April 2008
46 posts
The Percussion Marathon is done. Raf did a great job at the shakers, maracas, tambourines, bongos, claves & cowbells. I recorded the lead vocals for “Come On Now”. YEAAAAAHHH. 2 more to go!
love you, as always.
Xav
OK. our label, Barclay, visited us at the studio today, they seemed pretty excited about the new versions. Which is good new for us.
We spent the day listening to rough versions of the songs, I wrote some lyrics, mederic recorded some guitars. Tomorrow is “percussion day”. Raf our live drummer will spend the whole day locked in the live room, playing various tambourines, shakers &...
Howdy, Today, I finished the beevee’s (backing vocals) for Tune In. I’m quite happy with the way it turned out/ Mederic used the Vox Ac30. It sounds fantastic. Then we moved on to “Whistle”. I finished the lyrics today and recorded (right after it was checked by my mate/consultant Tim Keegan). Time to clean up the studio, hide the kinder buenos and the Jack Daniels,...
hallo, There was a relaxed vibe floating in the air of the lab, on this sunny saturday (was it the first sunny day of the year?):
BBQ, listening to what we had recorded late at night, a few guitar takes & some work on my lyrics… a demain,
X
WatchX:Ma, I look like a horrible tiny monster
P:No, I think you’re terrific
X: are you kidding me?
P: No, I would never lie to you
X: Thanks, padre. Do you want a cup of hot cocoa?
(sorry for this nanar translation)
what is nanar?
THOUSAND LEAVES
Yo,
we’ve recorded vocals today. A lovely bridge for “Dream On”. If you’re familiar with French pastry, I would call what we’ve done a vocal “Mille Feuilles”, “a Thousand Leaves”…
then I sang the lead on Unpredictable, our next single (!).
The guys from WeWant2Wigoler visited us late at night…have you visited their blog?
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The Bleu Note
STUDIO LINE
Wogué les cocos. It’s 1:30 am we’re about to leave the studio. Today was mostly “Guitar Solo Day”. Once gain we used some of the pieces of our collection. We look like we all need vacation…later, maybe. I’m perfecting my studio beard…I’m trying to get that Björn Borg Wimbledon look. a demain X
...But I Don't Really Need It If I'm A Big Star
Hello, Great news: Today Pedro passed the test and got his driving licence! Congrats mec! we celebrated… and worked on a song called “White Noise” which is almost done. we did vocals mostly today (is it the harmony album?), a few keys and some acoustic guitars. good nite! love X
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WatchSG+Blues Driver=R’n’R
YO,
we have recorded some keys today. sylvain played electric pianos on “All Around” & “Now”. we added more guitars to “Brazil”, I played a keyboard on “Come Around”. No vocals today: Slow preparation, Fast action!
bises!
X
Hello,
Hi,
I’ve just finished a lead vocal for a song called “Dream On”. Mederic played some guitar on “Brazil”.
still going strong!
we’re going to bed!
love
X
we recorded horns earlier today (yesterday). Mehdi from Fugu the arranger played the organ on Ear to The Ground and now at 3:20 we’re singing…
this weekend is off, gotta see the family and sleep away…
LOVE!
X
WatchFrite of The Moule…guess who got sick?
(not me!)
X
(shot & edited by Simon Elephant )
(cooked by José Butez)
Dodo
Bonjour or maybe Bonsoir, “it’s another day for T80 in a recording studio” (to sing on Phil Collins’ hit) What happened today? Mederic played a 12 string Charvel surfcaster and a Fender Telecaster…I sang 2 lead vocals today: “Ear To The Ground” & “One Parachute” (formerly known as “With You”). The Darnetal Army Choir joined me...
WatchJosé Butez playing the mandolin on Dream on
The Party's Still Going, P.S.G!
YO!
More guitars today.
I used a ‘76 Aria lp Custom & a ‘68 Gibson Es355. Sounds Grrreat!
I’ve recorded vocals for “Brazil”, Yeah!
The Darnetal Barbershop Trio (aka Pedro, Med & me, see pic) provided backing vocals. It sounds pretty doo-wap.
José,our beloved musical chef, played a beautiful mandolin part on “Dream on” too.
(watch...
guitar day.
Telecaster Custom 76
Les paul Signature 73
Mustang 68
Rickenbaker 91
Eastwood JLS 07
Guild D40 02
Epiphone Jumbo 92
Gibson J45 04
keep on rockin,
bises
X
The Lazy Mondays
aloha muchachos, We started work today with the mixdown of the “Horn Songs” (the session is due on Friday, orchestrated by Mehdi from Fugu)…then, we re-amped the new basslines (a bassman head through a shitty speaker= great sound). We cleaned the drum tracks and as I was falling asleep I recorded a late mellow guitar on EarToTheGround.
et oulala: it was already time to go to...
Watchstill looking for a chord….
hello!
we’re back on the right track. all the drum parts have been printed, the groove is there, just like we hoped in the first place. Sylvain was there, assisting the talented signore julien barbagallo. 13 songs in 3 days. not bad.
week end is off. we need some rest.
Next week’s menu:
guitars
vocals
etc.
love!
X
Tahiti 80 balance le son toute la nite!
anybody selling a wurlitzer?
recording like crazy…it’s going well.
see ya tomorrow.
X
Watchas we’re about to start a new take, pedro, who’s not on the shot says “play it sexy”…
Changes...
Hello,
long time no see! we’re back at the lab…
I don’t know if we told you before, but Sylvain our drummer suffers from tinnitus. Besides hearing white noise in his ears, most sounds are too loud for him to bear.
It means that a few years ago Sylvain had to stop playing live shows with us, and now he can’t even play drums on his/our albums anymore. It’s a...
Hallo,
Fire Escape is -almost-completed. It sounds a bit like a Françoise Hardy song from the 60’s with a Joe Meek touch.
we’re taking a break for 2 days after a very long week…shall I say weeks?
Gotta go, Med’s recording a 12 string geetar (a charvel surfcaster 12)
bises
X
WatchKung Fu Style….taking a break after a hard day’s night
Los Groovy Lips
Hola que tal? Early in the morning, pedro recorded some sort of upright bass on “Fire Escape”, it sounded great, even though I hadn’t showed him the right chords…! Anyway, today I recorded the first vocal for our #4 album. The song’s called “Against The Sun” and it’s officially the T80 song which features the highest number of backing vocals.It...
Watchbabasse
hello,
working like crazy. we all have that “studio look”:2 week beards, crazy haircuts…etc.
We’ve recorded pianos, ac guitars. Moving forward. Vocals tomorrow.
X