11/02/2025

David Guez "The Price Of Illusion" (2025) -Westcoast Rock / Pop Rock-



Label : P-Vine Records (Light Mellow Searches)


France Royaume-Uni 01 - The Price Of Illusion (David Guez)
02 - The Golden Age (David Guez)
03 - The Wasteland (David Guez)
04 - The Captain Of Music (David Guez)
05 - The Informer (David Guez)
06 - A Diamond Is A Diamond (David Guez)
07 - A Strange Fascination (David Guez & Patrick Dillett)
08 - A Stone In My Shoe (David Guez)
09 - A Life Of Promise (David Guez)
10 - A Perfect World (David Guez)


Produced by David Guez
Mixed by Patrick Dillett (Tracks 01, 04-10) at Reservoir Studios, NYC & Bob Clearmountain (Tracks 02-03) at Mix This!, Los Angeles
Mastered by Tony Cousins at Metropolis, London
Recorded at Château d'Hérouville, Studio CBE Paris, Gamma Sound NYC, Gold Mountain Studio, Best Little Studio in the World & NozaMoza Studio
Engineered by David Mestre at Studio CBE, Jean Taxis at Château d'Hérouville (Assisted by Léo Nivot), James Yost & Suzy Lattimore at Gamma Sound, Mathieu Penot at MozaMoza (Assisted by Kheiredine Kanoun & Stefanos Floras), Thibaut Barbillon at Best Little Studio in the World
Horns Arranged by Michael Leonhart
Band Arrangements on Tracks 01-02, 05-07 & 09 by the DGE (Thibaut Barbillon, David Guez, Cyrus Hordé, Mathieu Penot, Antoine Reininger)


01 - The Price Of Illusion

David Guez : Vocals, Vocoder, Synthesizers
Thibaut Barbillon : Electric Guitars
Cyrus Hordé : Rhodes, Piano, Synthesizers
Mathieu Penot : Drums, Talking Drum, Percussion
Antoine Reininger : Bass, Modulator Synthesizer
Brisa Roché & Ellen Birath : Backing vocals
Michael Leonhart : Trumpet, Flugelhorn, Bass Trumpet, Trombone
Aaron Heick : Tenor Saxophone, Baritone Saxophone, Bass Clarinet, Flute
Charles Pillow : Alto Saxophone, Alto Flute

02 - The Golden Age

David Guez : Vocals, Piano, Synthesizers
Antoine Reininger : Bass, Modulator Synthesizer
Mathieu Penot : Drums, Percussion
Cyrus Hordé : Rhodes, Organ, Synthesizers
Thibaut Barbillon : Electric Guitars
Brisa Roché & Ellen Birath : Backing vocals

03 - The Wasteland

David Guez : Vocals, Mellotron, Tape Loops, Synthesizers
Mathieu Penot : Drums, Percussion
Thibaut Barbillon : Electric Guitars
Antoine Reininger : Fretless Bass
Cyrus Hordé : Piano, Clavinet, Synthesizers

04 - The Captain Of Music

David Guez : Vocals, Rhodes, Acoustic Guitars, Mellotron, Synthesizers, Beatbox
Antoine Reininger : Fretless Bass, Modular Synthesizer
Cyrus Hordé : Synthesizers
Thibaut Barbillon : Electric Guitars
Mathieu Penot : Drums, Talking Drum, Percussion
Michael Leonhart : Trumpet, Flugelhorn, Bass Trumpet, Trombone, Mellotron
Aaron Heick : Tenor Saxophone, Baritone Saxophone, Bass Clarinet, Flute
Charles Pillow : Alto Saxophone, Alto Flute

05 - The Informer

David Guez : Vocals, Acoustic Guitars, Synthesizers
Cyrus Hordé : Piano, Synthesizers, Backing vocals
Mathieu Penot : Drums, Percussion, Backing vocals
Antoine Reininger : Bass, Modular Synthesizers, Backing vocals
Thibaut Barbillon : Electric Guitars, Backing vocals

06 - A Diamond Is A Diamond

David Guez : Vocals, Acoustic Guitar
Mathieu Penot : Drums, Talking Drum, Percussion
Antoine Reininger : Bass, Fretless Bass, Modular Synthesizer
Cyrus Hordé : Piano, Organ, Synthesizers
Thibaut Barbillon : Electric Guitars, Pedal Steel
Brisa Roché & Ellen Birath : Backing vocals
Adrien Soleiman : Tenor Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone

07 - A Strange Fascination

David Guez : Vocals, Vocoder, Piano, Synthesizers, Beatbox
Antoine Reininger : Bass, Modular Synthesizer
Thibaut Barbillon : Electric Guitars
Cyrus Hordé : Wurlitzer, Synthesizers
Mathieu Penot : Drums, Percussion

08 - A Stone In My Shoe

David Guez : Vocals, Rhodes, Piano, Acoustic Guitars, Electric Guitar, Synthesizers
Thibaut Barbillon : Electric Guitars, Backing vocals
Cyrus Hordé : Synthesizers, Backing vocals
Antoine Reininger : Bass, Moog Bass, Modular Synthesizer, Backing vocals
Thibaut Barbillon : Electric Guitars, Backing vocals
Mathieu Penot : Drums, Talking Drum, Percussion, Backing vocals
Brisa Roché & Ellen Birath : Backing vocals

09 - A Life Of Promise

David Guez : Vocals, Vocoder, Mellotron, Synthesizers
Cyrus Hordé : Rhodes, Piano, Synthesizers
Mathieu Penot : Drums, Percussion
Thibaut Barbillon : Electric Guitars
Antoine Reininger : Bass, Modular Synthesizer

10 - A Perfect World

David Guez : Vocals, Rhodes, Piano, Moog Bass, Acoustic Guitars, Synthesizers
Cyrus Hordé : Piano
Antoine Reininger : Bass, Modular Synthesizer
Thibaut Barbillon : Lap Steel Guitar
Mathieu Penot : Drums, Percussion
Michael Leonhart : Trumpet, Flugelhorn, Mellophone, French Horn, Bass Trumpet
Aaron Heick : Tenor Saxophone, Flute