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    Steve Albini

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    In 1980, I moved to Chicago, and I recorded demo tapes for my friends' bands, and in 1981, the first Big Black record - the first thing I did that was an actual record. ↗


    — Steve Albini

    #bands #big #black #chicago #demo

    It betrays hubris on the part of the artist to think his medium is limiting him, and I think we all recognize this. ↗


    — Steve Albini

    #betrays #him #his #hubris #i

    Make no mistake about it: once a band has signed a letter of intent, they will either eventually sign a contract that suits the label or they will be destroyed. ↗


    — Steve Albini

    #band #contract #destroyed #either #eventually

    Many rock musicians are excellent cooks, I've found, and those that are prefer to eat their own cooking in the studio. I encourage this behavior as I also enjoy the benefits of fresh food. ↗


    — Steve Albini

    #behavior #benefits #cooking #cooks #eat

    The band cannot sign to another label or even put out its own material unless they are released from their agreement, which never happens. ↗


    — Steve Albini

    #another #band #cannot #even #happens






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    Big Black (1982–1987)
    In 1982 Albini formed Big Black and recorded the Lungs EP. Rapeman (1987–1988)
    Albini went on to form the controversially named Rapeman in 1988 with former members of Scratch Acid Rey Washam (later of Didjits) and David Wm. Albini has recently succumbed to technological pressure of modern recording as his Electrical Audio Studios has installed their first digital setup for recording although Electrical Audio engineer Greg Norman has stated that Albini refuses to use or even talk about the digital setup at the studios.

    He is the founder owner and engineer of Electrical Audio a recording studio complex located in Chicago and has worked with musical acts such as Sparklehorse Nirvana The Stooges Slint Pixies Jawbreaker Manic Street Preachers Cheap Trick Neurosis PJ Harvey The Jesus Lizard Om Whitehouse Bush mclusky Electrelane Thom Bowden and Scrawl among others. He was a member of Big Black Rapeman and Flour and is currently a member of Shellac.

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