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Studio scenes [23 December ’21]

Posted at 23. December 2021 by mishanuis in Music

The Een van ons studio sessions in photos: ‘Leaps of Progress’ (2019 – 2021) Now that the EP is out, I’ve been reading some blog posts from the past 2,5 years and revisiting photos and videos we made during visits…

All the rest [9 December ’21]

Posted at 10. December 2021 by mishanuis in Music

Vocal sessions, mixing, artwork and what have you Time for another update. It’s been a few months since the last one and there’s much to report. The record is actually finished now, so there’s that! We recorded vocals at Studio…

Recording with Josha & Matthijs [30 May ’21]

Posted at 31. May 2021 by mishanuis in Music

The drums and guitars recording sessions Wait a minute, hold up… Didn’t we already record drums and guitars back in 2017 and 2019 respectively? Why yes, we did. But for unknown reasons we never got hold of those files. (And…

Recording with Harm [27 July ’20]

Posted at 28. July 2020 by mishanuis in Music ⋅ Ukategorisert ⋅ Uncategorized

The bass recording session The last time Harm and I were on the phone must have been late 2017. Drums for the Akelei EP had been recorded a few months before and I wanted to keep the project going. That…

Aftermath [3 February ’20]

Posted at 4. February 2020 by mishanuis in Music ⋅ Ukategorisert

The Metal Battle report This first month of 2020 was an interesting one for Akelei. Competing in the Metal Battle meant a South Holland lineup had to be formed and rehearsals needed to be planned. It was a short notice…

Metal Battle [1 January ’20]

Posted at 1. January 2020 by mishanuis in Music

Metal Battle voorronde Zuid-Holland (preliminary round for South Holland) Today is the first day of 2020 – a new decade, so best wishes are in place. May good health and prosperity be with you all the way! And great music,…

Recording with Ronja [30 November ’19]

Posted at 1. December 2019 by mishanuis in Music

The viola recording session For those of you who have been following this blog for the last couple of months, you know that finding a viola player for this recording took a long time. I sent out emails to producers…

Recording with Julia [10 October ’19]

Posted at 11. October 2019 by mishanuis in Music

The violin recording session It was another fruitful and pleasant afternoon at Studio Moskou today. One more important step in completing the recording for this EP which has been so long in the making: the recording of the violin parts!…

Rehearsal update [6 October ’19]

Posted at 6. October 2019 by mishanuis in Music

Akelei back in the rehearsal room to bring you more doom There’s a couple of interesting new songs I’ve been working on these past few months. They’re based on a collection of riffs I recorded a year ago during one…

Recording update [4 September ’19]

Posted at 5. September 2019 by mishanuis in Music ⋅ Ukategorisert

An update on the EP recording progress (or: the satisfactory conclusion to a very rigid search) In the previous update, where I said recording violin was to be the next step, I didn’t actually know at the time who would…