Bright Red

zarembo · 2nd February 2007, 05:15 AM

Hello Kevin, and thank you very much for joining us here to share your knowledge!

Laurie Anderson's Bright Red is among my favorite records.

Such a vast, changing landscape of organic sounds and unsettling textures....so personal, and yet universal.

If there is anything you'd like to relate about your participation in this classic I'd love to hear about it.

Thanks again and welcome to the board!

Walter Maenhout

Kevin Killen · 4th February 2007, 05:29 AM

Walter,

Brian Eno originally invited me to particpate in the recording of this record. It was supposed to be for a week but like most great projects it just evolved into a 5 month engagement.

Laurie is such a talented artist and very sweet person. The majority of the record was recorded at her loft studio here in NYC and it was very much a project that was conceived and written in that enviroment. As you can imagine that made for a lot of experimentation. We had a core group of players but Laurie, Greg Cohen, Joey Barron, Gerry Leonard, Ciro Batista and Brian Eno made significant contributions.

I had established a good working vibe with Laurie, Brian would come in and oversee our progress and that provided us with a wonderful safety net in case we went too far. He also had a wonderful knack of taking something we had recorded and creating all these new atmospheres out of our parts. That perspective was invaluable and one that I had seen him perform with U2.

Laurie's studio was well equipped, had a soundcraft console for monitoring. i used most of my mic pres for tracking. We used one of the Manley Mics for her vocals. The mixes were down at Skyline Studios in N YC and Westside Studios in London

KK

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zarembo Lives for gear Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Seattle Posts: 633	Bright Red Hello Kevin, and thank you very much for joining us here to share your knowledge! Laurie Anderson's Bright Red is among my favorite records. Such a vast, changing landscape of organic sounds and unsettling textures....so personal, and yet universal. If there is anything you'd like to relate about your participation in this classic I'd love to hear about it. Thanks again and welcome to the board! Walter Maenhout __________________ hey tune into the doctor: http://lesterdiamondradio.com/

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4th February 2007, 05:29 AM	#2
Kevin Killen engineer / producer / mixer Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 312	Walter, Brian Eno originally invited me to particpate in the recording of this record. It was supposed to be for a week but like most great projects it just evolved into a 5 month engagement. Laurie is such a talented artist and very sweet person. The majority of the record was recorded at her loft studio here in NYC and it was very much a project that was conceived and written in that enviroment. As you can imagine that made for a lot of experimentation. We had a core group of players but Laurie, Greg Cohen, Joey Barron, Gerry Leonard, Ciro Batista and Brian Eno made significant contributions. I had established a good working vibe with Laurie, Brian would come in and oversee our progress and that provided us with a wonderful safety net in case we went too far. He also had a wonderful knack of taking something we had recorded and creating all these new atmospheres out of our parts. That perspective was invaluable and one that I had seen him perform with U2. Laurie's studio was well equipped, had a soundcraft console for monitoring. i used most of my mic pres for tracking. We used one of the Manley Mics for her vocals. The mixes were down at Skyline Studios in N YC and Westside Studios in London KK