Well, considering all the funny mishaps I endured making my first CD, "Space 11/11", which actually worked for the best, "No igiler" was a piece of cake. It helped of course using different equipment that was not held together by gaffer tape. I'm still using analog, yeah yeah, 20th century portastudio, and digitalized it later. Why, you may ask… I just like that raw, honest sound, I suppose as they say less is more. Anyway, back to the making of "No igiler". I like to use the same space for my recordings, which is in the basement of my house, it's very comfortable, but not totally soundproof, (just keep this in mind for a bit longer). Even though the mix down took a while, the recording itself went smooth and speedy, track after track, song after song, it all was finished in only a couple of days. Obviously the gods were on my side, literally in fact. Here is one of the few examples, which is vivid and undeniable. As I was recording the song "True Devil" (it's about the hypocrisy of the church and the backwardness of religion), I didn't realize that nature (… or maybe Zeus himself, ha!), threw in special effects for free into my humble creation. Because of the headphones, etc., I didn't hear that it started raining. When I listened to the song back I was pleasantly surprised, while I was recording, somehow perfectly at the right moments, there it was, crashing thunder slicing through, not in one but three places. it seems the sound of thunder came through the chimney and out of the large fireplace. Hmm… maybe the god is Santa Claus after all, Haaa! This is the reason why I like to work in a semi-soundproof place, you never know what kind of gifts the universe will send your way. When it happens, it makes you feel in tune with mysterious forces of other worldliness. When it doesn't, that's OK, usually more work for me. Most of my songs, (I lost count, somewhere around 1000 now), are just like my paintings, telling stories, giving messages, sometimes subliminal, other times to one's face. This CD, "No igiler", that's dedicated to Hypatia, is definitely to one's face, but free thinking, truth seeking, awakened people with a sense of humor will embrace it, as many of them already have. The open minded ones will probably find it thought provoking and maybe they'll learn something from it, but close minded, hmm…they might be uneasy especially if they recognize themselves in the songs. Oh well, can't please them all! Truth hurts!
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