''October Language'' is an album by the
-based duo
Belong
Belong may refer to:
Music
* Belong (band), an American experimental music duo
Albums
* ''Belong'' (Kevin Walker album) or the title song, 2013
* ''Belong'' (The Pains of Being Pure at Heart album) or the title song, 2011
* ''Belong'', by Sa ...
, released on 8 February 2006 by
Carpark Records. It has since been re-released on vinyl by the labels Geographic North in 2009, and Spectrum Spools (an
Editions Mego
Mego was an experimental electronic music independent record label based in Vienna, Austria. The label has been superseded by a new company, Editions Mego, which was set up both to keep Mego albums in print and to issue new albums, run by Peter ...
imprint) in 2018 and 2022.
Production
The album was written, recorded, and produced in 2004 in Dietrich's home studio in New Orleans.
Guitars provided by Joshua Eustis were recorded in his own studio. Multiple different guitars such as the
Parker Fly Deluxe and the
Gibson Blueshawk
The Gibson Blueshawk is a discontinued model of semi-hollow body electric guitar. It was available between 1996 and 2006 as a Gibson model designed mainly for blues players (hence the name). It superficially resembles the Les Paul in that the bod ...
, and a wide array of synths, such as the
Sequential Prophet-5, the
Roland Juno-106
The Roland Juno-106 is a synthesizer released by Roland Corporation in February 1984.
Features
The Juno-106 is a polyphonic synthesizer with six voices. It is an analog synthesizer but with digitally controlled oscillators and chorus effect ...
, and the
Nord Micro Modular
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Acronyms
* National Organization for Rare Disorders, an American nonprofit organization
* New Orleans Recreation Department, New Orleans, Louisiana, US
Film and televisi ...
, were used in the album's production. These guitars and synths were then run through many different effect modules like the Sherman Filterbanks, the
Roland RE-201
The Roland RE-201, commonly known as the Space Echo, is an audio effects unit that produces delay and reverb effects. It was produced by the Roland Corporation from 1974 to 1990.
Background
A tape echo device records incoming audio to a loop o ...
, and the Frostwave Resonator, and then into the DAW
Pro Tools
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where further VST effects were applied.
Native Instruments
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'
Reaktor
Reaktor is a graphical modular software music studio developed by Native Instruments (NI). It allows musicians and sound specialists to design and build their own instruments, samplers, effects and sound design tools. It is supplied with many r ...
and
Kontakt Kontakt may refer to:
* ''Kontakt'' (film), a 2005 Macedonian film directed by Sergej Stanojkovski
* ''Kontakt'' (magazine), a Norwegian political magazine (1947–1954)
* Kontakt (software), a music sampler
See also
* Contact (disambiguation)
* ...
were also used in the production of the album.
Dietrich emphasized the role that headphones, specifically the Grado SR-325s, played in the album's production: "...in the studio, headphones are always used. In addition to studio monitors, we use headphones through the recording, the editing, the programming, all the way through to the final mix."
Track listing
Personnel
* Turk Dietrich – production and mastering
* Michael Jones – production
* Joshua Eustis – mastering,
guitar
The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that typically has six strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming or plucking the strings with the dominant hand, while simultaneously pressing selected stri ...
on track 3, assistance on tracks 2 and 4
References
External links
MySpace Music page
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2006 albums
Belong (band) albums