EQ Magazine - March 2009 - (Page 12) PUNCH IN MIXED MEDIA Creative Process Apollo Sunshine’s Democratic Involves Many Different Studios BY GREG REYNOLDS “It was really about finding a space where we felt comfortable to create a sonically diverse album,” says Apollo Sunshine’s Jeremy Black concerning the recording of Shall Noise Upon [Headless Heroes/Black and Greene]. With the discovery of Old Soul Studios in Catskill, New York, Black, along with band mates Sam Cohen and Jesse Gallagher, found their guiding light. “It’s this beautiful old mansion that was built back in the early 1800s,” explains Black. “Every room is filled with different organs, autoharps, mellotrons, drums, and guitars. For our style of music—which jumps around so frequently—the environment was perfect. We just walked in, and we couldn’t help but start making some unique-sounding music.” As the prolific multi-instrumentalists settled into their new surroundings for two different three-week sessions, they also invited a multitude of friends to play strings, brass, and percussion, recording everything to analog without any preconceived notions about what they were going to do, or how the finished album would sound. “We had a couple of ideas going into the studio, but a lot of the pieces evolved whenever something came to mind,” says Black. “We just kept building things up until we got to the point where we found ourselves deconstructing everything. Eventually, we got what we got.” Drums were tracked with Shure SM57s on the top and bottom snare heads and the toms, an AKG D12 on the kick, a lone Nady RSM-1 ribbon as an overhead mic, and a Lomo 19A9 was positioned on top of a staircase to capture the reflections of the studio’s expansive live room. The bass 12 EQ MARCH 2009 www.eqmag.com http://www.eqmag.com
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