the softer side of super hardon collider.

It looks like the Super Hardon Collider session is just maybe going to be made into some kind of release of some sort, hopefully mixed by Dog Faced Herman Colin, yay.

Here's a bit of it, mixed by Rune and tweaked by me, followed by an outtake experimentally mixed by me that probably won't make it in.

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Magnet Quench. (6.7MB, 2:50).



Suit Of Armor. (7.8MB, 3:23).



John Dikeman: tenor sax
Rune Lohse: drums
Mark Morse: electric guitar
Jasper Stadhouders: electric bass

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another look.

The Sleep Gunner is trying to record a record next week, and in preparation for that we're rethinking some arrangements. This is really just an impro that happened while I was seeing how my Octava condenser sounded with the dobro, and the answer is "thin and crispy". But the approach to SJC is maybe useful for something. And yes that's the sound of traffic outside.

Satan's Jewelled Crown. (5.3MB, 3:15).



 Mark Morse: dobro, laptop

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today's turgid episode.

Recording session this past Sunday with the beguilingly machoesque Super Hardon at Jottem in Wormerveer. Here's a tiny excerpt of the rough stereo mix, just a little Ferox analog overload added for that "we're really loud" feeling and some OmniSone side gain to bring the guitars up.

Blue Booby. (4.3MB, 2:15).

John Dikeman: tenor saxophone
Rune Lohse: drums
Mark Morse: electric guitar (right)
Jasper Stadhouders: electric guitar (left)

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de kortste nacht.

From relaxed 8pm soundcheck through scarily underattended 10:40pm opening notes (due to scarily lightning-attended storms maybe?) to engaging 1am Xenakis to desperately necessary 5:30am croissants and multi-amplifier guitar solos. To....yes, 12noon hangover. It was a pretty fun night. Also a bit, mmm, "special" due to the fact that this room is where we had our first gig together back in 2008, almost four years ago, and every time we play here seems to be generally pretty satisfying.

And in the aftermath? Spirits remain pretty OK, and Coming Up Next: the wagon. And two recording sessions. I'll take pictures.

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saturate.

An improbable glut/surfeit of gigs coming up. Yeah I said surfeit. Also, Sleep Gunner has a new website.

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23 Apr 2012: Oorsprong, Amsterdam. With Jan Klug and Bart de Vrees.
29 Apr 2012: Pakhuis Wilhelmina, Amsterdam. Sleep Gunner (Soirée Poirée).
03 May 2012: Dokhuis Gallery, Amsterdam. Superhardon (w/Jasper Stadhouders, John Dikeman, Rune Lohse).
13 May 2012: Budapest OV (SOTU Festival Amsterdam): Sleep Gunner.
15 May 2012: Zaal 100, Amsterdam. With Ab Baars, Michael Moore, Felicity Provan, Joost Buis, Wilbert de Joode, Jasper Stadhouders, Michael Vatcher.
24 May 2012: Bonte Koe, Utrecht (Casa Rosa). Sleep Gunner.
26 May 2012: De Nieuwe Anita, Amsterdam. Sleep Gunner.
12 Jun 2012: Red Light Radio, Amsterdam: Sleep Gunner is live on the radio bitches.
14 Jun 2012: OT301, Amsterdam. Light Metal Trio.
21 Jun 2012: SMART Project Space, Amsterdam. Sleep Gunner (Splendor: De Kortste Nacht)...SMART has a pretty amazing program that lasts from sundown to sunrise, don't know what time we're playing yet.

After this let's all take some time off.

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