Peter Baumgartner & Friends

The ZurichSessions

Volume One

About the Zurich Sessions

W hen the folks at Bulldogfish Productions approached me, I was fascinated by the idea of the Zurich Sessions as a platform for

bringing together experimental musical setups. The Zurich Sessions don’t follow the approach of conventional pop music productions of today’s music industry. Instead, the ‘session nature’ of the recordings allows for an individual artist to contribute with his or her individual skill, style, passion and personality. You don’t find this method of recording very often these days – and this is why I became interested in the concept. My very special thanks to Dani Schaub, the executive producer, for keeping us all together focused on the same song sheet… and of course to all the musicians who joined me from near and far and graced me with their incredible talent: Guys, it is an absolute privilege to call you my friends!

I wrote the songs on this album over the course of several years and at various stages of my creative work. It has always been important to me to write music and lyrics that my audience could easily connect with – both musically as well as emotionally. The songs selected for this album tell of true friendship, trust and love that transcend time and space. Of the desire to be needed and the commitment to always stand by someone. Of the romance of distance and the melancholy that resides in proximity. Of the future that is here and the past that is yet to come.

Call My Name is my newest composition and intended as nothing more than a catchy folk-pop song, inviting listeners to sing along and become part of the Zurich Sessions. Old Friend is one of my personal long-time favorites and digs a bit deeper. It’s more thoughtful – certainly not amongst my most lighthearted writing ever – with a haunting groove that plows steadily through uncertainty and sadness, ending in a crescendo of confidence. Restless is one of the most personal stories I’ve ever told – and I appreciated the respectful stance the band adopted to make telling this story for me a wonderful and unexposed experience.

These songs have some sort of an auto-biographical meaning to me. But they’re subtle enough to leave plenty of room for my audience to personally connect to the music. The songs aren’t meant to be heavily analyzed or interpreted – they rather sail along smoothly, elegantly and pleasantly such as the Zurich Sessions did as a whole!

I much appreciated the state-of-the-art environment and professional management at the 571 Recording Studios where international music history is regularly being written. A big thank you to the teams involved front- and back-of-house for their important contribution. Peter Baumgartner

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Band and sound crewPeter Baumgartner Vocals, Acoustic Guitar

Tony Cedras Piano, Accordion, Backing Vocals

Vincent Nguini Lead Guitar, Backing Vocals

Dani Schaub Acoustic Guitar, Mandolin,

Backing Vocals,

Executive Producer and Arranger

Simon Kistler Drums

Simon Winiger Bass

Brigitte Wullimann Backing Vocals

Lisa Sager Backing Vocals

Thomas Fessler Senior Sound and Mixing Engineer

David Bollinger Sound Engineer

Tom Coyne Senior Mastering Engineer

Tom Durack Senior Mastering Engineer

Peter Baumgartner: Vocals, Backing Vocals, Acoustic Guitar

Vincent Nguini: Lead Guitar, Backing Vocals

Tony Cedras: Piano, Accordion, Backing Vocals Simon Kistler: Drums

Dani Schaub: Acoustic Guitar, Mandolin, Backing Vocals

Control Room at 571 Recording Studios, Zurich, Switzerland.

Simon Winiger: Bass

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Verse 1Some place in a distant landWhere strangers aren’t strangeThe only constant in my lifeIs a life of constant change

One day I’ll be looking backNo sign of regretBut all the years I left behindGetting harder to accept

Chorus ICall my nameMillions may respond to the sameBut you know where to go

Call my nameThousand miles away from where you cameBut I know where to go

Verse 2Far away from my comfort zoneNowhere near the markA simple word of love and trustAnd a bright light fills the dark

A perfect time on a perfect dayNo chances left asideThe joy of simply going strongAnd a future shining bright

Chorus II & IIICall my nameMillions may respond to the sameBut you know where to go

Call my nameThousand miles away from where you cameBut I know where to go

Call my nameCounting countless tears is not my gameNo, no, no, that’s not my gameWhen we know where to go

Call my name…Yes we know where to go

Peter Baumgartner: Vocals | Tony Cedras: Piano, Accordion, Backing Vocals | Vincent Nguini: Lead Guitar, Backing Vocals | Dani Schaub: Acoustic Guitar, Mandolin | Simon Winiger: Bass | Simon Kistler: Drums | Brigitte Wullimann: Backing Vocals | Lisa Sager: Backing Vocals | David Bollinger: Sound Engineer | Thomas Fessler: Mixing Engineer

Tom Coyne: Mastering Engineer (single and video version) | Tom Durack: Mastering Engineer (album version) Words & Music by Peter Baumgartner | Produced and arranged by Dani Schaub

Call My NameWords & Music by Peter Baumgartner

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Verse 1When faith and courage were bornAnd the pain of reflection was goneA kind of relief or new birthAnd the truth came to earth

Verse 2Just me and the truth I have turnedWithout a flame you never get burnedTurning something bad into goodAt times it doesn’t work as it should

Chorus ILike the old friendThat came along and no one was waiting

Verse 3Guiding you to the place you belongSomething you’ve been waiting for so longLaughing about the dangers of lifeWhile healing the wounds from a knife

Verse 4And it’s a wind of uncertainty that blowsOut of which understanding will growGrowing as a sign of timeTime that can give, or take and decline

Chorus IILike the old friendThat came along and no one was waiting

Chorus IIILike the old friendThat came along and no one was waitingAnd the whole worldIs losing all the words he’s been sayingAnd this old tuneThat in his ears – it is still playingMy old friend

Old FriendWords & Music by Peter Baumgartner

Peter Baumgartner: Vocals, Backing Vocals, Acoustic Guitar | Tony Cedras: Piano | Vincent Nguini: Lead Guitar Dani Schaub: Acoustic Guitar, Backing Vocals | Simon Winiger: Bass | Simon Kistler: Drums | Lisa Sager: Backing Vocals

David Bollinger: Sound Engineer | Thomas Fessler: Mixing Engineer | Tom Durack: Mastering Engineer Words & Music by Peter Baumgartner | Produced and arranged by Dani Schaub

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Verse 1I know you can’t believeWhat the people say to youWhy don’t you just believe in me?

Verse 2I try to rememberAll the questions you were asking me – long time agoHoping for an answer I couldn’t find

Verse 3There will never be a reasonTo keep hopes away from you and meRestless dreams in a restless body

Chorus The sun is shining right over meAnd I don’t know whySome things are much too strong for meCertain people are telling lies about meAnd I don’t know whyLet me tell you what kind of man that I am

Verse 4Sometimes I fail to show to youWhat’s inside of meI can’t even find the truth in what I say

Verse 5I try to bridge a distanceTo revive this feeling of harmonyWhen things are just sliding away

Verse 6And my future?Standing face to face with me, and there areRestless dreams in a restless body

Chorus The sun is shining right over meAnd I don’t know whySome things are much too strong for meCertain people are telling lies about meAnd I don’t know whyLet me tell you what kind of man that I am

BridgeSometimes happy and sometimes sadSometimes here and sometimes thereOften found and then lostSo suspicious and full of trustOften needed, then undesiredSo tedious and inspiredFull of hate and full of loveA restless dream and a restless heart

RestlessWords & Music by Peter Baumgartner

Peter Baumgartner: Vocals | Tony Cedras: Piano, Accordion, Backing Vocals | Vincent Nguini: Lead Guitar, Backing Vocals | Dani Schaub: Acoustic Guitar, Mandolin, Backing Vocals | Simon Winiger: Bass | Simon Kistler: Drums

David Bollinger: Sound Engineer | Thomas Fessler: Mixing Engineer | Tom Durack: Mastering Engineer Words & Music by Peter Baumgartner | Produced and arranged by Dani Schaub

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Recorded at 571 Recording Studios, Zurich, Switzerland – December 20 & 21, 2013 | Words & Music by Peter Baumgartner | Produced and arranged by Dani Schaub | Engineered by David Bollinger for ToneControl, Schaffhausen, Switzerland | Overdubs recorded at SoundValley Studio, Schaffhausen, Switzerland, and 571 Recording Studios, Zurich, Switzerland | Mixed by Thomas Fessler at 571 Recording Studios, Zurich, Switzerland | Call My Name single and video version mastered by Tom Coyne at Sterling Sound, New York City, USA | Old Friend, Restless and album version of Call My Name mastered by Tom Durack, New York City, USA | Cover Artwork and DVD Interface by Notch Interactive, Zurich, Switzerland | Photography by Eduard Meltzer for eddymotion photography, Zurich, Switzerland | Artist Management by Stefan Keller for Bulldogfish Productions, Zurich, Switzerland | Vincent Nguini and Tony Cedras appear courtesy of Paul Simon Music (BMI)

℗ & © 2015 Peter Baumgartner and Bulldogfish Productions | All rights reserved.

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