Tears Of The Enchanted Mainframe
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| Studio album by Buffalocomotive | |
| Released | August 27, 2012 |
| Recorded | December 2005 – September 2011, Side Saddle Studios, Joliet, Illinois |
| Genre | Hard rock |
| Length | 47:23 |
| Language | English |
| Producer | Buffalocomotive |
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Tears of the Enchanted Mainframe is the debut album by the American Hard rock band Buffalocomotive, released worldwide via iTunes and Amazon MP3 on August 27, 2012. Buffalocomotive recorded the album in Chicago, Illinois and Las Vegas, Nevada between December 2005 and January 2012, with most of the recording conducted via telecommuting. The album established Buffalocomotive's desire to fuse heavy instrumentation with melodic vocals and cerebral lyrics that are both fantasy/science fiction-focused as well as being indicative of the human experience.
In 2005 drummer Scott Carneghi reunited with guitarist Marc Kaducak and bassist, vocalist Brahm Taylor, after several previous collaborations, to begin work on their debut effort. Taylor wrote new songs for the project and repurposed older material from his earlier tenure with Kaducak. The month before releasing Tears of the Enchanted Mainframe Kaducak suggested a re-branding and Taylor changed the band's name to Buffalocomotive.
The recording of the album commenced in December 2005 with the drum tracks for "Superusurper" and "MedHed" and concluded with a shaker track for "Tremendous And Wide" in January 2012.
All of the drum and guitar tracks were recorded at a private facility dubbed "Side Saddle Studios" in Joliet, Illinois with the majority of bass and vocal tracks being recorded remotely by Taylor in Las Vegas.
For the recordings, Kaducak played a 70's era Gibson ES-335TD, a 1993 Gibson Les Paul Studio, a 2007 Gibson SG Standard, and a 1985 G&L Cavalier along with Randall Amplifiers and a Marshall Stack. He also used a Takamine 12-string for the album's acoustic tracks. Kaducaks guitars were recorded with SM57's through a Randall 4x12 cabinet with Celestion Vintage 30 speakers. Taylor recorded with a Rickenbacker 4003 amplified through an Ampeg SVT with the majority of the album's bass sound being derived from a direct signal being processed through a Tech 21 SansAmp. Taylor's vocals were captured with an Audio-Technica AT4050 mic. Carneghi utilized several different DW drum kit configurations with Paiste Cymbals. His drums were captured using Shure Beta 52A on the kick, Shure SM57 on the snare, Sennheiser E604 on the toms and a pair of Oktava MC-012's on the overheads. A Royer R121 Ribbon was used to record the ambiance of the room during drum takes.
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