Mos Generator Release “In the Upper Room” Digi-Single
Bottom line here? ‘Hey everybody, Tony‘s got a thing!’ I really can’t break it down any more than that. Quarantine life would seem to suit Tony Reed‘s studio proclivities, as he and his band Mos Generator have a barrage of releases in the works for the coming months through a variety of labels, taking part in comps, releasing splits, EPs, and one-off singles like “In the Upper Room” here. I’ve stopped counting all the upcoming outings, to be perfectly honest with you — I know I need to write a bio for his solo record this weekend, so that’s on the calendar — but yeah, if you think you can keep up with him, you’ll probably have to quit your dayjob just to properly dedicate yourself to the task.
“In the Upper Room” — recorded in 2006, mixed presumably last week — has made its way to Bandcamp both in its completed form and in the isolated tracks that make it up. Guitar sounds pretty slick too. And if doing that seems weird to you, Tony‘s right, this kind of thing is all over YouTube. And what’s more? I kind of like hearing that drum groove after the full song. Apparently the song is going to be released as part of a thing next year — maybe the archival vault series? — but it’s name-your-price now, and Reed tosses in a nice “lookout!” near the end, so have at it.
He posted the following:
Mos Generator – In The Upper Room – 2020 mix with isolated stems
I am remixing a recording session from June 2006 that will be re-issued in early 2021. During the remixing of these sessions I thought it might be cool to share some stereo “stems” of the recording. In this download you’ll hear the final mix but also be able to listen to stereo mixes of each player separately. You can find a lot of this kind of stuff up on youtube. I really like listening to isolated tracks so I thought I would share some online.
Here’s a bit about the session. In The Upper Room was recorded to 16 track 1” tape in our 9’x12’ jam room in June of 2006. All of the bed tracks were cut live in the room and that is why you can hear audio bleed over in each performers microphones. Upper Room was only a few days old when we recorded this so being in close quarters helped us play off of each other. After the live track was finished I did quite a few guitar overdubs and the vocals (I had a cold). The microphone setup was very minimal for these sessions.
As far as I can remember it was like this (or close).
Kick (outside) EV re20
Kick (beater side) Shure sm57
Snare top: Shure sm57
Rack tom: Equitek E-100
Floor toms: Some kind of condenser microphone in the middle of both floor toms.
No overhead microphones. All cymbals were capture by the tom mics. That is why I used condensers.
Bass: AKG d3400
Guitar: Shure sm57
1. In The Upper Room (2020 mix) 05:08
2. In The Upper Room (stereo drum stem) 05:08
3. In The Upper Room (stereo bass stem) 05:08
4. In The Upper Room (stereo guitars stem) 05:08
5. In The Upper Room (stereo vocals stem) 05:08
Recorded on a Tascam MS16 to 1” tape.
Tony Reed: guitar, vocals
Shawn Johnson: drums
Scooter Haslip: bass
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