In Flames -kitaristi Björn Gelotte ”Clayman”-albumin juhlaversiosta: ”Emme halunneet äänittää sitä kokonaan uudestaan”
Ruotsalainen metalliyhtye In Flames juhlistaa tänä vuonna 20 vuotta täyttävää ”Clayman”-albumiaan julkaisemalla albumista 20-vuotisjuhlaversion. Albumi ilmestyy 28. elokuuta Nuclear Blastin kautta. Tulevalla julkaisulla yhtye on äänittänyt muutaman kappaleen uudestaan. Yhtyeen kitaristi Björn Gelotte kertoi Bandbondille, ettei yhtye tahtonut äänittää uudelleen koko albumia, vaan valitsi ne kappaleet, jotka kuuluvat yhtyeen settilistaan nykyäänkin. Gelotte kertoi:
”When we started thinking about this project, it was… There’s a few ways you can do it — either you re-record the whole thing or you bring the old files back and remix them or you just remaster, or you do as we [did] — we picked the songs that we normally play live, or have played the last couple of years, ’cause they kind of fit into the live set that we have nowadays. So it was a matter of us picking a few, and then we just added and added, and it turned out to be, I think, four in the end, plus a little professional medley played by a real musician.
We didn’t wanna re-record the whole thing. I mean, it is what it is, especially at the time, and I think it sounds good the way it does.”
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Kysyttäessä, mitä yhtye teki eri tavalla studiossa, kitaristi kertoi:
”We’ve been working with Howard Benson and his team for two records now, so we kind of know each other pretty well. Technologies moved forward a lot. We saved a lot of time. We didn’t have to go through 55 amps to find whatever we were looking for; we had sort of the sound in mind already. My guess is that we were way more efficient. And the songs were written, and that saves, obviously, a lot of time. We didn’t wanna deviate too much from the original, but at the same time, we wanted to portray how they sound now, and also add a little bit something, just for fun.”
Nykyteknologiasta Gelotte sanoi:
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”Well, we used Pro Tools, I think, back then as well, so editing and cutting and all that stuff, it was pretty straightforward, pretty much as today. But I think soundwise, it’s improved so much. Back then, I think we were still discussing if it was good enough or if we still wanted to do some stuff analog. I kind of like the new way of doing it, because it’s really quick and it doesn’t take away from the creative process, ’cause you don’t have to sit and wait for shit to happen, and I like that. I’d rather be very inspired throughout the whole session than sit and wait for four hours between moving a mic, finding the right cab — all that stuff. So that has certainly improved. But there’s something, obviously, if you wanna be romantic about it that a two-inch tape smells, feels and sounds a little bit different. The old desks and everything, they were actual desks — the sound went through it — not like today when they’re basically big remote controls for the computer. I like the way you can really get the essence of what you wanna do and not be tired because of technical shit.”
Yhtye julkaisi aiemmin albumin nimikkobiisistä uudelleenäänitetyn version, jonka voit kuunnella tästä:
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