released 18 April 2011
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AKIN are :

Luc BABUT – Bass guitar
Matthieu BAKER – Guitars ׀ Backing vocals
Philippe CHAUVIRÉ – Flute
Julien CHOMETTON – Rhythm guitar
Romain FAYET – Drums
Adeline GURTNER – Lead vocals
Pierre LUCAS – Keyboards

The string quartet performing on this album (from the CNSMD de Lyon) are :
Elsa CLAVERIA and Rachel GIVELET – Violin
Samuel HENGEBAERT – Viola
Florian NAUCHE – Cello

Additionnal musicians :
Guillaume PROST - Darbuka on « The 92nd flight »
Elodie POIRIER - Dilruba on « Miller's end », additional cello on « Miller's end », « The 92nd flight », « Unhearted », « Before the storm » and « Coma »
Sylvain GERARD - Darbuka and djembe on « Unhearted », daf on « Miracles » and tablas on « Miller's end »

The electric guitars were recorded by Benjamin SERTELON at the NS4 Studio (www.myspace.com/ns4studio). The acoustic guitars and the darbuka were recorded by Guillaume PROST at La Sorbonne Studio. The string quartet was recorded by François MONTMAYEUR at La Charbonnerie Studio (www.myspace.com/fmontmayeur, lacharbonnerieprod[at]free[dot].fr). The drums and the lead vocals were recorded by Romain FAYET (www.myspace.com/romainfayet) and the rest was recorded by AKIN.

Poetry reading on "Resilience" and "Miller's end" by Tom O'Bedlam (www.youtube.com/user/SpokenVerse ). The poem "To psychoanalisis", from which we used a few verses for "Resilience", was originally written by Kenneth Koch. The poem "Miller's end" was originally written by Charles Causley.

« The way things end » was mixed by Christian NYS at the ADN Studio (www.nysaudiovisuel.com) and mastered by Benoît Courribet (www.cylens.net).

All music, lyrics and arrangements written by AKIN except for the string quartet arrangements (written by François MONTMAYEUR).

Artwork by Jocelyn PROUFF (www.flickr.com/photos/joss_pr/)