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Hello Dave;
Thanks for the nice words. The Space Cossacks are kaput - have been
for almost three years now. No mo'... However, we do have one more
imminent release: the new Link Wray tribute on MuSick will feature a
song by us. Art told me that he just got the CDs from the
manufacturer, so look for it in the next couple of months. There is
still some unreleased stuff, but nothing that absolutely has to come
out, so this will probably be the last you will hear from the
Cossacks. Though I wouldn't mind if the live recording of a
California show from '98 comes out eventually (the same night that
Jon & the Nightriders recorded their Raw and Alive CD)... Alas,
MuSick is not interested...
Best,
Ivan
--- In , DP <noetical1@y...> wrote:
> so, the question is...
> when will the world hear the space cossacks again?!?!!
> any upcoming gigage or releasage ???
> Dave P
>
> ps thank you for the wonderful words of wisdom, I
> especially enjoyed the behind-the-sounds description of the
> Solaris Stomp session...peace!
> dp
>
> --- ipongrac <ipongrac@g...> wrote:
> > Excellent stuff, Dano!! You really filled out all the
> > holes I left
> > off. I couldn't add anything else.
> >
> > > The song I think emphasizes this in the most incredible
> > way is
> > Solaris
> > > Stomp by The Space Cossacks. To me that rhythm part at
> > the
> > beginning is just
> > > unbelievable. JUST the right amount of subtlety but the
> > right
> > amount of "sack" to drive the song. AWESOME!
> >
> > Thanks, man! Very nice of you. Just to tie this in with
> > my earlier
> > points, we recorded Solaris Stomp within a month of the
> > first time we
> > played with the Fathoms. We've been playing around with
> > the song for
> > a while, and it used to have an arrangement that sounded
> > similar
> > to "Neutron Sabre" - so, more of the Dick
> > Dale/Miserlou/Hava Nagila
> > beat. I grew quite dissatisfied with it, and after
> > seeing the
> > Fathoms had an epiphany. As I mentioned, I bought the
> > Jazzmaster,
> > and rearranged the song, basing it much more on the
> > smoother sound of
> > the Jazzmaster with flatwounds (and playing it in lower
> > registers
> > than I did originally, I think). Changed the syncopated
> > beat to the
> > steady, smooth surf-beat - in fact, I remember playing
> > "XKE" by the
> > Boss Martians to Doug (drummer) when we first tried
> > playing the new
> > arrangement to explain to him what I wanted - I just
> > loved how that
> > song moved along - though I think he played a simpler
> > part than on
> > XKE. And the last thing I did was add that intro which
> > was TOTALLY
> > Fathoms - at least in my mind. There's a lot to be said
> > about
> > ripping off... err, I mean, being INSPIRED by other
> > bands. Yeah,
> > that's it! :) We recorded that in January of '97, on the
> > same date
> > that yielded Neutron Sabre and Shark Attack from that
> > split EP with
> > the Penetrators. We rerecorded Neutron Sabre when we
> > were recording
> > the first album in September of '97, and we tried to
> > rerecord Solaris
> > Stomp, too - but the new version just lacked that special
> > something
> > that the original recording had, so we just used the
> > original for the
> > album, too. It was just a beautiful confluence of
> > factors. The
> > first time that I used my (Jap) Jazzmaster on a recording
> > session,
> > too. Oh, and my reverb tank was a reissue, but BEFORE I
> > made the
> > usual mods, so it was completely original. Oh yeah, the
> > pickups in
> > the Jazzmaster were also the original Jap pickups! Go
> > figure.
> > People still point to that song as my best recorded
> > authentic trad
> > tone - and I was using crappy pickups AND an unmodded
> > reissue reverb
> > tank! It can be done, apparently... (Soon after that
> > session, I
> > switched to Seymour Duncan pickups and had the mods made,
> > including
> > the NOS tubes - and never again sounded as good! :)
> >
> > Postscript: if you will please indulge me while I brag
> > for a second.
> > We were really interested in having Deke Dickerson
> > produce our first
> > album, cause, well, cause Deke is God! That man knows
> > sound, and
> > knows guitar. I got in touch with him, and he wanted to
> > hear what we
> > sounded like, so I sent him those early tracks. I was so
> > proud when
> > I heard back from him - paraphrasing, he said something
> > like "Solaris
> > Stomp is an ultimate surf song"!! (he wasn't as thrilled
> > by the
> > other two, but no need to talk about that. :)) You could
> > have
> > knocked me over with a feather. That was cool. If he
> > only knew -
> > Jap pickups and unmodded reissue reverb tanks! It would
> > have been
> > quite costly to have him come to Washington to produce
> > us, so he just
> > told us to try to make the album sound like Solaris
> > Stomp, and we'll
> > be fine. A great guy.
> >
> > Ivan
> >
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