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When we got started I bought an Elka\ndisc recorder so that I could work with the M1 and save the programmed tracks. It\nwas a bit clumsy and slow \u2013 a million miles from today\u2019s systems – but worked\nOK. As songs appeared I programmed the M1 with drums and other instruments\nduring the winter, spring and early summer of 1995. When we finally decided to\nrecord and set a date, we agreed on a rented 8-track reel-to-reel. The drawback\nwas that we had only one week to record and mix the whole thing. Hugely\ndifferent to the leisurely pace of the first album. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Again, there was not a compressor in sight. For those who don\u2019t know, the compressor is one of the main tools in a recording studio and used on basically everything, but we didn\u2019t own one and had to do without. I wouldn\u2019t have known how to use it even we had had one. The studio monitors were speakers from a living room stereo. Not ideal for listening either. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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\u201cClockwork Heaven\u201d was recorded the last\nweek in July 1995, so it was a major rush to get everything done. Herbie was\naround for three days before leaving for a holiday with his family, so we did\nas much as we could while he was there: bass and as many guitar overdubs as\npossible. Later that week I had help from Brit mate Mark Newman and Mark and I\ndid a lot of backing vocals together, on most tracks in fact, both of us\nsinging into the same mic. Mark still complains that I hassled him for not always\nkeeping time and yes, I did, but he didn\u2019t cry \u2013 not once. So that was alright.\n \n\nAnother week recording that album would have been wonderful but it was not\nto be and today I don\u2019t even know where the original tapes are. I still have\nboth the Elka and the M1, but the discs with the programmed music for the M1?\nNo idea. So, a remix is in other words impossible. Herbie\u2019s take on these two albums\nis that they are what they are: that\u2019s what we could do at that time with our\nvery limited resources. But I can remaster? Perhaps. I\u2019ve already done it once,\nbut that was back when I didn\u2019t know anything about mastering and could perhaps\ndo a better job today. \n\n\n\nb\u00056v\u0003\u001fB<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
It took a while for Herbie and me to start writing again after we\u2019d finished Padded Room, but we weren\u2019t in any direct hurry to make another album. It was more than a year later that we even talked about it and thought about writing new songs. When we got started I bought an Elka … <\/p>\n