Greg Weeks – The Hive [2008]
tracklist:
1. You Won’t Be The Same Ever Again
2. The Lamb’s Path
3. Lay Low
4. Borderline
5. Burn The Margins
6. The Hive
7. Funhouse
8. Not Meant For Light
9. The Wait
10. Donovan
11. Division
“Espers Greg Weeks announce release of The Hive. Out November 3rd on Wichita Recordings .
Greg Weeks is the producer of (and co-songwriter and musician in) Philadelphia psych folk outfit Espers, and is due to release his brand new solo album “The Hive” next month on Wichita Recordings. In Gregs words:
“Frustrated with new methods and mindset in recording technology I threw up my hands and built my own analog recording studio. My last album, Blood Is Trouble (as well as the first Espers record) was recorded on a 1⁄2″ 8 track machine. Eventually I was able to upgrade to an MCI 2″ machine and professional recording console which have allowed for better sound quality and greater experimentation. Having a home studio has allowed me to record and produce albums at a comfortable pace consistent with my own levels of inspiration.
Key to the album’s sound was the acquisition of a vintage Mellotron keyboard. The Mellotron is doubtless my spirit animal in instrument form and is certainly one of the main inspirations behind The Hive. No other instrument conveys the characteristics of hive insects as well as this legendarily warbley tape based sampler. It’s an instrument used by most all of my heroes: Robert Wyatt, King Crimson, Led Zeppelin, The Pretty Things, Krokodil, Canadian band Harmonium and all nine trillion Italian prog bands that I love!
The Hive is primarily a response to the atmosphere of apocalypse that permeates the lives of those who are open and receptive to their environment (not to mention the general global condition). That’s not to say the album’s entirely about misery and despair. Quite the contrary; I have a good amount of fun trolling through the backwaters of my own dank grey matter (often darkly comical), and each of these songs have multiple meanings, so glean from them what you will.
Flagcounter
Comments
my eyes just LIT UP!
thanks/
Thanks, I like it!
poydrav Graaf
Great point and very interesting food for thought. I’m not sure I have any clients I can replicate this with, but will bear in mind for the future. Regards
Sorry, comments are closed.