Gary writes:
As I write this, we're two days away from releasing our
debut album, after what has been a very busy time recording and mixing. The
album was mastered and delivered to SDR at the end of April, and we've have
three positive reviews so far, with one even scoring 10/10! Links to the
reviews are below:
http://crimsonmoonzine.com/defeat_review
http://www.intravenousmag.co.uk/2013/06/review-defeat-seek-help.html
Feedback we've had on the tracks we've previewed on
Soundcloud has also been really positive, and the mood in the camp is buoyant
as release time draws ever closer. We are most definitely very proud of this
first album.
We also played our first ever London gig on 8th June, opening
the Cybersonik festival. We arrived at the venue with time to spare, and
checked out some of the other bands going through their soundcheck. Then our
soundcheck came and disaster nearly struck. It's a bit of an in-joke amongst
musicians about the reliability of Behringer gear, but our keyboard mixer (which
had worked flawlessly for the past 10 years or so) decided to throw a fit in
the soundcheck and went wrong - the right channel on the main mix was
completely dead, meaning we only had the left channel! Luckily we were able to
run our kit directly to PA, bypassing the mixer. With that sorted, we were able
to soundcheck and then play the gig itself without any problems. The feedback
we got from the crowd was very positive, with several people commenting on how
clear and punchy our sound was. I was also able to meet many of those I only
"knew" virtually. All in all, for us the gig was ultimately a big
success.
I've also been recruited by Mark Haigh, head honcho of
Draconic Elimination Projects (DEP) and prime instigator of the Beat:Cancer
compilation to mix the next "DEP feat. MiXE1" album. Although it's
early days, things are going really well, and I'm really enjoying working on
the project.
Until next time.
