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1991 was recorded on a Fostex 1/4" reel 8-track recorder in St. Louis, MO in 1991, and mixed in 2009 at The Surface. Cubase was used for additional recording, editing, and mixing. These songs were recorded one at a time over the course of the year (1991). They were never really conceived as an album until later. They have always been meaningful to me, even though they were left in a rough form for 18 years. Over the years, some people have told me they have enjoyed these songs, and so I put them together as a complete recording. Although much time has passed, I feel these songs hold together well and are a good representation of my first serious efforts creating instrumental music. The recording atmosphere was open and often experimental. This album would not have been possible without the help of Scott Lowrey (drum programming, engineering, other instruments) and Mark Heupel (bass). Most of the original multi-track recordings were intact, a few were damaged. Tracks 5, 7, 8, and 9 were reconstructed using old in-progress rhythm track mixes and isolated sections transferred from cassette. The process was sometimes slow for reconstruction and making the parts fit sonically. A few missing parts were re-recorded. With few exceptions, missing parts were recreated to match the original as exactly as possible. |
