The nine-track album features atmospheric beats, catchy melodic elements, raw instrumentation, and grasping vocals by the artists.
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And keeping everything in check is a TC Electronic PolyTune3 and harnessing dynamics is the Ernie Ball VPJR Tuner.Grammy- nominated hip-hop artist Da’ T.R.U.T.H. The right-side Pedaltrain Classic board starts with two utilitarian (but vital) Empress boxes-Buffer+ and Compressor-followed by a DigiTech Whammy (set to chords), and two more EHX Big Muffs. And off both boards in the middle sits a Moose Electronics Nomad (inspired by the Foxx Tone Machine).
Bottom center rests a Meris Preset Switch that allows Torsten to quickly access up to four different sounds on the Hedra. Scientist The Elements, and a Chase Bliss Brothers.
Starting with the left-side Pedaltrain Classic PRO pedalboard you have a couple Strymons (Mobius and BigSky), a custom Moose Electronics HM23 distortion (based on the classic HM-2 circuit), Chase Bliss Mood, Secret Audio Red Secret DI, Red Panda Particle, ChiralityAudio Splinter Drive, a pair of Boss pedals (MT-2 Metal Zone and DD-500 Digital Delay), two large-box black-Russian Electro-Harmonix Big Muffs, Friedman BE-OD Deluxe Overdrive Limited (clockworks design was exclusive to Thomann), Recovery Effects Bad Comrade, Meris Hedra (“special weapon for Ghost Tapes #10”), Boss DS-1 Distortion (with Keeley mod), Dr.
And coming out on the other side of the transformation, Kinsella asserts that the traditional gear setup better captures their full sound and dynamic range. As he states in the Rundown, the Axe-Fx II was crucial when flying around the globe and wanting a consistent sound, but with COVID-19 shutting down touring for over a year now, the band rekindled their love for amps and pedals.
Torsten Kinsella’s stomp stations deserve their own zip code. And they pour over all the 50+ pedals (including 10 Muff or Muff-inspired clones). Inside this episode, we find out why Torsten and Jamie swapped out humbucker-loaded semi-hollows for single-coil offsets and Gretsch solidbodies, while Niels explains the move from a P to a snappy short-scale Mustang. Just before releasing their 10th album, Ghost Tapes #10-a 7-song collection that seamlessly navigates from spacy and delicate to surly and destructive-the stirring post-rock powerhouse piled all their gear into Windmill Lane Recording Studios to showcase what was used on the new record and possibly heard on future tours. We can’t say any other setup has been rethought, restructured, and reformed to the degree that Torsten Kinsella (guitars), Jamie Dean (guitars/keyboards), and Niels Kinsella (bass) executed in the search for superior soundscapes. Every instrument, amp, and pedal (aside from a few preamps/DIs) are completely different than our previous 2016 Rundown. Big, and others), but none of those compare to the overhaul God Is an Astronaut underwent during the COVID-19 quarantine. Now PG has done some rig reprisals ( Joe Bonamassa, Mastodon, Russian Circles, Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit, The Black Keys, Baroness, Gary Clark Jr, Primus, 311, Mr. Most instrumental post-rock bands follow a build-and-crash formula, whereas GIAA eschews those conventions in search of movement, melody, musical suspense. This is the 40th video in that format.įor over 20 years and two handfuls of records, God Is an Astronaut have been exploring emotive, shape-shifting atmospheric instrumental anthems. Facing a mandatory shelter-in-place ordinance to limit the spread of COVID-19, PG enacted a hybrid approach to filming and producing Rig Rundowns.