers, U.S.A. No computers were used during production, as Hladon prefers a more "organic" recording approach instead of software and mouse clicks.

"Thank God for today's incredible synthesizers and music gear," Hladon said in a recent interview. "I am a self-taught hack on keyboards and guitar, therefore I have limited technical skill. Working with amazing workstations like the Yamaha Motif can make your songs a reality in a short amount of time. I can write music and arrange it effortlessly with the Motif. Just don't ask me to play Chopin on the piano, because I don't have the ability or interest [laughs]."

What about the guitar parts and solos on the album? "All acoustic and electric guitars on Arrival were played on the Motif using the ROM programs and some excellent sample libraries," Hladon explained. "However, there is no substitute for the real thing in order to generate some wicked, chunky metal riffs," he added. "I love metal and I love synths, so I may combine keyboard and guitar parts in the future. Sort of like Slayer meets Enigma, perhaps with a little trance thrown in. Who knows..."

Most of the songs on Arrival were written during the cold winter months of 2003-2004. "Winter in Japan was a great time to hibernate in the studio and come up with ideas. I left my keyboards on 24/7, because sometimes a melody appears in your head in the middle of the night and you have to record it immediately or else it's lost."

In 2005, Hladon relocated back to the United States and has devoted most of his free time to his new "girlfriends" - his electric guitars: an OLP John Petrucci model and a Jackson DKMGT. "I cannot believe that I waited until I was in my 30's to start playing guitar," he said. "Distortion, crunch, palm muting, speed, precision. Metal guitar is an incredible skill to develop, both rhythm and lead. I can spend hours playing Pantera, Slayer, Testament and Metallica riffs. Learning metal and thrash guitar has taught me to look at music chromatically and opened up all kinds of new doors. There are no rules!"

Metal. Ambient. Lounge. Bossa Nova. Trance. Hladon's musical influences are eclectic and even contradictory, but he finds inspiration in all of them. Although he could not predict the release date for his next album, there is no doubt that it will be uniquely Partikul.