Piss Crowns Are Trebled by Godspeed You! Black Emperor: studio, gear and credits

Piss Crowns Are Trebled by Godspeed You! Black Emperor: engineered by Greg Norman, through a Neotek Elite 32-Channel Discrete Console. See the credits and gear, then recreate the sound in your DAW.

Details

Song: Piss Crowns Are Trebled
Artist: Godspeed You! Black Emperor
Genre / Style: Post-Rock / Drone / Instrumental Rock
Date(s) Recorded: Autumn 2013 – Winter 2014
Original Record Company & Catalog #: Constellation Records (CST111)
Release Date: March 31, 2015
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Personnel and session credits

Chief Recording Engineer(s): Greg Norman
Mixing Engineer(s): Greg Norman, Godspeed You! Black Emperor
Musicians & Session Performers:

Thierry Amar - Contrabass, Electric Bass
Mauro Pezzente - Electric Bass
David Bryant - Electric Guitar
Efrim Menuck - Electric Guitar
Michael Moya - Electric Guitar
Sophie Trudeau - Violin / Other Instruments
Aidan Girt - Drums (Drum Set)
Timothy Herzog - Drums (Drum Set)
Karl Lemieux - Other Instruments / 16mm Projections
SI - Other Instruments

Studio and recording technology

Mixing / Overdub Studio: Mixart Studios, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Mixing Console / Desk: Neotek Elite 32-Channel Discrete Console

Reported gear and setup (not independently verified)

Tracking Studio & Room: Hotel2Tango, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Multitrack Tape Machine & Format: Otari MTR-90 II 24-Track 2-inch (@ 15 IPS)
Studio Monitors: Yamaha NS-10M Studio
Key Outboard Processors & Hardware Units:

Teletronix LA-2A (Electro-Optical Compressor): Leveling acoustic contrabass dynamics smoothly during tracking into analog tape.
Empirical Labs EL8 Distressor (Digitally Controlled Analog Knee Compressor): Controlling drum room transient explosive peaks on secondary parallel stem bus.
Roland Space Echo RE-201 (Tape Delay / Spring Reverb): Generating undulating tape-head flutter and dark ambient repeats on amplified violin.
EMT 140 (Electromechanical Plate Reverb): Providing dense mechanical spatial wash to bowed strings and guitar counter-melodies.

Synthesizers, Drum Machines & Electronic Instruments:

Eiki 16mm Film Projector (Optical Audio Transducer): Optical sound head routed into guitar amplifiers to supply low-frequency mechanical drone beds.
Sony TC-377 Reel-to-Reel (Tape Loop Playback Deck): Played continuous magnetic loops of pre-recorded bowed resonances directly into direct boxes.

Signal chains covered in the full track sheet

Instrument-by-instrument recording pathways, including: Contrabass (Thierry Amar), Electric Bass (Thierry Amar), Electric Bass (Mauro Pezzente), Electric Guitar (Efrim Menuck), Electric Guitar (David Bryant), Electric Guitar (Michael Moya), Violin / Other Instruments (Sophie Trudeau), Drums - Kit 1 (Aidan Girt), Drums - Kit 2 (Timothy Herzog), Optical Film Projections & Audio Transducers (Karl Lemieux), Shortwave Drone & Tape Manipulations (SI).

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