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Karaoke Bitch Slap

KARAOKE BITCH SLAP - RELEASED JULY 2004

KBS

Karaoke Bitch Slap was Electric Magma's first dive into instrumental music. This was also the very first album that Electric Magma recorded fully analogue. The result gave them massive boners, and changed the way they approached recording from then on in. Everything from the initial recordings right down to the mixdown was to tape. This new approach fully captured the essense of Electric Magma. People say that it is also very close to the live sound they have.

A massive 1.5 week east coast tour followed the albums release and again, many beers were drankend on the making of this album

TRACK LISTING:

1:Drive-in
2:The Crutch that I wear
3:Moosehead Pie
4:Dirt
5:Eduardo's Revenge
6:The Blue song
7:Catribs
8:Crackwhore Metaphore

COMMENTS:

TRYG:  KBS was a great fucking record to make.. the whole process was a huge leap forward for us. It was the first time we stepped into a kick ass heavy-duty study with every digital and analogue option available to us!  We used all tape and it was just so FAT.  It ooozed fuzz and warmth.  This was also our first time recording with Rob Sanzo and he was a really nice new element to Electric Magmas sound.  He got it.  He was able to capture the essence of Electric Magma.  His recording/mic'ing techniques just nailed the fuzz.

TIM: This was the first album that i could record with a new setup that I had been using, so i was pretty pumped. Two heads, two differents sounds at the same time. It sounded great at shows, I was just hoping it would work in the studio. Did it work? Did it ever! I was giddy like a school boy. It was a benchmark for all future albums!

TOM: Very cool experience for all of us, it was the first time I saw tapes and analogue equipment! Another cherry popped… I was way more ready, we did pre-production work, which was a great idea, plus we used a click, another first for me. We had to figure out all the tempos and I had to learn how to play along the click. I was a bit uncomfortable in the studio at first, as Tryg said, it was our first time with Rob Sanzo, so we didn’t know what to expect. He’s recorded a lot of top bands and here I am recording to a click for the first time, I’m sure he thought ‘What a fucking amateur!’. I felt better after a couple of songs, got my groove on, and did I mention that the beer helped a lot too? The power of beer never ceases to amazing, and it tastes good. I like beer

TRYG: I remember being more uncomfortable than I've ever been recording my bass tracks.  We didn't really know Sanzo at all for this recording session and he can be a bit intimidating if you dont know him.  He told me i had to record in the console room right beside him.... so there I was trying to get into my groove with the whole band AND this new producer guy staring at me with blank faces.  fuck.  it sucked.  but after a few takes.... and a BUNCH of beer, it was all good.

TOM:. By that time, I had bought my Tama kit, which was a big step up from the Export. The big difference between the two kits is that the Tama actually sounds good, very deep. The whole album has a deep, fat sound, very groovy. We all had better instruments and a bigger set-up, which helped define the ELECTRIC MAGMA sound.

TRYG:  We were in LOVE with the whole analogue process... kinda like little kids in a candy store.  even just watching the machines role as you were recording was just awesome.  And a little piece of trivia: We are actually still using the original 2" KBS tapes to do all our current CD's  ya see when you're on a budget like us and you are pumping out an album a year its just not financially feasible to buy new tapes for every CD... so we recycle all our tapes.  So the ghost of KBS will be on all future Electric Magma CD's.

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