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Dark Company: Alien Heat vocals complete

Posted by Wudmaster on 13/11/09

Today Pete managed to record the vocal parts for The Winds of Heaven, which was the last song of the Alien Heat collection by Dark Company that needed them. We were surprised at how good the results were, with Pete sounding like the bizarre lovechild of Geddy Lee and Johnny Lydon!

The alpha mixes have been uploaded to Dark Company’s Alien Heat page. More work will be done to these songs in due course.

Pete lost a tooth last week, but as he has more worrying health issues at hand we have agreed a new plan of action with Dark Company. Our intention is to speed up the re-recording of their lost back catalogue and to begin work on their new album, Noir. Pete’s health means that he has weeks rather than months to finish everything in, so we hope to achieve this before his medical conditions and their treatment dominate his schedule. Once his medications are stabilised we will reassess the situation with Dark Company, although at present it looks very much as if Noir will be their final album.

Meanwhile, work on More or Less, the next song from the Bad Habits collection, is progressing. The vocals have been re-recorded and the bass and drums are all fixed. We are hoping that George will be able to redo the guitar tracks that need touching up next week.

The Bastard Sons of Dennis: live at The Amber Rooms, Exeter

Posted by Wudmaster on 11/11/09

The Bastard Sons of Dennis wish to announce their forthcoming second debut performance at the Amber Rooms, Sidwell Street, Exeter on Monday 16th November 2009. It’s their second debut as they have not appeared live on stage since 1994.

We hope that some of you lovely people will be able to attend and we shall let you know how it all went. The boys are planning to perform at several open mic venues in the area, so keep an eye on our news updates for more information.

Wud Records: Procussion joy, thanks… and hope

Posted by Wudmaster on 09/11/09

What a day. Received an email from Rob at emulatorarchive.com and he had kindly sent some patches for the old Procussion which we have been after for about 18 months. During the upgrade to the Studio 1 computer, the software to upload the patches to the Procussion had gone astray so downloaded it again. It didn’t send a thing.

Wondered if it was the newer Beta software rather than the old software that was the problem. Downloaded the old software. Uploaded the files. Nothing.

Went on an extensive search for more software, all of which proved useless. Uttered bad words and poked around with torch at the back of the Procussion.

Discovered the MIDI lead was plugged into the ‘out’ not the ‘in’. Cursed a little more at own foolishness and plugged lead in correctly. Uploaded files and bingo! Just what we’ve been after all this time!

So we are chuffed to bits here and enjoying a celebratory cup of tea. Many, many thanks and major kudos to Rob at emulatorarchive.com for helping us out with this problem which has been the curse of Studio 2 for ages! There is a very happy Wud posse in the universe today. :)

Also, much love to our friends in Germany celebrating 20 years since the Berlin Wall came down. It’s a day I remember well, staring at the TV with Ruth (Dark Company Pete’s elderly mother) and the Alien Heat boys, with my jaw down by my knees and a great feeling of hope burning in my heart. We’ll be raising a glass to you all tonight.

Dark Company: Pick It Up

Posted by Wudmaster on 04/11/09

Pick It Up has now been added to Dark Company’s Bad Habits collection. This is a funk/reggae number with a suitable sprinkling of strangeness. We hope you like it! :)

Dark Company: Knowing, We Are

Posted by Wudmaster on 30/10/09

Knowing, We Are by Dark Company has been uploaded to the Wud Records site for your enjoyment. There are two versions of the song. The single mix is on the homepage playlist and the album mix is in the Bad Habits collection.

Knowing, We Are is a dark, pseudo-scary tongue-in-cheek rock song played at high tempo. It was the first Dark Company collaboration for many years and the first Bad Habits song to be written. The album version has the long instrumental outro and the single version fades out after the final outburst from Pete.

The Bastard Sons of Dennis: live!

Posted by Wudmaster on 28/10/09

Following some more successful rehearsing and a spot of recording to hear how things are sounding (great!), The Bastard Sons of Dennis will be looking to perform live next week. They describe themselves as ‘arguably one of the best acoustic Blue Oyster Cult cover duos in the EX4 area (excluding Pinhoe)’. More news on this to follow.