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CABACA album finished

It was a crazy last couple of days, but I delivered the final master of the CABACA album to PigHeadSkin last Tuesday – and managed to rush him to the station in time to catch the last bullet train back to Taipei ;^) You can hear full-length previews of some of the tracks on StreetVoice, including my track Freedom Zen with Chang Jui-chuan (featuring Chris Bailey on guitar – Chris and I had a third joint performance at Mojo Retro here in Taichung last night) and my mix of Kou Chou Ching’s Naluwan House featuring Sonja V. It’s in Chinese, I know, but click on the small red play buttons next to the track names.

The album is going to the factory this week for replication. Can’t wait for the final product – there’s always a huge sense of satisfaction in holding the CD in hand. There’s one thing I’d miss very much if we were to go all digital in the future.

Now it’s back to mixing tracks for Tafubar’s album, A Final Example Of Technological Change. Looking forward very much to holding that album in my grubby paws also!

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Golden Melody Awards, part 1

Fantastic news from Kou Chou Ching. Their album Kou!! It’s Coming Out!!! that I mixed and mastered has been nominated in the category of Best Taiwanese Album at this year’s Golden Melody Awards. Kou Chou Ching received a second nomination for best band, and I can’t tell you how excited I am for them. (Not to be outdone, Jay Chou was nominated for no less than 8 awards.) The GMA is pretty massive, influential in Taiwan, Mainland China and throughout Asia. I’m in awe ;^) Since Kou invited us to attend the ceremony in July, Em. and I can’t stop discussing what we could possibly wear.

Kou Chou Ching are also featured on the CC Asia Band Project (aka CABACA) that I’m working on. The project has really kicked into high gear over the last two weeks. We were in Taipei last Sunday to track drums for three song (thanks Bobo!) along with Chang Jui-chuan’s vocals for my track. No time to catch my breath really, so if you’ll excuse me, I’d better get back to mixing…

UPDATE:

CC Taiwan’s Chuang Tyng-Ruey took these cool pics at the recording session in Taipei:
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Coming soon…

Well, we’re on the final stretch of work on the CC Asia album that I mentioned here, and it’s going to be an interesting one with contributions from artists from Taiwan, Korea, Malaysia, Hong Kong, The Philippines and possibly Japan. I’ll be heading to Taipei again this weekend to track drums for three of the collaboration tracks and also Chang Jui-chuan’s vocals for my contribution.  Crunch-time ;^)

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Kou Chou Ching album reviewed

The Kou Chou Ching album that I mixed and mastered, Kou!! It’s Coming Out!!!, is reviewed in the Taipei Times today. I get a kind mention ;^)

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Live @ Mood Lounge

Some shots of me and the audience at my most recent Mood Lounge performance: Thanks Joy!

I do these every Thursday at 9am SLT so drop by some time ;^)