Node 2

Certain to open 2014 with a massive bang, Node 2 is potentially the biggest release on DiN ever!
It features three of the original Node members, maverick producer and sonic legend: Flood, renowned producer and composer: Ed Buller and classically trained Doctor of music: Dave Bessell. The band are now joined by new member, Hollywood composer Mel Wesson, who has most recently provided the soundscapes for Hans Zimmer's run of blockbuster films!
This extraordinary collective have taken time out from their high-flying day jobs to indulge their secret passion for all things analogue. The result, Node 2, is the culmination of two recording sessions that took place over the last year and a half at Battery studios in London, the one time playground inhabited by Mark Shreeve during his Jive Electro years of Legion, Crash Head and more.
Featuring what is quite possibly the largest collection of vintage analogue equipment that has been assembled in a studio in recent times, this quartet drag their favoured analogue tools, crackling and bleeping into the 21st century! Staying true to their roots the band improvised everything live and recorded straight to a two-track machine. The final result is edited down from the mass of material that was recorded, but is otherwise presented as it was played, without the computer tidying up or overdubbing that has become part and parcel of most contemporary recordings. The resulting nine tracks range from the classic Berlin sequencing of Shinkansen East and Shinkansen West to the moody introspection of: Dark Beneath The Earth.
Along the way we are served up such unclassifiable treats as: March Méchanique, which mixes martial rhythms with Arabic flavours and subtle sequencing, or the extraordinary: No Signal which pushes sonic boundaries, mixing custom written physical modelling software with analogue microtones.
Don't miss this increasingly rare chance to hear what these legendary machines can do in the hands of experts. Presented with an extensive accompanying booklet that contains fascinating insights into the recording sessions and working methods Node 2 is another must have release on the DiN label.