[kj] FW: New Blog Post from youth on 09/11/2009 18:06:14

[jon chapman]

Please don't get too excited on Youths comments for the new Recordings - don't forget he Loved and Raved on about  'lanterns of hope' 

 

if i hear Geordie say they're shit hot,i'll feel a hell of a lot more pumped up.




 
 
 



 


> Date: Fri, 13 Nov 2009 04:19:30 +1300

> From: bq at soundgardener.co.nz

> To: gathering at misera.net

> Subject: Re: [kj] FW: New Blog Post from youth on 09/11/2009 18:06:14

> 

> More cowbell!

> 

> > Meh!

> >

> > Leave it with the trumpeters. It's the best signature line I've ever seen.

> > :)

> > (And I'm still tempted to plagiarize it.)

> >

> > Ps. Why not not a Saxaphone. Ya know... Come in with some style. :)

> >

> > Much love,

> > Me

> >

> > At 01:18 PM 11/11/2009, Karen Weil wrote:

> >>Forget the trumpeters -- xylophones are what's needed. ; )

> >>

> >>Cheers,

> >>

> >>k.w.

> >>the States

> >>----- Original Message -----

> >>From: <mailto:humanhybrid666 at gmail.com>bongo

> >>To: <mailto:gathering at misera.net>A list about all things Killing

> >>Joke (the band!)

> >>Sent: Tuesday, November 10, 2009 9:58 PM

> >>Subject: Re: [kj] FW: New Blog Post from youth on 09/11/2009 18:06:14

> >>

> >>sounds awesome!

> >>

> >>=)

> >>

> >>

> >>"due to a lack of trained trumpeters, the end of the world has been

> >>postponed indefinitely..."

> >>

> >>

> >>On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 12:07 PM, melinda grant

> >><<mailto:hollytree1961 at hotmail.com>hollytree1961 at hotmail.com> wrote:

> >>i completely agree marc very well written by youth ;)and fingers

> >>crossed for the album;D

> >>

> >>milindafgrant

> >>

> >>

> >>

> >>----------

> >>Date: Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:10:05 +0000

> >>From: <mailto:Marc.Phillipps at enfield.nhs.uk>Marc.Phillipps at enfield.nhs.uk

> >>To: <mailto:gathering at misera.net>gathering at misera.net

> >>Subject: Re: [kj] FW: New Blog Post from youth on 09/11/2009 18:06:14

> >>

> >>

> >>If the album is half as good as Youths blog it should be amazing :o)

> >>

> >>

> >>

> >>----------

> >>From:

> >><mailto:gathering-bounces at misera.net>gathering-bounces at misera.net

> >>[mailto:gathering-bounces at misera.net] On Behalf Of Antoni Adamiak

> >>Sent: 10 November 2009 07:14

> >>To: The Gathering

> >>Subject: [kj] FW: New Blog Post from youth on 09/11/2009 18:06:14

> >>

> >>

> >>

> >> >From Myspace :

> >>

> >>Day1

> >>The recording of Killing Joke 13 has begun !

> >>For regular updates and full warts and all blogs... including video

> >>clips, sound-bites, band members personal diary extracts upcoming tour

> >> info etc

> >>check killing <http://www.msplinks.com/MDFodHRwOi8vam9rZS5jb20=>joke.com.

> >>Day 1 ..............11/11/09

> >>After an intensive weekend of flights, setting up gear and sound

> >>checking equipment.....recording has begun on the new killing Joke

> >>album.The first time with the original lineup of Jaz, Geordie, Big

> >>Paul and Youth for over 26 years!

> >>The weight of massive expectation hung heavy in the air and was felt

> >>by everyone on sunday whilst we were setting up.

> >>Clive our engineer, arms flailing whilst head burrowed in a mixing

> >>desk... barking commands to his under prepared assistants,

> >>who were doing their best to avoid eye contact with the intimidating

> >>individual band members .Each demanding their own special attention

> >>with the frenzied intensity generally reserved for a firm of armed

> >>bank robbers on a job!

> >>After deftly circumnavigating the usual computer / mixing desk /

> >>technical gremlins a circle was cast and the opening ceremony commenced.

> >>We are in the legendary Britannia Row studio complex in SW London,

> >>very close to an ancient sacred burial site on the banks of the

> >>river Thames and the ceremony reflected this. More details of this

> >>will be posted on the KJ website .

> >>Playing together in the studio again was like one huge coiled iron

> >>spring being released after almost 30 years of being slowly wound up!

> >>In between laying down some explorative takes ,heated debate was

> >>insuing as to which production philosophy we should employ as to how

> >>to best capture this vast sound. This isn't as straight forward as

> >>it may seem as we are collectively producing the album together and

> >>all have vastly different and contrasting ideas and philosophies as

> >>to how we should achieve our shared vision.....of course this is

> >>what gives us our unique chemistry and you can rest assured we do

> >>not shy away from it.

> >>Tired, drained and emotionally drawn, we called an early night after

> >>Jaz had one asthma inhaler hit too many and wanted to re-record

> >>everything we did that day again from the beginning!

> >>It was a good call as when we re commenced early monday morning,

> >>refreshed and recharged, we immediately realized the tempo of the

> >>track was way too slow.

> >>After referencing some Bonham drum tracks for sound and tonal

> >>quality ...clive had Big Paul sounding like an primordial grunting

> >>warthog, stuck in the mud with spears in his back....so heavy the

> >>walls were shaking from the sonic thunder !

> >>This put everyone in an extremely good mood and the arrangement and

> >>performance came together very quickly.

> >>A majestic ,thuggish and unrelenting rhythm track manifested !

> >>Geordie pulled a couple of other banjos out the bag and we

> >>overdubbed some vicious, tetradactyl protecting her babies, white

> >>lightning guitar takes.

> >>A filthy bass was corrected and then Jaz got weighed in with some

> >>disturbing synth layers .

> >>By 9 pm the track was sounding so razor tight and with a delicious

> >>malicious punch, we were all jumping around the room with big grins

> >>on our faces, partly from the relief it was all coming together but

> >>also from the sheer joy of hearing the chemistry unleashed once more.

> >>We then decided to record a totally spontaneous jam utilizing a

> >>manifesto of the barest economy of notes and restraint

> >>whilst applying intensity of emotion to compensate the musical

> >>minimalism. directly invoking and referencing our former producer

> >>Conny Plank philosophy of his work with Kraftwerk, Can and Neu!

> >>Three takes later and an epic study in restraint and release was

> >>realized and i left the studio tonight elated and exulted from the

> >> experience.

> >>

> >>

> >> > From: <mailto:noreply at message.myspace.com>noreply at message.myspace.com

> >> > To: <mailto:pssyche23 at hotmail.com>pssyche23 at hotmail.com

> >> > Date: Mon, 9 Nov 2009 18:06:18 -0800

> >> > Subject: New Blog Post from youth on 09/11/2009 18:06:14

> >> >

> >> > youth has published a new blog post on MySpace.

> >> >

> >> > Click the link below to read the post:

> >> >

> >> <http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=40797754&blogID=517851701>http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=40797754&blogID=517851701

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