The Last Train Through Desolation Pass

by Nick Peck

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	1.	Prelude to Cascadia 06:49
	2.	Part 1 Departure (101 Valley Farms) 10:51
	3.	Part 2 Desolation Pass to Hell's Peak 06:49
	4.	Part 3 Remembrance Canyon Park 06:57
	5.	Part 4 Race to the Sea (End of the Line) 06:33

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High in the Cascades, a locomotive steams through a network of hills and valleys containing isolated settlements & communities (101 Valley Farms). The pace mounts as we struggle up steep gradients into barren and deserted highlands; thundering alongside sheer cliff faces and over narrow trestles until a derailment puts a sudden end to proceedings (Desolation Pass to Hell's Peak). Whilst repairs are made, time is taken for reflection on the many lives lost in the creation and operation of the railroad (Remembrance Canyon Park). Finally our journey resumes its downhill stretch to our destination on the foothills of the coast (Race to the Sea).

Some say, that if you listen closely on a dark night, you might still hear the ghosts of the railway workers marching ever onwards to build their next railroad.

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released December 13, 2020

Nick Peck: Classical Guitar, Steel Guitar, 12-String Guitar (on 1), Electric Guitar, Electric Bass, Keyboards, Trumpets, Flugelhorn, Descant Recorder, Whistle, Percussion
Ben Lockwood: Flute (on 2,4,5)

Recorded May-June 2020 and Oct-Nov at the Mad Englishman.
Cover image by Nick Peck

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Nick Peck British Columbia

Nick Peck is a multi-instrumentalist and composer who has performed across Canada and Europe.

His recorded music blurs the lines between composition and improvisation, sometimes evolving into vast multi-tracked symphonic forms, colored by experiences performing jazz, contemporary classical, folk, electronic and freely improvised music. ... more

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