THE MAKING OF „I NEED A RAINBOW“
TORBECK feat. Rhonda Peach
„I need a rainbow is a love song, and you can do what you want to with it.“
These words come from a handwritten letter from my London friend and songwriter Keith, who constantly and reliably provided me with great English lyrics for my early band projects.
The lyrics of I NEED A RAINBOW inspired me to step out of my role as a rock guitarist and
and songwriter and - on the keyboard - write a groovy pop song with funk and soul elements. A first raw demo, recorded with the simplest technical means, "gathered dust" in a drawer for decades. I NEED A RAINBOW was never performed live and was never produced in a studio.
On occasion of a recording session during the pandemic, the lyrics came back to me after years and I spontaneously decided to produce a new demo of it, on which I recorded all the instruments (various keyboards, guitars, electric bass, computer drums) and sang all the lead & harmony vocal tracks myself.
Based on this demo, the collaboration with the renowned Peppermint Park Studio in Hanover began in spring 2022. With the help of Wolfgang Sick's experienced team and his network, I was able to recruit top-class and renowned musicians such as Lutz Krajenski (keyboards), Matthias Liebetruth (drums), York Ostermayer (saxophone) and Jakob Himmelein (bass) - who also supervised the project as a producer and studio engineer in a highly professional manner - as studio musicians for the studio project. I did all the guitar parts on I NEED A RAINBOW myself.
I NEED A RAINBOW is sung by Rhonda Peach, an expressive and charismatic artist who perfectly embodies the character of the song both vocally and in terms of her visual art performance (watch the video to see for yourself!).
Parallel to the "handmade" main version ("Funky Version"), which was recorded entirely with analog instruments, an electronic dance version of I NEED A RAINBOW has already been produced, which will soon be released as a follow-up (more on this later).
Musiker-Lineup I NEED A RAINBOW (Funky Version)
RHONDA PEACH Vocals (Lead & Harmony)
TORBECK Guitars (Single Picking Notes, Funky Rhythm, Solo Lick)
LUTZ KRAJENSKI Keyboards (Wurlitzer Piano, Hammond Organ, Synths)
MATTHIAS LIEBETRUTH Drums, Percussion
JAKOB HIMMELEIN Bass Guitar
YORK OSTERMAYER Saxophone Solo
Music composed by TORBECK
Lyrics written by Keith Veecock, UK
Produced at Peppermint Park Studio, Hannover
by Sick/Peppermint Park, Jakob Himmelein/Peppermint Park & TORBECK
Mixed and mastered by Jakob Himmelein/Peppermint Park
Arranged by Lutz Krajenski
Published by Peppermint Park Records