More Loukoum!

Oh hey, also, Loukoum were back in the studio on Saturday. We have a pretty solid number of songs tracked now, with just the accordion, violin and guitar, and they've even started to add in some other fun instruments and textures, like wurlitzer, upright bass, drums and clapping. We're going to book another day or half-day or something, to get all of that stuff mixed nicely. I keep trying to convince them to do a full-length album, and really do up the production- Tom Waits and Tin Hat Trio sounds, stuff like that.

Chris Conley and the Bromantics

So I'm in the studio today for the second day of tracking on Chris Conley's new record with the Bromantics. The way I have been describing them is blues music with some latin influences, as played by wild jazz musicians. Chris is a guitarist who is coming solidly out of the electric blues sound and tradition. But it's Brooklyn, so this shit is just crazy. Maria Eisen on tenor and bari sax (she plays with Dub Is A Weapon, and a bunch of other jam, afrobeat, and latin bands), David Andrew Moore on drums (cat swings his ass off, when he's not playing "out" or "free," and sometimes even when he is). Adam Minkhoff lays down the solid bass grooves.

Anyway, this is a ridiculously fun session, and we are tracking everything to analog tape, which just sounds fantastic. I can't wait to get this mixed- I know Chris is pretty eager to release it, some time in October hopefully, so it'll hopefully be quick. I'll put it up on my website when it is ready!

crazy.