rec | Danilo Battocchio https://danilobattocchio.com Great music deserves to sound great. Fri, 07 Oct 2022 11:04:06 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://danilobattocchio.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/cropped-dano-avatar-150x150.jpg rec | Danilo Battocchio https://danilobattocchio.com 32 32 Hashension & Musineè Doom Sessions vol. 1 reissue are out now! https://danilobattocchio.com/2022/10/hashension-musinee-doom-sessions-vol-1-reissue-are-out-now/ Fri, 07 Oct 2022 06:45:28 +0000 https://danilobattocchio.com/?p=1289 Today is a very special day, because Tons are releasing two records I worked on during the last months.

The first one is Hashension, their third studio album. It’s an important record for Tons, and I’m particularly proud of it because for the first time all of us (meaning the band & me) took part in the songwriting, and you can definitely feel it. We had a great time recording, unleashing a great dose of creativity alltogether. Compared to the old records, it’s mature. It’s heavier, it’s more psychedelic, it’s way more personal. There are all the classic elements of Tons music, but put together in a very different way, marking a step up from their previous stuff. They raised the bar, quite a lot.

The second Tons release coming out today is the 10th anniversary reissue of Musineè Doom Sessions, Vol. 1, which I originally recorded & mixed and that I remastered for this occasion. MDS has been the first official record I did all by myself at the very beginning of my career, so I kinda knew where I wanted to go soundwise but I didn’t have the mixing skills to get there. Lorenzo Stecconi did a great job pushing my mixes and making them loud, but I took this opportunity to make a new master, more faithful to the vision I had back then and I couldn’t achieve. It’s been cool to look back to these last ten years, I’m looking forward to the next ones tho!

You can find both records at Heavy Psych Sounds webstore: https://www.heavypsychsounds.com/shop.htm

]]> Deadhead by Daniele Brusaschetto out today! https://danilobattocchio.com/2021/07/deadhead-by-daniele-brusaschetto-out-today/ Fri, 09 Jul 2021 14:53:06 +0000 https://danilobattocchio.com/?p=1204 Today Daniele Brusaschetto released today his cover of Godflesh’s classic Deadhead.
We recorded it during the sessions for his last album Flying Stag, but it had never been released since then.

]]> Sloks tributing Subsonics https://danilobattocchio.com/2021/05/sloks-tributing-subsonics/ Tue, 18 May 2021 21:05:05 +0000 https://danilobattocchio.com/?p=1191 The brazilian label Mandinga Records released a few days ago the second volume of You Didn’t Think We Could Take It, a tribute compilation to Subsonics. Among many covers (even one made by Kid Congo Powers of Cramps!) I recorded and mixed Sloks’ contribution, I Didn’t Think You Could Take It. Check the whole compilation on Mandinga Records’ Bandcamp.

]]> Doom Sessions vol. 4 out now https://danilobattocchio.com/2021/04/doom-sessions-vol-4-out-now/ Fri, 23 Apr 2021 09:34:13 +0000 https://danilobattocchio.com/?p=1176 The fourth record of Heavy Psych Sounds’ Doom Sessions series featuring Bongzilla & Tons is out today! I’m particularly proud of it, being the 40th officially released album I’ve worked on.
We recorded Tons’ side during lockdown, tracking everything live in an afternoon, overdubbing vocals, synths & solos. We never tried live tracking before, but having spent some time in preproducing it, everything went super smooth and the results turned out pretty well. Hear for yourself:

Recorded & mixed by me @ Deepest Sea Studio
Vocals recorded by me & Paul Beauchamp @ OFF Studio
Guitar solos recorded by Paolo Paganelli
Master by James Plotkin @ Plotkinworks

]]> A Dangerous Method by Extrema Ratio is out now https://danilobattocchio.com/2021/02/a-dangerous-method-by-extrema-ratio-is-out-now/ Sun, 28 Feb 2021 11:38:19 +0000 https://danilobattocchio.com/?p=1149
Extrema Ratio - A Dangerous Method

Extrema Ratio today released their first record, A Dangerous Method. This is one the weirdest and most extreme album I’ve ever worked on (the band consists of drums, saxophone, electronics and vocals). I spent a weekend in the band’s own studio, live recording all their tracks (apart from vocals), then we mixed it after the Covid-19 lockdown happened and sent it to James Plotkin for mastering.

I’m grateful to these guys because they brought me out of my comfort zone, tracking in a new (for me) environment with a limited amount of channels and then mixing a genre which isn’t exactly my cup of tea (no guitars or bass have been involved, even though we reamped the sax). As my first attempt on a impro/jazz record, I have to admit it came out pretty well!

]]> New stuff coming from Tons https://danilobattocchio.com/2021/02/new-stuff-coming-from-tons/ Wed, 03 Feb 2021 20:44:04 +0000 https://danilobattocchio.com/?p=1123 A couple months ago I recorded and mixed some new stuff with Tons. It will be released on a split LP with the mighty Bongzilla, DOOM SESSIONS VOL. 4, by Heavy Psych Sounds on April 23rd 2021.
We made a few experiments, trying new things, and I’m pretty satisfied of the result.

Bongzilla/Tons split

]]> Tutti I Colori Del Buio – The Last Session out now! https://danilobattocchio.com/2020/03/this-was-meant-to-be-a-preproduction-but-it-ended/ Wed, 11 Mar 2020 15:14:53 +0000 http://danilobattocchio.com/2020/03/11/this-was-meant-to-be-a-preproduction-but-it-ended/ This was meant to be a preproduction, but it ended being the last recording session we had with Tutti I Colori Del Buio. We decided to release it anyway, one year after the band split.
All the engineering done by yours truly.

]]> Suiru by Dogs For Breakfast is finally out https://danilobattocchio.com/2019/10/suiru-by-dogs-for-breakfast-is-finally-out/ Sat, 19 Oct 2019 23:37:00 +0000 http://danilobattocchio.com/2019/10/19/suiru-by-dogs-for-breakfast-is-finally-out/ Dogs For Breakfast - Suiru

Last October 4th Dogs For Breakfast finally released Suiru, the album we recorded and mixed last year. It’s been quite an unusual job because since the beginning the band knew exactly how they wanted it to sound and I’m particularly proud of the outcome because it sounds faithfully feral in relation with how the band sounds live.

Here you can listen to the New Noise premiere:  https://newnoisemagazine.com/album-premiere-dogs-for-breakfast-suiru/

I recorded it with the precious help of my partner in crime Paul Beauchamp at OFF Studio, and then engineered and mixed at Deepest Sea. Brad Boatright mastered it at Audiosiege.

]]> Flying Stag by Daniele Brusaschetto out now https://danilobattocchio.com/2019/09/flying-stag-by-daniele-brusaschetto-is-finally/ Fri, 27 Sep 2019 00:26:52 +0000 http://danilobattocchio.com/2019/09/27/flying-stag-by-daniele-brusaschetto-is-finally/ Flying Stag, by Daniele Brusaschetto is finally out.
I recorded and mixed it last year, while Brad Boatright @ Audiosiege took mastering duties.
I’m pretty proud of this record, I’ve known Daniele since the late 90s, I was a teenager and he was already releasing awesome music. Doing a record with him twenty tears later has thus been something I feel like an achievement. Enjoy!

]]> Hierophant’s Spawned Abortions premiering on Cvlt Nation https://danilobattocchio.com/2018/08/hierophants-spawned-abortions-premiering-on-cvlt/ Mon, 13 Aug 2018 21:21:14 +0000 http://danilobattocchio.com/2018/08/13/hierophants-spawned-abortions-premiering-on-cvlt/ Last April Hierophant came to Deepest Sea and we recorded a couple tracks which ended on the 7″ now premiering on Cvlt Nation. Besides the title track, Spawned Abortions also contains a cover of Bolt Thrower’s Realm Of Chaos.
The 7″ will be out via Unholy Anarchy Records.

Listen to it now!

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