PURE DEVOTION - 7th Aug 26
for us, making music has always been about having fun. being in the studio together, having a laugh. a never ending process of exploring new ways of making tunes. forever learning, always trying to get better - v83 was a new pb on one of these tracks…
with this album we wanted to try make something that captured the physical space of our studios. setting up loads of ways of processing, recording, re amping sounds…. ‘the vocal isn’t sitting quite right? let’s track it through an old tannoy speaker in the basement. that synth needs to twang harder? let’s play it through an old train station announcement speaker from the 1930’s.’ we ran tape over magnets, blew up some speakers and finally utilised that dirt cheap overclocked fx unit we snaffled years ago in bromley. we even oven baked a cymbal covered in coffee grounds, crisps and vinegar - thank you @sylvia_massy for that one
and a huge thank you to the incredible artists we collaborated with, @rollojackson , @johnjosephholt , @kindora__ , @ruthvenready we couldnt have done this album without you and honoured that you’re part of it
thanks as well to all the artists who we sampled, all the studios we recorded in and all the engineers we learnt from in the process of making this record
endless appreciation to everyone who takes the time to listen, we made it for you
lockup is out now
Big love t&e x
LOCKUP
We’d been reading rip it up and start again by Simon Reynolds and just generally on a massive post punk binge trying to find out as much as possible about how some of those records were made and the philosophy behind them.
We got so obsessed with the all tactile soundscapes, the chaotic mix decisions, the use of physical processes and spaces and probably most importantly the approach to trying to break as many things as possible in the process of creating something new.
Lockup is out tomorrow 😳😳 t&e x
