As you may know, The Soviets are recording three tracks with Loft Productions at the moment. Yesterday was the first day of tracking, and that usually means drums. Recording was done at Base HQ with Richard and Gav, two guys who know their studio so well that nothing in the session felt like work at all. We recorded 3 takes for each track (No Love, Turned On, and an as-yet unnamed new tune) in a couple of hours, then spent at least the same amount of time talking about the specifics of Star Wars.

For geeks like me who are interested, the kit was a Pro Mapex Kick and Floor Tom, which stay in-house at BHQ, my Ludwig400 snare, and the usual Zildjian/Paiste/Sabian cymbal mix I use live. Most importantly though - my pride & joy LP Rock Ridge Rider Cowbell. In terms of microphones, at (producer) John's request the live room was full to the brim with technology I've never seen before (even in books), meaning we have some great sounds to play with.

For all the normal people who aren't interested in all that, it sounds great and the parts I put down are (hopefully) a decent bed for the rest of tracking - starting with the bass next Monday.