July 2010
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Attention Thieves Single. Check it! @atbanduk →
Jul 30th
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working
I really like being in my mix room working. Mixing is a lot like putting together a jigsaw puzzle, except a lot of the pieces actually fit in twenty places …and all that happens is either the picture works or doesn’t at the end, is beautiful to some, not so to others. I aim for the top of the curve, the middle of the bell for maximum gonnaworkitude. Over time that process becomes...
Jul 29th
Jul 28th
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Jul 27th
Jul 26th
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Makin' A Hit Record.
A lot of the past couple of years seemed to have been taken up by making a record with The Saw Doctors.  It was a fine adventure…a pleasure and an honour interspersed with long days, cold showers, discussions about historic English foreign policy, ironic reversed starvation and a quantity of farm animals in close proximity. Many long days ended with the words ”savage drum sound,...
Jul 20th
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Jul 20th
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started on the bbc →
Wow, that was quick. Here’s a little BBC interview/article about one of our upcoming singles from Grimus - “Started”.  ‘Two Dragons’ was a Starsky & Hutch reference which no doubt worked better *with* the gesture…and no mention of Transylvania to quantify the Twilight gag…but eh. I try my best!
Jul 19th
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Suck 'em back in time.
I was going to make an iTunes playlist yesterday and for the life of me - couldn’t find anything I was looking for. I soon remembered in horror that I lost a lot of albums I’d ripped myself in a computer disaster, noting that it’s a weird day indeed when you ask yourself “now where IS my copy of Return of The Mack?” in complete seriousness. You probably don’t...
Jul 14th
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Jul 11th
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See what I mean? →
This is the blog of a fantastic artist I met in Romania who is doing cover art for one of our singles - “Started” by Grimus. This is just an example of what I meant when I said the place is full of great talent.
Jul 5th
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Credits in mp3's? →
The MPG sometimes seems a little disheveled, but I am totally behind this campaign. I like many music fans spent hours devouring record sleeves and CD booklets, and many of the names found there became inspiration to forge a career in music.
Jul 2nd