tnf schreef:
Overigens is inmiddels ook Latin Playboys uitgeprobeerd, die blijk ik iets sneller te doorgronden.
Is inderdaad wat experimenteler van aard, schetsmatiger, het heeft een beetje een lo-fi sound - heb altijd gedacht dat het Latin Playboys album de band ruimte gaf om
echt te experimenteren en een platform werd voor nummers/outtakes uit dezelfde sessies die om wat voor reden dan ook niet op
"Kiko" pasten.
Tchad Blake zei er zelf het volgende over:
Most of the LP album was recorded by Dave Hidalgo on four track cassette. After we finished the Kiko album David was fired up with ideas and started recording on a very badly out of alignment four track. He recorded late nights in his kitchen using utensils for percussion and in his attic. A few months later he gave Mitchell (Froom) a cassette of rough mixes. All instrumental. We listened at the studio (Sound Factory) and just about wept. Thought it was beautiful, had a talk with Dave and Louie and decided to make it an album.
The first job was to transfer the four track audio to 24 track but the original four track machine was broken and we couldn't re-align the new deck to the old tape. There was so much crosstalk of tracks, out of phase what-not and noise we clearly needed to camouflage.
Adding outdoor binaural ambience and re-recording stuff through pipes and adding distortion were all ways of covering up those serious problems but ultimately helped bring on the final sound.
First album 70% done on a four track.