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With all changes to electronic systems there are inevitable hold-ups and technical issues, so we have been working with Dark Company on some of their more recent material, laying down guides and working on arrangements. The names of these latest songs to be recorded are Alarm Clock, All Tomorrow’s Parties, Cable Guy, Change the Light, Code Red, Coloured Drum and Dead Young. They will form some of the album subsequent to Bad Habits. We hope that the various technical difficulties we are having will be fixed soon.

Finally! The assorted technical tomfooleries and accompanying variations of bubonic plague here at Wud Records have been conquered and at long last we have a usable studio once more. There are still some minor technical issues to solve, but what would life be without minor technical issues to solve? We hope to be able to upload some beautiful things for your pleasure very soon.

On the subject of upgrades, we’ve also seen the new design for the Wud Records site. It looks great so far and is undergoing a few tweaks before implementation.

Also, a big shout of ‘HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!’ to Dark Company’s Peculiar Peter, 21 again today. :)

During this period while Studio One has been out of action due to an upgrade (and a horrible disease which has afflicted many of our staff), several things have happened.

All of the existing material for the Alien Heat album from Dark Company has been examined carefully and only one of the synths (the Procussion) needs much reprogramming to finish these. Pete has already recorded some vocal tracks for a few of the songs. As many of them were almost finished during the days of Silent Running Studios, it will not take vast amounts of work to complete this collection.

Pete is still writing new songs at the rate of several a week and with Bad Habits expected to be finished by the end of September, a new album is being planned. Between ourselves and the band we have chosen 18 songs to develop further for a future album. If there is enough material of sufficient quality, we are considering a double album.

It is hoped that we will all be well enough to finish putting Studio One back together again this weekend so that work on Bad Habits can be completed.

Despite his horrible finger injury, Andy has managed to rehearse some songs with George recently in the world of The Bastard Sons of Dennis. In fact, rather like Winston Churchill turning his walking stick into a prop to be used for glory, Andy has even discovered a few cunning slide guitar moves that he can perform with his finger in its cast. They are hoping to perform live during the forthcoming Sidmouth Folk Festival.

Andy’s cast will be removed in the middle of August if all goes well.

There may be a chance that the band Alchemeon will make an appearance at the Sidmouth Folk Festival, although Jim is not available at present. We hope to give more news on this in the next few days.

Studio One at Wud Records has been dismantled for an upgrade, so nothing will be produced there for a week or so as new parts are being installed. The results will be well worth the wait and we hope to be able to bring you a few more pre-mastering mixes from Dark Company’s forthcoming Bad Habits album soon after the upgrade is complete. Studios Two and Three remain fully functional.