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

Label : P-Vine Records (Light Mellow Searches)

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

David Guez "An Imperfect Harmony" (2019) -Pop Rock-

Label : Gold Mountain Music

01 - The Future (David Guez & Patrick Newell)

02 - The Haze (David Guez)

03 - The Higher Ground (David Guez)

04 - The Corners Of Your Mind (David Guez)

05 - The Strangest Part Of You (David Guez & Gary Prosser)

06 - A Higher Plane (David Guez)

07 - An Imperfect Harmony (David Guez & Patrick Newell)

08 - An Invisible Man (David Guez)

09 - A Revelation (David Guez, Gary Prosser & Chris Elliott)

10 - A Hundred Million Years (David Guez)

Produced by David Guez

Mixed by Mick Guzauski

Mastered by Tim Young at Metropolis Studios, London

Strings Written & Conducted by Chris Elliott

Recorded at British Grove Studios, London (01, 07 & 08)

Engineered by Paul Golding

Assistant Engineer : Martin Hollis

Recorded at RAK Studios, London (02, 03 & 05)

Engineered by Paul Golding

Assistant Engineer : Will Purton

Drums, Guitars, Keyboards on Track 01 & Keyboards on Track 02 Engineered by Fab Dupont at Flux Studios, New York

Drums & Percussion on Tracks 03, 06, 08, 09 & 10 Engineered by Jeff Fernandez at Minimoog Studios, Montpellier

01 - The Future

David Guez : Vocals, Vocoder, Rhodes, Synthesizers, Percussion

Chris Elliott : Moog Bass, Minimoog

Fab Dupont : Drum Programming, Synthesizers

Dave Zerio : Drums

Frank Ricotti : Percussion

Michael Valeanu : Guitars

02 - The Haze

David Guez : Vocals, Vocoder, Bass, Rhodes, Guitars, Synthesizers, Drum Programming, Percussion

Chris Elliott : Piano

03 - The Higher Ground

David Guez : Vocals, Bass, Piano, Rhodes, Acoustic Guitars, Synthesizers, Percussion

Chris Elliott : Harpsichord, Piano

Neil Conti : Drums, Percussion

Fred David : Steel Guitars, Bouzouki

04 - The Corners Of Your Mind

David Guez : Vocals, Vocoder, Rhodes, Guitars, Synthesizers, Drum Programming, Percussion

Chris Elliott : Moog Bass, Minimoog, Clavinet, Synthesizers, Theremin

Fab Dupont : Drum Programming, Synthesizers

05 - The Strangest Part Of You

David Guez : Vocals, Vocoder, Rhodes, Guitars, Synthesizers, Drum Programming, Percussion

Chris Elliott : Moog Bass, Piano, Mellotron, Theremin

Gary Prosser : Vocoder, Moog Synthesizer

06 - A Higher Plane

David Guez : Vocals, Vocoder, Piano, Bass, Acoustic & Electric Guitars, Mellotron, Synthesizers, Percussion

Chris Elliott : Minimoog, Piano, Synthesizers

Neil Conti : Drums, Percussion

07 - An Imperfect Harmony

David Guez : Vocals, Vocoder, Wurlitzer, Synthesizers, Drum Programming, Percussion

Chris Elliott : Harpsichord, Moog Bass, Minimoog, Guitar, Synthesizers

Frank Ricotti : Vibraphone, Percussion

08 - An Invisible Man

David Guez : Vocals, Vocoder, Bass, Piano, Wurlitzer, Clavinet, Acoustic Guitars, Synthesizers, Percussion

Chris Elliott : Harpsichord

Neil Conti : Drums, Percussion

Frank Ricotti : Vibraphone, Percussion

09 - A Revelation

David Guez : Vocals, Bass, Acoustic & Electric Guitars, Synthesizers, Percussion

Chris Elliott : Piano, Minimoog, Electric Guitar, Synthesizers

Neil Conti : Drums, Percussion

Gary Prosser : Synthesizers

10 - A Hundred Million Years 

David Guez : Vocals, Piano, Wurlitzer, Bass, Acoustic Guitars, Mellotron, Synthesizers, Percussion

Chris Elliott : Minimoog, Synthesizers

Neil Conti : Drums, Percussion

Gary Prosser : Synthesizers