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BENJAMIN POINDEXTER / BULLSEYE

BENJAMIN POINDEXTER / BULLSEYE

“We recorded this album in 2008. Again, the sessions were split between Santa Barbara and New York, this time mixing in New York. This record has a more synth heavy sound than PtA, we took a more considered, exacting approach, especially with the synth sounds, often getting all the synths on a particular track set up and running live instead so we could work on the overall sound rather than overdubbing.”

“And here’s Martin using some of that gear… this is all from Chung King studios in New York.”

“These were all from the Santa Barbara sessions. Again, we built our own studio in the live room and we recorded everything in there, including vocals, all recorded on a hand-held mic with the music playing through the speakers (no headphones!)”

“During these sessions Martin developed an addiction to buying vintage synths, drum machines and pedals on eBay. At least one cardboard box containing some rare and legendary synth would turn up at the studio every day and immediately be unpacked and used on whichever track we were working on.”