Mixing in NYC - DAY 1

October 14th 2003

Settled into the New York studio now and we've nearly finished Beauty, which is probably going to be the opening track.

Tony Visconti discovered that the bass recording was out of phase slightly with the DI bass recording, so once that was corrected the bass really started pumping. He suggested some surf handclaps for the choruses, so down they went. I wanted to highlight the softness of the percussion so we've added a breath every bar in the intros and the verses.

TV has also decided to mix straight down to analogue from the protools, which should retain much of the warmth of the original recordings with Danny.

Next up will be Cadiz...

"The other chap is me. We're clapping hands to the song Beauty On The Beach." Tony Visconti