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Iron Maiden, Paris, June 22nd

Drop-and-go today, same as last time. ”Bring all you need for the day because the bus will be parked outside of the city”.  Oh. Sweet. Lord. This arena, La Défense, is enormous. Apparently holds 45,000 people.  Had breakfast in a…

Iron Maiden, Amsterdam, June 10th

Woke up to the sound of ”it’s a drop-and-go”, which means that you have to take what you need for the day because the bus will be parked elsewhere.  Stood outside the Ziggo Dome arena waiting for clearance to get…

”Celestial Traveller”

This is record is inspired by the music of bass player/producer/all-around creative genius Bill Laswell. The music is bass-driven, spacey, slightly ambient, but with a beat. Faux Dub, if you will. My main objective for this album was huge bass…

Day 41 Stockholm

Final show of the tour and a hometown show for me (and the Katatonia guys).  Nice venue, never been here before.  Not the best catering, kind of bland and uninteresting. But there was coffee, so I’m happy.  At soundcheck we…

Day 40 Karlstad

Nöjesfabriken is definitely one of the best venues on this tour. Big, spacious, clean. Lovely people working there. I missed breakfast, so my breakfast was lunch. Traditional Swedish Christmas food. Not my favorite, but it was very well-made.  Did some…

Day 39 Copenhagen

Good breakfast. Coffee and sandwiches (what else?!)  Tried using my Darkglass pedal as an audio interface today. I didn’t know I could do that. Worked like a charm. That means I don’t have to bring a separate audio interface on…

Day 38 Day Off

Day-off on the outskirts of Copenhagen. Nothing much to do – just the way I like it.  Had a coffee on the bus. Received some more songs to record, so I sorted those files and prepared the sessions so I…

Day 37 Antwerp

Ah, Trix. This venue used to be called Hof Ter Loo, which an old guitar tech, Kevin, said was an anagram for ”middle-of-fucking-nowhere”.  Good venue, though. Good breakfast. Had a couple of sandwiches and some coffee.  Recorded some more bass…

Day 36 Day Off

Woke up with a headache today. Not fun. Coffee. Had some Pizza Hut for lunch with Rikard and our bus drivers. Then hooked up my computer to record some bass for songs I’d been sent. Recorded two songs.  Had the…

Day 35 Amsterdam

Had some time to record today, so that was nice. Then another listening session with a big Dutch magazine. He seemed to like the new album.  Buy-out today. Boring. Burger King. Boring.  Packed place today, almost sold-out. Tons of people at…