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| THE SHORTWAVE SESSIONS: is a very special album from | |||||||||
| Louis Gordon and Matt Gunn (aka Toffeetronic). It features the | |||||||||
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highlights
of six hours of spontaneous recorded material when
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Louis
and Matt got together in October 2008, set up their gear
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decided to see what would happen!
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Matt
explains: "We played nearly everything live, the only programming was
from our drum machines that played along with us. This has given the "Shortwave
Sessions" a retro, simplistic sound and style that you can only achieve
when you actually use your fingers! |
Six
hours later we stopped... not because we wanted to but because the local
police paid us a visit and asked us to. Being fine pillars of the community
we co-operated fully with the local constabulary". |
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Our equipment ranged from old synths, shortwave radio, dictaphone, megaphone, bass, guitar, electric pads, numerous delays and a CD playing random Radiophonic style sci-fi effects. Once we had the gear in position we set about making some noise! Nothing was worked out before-hand except for a few lyrics scribbled on a beer mat. That was the whole idea. To see what would happen! |
The six hours of non-stop material was later spliced and diced at Matt's
studio into a leaner one hour's worth of music. Some post-production rhythmic,
spatial and sub-sonic enhancements were added by Shaun Brooks at his Dubsounds
studio and the "Shortwave Sessions" album was born! The results are raw,
intense, ambient, mad and melodic; in-fact surprisingly together. |
| If you like your electronic ride bumpy & surreal, you'll definitely love this twisted electronic mutation... |
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