
KING UNDERGROUND
Robohands - Shapes (Blue Vinyl)
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Shapes'
is
inspired
by
1970s
library
music
and
their
legendary
composers
including
Piero
Umiliani,
David
Axelrod,
Brian
Bennett
and
co.
The
album
builds
on
these
influences
and
incorporates
modern
motifs,
contemporary
jazz/hip
hop
drumming
styles
with
a
nod
to
1990s
Mo
Wax
artists
such
as
DJ
Shadow.
The
theme
for
the
record
is
future/nostalgia,
mixing
vintage
&
modern
instruments
and
production
techniques.
Much
of
'Shapes'
was
recorded
with
JB
Pilon
at
Buffalo
Studios
in
Limehouse,
London.
Due
to
the
COVID
restrictions
that
changed
everything
in
2020,
the
remaining
parts
were
recorded
in
Andy's
flat
using
a
collection
of
old
mixing
desk
preamps
and
instruments.
For
the
heads
–
'Shapes'
features
an
array
of
vintage
snares,
including
a
1960's
Ludwig
Pioneer
and
a
mono,
overhead
ribbon
mic
on
the
drum
kit
provided
extra
old
school
points!
The
kick
drum
was
re-amped
through
a
huge
vintage
bass
amplifier
on
a
couple
of
tracks
to
give
it
some
real
character:
"My
favourite
guitar
sound
achieved
on
this
LP
project
is
a
Sontronics
Sigma
ribbon
microphone
in
front
of
a
WEM
Dominator
amp,
which
you
can
hear
on
the
track
'Odysea'.
The
bass
sound
for
all
the
tracks
is
a
1973
Fender
Precision
into
an
old
Altec
valve
preamp,
the
one
used
on
most
Motown
recordings."
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