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Trad&Now review Carl's Chair
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- Created on Wednesday, 17 August 2011 11:13
Title: Carl’s Chair
By Stormcellar
Produced by Stormcellar
Great, great Sound
This band is really known as a swamp band and I am so glad I got to listen to their latest album.
Sadly, I have not caught Stormcellar in concert and a quick look at the gig guide tells me they are busy boys which does not surprise me.
This CD was recorded on the porch of “Burgoon” in Cumnock NSW.
The CD Sleeve has ample pics of the production event and from the sound of the CD, it was an enjoyable exercise for all.
I sorta wish I was there!
Information on the sleeve explains that the CD has been “fixed” and mastered in other studios so the recordings are not as raw as one would expect from a porch recording session.
The CD is a cruisy blend of blues and mountain acoustic rock.
This is great PUB music.
The players include harp, mandolin, guitars and acoustic bass.
In addition, there is fine backing and harmony singers including the sensational singing girlies on “Southern Belles” who have contributed to the CD.
The band’s web page will introduce you to the players.
The songs are swampy and certainly catchy and well worth a listen.
I reckon this band needs to be hunted down and the show caught especially if you’re into swampy talent by a band outside the run-of-the-mill.
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Random youtube video synchronicity - Carl's Chair Emporium???
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- Created on Wednesday, 20 July 2011 15:35
I swear we had nothing to do with this clip, but its worth posting! I thought we had named an album so oddly that this sort of thing just wouldnt happen. Weeeeiird huh?
Carl's Chair still on the local charts
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- Created on Friday, 15 July 2011 01:18
For regular readers of this site, you may know we got into a little trouble over 'Carl's Chair', hot on the heels of Nuevo Retro, we received one or two 'WTF' responses from Blues Purists and a couple of 'we dont like your kind round here' from unnameable sources (well, I could name'em but I won't cos we are quite polite most of the time). Controversy? Great! Just ask Rupert, it sells papers!
Nonetheless, Carls' Chair is still on the Australian Blues/Roots charts. Thats gotta be nigh on 6 months now. It peaked at #7 (not bad) and is still on there at #14. Carl's Chair came into the charts when Nuevo Retro was still on the chart, and given that NR made it to #1 and stuck around for a year, we've been pretty well represented on the airwaves for a while.
What does it all mean? Who knows! We have managed to offend purist genre enthusiasts from at least three (or more) Musical Tribes and with luck, the next album will increase the number of people who can't pin us down!
Hooray!
2nd mix of Carl's Chair in, still sounds great, now what?
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- Created on Friday, 01 July 2011 04:49
How was it before the additonal mixing? Sounded great! We liked it enough to release it!
Now comes the hard part. We have to dsitribute the mixes, listen to them, compare between an unmastered version and the mastered version, then decide what to do with it.
As we're pretty much out of the first production run of the original, we're gearing up to make some more - so we could simply replace the existing master with a new one. or we could release a second collectors version, or something..
The thing is, we now have two good choices, rather than one.
It's not like the existing master is better or worse, just....different. Subtle things like the use of reverb, the placement of the mandolin, fade duration on Sunshine in the Rain, that sort of thing. ARGH!! So torn!
This is a quandary. We'll keep you posted as we try to work it out.
Pete's almost finished with a remix of Carl's Chair, now what do we do?
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- Created on Wednesday, 22 June 2011 06:47
Pete Doherty at Goose Studios was still not satisfied with the mix of Carl's Chair, despite our collective happiness with the outcome.
Of his own accord, with no prompting from us (we promise!) he has gone and remixed Carl's Chair, squeezing the little extra gleams of sunshine out of it.
I cant wait to hear the result.
Now comes the dilemma...do we:
A: replace the existing album (which we were happy with anyhow) and not tell anyone (oops, too late)
B: Release it as an alternate version, maybe 'Carl's Chair: Pete's Mix' or 'Carl's Chair: The Goose Sessions' or
C: Add some more instrumentation and make it a Super Duper Deluxe Mix
D: make the album release a double and give'em both out.
When people like Pete donate their time, effort and love to craft something extra special, you wind up with an embarassment of good potential choices. Thank you Pete.
We'll keep you posted, Dear Reader, as we figure out what to do next.
First Review for Carl's Chair is in and OMG its not Blues!!!
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- Created on Wednesday, 23 February 2011 00:31
Carl's Chair was our Experimental between-albums EP...ok...Album..and so we felt like we had some latitude and well, the songs go where the songs go and...anyway, enough out of me. In an age where you just can't control the media (Wikileaks still owes us a review!! Assange, you never called!) we are just going to have to go with the flow. Here's Johns review:
"There are certainly a lot of unique and creative ideas that lead to not only the names of Albums, but also the way they were recorded. "Carl's Chair", the latest release from the Australian band Stormcellar, is certainly no exception to that rule. You see the title of this Album refers to a chair that is owned by Carl 'Golden Roadie' Silverswaard. The significance of the chair is that it was used as the focal point for the recording of this Album, which was recorded Live "on the porch of 'Burgoon', a 100 year old Farmhouse in Cumnock, New South Wales", June 28th - July 1st, 2010. Carl's Chair, as you might imagine, goes everywhere with Carl and the Band.
Carl's Chair CD send outs started today
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- Created on Friday, 28 January 2011 11:05
Remember those quaint, old fashioned things called 'Record Companies'? I think they used to do this sort of stuff.
OMG packing and sending out Carl's Chair to everyone who wants one (and some that dont...or dont know they do!) is a rather more arduous task than it would first appear.
For all our community radio mates, stand by, the albums on the way! If you think you should be on our Press Distribution List but aren't, drop us line via the contacts page.
For those that want their very own retail copy, you can get Carl's Chair by clicking on the link (look up to the left, see the big red box? Click on it!) Meanwhile, I have to go fill in customs forms for all the O/S stuff we have to send. Bless our local Post Office, they have been helping me out with the forms, boxes, taping, yikes. There really is something to be said for digital distribution....