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LORDS OF ACID USA TOUR 2011
Mar02, 2011 US-LA CA
Mar03, 2011 US-SAN FRANCISCO CA
Mar04, 2011 US-PORTLAND OR
Mar05, 2011 TBA
Mar06, 2011 US-SEATTLE WA
Mar08, 2011 US-SALT LAKE UT
Mar09, 2011 US-DENVER CO
Mar10, 2011 US-KANSAS CITY MO
Mar11, 2011 US-CHICAGO IL
Mar12, 2011 US-MINNEAPOLIS MN
Mar13, 2011 US-DETROIT MI
Mar15, 2011 US-CINCINNATI OH
Mar16, 2011 US-ATLANTA GA
Mar17, 2011 US-ST PETE FL
Mar18, 2011 US-NEW ORLEANS LA
Mar19, 2011 US-HOUSTON TX
Mar20, 2011 US-SAN ANTONIO TX
Mar22, 2011 US-DALLAS TX
Mar23, 2011 US-TULSA OK
Mar24, 2011 US-AUSTIN TX
Mar25, 2011 US-EL PASO TX
Mar26, 2011 US-PHOENIX AZ

Apr2011 : North East USA gigs TBA!
NB: These shows will be Angelspit only.
Apr15, 2011 US-Boston MA
Apr16, 2011 US-NYC NY : TBA
Apr21, 2011 US-?? DC : TBC
Apr22, 2011 US-?? VA TBC
Apr23, 2011 US-PHILLY PA : TBC

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CARBON BEAUTY
Hideous and Perfect Remix CD #2
10 remixes, 3 NEW Angelspit tracks, Stunning photos.
RELEASE DATE MAR:8:2011
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SCARS AND STRIPES/FLESH STITCHED ONTO A FRAME
ZooG's notes on the creation of the tracks "Scars and Stripes" and "Flesh stitched onto a Frame".

This song is based on a recording of this Arabic phrase:

Recording guitar on "Scars and Stripes" and "Flesh stitched onto a Frame" Rode NT1A and NT1, desk lamp stand, Doepfer Modules, shitty guitar found in the back alley, Destroyx's Transmutor collection.

Translated: no thanks for your gift (favor)

The drums and percussion also followed the rhythm of the vocal in this recording.

The steel koto effect was produced with an old acoustic guitar that we found the back alley. The strings were old and warn and produced an odd 'twang' when plucked.

We rested several metallic objects over the strings so they would resonate as the guitar was plucked.
The desktop lamp (pictured) created an interesting sound when we mic'ed metal lamp shade. Running a coin along the lamp's spring also resonated well through the lampshade. These technics were also used when recording Black Wine.

We also used a large metal bowl (similar to a large salad bowl) to resonate the guitar strings. The bowl was placed over the guitar's sound hole and added a very metallic quality to the overall sound. We mic'ed the bowl using 2 mics - one was positioned inside the bowl (pointing at the bottom of the bowl) and the other was positioned outside the bowl pointing at the top rim. These two mics were panned hard left and right.

One problem we found with this was that the guitar's strings caused the bowl to wobble and bump the mics. To fix this we partially filled the bowl with water. The water weighed the bowl down so it would not rock as we strummed the strings. This produced an interesting pitch-effect. The water made the metal resonate with a "boing" sound as the water moved around in the bowl.

Scars and Stripes (original version) [Download Now]
n0nplus's remix of Scars And Stripes [Download Now]