RE: ANOTHER album!!

["Paul Vallis" <paulvallis@ho...com>]

Thanks Chris, that's great news!

Are EMI funding the current activity?

One of the criticisms that has been levelled at some of the recent releases 
(notably Altitude and Record Player) is the muddy production.  I can 
understand Gerard's desire to keep it "in house" for artistic control and 
financial reasons, and I know he likes to go for a more low-fi sound 
sometimes, but I'm not so sure it suits the Aeroplanes style.  Hopefully the 
fact that you're on board will mean that the base recordings used are better 
quality than some of those on other recent releases which will lead to an 
overall improvement in sound quality.
As regards the websites, well, we won't hold our breath.....

Your future bulletins will be awaited with great anticipation!

PV1


From: chris sharp <sharpy@he...freeserve.co.uk>
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Subject: [Blueplanes] ANOTHER album!!
Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2006 10:23:38 +0200

Hi everyone

I just thought I'd post an update of what's going on behind the  scenes...

The band are recording a brand new album of brand new songs. Gerard  is 
hoping to get it out early next year. This will make it FOUR  albums in 12 
months!! (Swagger deluxe, Altitude, Harvester and the  new one).
I have been recording all the rehearsals since the harbourside gig.  
Gerard's theory is basically this. When a band goes into a studio to  
record, they often find the original recording of the first time the  band 
played a new song has a better vibe than the full quality studio  recording. 
These recording are usually done on a dictaphone or  walkman for reference 
so the quality make them un-useable. The idea  is that I record the 
rehearsals to a relatively good quality on my  laptop so there is a back-up 
of all the original versions of the new  songs which are recorded at a high 
enough quality to use on the album  if the version if a particular track 
can't be bettered in the studio.
I've been following the aeroplanes as a fan since a gig at the tropic  club 
in Stokes Croft back in 1985. To be involved on this level has  been 
fascinating. I can also honestly report that the new songs  (which are still 
vocal-less at this stage) sound fantastic. This is  shaping up to be the 
best Aeroplanes album for years. Gerard is  determined to go one better than 
Altitude and from what I've heard  the new songs, especially the rockier 
ones, are up there even with  Swagger! As a little nugget of info there is a 
fabulously titled song  called "China Brilliant Automotive" (apparently 
taken from the first  Chinese company to be registered on the New York stock 
exchange.. or  something) and it's a real rocker!
On the web site front, we had a meeting with some people who run the  
http://www.blueaeroplanes.co.uk/ site. They are setting it up so that  it is 
easy for Gerard to add updates himself from home. He is  planning to put up 
a video every month and put alternative versions  of older tracks up for 
download. I was unaware that so many of the  songs had videos made for them. 
I had only seen Jacket Hangs  and ...And Stones until last week. He showed 
me the videos to about  15 other tracks. Some are from European TV shows, 
one was from a gig  at the Western Star Domino Club back in 1984 (they 
looked SO young!),  one was from The Old Grey Whistle Test (I think it was 
"Arriving")  and some were full-on video productions.
As for the domain names, and I think I remember this correctly though  I'm 
not sure, Gerard said that EMI own blueaeroplans.com and  
blueaeroplanes.co.uk but Gerard owns theblueaeroplane.co.uk
One piece of info I passed on a couple of months a go about possible  gigs 
is Oslo and Athens needs clarification. I was under the  impression that 
these were confirmed gigs but I got the wrong end of  the stick. They are 
both just gigs in the pipeline waiting for the  band whenever they want 
them. The new album is taking priority at the  moment so they will probably 
remain as just possible gigs until what  I presume would be the full tour to 
promote the new album next year  (although I'm just guessing here!)
Abi, you can send your email to me at chris@al...co.uk and I'll  give 
it to Gerard when I'm back in Bristol later this week.
Also, Mark, did you manage to get hold of John Langley? If not I can  pass 
any message on to him at the same time.
So I'll post another update when there is a build up of enough new  stuff to 
talk about.
Cheers

Chris


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