The Other Womb - The Grand´s Studio Blog

THE SINGLE IS READY!

theotherwomb — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 10:37:56 +0000

…and available for your streming pleasure here at TheOtherWomb. The song is called Heavy Love. Follow the link below!

http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/The-Grand/27704171252?ref=ts

Best,

TGRND

Would you buy your tacos from this man?

theotherwomb — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 09:53:26 +0000

Yo!

theotherwomb — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 09:35:17 +0000

Those of you who are subscribing to The Grand´s facebook group are already aware of the latest development of things. Last week, we had two days of drum recording (and some guitar and bass stuff) in Malabar Studio, Oslo. The incredibly talented Christian Engfeldt did the engineering, and a fun fact for anoyone interested in that sort of thing is that Gloria Gaynor´s legendary “I Will Survive” was recorded on the the very same console that last week was banging out the thundering drum sounds of young Henrik Maarud. Strange? Oh, yes indeed! Below, you have the opportunity to dive deep into the vibe of the recording session in Malabar. Enjoy!

Food for thought….

theotherwomb — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 07:08:00 +0000

Gut amplifier by Ms. Jansen

Your heroes of The Grand are still working 14 hour shifts, writing, composing, producing and focusing every bit of creative energy on gettin´all the songs together. The first few recording dates are near, only a couple of weeks away, and by the looks of it we´ll try to record three full songs for session at Grand Sport. Great, huh? Last week, we had a few hours of brainstorming together with Martin Kvamme (www.unitdeltaplus.com) on the artwork for the single release, as well a couple of meetings with big and small fish of the record industry. We´re all really stoked about how things are turning out, and really looking forward to letting you hear some outtakes and stuff when it´s done. To keep you warm in the meantime, though, here´s a fan´s study of guitar pose from our last show of 2009, found on YouTube. The song is from our 2007 album, by the way. Have fun!

TGRND

Fresh!

theotherwomb — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 21:23:36 +0000

Caught by Tonje Jansen

Great news! We´ve already got some songs together and we´re gonna start recording them soon. Only thing is, we´re out of dishes, so we booked a couple of days up in Grand Sport Studio instead, so we can at least cut some grooves. All this will happen during the first days of march, once the sun starts shining again. Soon, baby. Soon…..

Skipping like stones,

TGRND

Holas.

theotherwomb — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 14:58:12 +0000

Yeti sighted by Tonje Jansen

It’s been a while, huh? Finally, after quite a long period of touring, and then a well deserved break, The Grand is back in the studio. For about half a year now, we’ve been jamming and writing songs for the forthcoming album. And man, are we looking forward to laying it all down on tape.

Of course, we’re still writing. See, the way it works is you think you have a pretty good idea of what the album is gonna sound like, until you start working on it for real, and find out you’ve gotta rewrite and change most of what you’ve done… But as Sir Paul said, that’s how great stuff is made. And we had a blast last time around! Big love to all of you who came out to see our shows, bought the album, and danced around naked and drunk to our tracks. Hopefully, in a while you’ll be dancing around to new ones.

On this little blog here, you’ll find words, sounds, images (some of them moving) and other stuff that kinda gives you an idea of what it feels like in the studio. The studio where all the writing and preproducing is done, by the way, is called Snaxville, and is basically a storage room turned into a recording studio in a basement somewhere in the northeast part of Oslo. It’s ugly, it’s freezing, and it’s dirty. But it’s home.

Oh, and here´s a clip from our show at Rockefeller, Oslo in 2008, just to reminisce a little….

Saludos

TGRND