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What would it sound like if we’d push over our record shelves and then glue the pieces back together? Chekhov guns is the result of this puzzle; the third audiotransparent record.
Together with producer Corno Zwetsloot the band took two years inside a fully analog studio (no computers used for recording!) to assemble the thirteen songs. During this process more then only record shelves toppled over. Band members got acquainted with grown up issues. Singer Bart saw his own life fall to pieces. The theme for the record can therefore be described as ‘Bits and pieces’, lyrically as well as musically. The question is whether the old dutch saying “Shards bring luck” is really true…
Chekhov Guns
The group let go of the quiet, slow and melancholic spheres of the first records to work on a true, raw indiepop record. References shifted from Sparklehorse and Low to Wilco, Neutral Milk Hotel and the more electronic groups like Notwist and Animal Colective. A NOW Indie-pop-record.
In the studio all habits and rules were thrown overboard. The only argument was “what works best for the song”. Even within a group of pacifistic northeners this lead to physically violent arguments. “If the 50 days in the studio weren’t expensive it was the bill for cleaning the mixing desk after a bleeding nose”. Band member and producer fired eachother more then once. “But the urge to complete the jigsaw puzzle of a vague musical picture in their heads brought everybody back around the taperecorder. Canadian friends Great Lake Swimmers joined to work together on the first single “you are a movie”. (also available as an old fashioned 7” split vinyl)
Together with producer Corno Zwetsloot the band took two years inside a fully analog studio (no computers used for recording!) to assemble the thirteen songs. During this process more then only record shelves toppled over. Band members got acquainted with grown up issues. Singer Bart saw his own life fall to pieces. The theme for the record can therefore be described as ‘Bits and pieces’, lyrically as well as musically. The question is whether the old dutch saying “Shards bring luck” is really true…
Chekhov Guns
The group let go of the quiet, slow and melancholic spheres of the first records to work on a true, raw indiepop record. References shifted from Sparklehorse and Low to Wilco, Neutral Milk Hotel and the more electronic groups like Notwist and Animal Colective. A NOW Indie-pop-record.
In the studio all habits and rules were thrown overboard. The only argument was “what works best for the song”. Even within a group of pacifistic northeners this lead to physically violent arguments. “If the 50 days in the studio weren’t expensive it was the bill for cleaning the mixing desk after a bleeding nose”. Band member and producer fired eachother more then once. “But the urge to complete the jigsaw puzzle of a vague musical picture in their heads brought everybody back around the taperecorder. Canadian friends Great Lake Swimmers joined to work together on the first single “you are a movie”. (also available as an old fashioned 7” split vinyl)
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Under Water (The Car Crash Song)
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Welcome closer
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Really White Smile
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Never Let Her Slip Away
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The Friday of Our Lives
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iredmar wrote:
Wat een fijne plaat!
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DemonicTutor wrote:
Erg veel zin morgen! :)
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Blijmeisje wrote:
Hands & Fields zou veel hoger moeten staan. Wat een prachtig nr is dat toch. Heb m op vinyl single, maar is ie ook ooit op een cd verschenen? (elke 5 min naar mijn platenspeler lopen is ook zo wat)
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Nochek wrote:
very good
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it-is-aai wrote:
Audiotransparent - Never Let Her Slip Away - Live on Into The Great Wide Open 2009: http://it-is-aai.posterous.com/audiotransparent-never-let-her-slip-away
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_Lucius wrote:
<3
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brm wrote:
Hi nekolux, have you found them yet? If not, you could try e-mailing info@audiotransparent.com and if we can help you out in any way :-) Or wait one more month until you're able to buy them at audiotransparent.com!
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nekolux wrote:
Does anyone know where to buy their CDs? I can't find them anywhere!
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Fernag wrote:
magick..
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carpenter78 wrote:
Slow beauty! What a discovery!
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OOyuri wrote:
<3 ...
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misanthropians wrote:
beauty, sad, dreamy, slow......
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ebbott wrote:
@ burbonah heheh, 'turtle-music'
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brm wrote:
Veel top listeners uit het oosten, koel..
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it-is-aai wrote:
Het was erg mooi, jullie noorders circus. In de kerk waar mijn overgrootopa het orgel bouwde nog wel! :-) Ben benieuwd naar de nieuwe plaat, nu ff de noorderzon-ep luisteren.
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Klauwtje86 wrote:
Norther Sons of the Circus was echt geweldig!!! Vanavond weer!!!
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DemonicTutor wrote:
Nog twee uurtjes en dan 'Northern Sons of the Circus' Ik heb er zin in! :D
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Baculaat wrote:
nieuwe liedjes van het nieuwe album te luisteren op youtube en dat klinkt echt zeeer mooi.
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DemonicTutor wrote:
Sometimes, at the end of January it hurts to listen to September Waltz...
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rmello wrote:
underwater is incredibly beautiful (!)
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Oh, kom er eens kijken!
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EUROSONIC 2010
De Kar, Groningen, Netherlands
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Our new album – Chekhov Guns – will be released on November 23rd. It took us a while to record it, sorry! We think it has been worth the wait. Chekhov Guns will also be released on old skool vinyl! Now…
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