The Simpkin Project - Hey

This album is a giant progression from our first album both in our recording and song writing skills; besides being some four years apart. When we decided to create a second record we embraced a "cut no corners" state-of-mind and went to every length to make sure that our album was done right. In order to achieve that sound, we found it necessary to record using only vintage analog preamps, compressors, EQ's, microphones, real acoustic pianos, vintage Fender Rhodes E. pianos, Hammond organs with leslies, classic essential guitars and eclectic percussion instruments. This however was also combined with modern recording techniques and editing to form a unique synthesis of both the new and old school approaches. Our main objective in using the modern digital medium was to enhance the traditional, more analog sound that is rightfully the sound of roots music. Our inspiration is strictly the reggae music created in Jamaica and England, produced during the 1970′s and 1980′s, which has inevitably blended with all other musical backgrounds which move and inspire us as musicians and music fans today.
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