Sunday, March 29, 2009

There it is now!

Lo' and behold: the album is finished! 100%. Finished.

It was time for an all-nighter for me and Johannes last night when we finished the mixing of the new album. Feels pretty odd and sort of foggy right now. Our flight to New York leaves in two hours. The last thing we recorded was a dissolving tablet. The first recording failed miserably, but we definitely nailed the next one.

Despite feeling pretty damn tired it feels JUST GREAT! Does that make sense? There is more energy on the record than on any of our previous albums and we really feel good about the record as a whole. At the last minute we got an amazing feat. to Rush and lots of nice little details to different songs.

About the videos, Tommy's been involved intensively in wrapping up the L.L.H. video while the album has been given finishing touches. Hopefully the video will be out within a week, there are still some things to polish. Previews have convinced the whole band. The video diaries are in the same situation, three first episodes are being edited and should be finished soon. We'll put them up on YouTube as soon as the editing team gets their work done!

Yep yep yeah, Johannes went off to finish packing and should arrive in a minute. So I'd better get going as well but to finish off, here's a fresh review of L.L.H. by my father. Enjoy:

"Dear Kari,
Sounds pretty good, even to my ears. Below are some of my subjective first impressions, which may slightly differ from those of an average DJBB fan.

General impressions:

  • drums sound really vigorous, fast, and precise, very enjoyable

  • Tommy's solo parts: very skillful, as always, but not really my cup of tea, a matter of taste

  • choir-like vocal parts much more enjoyable

  • the instrumental parts with multiple vocals (see below) are really powerful

More detailed analysis (after listening with iTunes):
0:01 - A good and impressive beginning!
0:13 - Tommy's solo ... (see above, and below)
0:42 - Powerful instrumental sounds
1:05 - Particularly powerful, choir-like
1:18 - Tommy "alone" again ... (I suppose that's part of your brand)
1:37 - OK, on account of the background
1:49 - Particularly OK, cool sounds
2:05 - Tommy "alone" again, almost without any background support
2:49 - Particularly OK, cool sounds
3:16 - The instrumental sounds and the way Tommy's voice is "multiplied" sounds fantastic!

A successful ending!

I trust this will become another chart topping hit.

Dad"

Tired but very happy,

Kari

24 comments:

  1. harvinaisen asiallinen ja tarkka kommentointi! :)

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  2. can't fucking wait to hear the album in its entirety. rock on

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  3. Todella tiukka arvostelu! Vielä se video....

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  4. "Uskon, että tästäkin tulee listahitti" :) :)

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  5. Haha! Hyvää kamaa...

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  6. Piti oikein kuunnella noita kohtia erikseen tämään perusteella, hyviä huomioita! :)

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  7. Lots of studiovideoita YouTubeen?

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  8. Paradise. Studiopäiväkirjan ykkösosa täydellinen. These Walls -kappale svengaa myös täysillä. Kiitos.

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  9. funny stuff! keep it coming......

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  10. Hieno uus video, siis musavideo myös! Tätä on odotettu.

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  11. Upee video! Jotain tosi erilaista..

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  12. Video on aivan mahtava! On se hyvä että aina tuon kipaleen kuultuaan tulee tarve nähdä uusi jakso L-koodia, jostain syystä vaan tulee se tunnari mieleen.. :)

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  13. A brilliant video! Nice site as well.

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  14. Wow...... good job.

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  15. tosi upeet sivut ja hauska blogi! ensimmäistä kertaa osuin tänne. uusi video on myös superhieno.

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  16. Ihan paras video teillä.. outo, mutta pakko katsoa uudestaan ja uudestaan. Lea

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  17. Cool video! Saw it on Felix Zenger's channell...

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  18. Saiskos tällaisen arvostelun myös levystä? ;-)

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  19. Mahtavia nuo uudet kuvat Facebookissa. :) (Täälläkin kannatetaan)

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  20. Sööttejä koiria! <3

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  21. Vau! Nyt on niin paljon viestejä, että pitää lausua yksi ISO yhteiskiitos palautteesta kaikille! Täytyy selvittää saataisiinko linjoille arvostelu myös koko levystä...

    Biiig thanks to everybody for your feedback! A review of the whole album might be possible in the near future as well...

    Kari

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