[kj] ]KJ[ Part 3/3 Brittania Row Studios Sessions : The Full Report Of 3 Days With Killing Joke in London November 2009

[Darren A. Peace]

(shits pants)

Truly incredible. Thank you so much for sharing, you lucky bastard.

Darren
Hungerford, UK

On 7 Dec 2009, at 23:57, "Frenchy Frenzy"  
<frenchyfrenzy at killingjoke.fr> wrote:


> 3rd Day 21th nov 2009

>

> Jaz had a meeting about business at the studio with Matt Luxon and a  

> young lady.

>

> During the last 2 days I really really really tried to negociate  

> with everybody (Jaz Paul Youth and all the people in the studio) to  

> get one of the new tracks on an USB key but as these were “work in p 

> rogress tracks and quite unfinished “ I couldn’t get any of  

> them :o((

>

> But the last afternoon was my time !!!!

>

> I have spent quite 50 mins in the control room with one guy (who  

> will recognize himself) and by chance (after some threats on his  

> family ha ha ha ) he let me listening to quite all the tracks …….

>

> “ The Raven King “  certainly the masterpiece of the album

>

> “The New Feudalism”     (incredible guitar rhythm that “lead”  

> everything : Geordie in his highest form with a lot of different bre 

> aks)

>

> “Point Of Singularity”    (with a bass line à la Steve Harris  

> and guitar breaks à la Pantera) very different from the others and m 

> uch more heavier

>

> and even let me alone in the control room during one complete track :

>

> “A Sixth Son (Holy Mountain)”    (major guitar riff and cool bass  

> lines very groovy à la “Wire”)

>

> This was a very special privilege and couldn’t help filming myself a 

> t the mixing desk doing stupid things like Angus Young’s duck walk i 

> n a real moment of complete euphoria submerged by the music

>

> Jaz insisted to introduce me to the young lady seen upstairs as the  

> daughter of a good friend of him

>

> Her name is Yasmin Kerr, daughter of Chrissie Hynde (Pretenders) and  

> Jim Kerr (Simple Minds)

> Quite a good name for the music business….

>

> She’s now working for the management.

>

> Jaz said to Matt Luxon that it would be a good idea to use all my  

> footages during the recording sessions for an EPK and I gave my  

> emails to Miss Kerr

>

> Matt Luxon said there were discussions for filming the Apollo  

> Hammersmith’s gig in 2010 but the Saturday 17th should be a day off.

>

> There are discussions for them to play some festivals in summer 2010  

> like this year too.

>

> Concerning the footages of 16 gigs they got from me, the new  

> contract with Universal prevent them for releasing a DVD with this  

> footages for about 12 /18 months

>

> Jaz was supposed to record some vocal parts during the afternoon and  

> I had the feeling they needed some privacy for the recording with  

> Youth.

>

> In fact, they were looking for some other studios to record the  

> vocals for different tracks too !!!

>

> As it was time to leave and take the taxi to Victoria and train to  

> Gatwick and Plane to Lyon, we said goodbye till next time, thanked  

> them for the invitation, they both thanked me for the cheeses and  

> Jaz said that Youth was driving him mad and Youth answered “You mean 

>  to Sanity man !!

>

>

>

> Stephane “Frenchy Frenzy” very excited about the new album, who  

> spent 3 memorable days in London

>

>

> PS : names of others tracks should be “I Am War”  and “Absolut  

> Descent”

>

> PS 2 : Nothing of this would have been possible without Big Paul  

> (the invitation at the studios)  whose drumming is awesome too and  

> so dynamic

>

> PS 3 :There is a  project of a Serge Gainsbourg tribute which Jaz  

> might contribute to

>

>

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