:: Recone Helmut's Studio Log ::

:: Thursday, February 26, 2004 ::

We have a mastering date! On April 2nd I will make the short drive over the George Washington Bridge to Tenafly New Jersey. As most people know, my favorite day is mastering day. I talk about it, I write about it, I look forward to it. It's the last day. You finally have to let it go. Plus its the day where you get to hear your little creation at it's best. I love mastering day.

Sarah and I sat down and actually listened to the entire CD together the other night. I had been keeping it from her for several months so much of it was new to her. I was nervous and couldn't wait to get her response. She loved it. It made my whole weekend.

We actually have one more song to finish. I am waiting for the vocals from Pete and should have it done in a few weeks.

The album art has not been started yet but we have a concept and Brian promised me it would be done by the end of the month. It should be pretty bad ass :-).

Fuck record labels. I have decided to release this disk on my own. I just need to score a small distro deal. Working on it.

That's all for now...
:: Recone 5:48 PM [+] ::
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Went to Roni Size Thursday night. Flavorpill put us on the comp list. Here is the review I wrote for them:

I'm not new to this. I've been watching people spin Jungle records in clubs for nearly ten years. I wouldn't go so far as to say I'm jaded but I'm not easily exited. Roni Size at Avalon was exciting.

I couldn't get a read on Avalon at first. The sound system looked like it should sound good (four huge stacks of subs, more than enough main cabinets hanging from the ceilings) but it didn't. Muddy and lacking any definition, I was less than enthused. By the end of the second warm up DJ, the system started waking up. I made my way to the floor and parked right in front of the minivan sized subs. These are my peoples. The crowd was excellent and it only got better the closer one got to the bass. By the time Size came on I was grabbing people by the head and bouncing around in a circle with a giant grin on my face. It was that good. The sound seemed to get better and better for the first 30 minutes of his set - once it got loud enough to start distorting (just a hair), they left it alone. This place sounds good. I mean, the kind of bass that rattles your brain around in your head and blurs your fucking vision. I love it loud baby, and these guys got me covered.

Roni was on, no doubt about it. The pair of MCs were doing their thing too. Very rehearsed and not overdoing it. What can I say, this is Roni Size, of course the set was on point. Still, for me, the star of this show was the sound system. Amazing.
:: Recone 7:58 PM [+] ::
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