Description
Side 1
01 – Sans Parapluie
02 – La Escala
03 – Transitoriness
04 – First Bird To Awake – First Bird To Sing
05 – En Vitesse
Side 2
01 – Stereoscope
02 – San Sebastian
03 – Unexpected Tidings
04 – Dew Is Falling
05 – Sister Slim (bonus track, outtake from 1977)
1977: In the middle of the era of punk groups, up-tempo music, high-energy rock and a mini rock-‘n-roll revival, a record with the cheeky title Tranquility by the group Dutch Treat has come onto the market. A record – as the title suggests – that exudes tranquility. The record is a serious product by five of Holland’s best-known and most-talented studio musicians: Jan Huydts, Wim Essed, Hans Hollestelle, Louis de Lussanet and Steve Boston.
Jan Huydts: ‘We want to make music that brings people peace and tranquility. We are a recording group. We like each other. We are just close friends. The idea was to make non-aggressive music with aggressive instruments like synthesizers and electric guitars. You may even call it background music, maybe with a double meaning.’
Wim Essed in 2024: ‘After decades it is still amazing that in all their diversity the pieces on this album fit together so well, taking the listener on an instrumental road trip through rainy as well as sunny landscapes.’
‘When we had finished the original recording, the first and only issue was marketed by Polydor records, in quite a modest edition, instigating an equally modest success. Nowadays many more can get access through the web and Tranquility has since found a certain following and cult status, as the original record got harder to come by and more expensive on the second-hand market. So people started to ask for a reissue, which we can at last and proudly offer, bonus material included!’
‘tranquility’ by dutch treat was recorded, mixed and mastered between October 1976 and January 1977 at Procom Studio in Kirchhellen, West Germany
Remastered in August and September 2023 by Fritz Fey (original assistent engineer) at Double-D Mastering, Oberhausen, Germany
For the remastering a direct transfer from the original master tape in 192 kHz and 24 bit was used. The master was cut in a lacquer and the actual reissue is a 180 gram hi quality pressing. This is a limited first pressing in gatefold sleeve with 32-page scrapbook and a bonus single.
WIM ESSED
“Van Zalinge” Double Bass; Bass guitar improved by Henk van Zalinge & Fender Precision Bass
JAN HUYDTS
Grand piano; Fender Rhodes Electric Piano; Hohner String Melody; Korg Polyphonic Synthesizer; Arp Odyssey Synthesizer; Mellotron
HANS HOLLESTELLE
Electric and Acoustic Guitars
LOUIS DE LUSSANET
Drums
STEVE BOSTON
Congas and Percussion
Recording Engineers
Bernd Steinwedel & Fritz Fey
Mixed by
Jan Huydts; Wim Essed & Bernd Steinwedel
Produced by
Jan Huydts & Wim Essed
Reissue produced by
Wim Essed; Jan Huydts & Frank Jochemsen
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