Year : 2024
Style : Melodic Hard Rock , AOR
Country : Sweden
Audio : 320 kbps + scans
Size : 81 mb
Bio:
Oz Hawe Petersson’s Rendezvous is a rock project featuring Osukaru guitarist Oz Hawe Petersson and keyboard player Mathias Rosén, both once part of the short-lived band Eye (Sweden) which folded back in 2010.With many more stories to tell, Oz and Mathias kept on writing songs together. Yet due to hectic schedules on both ends, they were in no rush to find a proper home for them – not until the year 2021.Osukaru would release their most successful album to date with Starbound but with the world still on hiatus back then, there were no shows lined up just yet. Oz took the time off to once again reach out to Mathias and work on new songs. It was finally time to make a proper album together.Oz and Mathias come from opposite ends musically but in classic rock they found communion. With new songs in the works and additional musicians attached, they titled the project Rendezvous. Ultimately, they inked a worldwide deal with German label Pride & Joy Music for a release on March 22nd, 2024.The musicians on this album include David Forbes (Boulevard), Chris Rosander, Fredrik Werner (Osukaru), Sayit Dölen and more.
Album:
Oz Hawe Petersson's Rendezvous sees the union between Osukaru guitarist Oz Hawe Petersson and his former Eye (Sweden) keyboard player Mathias Rosén doing what they do best. Despite the name, it is not a guitar-centric solo album but most definitely a project with both artists in the front seat.The self-titled debut album is an authentic collection of melodic gems and new instant rock classics that not only sounds like but also feels like a timeless record you grew up loving. It was written, performed and produced with every single note in focus, just like they used to."Rendezvous is not here to try and combine classic rock with any type of modern production," Oz says. "Fact is, there is not a single keyboard sound, guitar amp or pedal on this album that is more recent than 1991. Everything you hear and see was made to create a sense of familiarity and nostalgic warmth - to bring out memories you never really had, yet they feel so real."Oz and Mathias is backed by an exciting cast of singers and musicians who all made this album a 'greatest hits' of the genre. "We are blessed to call all these people our friends. None of them made it a commercial spot for their service but performed with the song in focus, as if it was their own. We couldn't be happier," Oz says.The album artwork was created by Oz reliving his own personal nostalgia. "I spent a lot of weekends in the countryside with my dad back in the mid. 90's,", he says. "We would often go on late night drives, either to the city or just to grab a pizza and a movie nearby. We used our time in the car to really bond. He taught me so much about things, music being one of them. Those small but intimate moments really shape you as a person and to me, it just felt like the perfect visual representation of our music. I would say the same goes for Mathias and I as we have had many similar late night drives to and from the studio while working on these songs."The album was recorded digitally but mixed on to analogue tape by Svein Jensen (Osukaru, Sister Sin, Transport League) at Grand Recordings, Gothenburg and mastered by Sverker Widgren (Nighthawk, Captain Black Beard) at Wing Studios, Stockholm.For fans of: Strangeways, The Storm, Bad English, Alien, Saraya, Houston, Nestor and the first few albums by Michael Bolton.
Line Up:
Oz Hawe Petersson - guitar - See also: Osukaru
Mathias Rosén - Keyboards - See also: Skull Revenge, ex-Destiny (live), ex-Jaggernaut, ex-Deletion, ex-Eye
+ guests
Production:
Produced by: Oz Hawe Petersson
Executive producer: Mathias Rosén
Mixed by: Svein Jensen at Grand Recordings, Gothenburg
Mastered by: Sverker Widgren at Wing Studios, Stockholm
Artwork by: Oz Hawe Petersson
Photography: Anna Ljungman
Management: Adrienne Hawe Petersson for AHM Managemen
Tracklist:
01. Tuning In
02. Sacred Land
03. As We Cry
04. These Tears
05. Midnight Lady (Dangerous Game)
06. Fools Gold
07. This Time Around
08. The Essence Of Love
09. All Roads Lead Back To You
10. Never Be
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