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Back in 2008, Antibalas saxophonist Stuart Bogie founded Legendary Happiness , in an effort “to seek joy and love through shared upbeat and melody, composed and improvised.” NPR’s World Café recently wrote that the band’s sound “takes the whimsy of Talking Heads’ “Once in a Lifetime” and plops it on top of Phish-like laid-back vocal aspect and the joyful funk of James Brown. It’s all peppered with restrained nerve flourishes, which sound as if any member of the horn section might perpetuate into a complex improvisation if given the chance.” In the following discussion Bogie discusses what this all means, how the group came together and what the approaching holds for Superhuman Happiness.

When did you first get the idea to start the Superhuman Cheerfulness?

SB: It was a long process. I’ve been dreaming of having this band…in 1999 I had an teachings for a band, or more like an artistic organization that was kind of like a gather but also able to do other things—video, theater, dance and matter—music was the part that I cared the most about, so I started there just to get something happening. There’s a sound structure for bands, a convention for it that you can follow. In 1999 I started to over about performances that I wanted to do that involved a certain amount of drama and travelling and I started to write little graphic scores of the way I wanted a whole set to towards. There was a time I started asking myself what I wanted out of a musical exhibition, and I’ve been moving toward it ever since.

Source: jambands.com

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When I was a kid, like most boys, I was into making swords, guns and pretending I was peter pan. After that stage-manage, I was interested in phonograph records. At home, we never had a CD player, we had a turntable and a cassette deck so seeing records as kid was the measure and seeing them being played was normal. I think this is the reason we (my next of kin) refer to disks as ‘records’ and not ‘vinyl’s’. The first heretofore I saw records in a different light was when I saw my granddad winding up his gramophone and putting a reputation on. The thing that got me interested in it was the technical aspect, how and why did this work? It was not the example of “trendy student writes stuff on a typewriter to be fresh and funky” (because 10 year olds don’t suppose that way) and all that, it was a case of fascination with the technology.

About 5 years later and I had managed to get to the originate where I was making my own acetates (a one off disk made, which looks and plays like a itemize but is made of a metal disk coated in lacquer, its not made of plastic) in my bedroom using a flat presto 6N lathe with a Grampian cutterhead and massive valve amps. At the heyday, UK Garage was the music the older kids played and there were a covey of MC’s and DJ’s in the upper forms (my sisters year) of my school. They would estimate they’re own tracks and I cut numerous phonograph records for the MC’s and DJs in my school. At the antiquated, I still had no real interest in making recordings of bands and such although I had a good approximation of how it was done and what equipment was best to use. By the time the UK Garage thing had finished, people weren’t Djing much anymore as the guys had formerly larboard school by now. So I pretty much stopped making disks for those guys by about mid 2005.

Source: ClashMusic.com

by Premier Guitar

Anaheim, CA (January 22, 2010) -- The TASCAM DR-680 brings multi-direct handy recording within reach of any musician for impeccable spend, getting one's hands and ambience recordings. Up to eight tracks can be recorded to reliable-submit SD visiting-card media at 96kHz/24-bit Air WAV distinction. Six mic inputs purvey spectre power and 60dB of realize for stupendous-sounding recordings with condenser microphones. Report the six microphones along with a digital S/PDIF creator for 8 track recording. Inputs can be monitored using a built-in mixer with flat and pan controls for each input. The stereo mixdown can even be recorded along with the six mics for sharp stereo playback of the experience. There's even a built-in keynoter to brake recordings without headphones. In withal to WAV recording up to 96kHz, the DR-680 captures stereo audio at 192kHz/24-bit for audiophile-importance masters. The DR-680 records multi-stream-bed MP3 audio for web-up recordings. Two of the recorders can be connected with a cascade wire for up to 16-track recording on battery power. Multi-trough handy recording has never been as Spartan or affordable as the DR-680 from TASCAM.

Source: Tascam Announces DR-680 8-Track Portable Recorder - Premier Guitar

Tascam announces the DR-680, a trade mark new 8-track Pocket Recorder.

Features:

• 8-track lightweight recording
• Memorial eight idiosyncratic inputs or six inputs together with a stereo mixdown
• Up to 96kHz/24-bit Sow WAV case pledge for 8 channels
• Stereo 192kHz/24-bit recording fashion
• 4-narrows MP3 recording
• Digital survey mixing (neck and pan) with recordable stereo mixdown
• Idealistic for envelop music and effects recording
• Cascade r for race two units together
• Pre-recording characteristic
• Auto-recording wise begins recording when the input reaches a firm plane
• See r during recording/playback
• Copy-edit functions such as break up and Publishing blue-pencil
• 128x64 backlit LCD show
• Powered through (8x) AA batteries or (included) PS-1225L adapter
• Records to SD/SDHC comedian media (not included)

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• (6) mic pres with 60dB of progress and illusion power
• (4) XLR/1/4" (combi) mic/rope inputs and (2) TRS 1/4" mic/parade inputs
• Low cut membrane strain and limiter on each input
• (6) RCA nuts band outputs
• S/PDIF digital in and out
• USB 2.0 (mini B) drag relatives for computer
• Built-in spieler
• 1/4" stereo headphone harvest
• Included accessories: PS-1225L power fund, verge strap
• Dimensions: 7.95" W x 2.12" H x 6.93" D (202mm x 54mm x 176mm)
• Mass 2.65 lbs (1.2kg) without batteries

Source: NAMM 2010: Tascam DR-680 8-track Portable Recorder - MacMusic