tons | 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 tons | 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

]]> 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

]]> 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

]]> Heavy Psych Sounds Fest https://danilobattocchio.com/2019/12/a-couple-shoots-from-the-last-weekend-with-tons-at/ Tue, 10 Dec 2019 10:59:00 +0000 http://danilobattocchio.com/2019/12/10/a-couple-shoots-from-the-last-weekend-with-tons-at/ A couple shoots from the last weekend with Tons at Heavy Psych Sounds Fest in Berlin and Dresden. Top pic by Mariella Cusato, bottom one by Jörg Steinhauer

]]> TONS crushing everything @ Heavy Psych Sounds Fest https://danilobattocchio.com/2018/11/tons-at-heavy-psych-sounds-fest-in-innsbruck/ Sat, 17 Nov 2018 18:29:21 +0000 http://danilobattocchio.com/2018/11/17/tons-at-heavy-psych-sounds-fest-in-innsbruck/

Tons at Heavy Psych Sounds Fest in Innsbruck, Austria. FOH by me.

]]> 2017, what’s going on https://danilobattocchio.com/2017/04/2017-whats-going-on/ Sat, 08 Apr 2017 16:51:48 +0000 http://danilobattocchio.com/2017/04/08/2017-whats-going-on/ Here we go with the first update of 2017, actually the first one in four months. You know I am lazy, but not at this point! In the last few months I’ve been busy a lot, mainly doing live sounds for Hierophant during their Italian tour. Here you can see a video shot in Santeramo In Colle, waaay too close to the stage 🙂

Then, with the precious help of my partner in crime Paul Beauchamp I recorded some new stuff of Last Minute To Jaffna and Tons at OFF Studio, and also recorded drums for Thirst Prayer’s debut.

Meanwhile, two records I’ve worked on have been released: The Storyteller pt. 2 by Black Wings Of Destiny came out on March 24th and Buioingola’s Il Nuovo Mare on March 31st.

]]> Tons’ Exclusive Holidays 7″ out now! https://danilobattocchio.com/2014/12/tons-exclusive-holidays-7-out-now/ Thu, 25 Dec 2014 11:09:44 +0000 http://danilobattocchio.com/2014/12/25/tons-exclusive-holidays-7-out-now/ Today Tons released their Exclusive Holidays 7", better known as the Tons Christmas 7", which has been recorded, mixed and mastered by me, with the precious help of my buds Paolo Paganelli and Paul Beauchamp.
It’s been a super funny experience, two tracks arranged and recorded in two nights, with lots of friends, beer and good times.

Here you can stream the two tracks (16 Tons, by Merle Travis and The Man Comes Around, by Johnny Cash). Enjoy!

]]> Tons live with Ufomammut https://danilobattocchio.com/2014/11/yesterday-night-i-did-sound-for-tons-which-were/ Fri, 28 Nov 2014 15:53:55 +0000 http://danilobattocchio.com/2014/11/28/yesterday-night-i-did-sound-for-tons-which-were/ Yesterday night I did sound for Tons which were playing with Ufomammut at Lavanderie Ramone, Torino.
Lots of Greens on stage!

Tons Lavanderie Ramone

]]> Incubate Festival 2014 with Tons https://danilobattocchio.com/2014/09/some-shoots-of-my-recent-trip-with-tons-hitting/ Tue, 30 Sep 2014 12:56:00 +0000 http://danilobattocchio.com/2014/09/30/some-shoots-of-my-recent-trip-with-tons-hitting/ Some shoots of my recent trip with Tons, hitting Incubate Festival in Tilburg, Netherlands. Short ride, but a funny one.

]]> Tons live @ DunaJam 2014 https://danilobattocchio.com/2014/07/and-here-comes-the-complete-tons-set-at-dunajam/ Thu, 17 Jul 2014 00:49:41 +0000 http://danilobattocchio.com/2014/07/17/and-here-comes-the-complete-tons-set-at-dunajam/ And here comes the complete Tons’ set at DunaJam 2014. I was doing FOH.
Watch it in HD! 

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