Hot Damn! A long time ago my pals the Maroons got me together with their friend Brian Berg who was thinking of starting a studio, and interested in my participation. Nothing ever came of this plan, beyond a friendship and a few downed beers, but now Brian has a band and I've got a copy of his great CD. Now here's the clincher, this was all done on two DA 88's and recorded and mixed through a pair of small mixing boards ganged together and recorded in a basement space. It sounds awesome. It's all the proof I needed that with a lot of hard work and care DA 88's can sound fine. Oh yeah, the other thing that really helps is that the songs are top-notch, in a X meets Elvis Costello rocked up great song sorta way. Yeah. (Schizophonic, 17 SE 3rd Ave #501, Portland, OR 97214)
Music Reviews | No. 8
Volume One
by Kevin Coral
Stop me if you've heard this one before. A couple of L.A. rich kids with too much time on their hands buy some recording equipment, rent a space and start recording their own album, which they...