SHIPPING NOVEMBER 2023

An Introduction:

Over the past decade and a half, I've had the unique pleasure of working at a small family owned winery on California’s Central Coast, while also creating my own path forward as a composer and musician. I found the parallels between winemaking and music creation to be incredibly captivating. The quality of a wine is intrinsically tied to its winemaker and their vision for what they hope to produce and share with the wine lover. The same is so for the musician and the songs they craft. It begged the question, “what would the art of winemaking sound like from a musical perspective?” With this in mind, I decided to produce my first solo album inspired by and sourced from the sounds of harvest.

Harvest In Twelve Parts was produced throughout the 2021 and 2022 harvest seasons. I recorded a range of live performances, foley, and vineyard sounds at Claiborne & Churchill Winery, as well as in my studio. The idea was to explore the sonic and textural movements that we experience throughout harvest, both from a technical standpoint as well as an emotional one. The resulting collection of twelve songs highlights the parallels of wine and art. Trials and tribulations, romance and celebration, and of course, the ever unexpected. It is my hope that the listener will find Harvest In Twelve Parts to be an immersive experience through the sonic landscape of harvest.

-Brook Munro 

credits

releases October 17, 2023

01. Jubilӓum 1:55
Written, Produced, and Arranged by Brook Munro
Harvest-Made Synths, Loops & Programming - Brook Munro
Violin - Ayran Nicodemo
Cello - Ben Trigg
Mixed by Michael Gossard
Mastered by John Naclerio at Nada Recording

02. Veraison 3:30
Written, Produced, and Arranged by Brook Munro
Harvest-Made Synths, Loops & Programming - Brook Munro
Wine Glass Bows and Mallets -Brook Munro and Theodore Ramirez
Electric Guitar - Brook Munro
Mixed by Brook Munro
Mastered by John Naclerio at Nada Recording

03. Harvest Calls 4:25
Written, Produced, and Arranged by Brook Munro
Harvest-Made Synths, Loops & Programming - Brook Munro
Violin - Ayran Nicodemo
Cello - Ben Trigg and Brook Munro
Mixed by Brook Munro
Mastered by John Naclerio at Nada Recording

04. Beyond The Vines 3:44
Written, Produced, and Arranged by Brook Munro
Harvest-Made Synths, Loops & Programming - Brook Munro
Cello - Ian Legge and Bob Liepman
Piano - Brook Munro
Mixed by Michael Gossard
Mastered by Brook Munro

05. Thieves Of Joy 3:42
Written and Produced by Brook Munro and Theodore Ramirez
Arranged by Brook Munro
Harvest-Made Synths, Loops & Programming - Brook Munro and Theodore Ramirez
Cello - Bob Liepman
Electric Guitar - Max Ruhr
Mixed and Mastered by Brook Munro


06. Macerated Lines 2:39
Written, Produced, and Arranged by Brook Munro
Harvest-Made Synths, Loops & Programming - Brook Munro
Violin - Valerie Suey and Ayran Nicodemo
Cello - Ben Trigg
Mixed by Michael Gossard
Mastered by John Naclerio at Nada Recording

07. Clones 1:53
Written, Produced, and Arranged by Brook Munro
Harvest-Made Synths, Loops & Programming - Brook Munro
Electric Guitar - Max Ruhr
Violin - Brook Munro
Mixed by Michael Gossard
Mastered by John Naclerio at Nada Recording

08. What We Overcome 5:10
Written, Produced, and Arranged by Brook Munro
Harvest-Made Synths, Loops & Programming - Brook Munro
Violin - Valerie Suey
Mixed and Mastered by Brook Munro

09. Becoming 2:45
Written, Produced, and Arranged by Brook Munro
Harvest-Made Synths, Loops & Programming - Brook Munro
Cello - Ben Trigg
Vocals - Kate Scott
Mixed by Brook Munro
Mastered by John Naclerio at Nada Recording

10. Crush Eternal 4:15
Written, Produced, and Arranged by Brook Munro
Harvest-Made Synths, Loops & Programming - Brook Munro
Drums - Chris Barber
Electric Bass - Bruno Migliari
Electric Guitar - Brook Munro
Mixed & Mastered by Brook Munro

11. Harvest For Orchestra 2:06
Written, Produced, and Arranged by Brook Munro
String Orchestra - Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestra
Contrabass - Bruno Migliari
Orchestrated and Conducted by John Walton
Mixed by Michael Gossard
Mastered by Brook Munro

12. Under The Harvest Sky 3:48
Written, Produced, and Arranged by Brook Munro
Harvest-Made Synths, Loops & Programming - Brook Munro
Cello - Bob Liepman
Mixed & Mastered by Brook Munro

Recorded at Claiborne & Churchill Winery and Harmony House Studio between Late Summer 2021 and Early 2023.

Field Recordings by Brook Munro

Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestra Recorded at Milestone Studio (Cape Town, South Africa) by Murray Anderson (via Cinemagic Scoring)

Artwork by Jenna Hutton
Album Layout by Curtiss Lopez
Vinyl Mastered by John Naclerio at Nada Recording