01.20.07 - Its been a fun month in the studio
Dialogue With mimosas in hand Dialogue started the weekend at the crack of 11am. This weekend was all about guitars and its coming together great. Needless to say after such a bubbly start I needed a caffeine fix by 2pm.
Mount Saint Helens We have moved into the mix down stages of the process. It wont be long now before this smokin recording is setting off your carbon monoxide detector.
Explode and Make Up Jeff Dean of The Bomb and Four Star Alarm has yet another project Explode and make up. He was in to lay down guitars for this new project. Next he ventures to a friends house to do the vocals. Keep an eye out for this one.
12.19.06 - I know this should have been updated along time ago
Mount Saint Helens As much time has past very little has changed Mt. St. Helens is in finishing up thier outstanding recording. Look forward to the release in 07.
Archaeology Archaeology had their cd release at the Empty Bottle this month. They tracked initially on our analog 2" 24 then finished it off in the computer. It came out great.!
Many great bands and artists have been passing through our doors Chris Racer, Driftless Pony Club, and many others. Dialogue has Dropped the rhythm section for their up coming full length and will be continuing to record in the new year. More updates to follow in the new year.
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Cabaret (formerly Missing Autumn) was in Friday night recording vocals and mixing a new track. This song will be available on an upcoming Valkyrie Records comp. If you can't wait for that to come out, head over to Pure Volume and download the mp3.
Telenovela stopped by the studio with Driftless Pony Club to record live sets for WLUW's Radio One this week. You won't want to miss their set which airs this Thursday night at 6:30 p.m. You can listen online here If you do miss the show, Mike is now archiving past shows and making them available for your ipod. Check out the Radio One site for more info!!
The February and March schedule is quickly filling up here at BLAM. And we want to make sure we have the time to record your band. So please make sure to book your time in advance. Call or email us for available dates.
New releases recorded at Blam:
Jade Tree has released 3 songs that Pedro the Lion recorded live at BLAM for WLUW's Radio One. The 6 song EP entitled Stations features live versions of "Big Trucks," "Of Minor Prophets" and "Their Prostitute Wives" along with 3 songs recorded live in Toronto for CBC Radio. Stations is available exclusively through itunes. For more info, click HERE.
Contraphonic Records will be releasing the live set recorded by The Branches last year. The EP will be entitled "Beards on Fire" and should be available Febuary 1st. This CD is available for preordering from Contraphonic's website.
Local jazz quintet ESP recently released their debut album "Depth." This cd was recorded at Riverside Studios (home of Delmark Records) and was mixed and mastered at BLAM. CDs are available from the band. For more info, check out their website.
Three new jazz albums mastered by Eric are available now on Delmark Records. The first is called "Deep Blue Bruise" by Deep Blue Organ Trio (featuring Bobby Broom, Greg Rockingham, and Chris Foreman). The second is a live album featuring Kahil El'Zabar and David Murry entitled "We Is, Live at The Bop Shop." Guitarist Jeff Parker (of Tortoise) and Scott Fields collaborate on the last release entitled "Songs Songs Song." All three of these albums are available now from the Jazz Record Mart.
The new Tower of Rome CD (entitled "All is Lost...All is Lost...All is Yet To Be Found") is now available from He Who Corrupts, Inc. for the sweet price of $9.00. Tower of Rome will be having not one, but two CD release parties for this record. Check out the He Who Corrupts site for more info. I've posted a song off of "All is Lost...All is Lost...All is Yet To Be Found" on our mp3 page and you can check out a recent reviewHERE.
The Dirty Things new EP "Movement Making Noises" is now available. This 6 song EP was mixed at BLAM. A review of "Movement Making Noises" by Jim DeRogatis appeared in the July 23rd issue of the Chicago Sun-Times. You can read that review here. The Dirty Things EP was also reviewed by Monica Kendrick in the July 30th issue of the Chicago Reader. Here's what the Reader had to say about "Movement Making Noises":
...This local quartet's new debut EP, "Movement Making Noises" (52 Girls), is icy 80s postpunk right down to the cover art-spiky and jittery and wired, with springy guitars and uneasy rhythms, it's rock 'n' roll to get the shakes to. "Cut and Dry" is two minutes and 45 seconds of strung out nervous energy, like a muscle tic that just won't stop.
The split 12 inch vinyl featuring Seyarse and La Mantra De Fhiqria is now available from Curtain Call Music or 404 Records. The 3 songs by Seyarse were mixed at BLAM.
The new 4 song EP from Sleepwalker Defense (ex-John Brown Battery, ex-Bolweevils) entitled "Weddings and Funerals" is now available on Go Deaf Records. These 4 songs were recorded and mixed at BLAM.
The "Live on WLUW" double CD is now available from both Redline Distribution and Insound. The two disc collection (mastered at BLAM) features some of the greatest live performances from Backstage Pass and the Full On Friday show. 38 songs in total. The bands featured on this CD (in alphabetical order) are: Analog Radio, Che Arthur, Andrew Bird, Black Print, Call Me Lightning, Chalet Chalet, Colossal, Tom Daily, Dakota/Dakota, Deminer, The Detholz!, Duvall, Exo, Hanalei, Corey Hance of The Cells, Haymarket Riot, Head of Femur, The Industry, The Lackloves, Lying In States, The Moment, Mt. St. Helens, New Black, Oh My God, The Read Letter (featuring Nate Van Allen of the Siderunenrs), Riviera, Rob from Downtown Tripper Mind, Rollo Tomasi, R.D. Roth, Simian, Sparklejets UK, Steve and Diane of Dolly Varden, Steve and Liam of Frisbie, Stolie, Suffrajett, Tijuana Hercules, Troubled Hubble, and Viza Noir. Pick up a copy and help support a station that supports alot of local bands. Check out a review of the "Live on WLUW" double CD over at Fufkin.com.
December Calls have just released their new CD which was recorded at Delmark's Riverside Studio and here at BLAM! It sounds great, so make sure you check it out.
The sampler for Quincy Shanks Records that I mastered is now available online and it's FREE!!!! This CD features 12 songs by groups like Faction of the Fox, Black Print, Biscayne, Littleman Complex, The 4-Squares and more. You can get your free copy here.
I mastered 2 records last month for Delmark Records. The first was a live recording at the Harold Washington Library by Vibraphonist Duane Thamm. The other record was for Kalaparush and the Light. These 2 records are available now.
Missing Autumn's EP "The Ambient Girl Has Learned to Speak" is now available on Getaround Records. These guys are playing in February at the Fireside with Since By Man. This CD rules and it's on a great label, so what are you waiting for??? Go get a copy.
Three new albums by saxophonist Fred Anderson, bassist Josh Abrams and Chad Taylor's Active Ingredients are available now on Delmark Records. Both the Josh Abrams record and the Fred Anderson record feature local post-rock guitar hero Jeff Parker from Tortoise. The Fred Anderson album, entitled "Back at the Velvet Lounge" has just reached #14 on CMJ's Jazz Chart after just 2 weeks of rotation. A review of Josh Abrams "Cipher" appeared in the New York Times December 21st, 2003. You can check that out here. There was also a review in the Chicago Reader that you can check out here. All three records were mastered by me. Very cool stuff on a great label.
Blackprint's EP, "Movement," was released August 1st on Quincy Shanks Records. Movement features 5 songs that were recorded at BLAM earlier this year. It's only 4 bucks, so make sure you pick up a copy. There's a great review of "Movement" on this webzine called In the Periphery.
The live set that we recorded for Michael McDonald at the Chicago Theatre in October is mixed (and sounds amazing). The performance was recorded live to 32 tracks of protools and will be available as a bonus CD when you purchase his latest release "Motown" from the QVC Network. For more info, look HERE.