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January – New Year’s Convolution

Highlight of the month: Without doubt ‘The Laker Test’ and their live demo. Within 3 minutes of setting up bassist Pat Bastard’s rig, the sound was what Antoine would have described as ‘shitting levels.’ We knew we were in for a heavy evening, and these boys did not dissappoint.  Biscuits such as ‘Slozenger’ and ‘Freemantle Doctor’ contain  more low frequency than we’ve had hot dinners. Helped massively by PSP’s (in)famous ‘Vintage Warmer,’ which the previously mentioned Nick Papadopolus of post shoegaze pigs ‘Fetch The Witches’ massively approved of. What a shame folk listen to tunes/beats/songs/biscuits, whatever the phrase is nowadays, (better consult ‘Sickness Squad’,) through their  ******* laptop speakers!

We shall refrain from posting these live ‘jaffas’ by ‘The Laker Test’  as they are due in to do a ‘proper’ track-by-track demo shortly. Watch this space…….

For those of you who are into doing your own mixes, save some money and buy AudioEase’s Altiverb. Use one of the outrageous impulse responses, such as Frank Zappa’s ‘echo chamber,’  or one of the 17 Cathedrals from places like Moldova as a send FX, on the tracks that need a touch of verb, then bypass Altiverb. Your mix will sound like a Poodle without a bone. Now, ‘unbypass,’ your mix will sound like a Doberman Pinscher with a massive mohican. It’s the best plug we’ve ever invested in, bar none.

October 2011 at the UTC Music Studio

The highlight of the month of October was the Post-Shoegaze Pigs of Fetch The Witches coming to UTC towers to record a two track demo, which did not disappoint.

These lads were supposed to be in on numerous occasions prior to them finally turning up, due to a mystery ‘illness’ to guitarist Nick Papadopolus. We were worried initially that this ‘illness’ was life-threatening until a tweet from Cuban cigar smoking bassist Simon Mondo revealed that the problem was his low ‘E’ being out of tune, and his guitar tuner had broken. The boys soon realised that we probably possessed a guitar tuner at the UTC Music Studio, so they decided to honour their latest booking.

The 2 tunes they recorded, ‘On The Mend’ and ‘The Glow’ have been decribed as ‘exceptional’ and ‘melancholic’ by Shoegaze magazine.