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

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 Stephane,

this is a killer report, thank you for sharing your  3-day experience with us. From the description of the tracks (great titles, btw),we can expect a new, exciting release and tour. 

Cheers!

CG

 

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From: Frenchy Frenzy <frenchyfrenzy at killingjoke.fr>
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Subject: [kj] ]KJ[ Part 3/3 Brittania Row Studios Sessions : The Full Report Of 3 Days With Killing Joke in London November 2009



3rdDay 21th nov 2009
 
Jaz had a meetingabout business at the studio with Matt Luxon and a young lady.
 
During the last 2days I really really really tried to negociate with everybody (Jaz Paul Youthand all the people in the studio) to get one of the new tracks on an USB keybut as these were “work in progress tracks and quite unfinished “ Icouldn’t get any of them :o((
 
But the lastafternoon was my time !!!!
 
I have spentquite 50 mins in the control room with one guy (who will recognize himself) andby chance (after some threats on his family ha ha ha ) he let me listening toquite 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 ofdifferent breaks)
 
“Point Of Singularity”    (witha bass line à la Steve Harris and guitar breaks à la Pantera) very different fromthe others and much more heavier
 
and even let mealone in the control room during one complete track :
 
“A Sixth Son (Holy Mountain)”    (major guitar riff and cool bass linesvery groovy à la “Wire”)
 
This was a veryspecial privilege and couldn’t help filming myself at the mixing deskdoing stupid things like Angus Young’s duck walk in a real moment ofcomplete euphoria submerged by the music
 
Jaz insisted tointroduce me to the young lady seen upstairs as the daughter of a good friendof him
 
Her name is Yasmin Kerr, daughter of ChrissieHynde (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 useall my footages during the recording sessions for an EPK and I gave my emailsto Miss Kerr
 
Matt Luxon said there were discussions for filming the ApolloHammersmith’s gig in 2010 but the Saturday 17th should be a day off.
 
There are discussions for them to play some festivals insummer 2010 like this year too.
 
Concerning the footages of 16 gigs they got from me, the newcontract with Universal prevent them for releasing a DVD with this footages forabout 12 /18 months
 
Jaz was supposedto record some vocal parts during the afternoon and I had the feeling theyneeded some privacy for the recording with Youth.
 
In fact, theywere looking for some other studios to record the vocals for different trackstoo !!!
 
As it was time toleave and take the taxi to Victoria and train to Gatwick and Plane to Lyon, wesaid goodbye till next time, thanked them for the invitation, they both thankedme for the cheeses and Jaz said that Youth was driving him mad and Youthanswered “You mean to Sanity man !!
 
 
 
Stephane“Frenchy Frenzy” very excited about the new album, who spent 3memorable days in London
 
 
PS : names ofothers tracks should be “I Am War”  and “AbsolutDescent” 
 
PS 2 : Nothing ofthis 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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