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Dream is Ham of Sky's first full length album.
Although it is a second Ham of Sky's record, some of the songs were composed and recorded earlier than all of Leaf EP. The first music video that saw the light of day was an animation for 'You Were Supposed to Sleep Back Then' made by Zofia Tomalska (released on 14th November 2019). It also went live as a single on all streaming platforms. The second music video was a playthrough of 'Angel', released on 4th September 2020. On February 12th 2021 the third single 'Conscious' came out. It is the 5th track on the record. After that came 'Imaginary Ghost Friend' tied with an interview at the GuitarStories YouTube channel (released on 24th November 2022).
This album was written and recorded in a bigger span of time than the previous one, but it's still centered aroud a single concept.
The opening track 'Angel' is one of the oldest songs. It was written with an intention of having a singer on it, then the lines written by Agnieszka Wójcik were played on guitar. The bas on this song was played by the one and only Dominik Hamowski, one of the two Ham of Sky band initiators.
'You Were Supposed to Sleep Back Then' is about all the events we were not supposed to be part of when we were children. The music video also explores the mind and imagination of a child.
'It's Time to Sleep' is the shortest song on the album and it can be treated as a transition to the next track. It is the very first motif I ever wrote on keys. It also includes some quiet sampled dialogues from my favourite animated movie.
'Nightmare' is the heaviest song on the album and it represents the darkness of bad dreams we all experience.
'Conscious' is a really old track that has been recycled and doesn't contain almost anything of the original except for the key and the tempo. It cycles around the idea of conscious dreams. The music video is a spectrogram view in Studio One Pro mastering page, I just thought the quiet piano parts looked really pretty and it would make a fine video.
'Imaginary Ghost Friend' is the first song I ever wrote in a major key. It goes back to exploring a child's mind and imagination and how easily we as children can find a friend in a toy or a concept of someone being around us. It had its' premiere at the GuitarStories YouTube channel, where I had my first interview on 24th November.
'Lullaby' is probably the oldest song on the record, however it wasn't written with an intention to be on this album. I wrote the main melody when I was around the age of 12. The title came when I played this exact theme to set a person close to my heart to sleep.
The last track 'Dream' is the title song of the record. It closes up the album by featuring the vocalist that wrote the melodies for the first song: Agnieszka Wójcik. It was written at about the same time as 'Angel'. The bas on that song was recorded by Dominik Hamowski.
I'm really proud of how this LP turned out.
Special thanks to:
- Karolina Walas
- Agnieszka Wójcik
- Zofia Tomalska
- Michał Szewczyk
- The GuitarStories crew
It wouldn't be possible without you.