Eye of the Soundscape explained

Eye of the Soundscape
Type:	Compilation
Artist:	Riverside
Cover:	Eye of the Soundscape front cover.jpg
Released:	21 October 2016
Recorded:	2007–2016
Studio:	Serakos Studio, Warsaw
Genre:	Ambient music Instrumental rock
Length:	102:14
Label:	InsideOut Music
Producer:	Mariusz Duda, Magda Srzednicka, Robert Srzednicki
Prev Title:	Love, Fear and the Time Machine
Prev Year:	2015
Next Title:	Wasteland
Next Year:	2018

Eye of the Soundscape is a compilation album by Polish progressive rock band Riverside, released on 21 October 2016 through InsideOut Music.^[1]

Background

The album is a collection of older experimental instrumental pieces in addition to four new tracks: "Where the River Flows", "Shine" (released in Poland as the only single), "Sleepwalkers" and "Eye of the Soundscape".^[2]

It is the first, and only, posthumous album to feature guitarist Piotr Grudziński after his death on 21 February 2016.^[3]

Personnel

Riverside

• Mariusz Duda – loops and percussion (except "Heavenland", "Promise" and "Eye of the Soundscape"); bass (CD1: 1–3; CD2: 1, 2, 4); acoustic guitar (CD1: 1, 2 and 4; CD2: 1, 3, 4, 7); vocals (CD1: 1, 3 and 5; CD2: 1, 2); keyboards on "Nigh Session – Part One", "Sleepwalkers" and "Machines"; ukulele on "Night Session – Part Two", "Rainbow Trip" and "Promise"; fretless bass on "Aether"
• Michał Łapaj – keyboards (except "Heavenland" and "Promise"); synthesizers (except "Nigh Session – Part Two, "Heavenland" and "Promise"); electric piano on "Night Sessions"; piano on "Heavenland"; organ on "Eye of the Soundscape"
• Piotr Grudziński – electric guitar (except "Shine", "Heavenland" and "Machines")
• Piotr Kozieradzki – drums on "Rapid Eye Movement"

Guest personnel

• Marcin Odyniec – saxophone on "Night Session – Part Two"

Production

• Mariusz Duda – production
• Magda & Robert Srzednicki – production, recording, mixing, mastering

Notes and References

1. Web site: Riverside – Riverside – "Eye of the Soundscape" tracklist revealed! . 2016-10-06 . 2017-01-23 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170123124511/http://www.riversideband.pl/en/news/item/riverside-eye-of-the-soundscape-tracklist-revealed . dead .
2. Web site: Riverside – „Eye of the Soundscape” – new Riverside album! . 2016-10-06 . 2017-01-23 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170123115933/http://www.riversideband.pl/en/news/item/eye-of-the-soundscape-new-riverside-album . dead .
3. https://www.riversideband.pl/en/component/zoo/item/piotr-grudzinski-died Riverside – Piotr Grudziński died