11:30 pm and still recording...

Sam is trying to find the right natural reverb for Daniel's guitar on "Walk under Water".

Right now he is recording in a small place with a blanket in front of him.

Eating in a studio

We have the great luck that Tine and Stijn from the studio make great lunch every day for us.



And they really make great stuff for us like...



See?



We eat around 14:00 an go on working until 23:00. By then, all restaurants in an around Waimes are closed and none of us is in the mood for cooking (except Sam who made a great spaghetti carbonara a few days ago). That's why we mostly eat very unhealthy stuff in the evening like...



Thank God we all have our personal trainers when we come home, otherwise none of us could have such muscle packed bodies.


In the picture: real men.

Recording guitars for "Concrete walls"

After finishing up "Come for you", we started working on "Concrete walls". Daniel just finished the acoustic guitars and now it's James' turn to record the electric guitars.



Here's a view from the recording room into the control room.

More amps, more guitars and other stuff

We are trying a lot of gear as the LaChapelle studio has got a lot of funky gear to use...

Day 5

Day 5 at LaChapelle:

We started around 10 and continued to work on "Come for you". Daniel has already recorded the acoustic guitar and Lento is currently recording the bass. After that, we will move on to song 5 "Concrete walls".



For breakfast, we decided that eggs weren't enough and added some extra bacon today.


This pig didn't die in vain.

The cat stopped by and said hello. We thank it for adding a bit more cuteness to our blog. Hail to the cat!

Mich has left the building

After recording the organ for "Come for you", Mich said goodbye (as you see in this faked archive photo we took some days ago because we forgot to shoot one as he was leaving) got into his car and is right now on his way back to Luxembourg. But don't you fear, dear reader, Mich will be back tomorrow night. It's like in those horror movies: they always come back!


Fear this man

Meanwhile, we're still working on bass and guitars for "Come for you".

Recording "Satellites"

We are currently working on "Satellites", which by the way is not the Eurovision Song Contest winning song, but an old song that Daniel rediscovered in his closet and decided to change entirely.



James is recording right now his guitar on an old Roland amp from the 80ies, probably one of the ugliest amps ever designed by human kind. We just call it the "ugly fucker".


Oh boy, that's really ugly!

Mich has most of his work done and is basically hanging around and drinking beer.


Proof

Here's another picture of our beautiful recording room. Just like that...

How to achieve world domination (for bass players)

First of all, you need more gear. Always twice as much as the next bass player in the neighborhood. Here's the equation:

New gear = more power

What's even cooler than buying it in a shop is ordering it on the internet.



When your gear arrives, quickly open the package and make manly poses…a little bit like this…



Secundo, record a track using the internationally famous "Power stand", that goes like this…



If you look closely, you see how the legs form a perfect triangle which will give you more power to perform with conviction. This will ultimately lead to…



world domination!

Doing stoner guitars

Daniel is doing guitars for "Keep It" using a vintage Marshall Super Lead 100 amp and an Aguilar db112 bass cab.

Doing stoner guitars pt2

The amp is so powerfull, it disturbs every other electronic device!
Have a look at the TV.