CHiTT moves to the bunker

>>>>Incoming transmission<<<<<<<<.[.[.[.[.[.[.[.[.[.[~~~~~=+~":{CHiTT} Winter is almost at its end and the seasons are moving into position.

With the changing of the guard comes new projects and ideas.

CHiTT Productions will relocate to an undisclosed, centralized location. We are in the process of setting up our new headquarters in an underground bunker (yes this is very exciting). Inside this bunker will be our guerrilla studio along with sleeping quarters for all the members, a kitchen with a microwave and a fridge filled with BEER. It's important to know that each member does have black pants, shirts, boots and $300 in personal burial money.

CHiTT will also have its mobile command unit ready to roll and it will be touring across Wyoming this summer recording audio, capturing video, taking photos, painting pictures, and documenting the wasteland. This is important to all underground bands in Wyoming who would like CHiTT to come setup a guerrilla recording and make an EP. It's amazing what we can do for $200 and a case of beer.

PROJECTS IN THE WORKS:

Name: Cubicle

- The Cubicle EP will be out later this summer!

The first track has been recorded and will feature instrumental music from "the void of the office." It might have a few surprise guests appear as well. Look forward to more progress on this gem of corporate refuse.






Name: Mannequin Rituals

- Mannequin Rituals music to be featured on "Papers", an independent documentary coming out from Graham Street Productions. Check out the trailer here: http://www.papersthemovie.com/w.papersthemovie.com/

Also, look for new Mannequin Rituals to come out soon.

Name: Basement Dwellers



- Basement will be recording a new EP titled "Gott ist Tot" coming out later this summer. Their self-titled EP is out and will be available for FREE download. Check back here for details. They are an industrial, instrumental, basement blend of soothing trance like grunge (I guess). Their first EP is a must have for fans of the underground music scene.






Name: Redbush LIVE at KOCA

- Don't forget to check out Redbush LIVE at KOCA
this recording is sweet and the band wailed, playing some monstrous tracks. SO, show some support and check them out and show them support.






That's all for now... Oh wait, check back for the big news about RUMSFELD

New Guerrilla Recordings - CHiTT 2008-2009 Sampler

It's been a while-- we've been too busy living life to write about it-- but CHiTT has stayed busy recording new projects with local artists. Here's a few tidbits of what we worked on in the recent months:

Redbush Live on KOCA Radio, Novemeber 16 2008--

Rolled in to an impromptu recording session at Laramie's low-powered FM community radio station. Set up shop within an hour and ran a separate mix for the live broadcast. Radioland listeners (all 5 of them) weren't all that impressed due to our line-level output massively clipping their ancient, barely functioning microphone preamps. If I'd had a spare DI, we might have avoided the problem. The multitrack recording turned out great though, provided in its entirety here for free. We additionally used an AT2021 microphone as an area mic, which added a roomy, Steve Albini sound to the drums. Here's a preview:

Chase the Moment, Live at the UW Gardens, November 22 2009.
A quick an easy live setup, using borrowed microphones (Sennheiser e609, AKG C-1000, Shure Beta 52, etc). The venue is like mixing sound in a bathtub-- the floors are tiled and the space is overly lively. The recording refelcts a similar quality:

The Upbeat Project, Live at the UW Ballroom, February 11 2009.

A similar multitracking situation-- we already ran a full sound reinforcement system for the band, so we just patched direct outs from each channel on their Allen & Heath board into our gear. The massive drum kit was only mic'd with a kick (Beta 52- thin!), snare (Sennheiser e604 - yikes!) and two matched Rode NT-5 mics (nice!)-- overall, too few mics for a drum kit, but good enough for guerrillas.

Ghosts of Predators Past, Live at Lovejoys, February 20, 2009.

Live bar setup, with CHiTT's normal line of gear.

Other Projects: Sat in with a home session with the Patti Fiasco in January 2009. Overdubs and additional tracks planned for the near future. Check back for more details.

Stay tuned for more. In the meantime keep busy making art-- after the crash, we won't have as much time for such things.