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This particular song was done in my Brooklyn apartment. Unlike most closet style apartments in NYC, I was very lucky to find a four bedroom exquisite place off of the Ft. Hamilton Parkway stop of the F. Huge open rooms built in the 1940's...gotta love it!
So my main gear in this place was a pair of pair of V76/80. A black face rev d 1176. An LA-2A. A Lang PEQ-2. Mics included a U47, a couple UM-57's, km 84's, Schoeps 221b's, and more of the usual suspects.
The drum machine is a real deal Roland 808. I love that thing so much. Samples never come close to the life that is inside that machine.
I had just lucked across the Sesame Street Minimoog, bought straight from the origional music maker from that show. He gave me his book with all the patches notated ('cookie monsters diabete's shock', 'count's moment of ecstacy', etc... haha).
So this particular song started off with alot of synth and 808, just to get some chords happening. Everything else was built up from there, but 90% of the song was done in an afternoon.
When it came time to do the vocals I had a big doubt on whether or not I should keep the very first chord of the verse as the c# (?) which actually never appeared again in the sequence. Good buddy and audio-ologist Paul Logus talked me into keeping it.
THe 'Downtown' record went on to be one of the coolest things you've never heard. Flood and Alan Moulder came on board towards the end to help me straighten out a few of the songs in london.
If you are into heartbreak, substance influenced sounds (haha), and general shoegaze via Beatles production then go find a copy of this (someone still has it on I-tunes under my stage name 'Robert Kaeding' or 'Downtown') OR better yet, put it out on your own label! I still own 100% of the record, publishing and all.
Look on Half.com, they usually have a bunch of copies under 'Downtown digipak'
I did make the record on 2" machines blended with Protools, using some of the best studios in NYC and some of the best gear on the planet so it is a fun listen, and like I say, if you've just been thru a divorce, you just might worship this slab!