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ELECTRIC MAGMA - RELEASED FEB. 2003

Unwired album cover

This was the first album that ELECTRIC MAGMA released since changing their name from twentyseven. The decision to change the name was a simple one. It had been a number of years since twentyseven had released an album and during that time the band had acquired both a new drummer and singer, and had changed the musical direction of the band substantially. It seemed only appropriate to start fresh with a new name and new energy.

Electric Magma was the THIRD album recorded in Burlington at the MUSIC GYM, and also was the third album that JUSTIN KOOP worked on as engineer. The album was released in two colors: RED and BLUE. Some of the covers have hand-signed remarks by all the members of the band and the odd album even has remarks from Koop himself.

Another insteresting sidenote is that Tim and Tryg hand folded all 500 CD inserts for this CD while in the studio doing final mixes with Koop.

Lots of beer was injested during the making of this album.

TRACK LISTING:

1:US
2:The Real Me
3:Ride On
4:Twenty Eight
5:I Search
6:Follow
7:Jam
8:Wait

COMMENTS:

TOM: I popped my cherry on this album, unlike Tim and Tryg, I had never recorded in a studio before, and so the pressure was high. I didn’t want to let them down, because whenever I do, they beat me

TRYG:  We recorded this album in the winter of 2003.  I remember we were keeping an INSANE schedule for the release of this album.  Tim and I pulled a whole shitload of all-nighters to have it mixed and released on time.  I remember driving to work after an entire night of mixing and literally having ZERO sleep... i had to crank open all the windows in my car (in the DEAD of winter) just so I wouldn't fall asleep on the highway.  I was a zombie at work that whole week.... but we got the album done on time.  There are pictures of Tim and I with plastic gloves on folding the CD inserts during those late night mixing sessions with Justin.

TOM: I remember at the time, I had an ’88 Pearl Export kit, not a great kit for the studio. The snare head had to be replaced and the floor tom, oh man, we spent almost an entire afternoon trying to tune it without success (granted the top ring was dented). We finally gave up and used a floor tom from another kit. The clock and the meter were ticking, not off to a great start. We also didn’t use a click track on this album, almost seems unthinkable nowadays. I don’t think we had enough time to get ready, I was relieved though, one less thing to worry about. Did I pull it off? I don’t know, you tell me.

TIM: I think that this was the first time we really started paying attention to how we recorded. Although it wasn't until the next album that we really got our groove on (in my own humble opinion), we had a lot of hands on with this album in particular. If it wasn't for that, I don't think that we really would have payed too much attention to how valuble the pre-production was for upcoming albums.

TRYG:  Tim and I split the writing of the lyrics on this CD.  We had
recorded all the songs instrumentally without any lyrics or melodies. 
We had two days left in the studio and still didn't know who would be singing, we didn't have a singer.  Bottom line, Tim and I were prepared to do the vocals if we had to.  It turns out that we were able to find a singer at the very last possible second who had to learn all the lyrics on the spot (and these are lyrics that were written the night before they were recorded).  I remember singing the lyrics I had written into a cheap little ghetto blaster just so Jesse would know how to sing the songs.  He was great in the studio he was able to replicate the songs exactly the way they were written.... he did it all on the fly in two days.... he had never heard the songs previous to that.  I was pretty impressed.... I remember though I had to keep telling him to sing MEANER.  This kid always had a smile on his face, he was a bit toow happy for me.

TOM: What I remember the most about that time was how sick I got the first day. It was late and I went home. Later that night, I had a fever and didn’t stop puking and doing that-which-cannot-be-named (shitting) all fucking night! Thankfully (sort of), Justin was also sick and we cancelled the next day, I was in no shape to do anything. But we pulled it off.

TIM: What i remember most, is that, it's very common for Tom to get the shits during recording sessions. From now on, he is known only as "I go shit, they go plop" Brouard. HA

 

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