Jeff Bujak

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Jeff Bujak
Jeff Bujak
Background information
Origin Syracuse, New York
Genre(s) Piano
Progressive Rock
Electronica
Years active 2006–present
Label(s) Lizardflag Recordings
Associated acts Somebody's Closet
Shokazoba
Website Official Site
Members
Jeff Bujak

Jeff Bujak is a pianist/keyboardist from Syracuse, New York. Born on June 6, 1979, he began classical piano lessons at age 5. Since then, he has performed in, with or toured with Remnants of the Addiction, Transcendental Blue, Somebody's Closet, Shokazoba Afrobeat Battalion, Ryan Montbleau Band, BuzzUniverse, The Magnetic Pull, The Phil DaRosa Band, and many other bands. But his predominant and most notable accomplishment is his solo show just called Jeff Bujak. He now resides in Northampton, Massachusetts.

Jeff Bujak, the solo project, has progressive piano songwriting with electronica rhythms behind it. Based on classical and jazz progressions, the 10-15 minute songs progress through multiple time signatures, tempos and rhythms.


[edit] Solo Albums

[edit] Peaces of Man and Machine

Peaces of Man and Machine album cover (2006)
Peaces of Man and Machine album cover (2006)

Peaces of Man and Machine is Jeff Bujak's debut solo recording. It contains 12 non-stop tracks and plays for 78 minutes and 6 seconds. According to the album booklet, the album was released on November 11, 2006 and was engineered, produced, recorded and performed by Bujak alone. All album artwork was also created by Bujak.

The concept of this album is based on Bujak's life. According to his bio, every song was written with a specific time period in mind. These periods were put to music and lyrics, with an underlying man vs. machine storyline.

Recording began on December 28 [[2005] at Lizardflag Studios in Northampton. The final track was laid on September 3, 2006. Mixing and mastering took about a month.

Track listing: I, Cake, Channelise, Puzzle, Intrinsic, Gemini, Agitate, Veil, Persuaders, Bonfire, Cycle and Duodenary.

[edit] Building: An Arsenal

Building: An Arsenal is Bujak's second recording to be released on Lizardflag Recordings and the Homegrown Music Network. Like its predecessor, this album is also a non-stop conceptual recording and lasts 76 minutes.

'Building' has a storyline about a woman climbing the steps of a building to jump and commit suicide. The storyline is scattered with metaphorical content relating to life, time and nature. In the end, the woman's goal is succeeded.

Recording began on October 13 [[2007] at Lizardflag Studios in Northampton. The final track was laid on December 7, 2007. Mixing and mastering took about 2 weeks.

Track listing: Vacuous, Muses, Crowd, Py, Vy, Gears, Majority, Wyx, Sill, Ascended, Bishop and Slope.