Teloitus... and how it all came together
Welcome to our studio blog! It certainly has taken us a long time to get this far, but yes sir, we're finally recording our second album. First songs were written two years ago and the last one came together only this June. For the past year song-writing has been our main priority and as a result we've spent countless hours at rehearsal room working on this material as a band. It's been a long and hard road, but it was definitely worth it. We can't wait to let you guys hear what we've got to offer!
—Mynni Luukkainen, Kosti Orbinski, Pete Lapio, Tomi Otsala, Timo Häkkinen.
Executed on 28 July 2007, 11:41
Recordings have been finished
Actually everything was finished already on Wednesday the 25th. Our guest vocalist did simply amazing job with the song Estrangulados. It's exactly what we wanted it to be! We also had two special guests performing guitar solos for this song, but it's best to not say anything more on this subject.
Hyvä tuolla on istua kun jätkät haukkuu tuolia, tökkii tikulla ja vittuilee. —Hannu feels it ain't easy working with a bunch of wankers such as us
As everything was now finished with recordings, Hannu had arranged us a special evening: Sauna, grilling, chilling and drinking! Wohoo! What a champ! It was the perfect way to end the 1½ weeks of working for every single day. Thanks to everyone involved!
The night ended with five tired guys hitting the bed after midnight and Mynni "da man" going out drinking. Before 4 AM a certain someone needed to get back in, and instead of using the key which he had, he felt it was necessary to call everybody and wake them up to come and open the door. Worry not, he was totally sober and we have photos for prove it!
Se näyttää ensin vaikeelta, mutta helppoahan se sitten oli. —Mynni, the great philosopher, on drinking
On Thursday morning we packed our stuff at the flat, cleaned the place up and left to pack the drums and then onto Hannu's studio to get a rough mix with us back home. It was a great feeling to head towards home already on Thursday afternoon, instead of, say, Wednesday next week. We now have two weeks off before heading back to Vaasa to be rockstars and mix the album. Mastering has been booked for late August.
All in all we had nothing but great time in Vaasa with a bunch of amazing people. Thank you all, you know who you are! Also a special thanks to all of our fans and friends for supporting us and reading all this silliness. It's greatly appreciated, thank you!
(Photos, videos and general updates on the album progress will be posted gradually during the next few weeks and we're back with daily rambling once the mixing starts. Stay tuned!)
Executed by Timo Häkkinen, filed in General, Recording, Vocals
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Executed on 25 July 2007, 16:28
Spank my ass and call me Charles Manson
This will be quick, I promise. We've now recorded all the guitar leads (and they are out of this world!) and Mynni also nailed his last song. We're now going to grab something to eat and then go back to the studio to unleash our special guest vocalist (whose name shall remain a secret for a while longer).
Kuulostaa epävireiseltä länkytykseltä —Hannu ain't a big fan of guitar solos
More rambling, photos and videos tomorrow. The album will be finished tonight, wohoo!
Executed by Timo Häkkinen, filed in Guitars, Recording, Vocals
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Executed on 24 July 2007, 23:52
Today we have been mostly drinking and...
Making shitloads of progress here! Kosti tracked the last two songs in the morning and then he and Pete did some additional guitar parts for a couple of songs. We had another nice coffee session at Mika's place, thanks again! All the guitar parts except for the solos have now been tracked and everything sounds pretty damn good. Hannu will still work on the guitar sound at some point and more than likely he will cast a few spells and make everything sound even more crushing. What a hero!
Taitaa olla sellainen harmonia, että on keskivertokuulijalle hieman liian jyrkkä. —Pete went crazy with "Kidutus"
Today we also learned that our album is only around 15 GB is size... Rather pathetic. Also, we had around 27 tracks on the songs before starting to record vocals, whereas Waltari has had 327 tracks on their songs. We really need to do something about this pathetic state our album currently rots in, roit? Don't worry, we will. We will spend the remaining week recording guitar solos and aim for about 666 tracks of solos for each song. How's that?
After some chinese lunch it was time to unleash hell... I mean, Mynni. The aim was to record vocals for a few songs and then move onto the guitar solos, but after Mynni got started, there was no stopping. He did seven songs in one evening! I hear you screaming What a champ, but you gotta remember that he had a magic secret: Jaloviina.
Ei säkeistö voi kestää 12 sekuntia. —Hannu thinks there's something rotten in the state of "Arkku vailla vainajaa"
In matter of days the rough tracks, consisting of drums and bass, have turned into an almost finished album and we're pretty damn thrilled!
Tomorrow it's time for yet another long day. We aim to record all guitar solos and finish Mynni's vocals. Tomorrow is also the day for our special guest vocalist to come and do some amazing vocals for us! Can't wait! Great success!
Executed by Timo Häkkinen, filed in Guitars, Recording, Vocals
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Executed on 23 July 2007, 19:13
Believe it or not, we are actually working here
Just a quick update to let you know that on top of watching silly videos on Youtube, we are actually making some progress here. Today has been a guitar day and a more detailed post will follow later on. We're heading back to studio in a moment to continue tracking Kosti's guitars. Just wanted to let you know that we finally have some videos up, so check out the video section here and feel free to add us as a friend on Youtube.
Executed by Timo Häkkinen, filed in General, Guitars, Recording, Videos
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Executed on 21 July 2007, 03:05
Today the world, tomorrow the guitars
Just a quick update to let you know that all bass parts have been finished and Pete has also tracked two songs on the guitar (two guitar tracks for each song). We had a great day today (well yesterday, seeing it's already 2 AM) and little by little the songs start sounding better and better as we keep on adding instruments over the drum tracks. We also visited Mika from Rotten Sound and his family today. They live upstairs from where we're tracking the guitars and vocals and we had a nice little coffee break at their place, cheers! :)
Mustikkatassut on muuten ihan vitun hyviä! —Tomi + 10 kg
By the way, Hannu was wondering the other day if anyone could send us some extra double bass notes for our songs. He has special liking for the song Kidutus, but he'd like some more double bass on it. Anyone?
Siellä on koko ajan kellarikidutusta. —Mikki told us what's going on in his basement
Kosti arrived today around 9 PM and Mikki also came to hang out. We talked more crap about the album release, new merchandise, video shoot and so on... A while ago everybody else left for a few beers, but I had to stay here - natürlich - to update this blog, take care of Myspace etc. Oh well, someone's gotta do it!
Executed by Timo Häkkinen, filed in Bass, General, Guitars, Recording
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Executed on 19 July 2007, 23:39
Drums are done!
After a few unlucky days things really started rolling today! We started early and everything went really well. We tracked the two missing songs and also did new takes on a bunch of songs that were already recorded. We ended up nailing 6-7 final takes today, so definitely a very good day! After the drums were done, we headed out to lunch and moved to Biotech Audio Solutions to start going through the drum takes and choosing the best ones.
Hannu is leaving to Germany tomorrow, so he taught us how to record few additional bass parts and guitars over the weekend. We did roughly a 12 hour day and everybody is beaten. Tomorrow we’ll sleep late in the morning and then head out to work. This monster of an album is finally starting to come together and we’re damn excited!
As soon as Hannu gets back from Germany (on Monday, unless he eats some Germany Bratwurst that’s gone bad) we’ll put together a gear list for all those interested. Drums, heads, mics, positioning, photos… everything.
On siitä ehkä yks otto sinnepäin… Tai en mä tiedä. —Tomi asked Timo how he did with the song Oikeutus
Sorry for the short post, but we’re totally beaten. Kosti will arrive here tomorrow so it’s going to be all about guitars from now on…
Executed by Timo Häkkinen, filed in Drums, Recording
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