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Boris Pikula - The Comeback in Solo & Acoustic
Why Only Angels
After a hiatus of over 30 years, my first album under my own name, TALES OF LOVE, was released in October 2024.
One year later, on November 17, 2025, I'm thrilled to present another new album: WHY ONLY ANGELS!
What's special about this album is that it consists of 13 songs, all written between 1990 and 1995 – composed between London and Marseille. I played some of these tracks live on stage and for television with my rock trio HUCKLEBERRY FINN (see Spotify: HUCKLEBERRY FINN – Blue Clear Water) back then, while others languished as demos. But only now were they ready to be released.
The recordings took place between April and October 2025 – using nothing more than a small 50-euro clip-on microphone, in order to capture the raw naturalness and authentic feeling, just like with the previous album.
With additional keyboard arrangements and mastering, my longtime friend and excellent music producer from England, Paul Mex, has once again made a more than wonderful job! I'm also delighted that my longtime friend Fiona Church, from my earlier musical days with the band UGLY AS SIN (see Spotify: UGLY AS SIN – The Good, The Bad & The Ugly), has contributed her beautiful voice to three songs!
Songs (Lyrics: here):
- Why Only Angels
- Five Times Up
- All I Hate
- Devil Riding Horse
- Solitude
- El Mundo Perido
- Gone With The Wind
- Born A Loser
- Wild River
- Heaven Knows
- Blue Clear Water
- A Song Untouched
- Serenade
"When I first listened to the song Serenade, I was wearing headphones and studying it on my DAV, when the laugh came - I practically leapt out of my chair! For a moment, I tought someone had snuck up behind me, and I even turned around expecting to see someone standing there. It happened several more times before I finally realized what was going on, and even then, it still managed top startle me again. That's when I knew the track had a life of its own - it wasn't just sound, it was spirit captured in a moment. The power of music is truly astonishing. It transcends everything - time, circumstances..." - Paul Mex, Producer
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Tales Of Love
The album TALES OF LOVE is my first CD release in over 30 years. It is dedicated to my girlfriend, who passed away unexpectedly end of May 2024.
While she spent time in France in April and May 2024, I began thinking about what I could give her for her birthday in early June. Our shared passion for music was the spark that led me back to the guitar at the beginning of 2024, after decades of not playing, singing, or writing songs.
And so it happened that I sat down and wrote her a song — something easy and simple, inspired by the track Deborah by T. Rex: My Tangerine.
But shortly after, a second song followed, then a third... The songs and lyrics literally flowed through me, like magic. By the end of May, I had written eight songs. I was incredibly excited to share them with her. But sadly, that moment never came. When I learned of her death, it pulled the ground out from under my feet. I didn't know if I would ever pick up the guitar again. But the songs were there — I couldn't just leave them behind. So I wrote three more and decided to record the album — at home — and release it...
TALES OF LOVE isn't a sterile, glossy production. Yet, in all its beautiful imperfection, it speaks from the depths of the heart and tells an authentic and unvarnished story of a love beyond words. An inspiration for all who don't fear to be touched by life.
The album consists of 11 songs, presented in the order they were written, between April 19 and September 6, 2024. The CD includes a 16-page booklet with all the lyrics. Keyboards and mastering by music producer Paul Mex, London, UK who worked among plenty others with Geoge Michael/Wham!.
Songs (all song lyrics: here):
- My Tangerine
- Waiting for You
- Tales of Love
- Ghost
- Crazy and Beautiful
- Echoes of Trauma
- The Gift of Pain
- Blind Spot
- The Ocean
- Love is Eternal
- Sous le Ciel de Paris
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The Musician...
Boris spent over 20 years in the music business before his career as a coach – as a musician, sound engineer, and producer, primarily in England and France.
During this time, he crossed ways with numerous artists, including Jef Harvey (King Kurt), Billy Idol & Steve Stevens, Bill Carter (Screaming Blue Messiahs), Nina Hagen, Charlie Harper (UK Subs), Martin Degville (Sigue Sigue Sputnik), Daniel Ash (Bauhaus), Meat Loaf, and Bob Kulick.
Boris founded and played in various bands, such as the Gothic rock trio VEDA, Andi Sexgang, TyLor (Sonja Kristina Linwood’s backing band, Curved Air), Ugly As Sin, and Huckleberry Finn. He released numerous records, appeared on MTV and the French channel FR3, entered the UK Indie charts, and toured with Havanna 3am (ex-Clash), Underneath What, Jim Rose Circus, and The Stranglers.
As a sound engineer, producer, and studio manager, he worked in various recording studios, including the world-renowned Studio Miraval (Château Miraval, which later became the residence of Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt for several years, and was reopened as a recording studio by Brad Pitt in 2022).
Boris was involved in a wide range of productions and worked with Mick Ronson (David Bowie), Cheb Mami, Silmarils, Eric Fernandez (Gipsy Kings), the Kelly Family, Billy Cobham, Jimmy Barnes, Fonky Family, Kill The Thrill, Blankass, Joe Hardy (ZZ Top, Steve Earle), "Spike" Drake (Pet Shop Boys, The Cure, Babylon Zoo), Richard Rainey (U2), Graeme Stewart (Radiohead), Mario 'Not Rude' Rodriguez (LL Cool J, Public Enemy), Clive Martin (Sting, Queen), Paul Mex (Boris Pikula, George Michael, Toyah, The Troggs, Ugly As Sin, Huckleberry Finn), and many others.
In 1999, he left the music business...
The return in 2024 - solo & acoustic!
On October 25, 2024 the album TALES OF LOVE was released.
On November 21, 2024, I stood on stage for the first time in nearly 30 years, performing in front of a wonderful audience at Happy End Munich, supported by the artist collective Broke Today – for the very first time all on my own.
On November 17, 2025 the album WHY ONLY ANGELS was released.
In Boris' songs, various musical styles blend together, shaped by his classical training, 3-chord punk rock, as well as ballads and country. His musical influences include Jeffrey Lee Pierce, Nick Cave, Leonrad Cohen, Hank Williams, Marc Bolan and Johnny Cash.
Boris' songs are about love, life, and the dark side of the moon...
Interview
Exclusive interview (E-Fanzone as a PDF) with the english label Aldora Britain Records on 1. Dec. 2025 for the release of my new album WHY ONLY ANGELS: click here to read!
Further Releases
Spotify Playlist of Songs from Boris
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2fYkZvwXHhXZw6vlJju27F?si=aXlYWa2iRZm8eaEhTugg8Q&pi=tlPuRG_MQm2Qq
YouTube Links
Tales of Love (live at the Happy End, Munich, 21. Nov 2024)
https://youtu.be/syTYLjXZIgg
Echoes of Trauma (live at the Happy End, Munich, 21. Nov 2024)
https://youtu.be/fjccNM5t-ZM
Ghost (live at the Happy End, Munich, 21. Nov 2024)
https://youtu.be/VftLis-comk
Sous le Ciel de Paris (from the album Tales Of Love, live, 2024)
https://youtu.be/Usbhm2-Lk18
My Tangerine (from the album Tales Of Love, live, 2024)
https://youtu.be/R66dl_1KvUM
The Gift Of Pain (from the album Tales Of Love, live, 2024)
https://youtu.be/DmTf0S4HIyw
Tales Of Love (from the album Tales Of Love, release announcement generated by YouTube4)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJfovkuVjKk
Manana (live, 2024)
https://youtu.be/gtUmC1mZw2c
All I Hate (Boris Pikula, 1994)
https://youtu.be/ejV9sdYUtQM
Springtime in Alaska (Boris Pikula, unplugged, 1994)
https://youtu.be/bVXor4ZX_0A
I saw the Light (Hank Williams)
https://youtu.be/619w4tiXN_A
Men ain't gonna cry (Boris Pikula, from the album Huckleberry Finn - Blue Clear Water, 1992)
https://youtu.be/Xwnr5_tW_DA
Velvet Summernights (Boris Pikula, from the album Huckleberry Finn - Blue Clear Water, 1991)
https://youtu.be/gwGbhdAkD6I
Manana (Boris Pikula, from the album Huckleberry Finn - Blue Clear Water, 1991)
https://youtu.be/tdkqApIaafA
Five Times Up (Boris Pikula, 1991)
https://youtu.be/EM9JWCn-NXQ
Killing Time (Boris Pikula, from the album Huckleberry Finn - Blue Clear Water, 1991)
https://youtu.be/eKX5-FfG9aU
Header Photo by Susanne Bartels
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