SOFT CLOWNS OF THE SEA
The baritone guitar instrumental & song project deals with current 'human climate change' in America.
"Won't Catch Me Sleeping", "Time Without Guilt", "Hold Them All", and the baritone electric & acoustic guitar tracks, chronicle a father calming his son as they drift off in the night sea, from a destroyed past to a shaky &
unwelcoming future as permanent foreigners.
Buffalo, NY Indie music contributors include Buffalo's Mike Brydalski on drums & Downeast Maine legends Duane Ingalls & Stephen Copel on backing vocals. Artwork by internationally acclaimed photographer Neil Kryszak completes this 10th independent release.
PRESS & REVIEWS
Prog Sphere
Rocking Charts
2016: UK Premiere of "Codex Suburbia" featured on Sid Smith's
Postcards from the Yellow Room (53)
Lullabies For People Who Don't Need Sleep
"It is his choice for the organic sound of the recording, a precious expression of a genuine artist."
(seattlepi.com: 2014)
REV "The Restless Are Natives"
"(The Restless Are Natives) It's appeal only grows with each listen as even the slightest
rocker evolves to a depth of evolving imagery. Composer, lyricist Kryszak isn't satisfied
with writing a modern rock hit single, which he is certainly capable of. His songs strive to
break the barrier between digestible pop music and true exploration of the psyche."
(badartfilm.blogspot.com: 2013)
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REV "L.E. The Liz Estrada Book Club"
"A stirring, well‐orchestrated blend of pop, progressive rock and singer‐songwriter fare.
Rev's latest is the double‐disc''L.E. ‐The Liz Estrada Book Club:' The band refers to the
disc as "Human Rights Revenge Music:' The collection follows a conceptual trail
"involving a woman who travels from Juarez, Mexico, to Foca, Bosnia, to the Sudan,
with the ability to exaggerate a person's actions with a simple touch on the face" . It's
heady stuff, but with the addition of a chorus and string arrangements ‐ Rev's Kryszak
is a seasoned orchestral composer and writer for film ‐ the music ebbs and flows in an
unforced, organic manner."
Jeff Miers
The Buffalo News: 2011
Video Direction
It’s time to take a somber, relaxing, and somewhat unsettling trip with accomplished composer Al Kryszak, who has produced a couple of new music videos to go along with his latest music releases. The journeys into the Al’s mind, his thoughts, his dreams are assembled with imagery from around Greater Buffalo.
Buffalo Rising: 2015
Documentary: Whatever Works: Exploring Opiate Addition
YouTube & Maine Public Television: June 15th & 17th
"A YouTube video about opiate addiction in Washington County is getting notice with hardly any publicity other than word‑of‑mouth. Whatever Works: Exploring Opiate Addiction was produced by University of Maine at Machias (UMM) students and was uploaded in late December 2016. Since then it has garnered almost 3,000 views."... "the students' other goals were to voice all perspectives related to addiction and to stop some of the stigma associated with addicts. One audience member asked if they met those goals and if those interviewed felt that they were fairly represented. "Yes," was the resounding answer."
The Quoddy Tides: 2017
Transparent Preludes
"Overall, there is a dreamily introspective quality to many of the preludes, punctuated occasionally by briefer animated episodes, such as the one titled “Cheer up if it kills you”, a number written in ragtime that the composer describes as “a vision of two bar room piano players from the Old west being pushed down a staircase with pianos in tow”.
Artvoice: 2014
"It is his choice for the organic sound of the recording, a precious expression of a genuine artist."
(seattlepi.com: 2014)
REV "The Restless Are Natives"
"(The Restless Are Natives) It's appeal only grows with each listen as even the slightest
rocker evolves to a depth of evolving imagery. Composer, lyricist Kryszak isn't satisfied
with writing a modern rock hit single, which he is certainly capable of. His songs strive to
break the barrier between digestible pop music and true exploration of the psyche."
(badartfilm.blogspot.com: 2013)
________________________________________________________________________
REV "L.E. The Liz Estrada Book Club"
"A stirring, well‐orchestrated blend of pop, progressive rock and singer‐songwriter fare.
Rev's latest is the double‐disc''L.E. ‐The Liz Estrada Book Club:' The band refers to the
disc as "Human Rights Revenge Music:' The collection follows a conceptual trail
"involving a woman who travels from Juarez, Mexico, to Foca, Bosnia, to the Sudan,
with the ability to exaggerate a person's actions with a simple touch on the face" . It's
heady stuff, but with the addition of a chorus and string arrangements ‐ Rev's Kryszak
is a seasoned orchestral composer and writer for film ‐ the music ebbs and flows in an
unforced, organic manner."
Jeff Miers
The Buffalo News: 2011
Video Direction
It’s time to take a somber, relaxing, and somewhat unsettling trip with accomplished composer Al Kryszak, who has produced a couple of new music videos to go along with his latest music releases. The journeys into the Al’s mind, his thoughts, his dreams are assembled with imagery from around Greater Buffalo.
Buffalo Rising: 2015
Documentary: Whatever Works: Exploring Opiate Addition
YouTube & Maine Public Television: June 15th & 17th
"A YouTube video about opiate addiction in Washington County is getting notice with hardly any publicity other than word‑of‑mouth. Whatever Works: Exploring Opiate Addiction was produced by University of Maine at Machias (UMM) students and was uploaded in late December 2016. Since then it has garnered almost 3,000 views."... "the students' other goals were to voice all perspectives related to addiction and to stop some of the stigma associated with addicts. One audience member asked if they met those goals and if those interviewed felt that they were fairly represented. "Yes," was the resounding answer."
The Quoddy Tides: 2017
Transparent Preludes
"Overall, there is a dreamily introspective quality to many of the preludes, punctuated occasionally by briefer animated episodes, such as the one titled “Cheer up if it kills you”, a number written in ragtime that the composer describes as “a vision of two bar room piano players from the Old west being pushed down a staircase with pianos in tow”.
Artvoice: 2014
