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Blog style reports from UTS happenings and other stuff.
The old days
I really miss the days of our old website where we had a forum where everybody could speak their mind - but eventually we had to close it down since the internet seems to be outlaw territory. It's such a shame that a forum is impossible, I really loved to hear what people had to say; we had people from all over the world speaking their minds. A good thing, indeed. Now, alas, it is not possible anymore. Bad ting! But the good news is that all is going well with UTS and that the new album sounds more than promising. In two days time me and Charlotte head for Thailand for some much awaited R'n'R.
Bamma B
Right now Bamma has released a single called "Pum Pum Parlour" that has taken the carribean scene with a storm...it's 100% pure party magic and we are all very proud of him, check it out as soon as possible...! If you're googleing check out "Mr B" and you probably can find some info where you can hear it.
Kim Jong Il
Kim Jong Il dead...not a day too soon. Seems like a bad year for tyrants... The life in the Atterby-home is filled with hard work - both at the new album and the daytime-job. We manage to fit in some X-maspreparations aswell. Getting geared up for a long awaited holiday in Thailand. Been working so hard this year, we're really in need of the break. New album coming soon!
Recordings...
Just now at this very moment recording with Bamma B here in my and Charlotte's home, the new Urban Tribe Stockholm headquarters. And it sounds......fantastic! I have high, high hopes for our 4th album. Soon come, soon come
Signs of life
Just wanted to give a sign of life so you don't think we've hung up the sign or anything...still working on the next album, coming along nicely so far. Rehearsals for the recordings will start within a few weeks. In passing, let me just say that all the people on the planet should breathe a sigh of relief since it seems that neither Sarah Palin or Michelle Bachman will be running for president. Praise the Lord for that!
Urban Tribe on the move
Just did a show yesterday at Simpnäs in the Stockholm archipelago - me and Charlotte made a small holiday out of it by going there by boat, 3 days there and 1 day back. Mikael with family also turned up by boat. The overall impressions I have of this show and the last one (July3) is that this has got to be one of the greatest bands in the world....forgive me for blowing my own horn but MAN what a band! I sort of marked July 3 as a comeback for the band and everyone in the band is now geared up and ready to go with the work on album number 4. Especially I must say that the riddim-section (Petter and Anders) never has sounded better - ever. Simply fantastic! So expect good things in the near future...we are back!
Northafrica
Just like to get the ball rolling saying how pleased I am about what's going on in Africa and the Middle East at the time. It's truly a historic event unfolding right before our eyes...one dictator after the other toppled over. Fantastic!
Time flies...
and we fly with it. It's been a long time getting my momentum back but I think things are picking up again. I've been working so hard with UTS for the past 5-6 years so I guess I needed a break. But - hopefully - we will have some exciting news to present soon. Recordings are underway and some interesting things are in the works. Meanwhile we have suffered throught the worst winter in over a hundred years here in Sweden. It's been absolutely awful - over 2 months of tempereatures consistantly below zero and more than a meter of snow in my back yard. I'm not even going to go into the way our heating bill is looking. It's enough to make a grown man cry and let's leave it at that. But every winter is followed by spring! And, oh so slowly but still surely, it is coming around to the northern realm that is Sweden. Finally!
Our heroes
Things are moving a bit slow for us a the moment but we are getting there for sure. There will be a new release with UTS in the spring of 2010, details will be coming shortly. Meanwhile I am busy working with songs on another project with Charlotte; we write the songs together and she sings lead with me singing harmony to her vocals for a change...the style is more country/americana/singer-songwriterpop or whatchamacallit - it's always hard to label music. Anyway - although there has been some time with little new stuff going on on the UTS-front there are quite a few great people keeping the UTS-candle burning out there in the world. I'm thinking ofcourse of our management-team in Jamaica consisting of Howard Hendriks and Alkebulan but also, just to name one, of our good friend Mauricio Sergio in who heads up our fanclub in Brazil. He is expecting his first child any day now and still I am in contact with him about the development of the band via e-mail. These are the kinds of people who truly are our heroes.
Recording new songs
Just posted a couple of pics of Petter recording drums for a new song called "Letting Go". As ususal (these days) most of the stuff gets recorded in my and Charlotte's home. So take a look at how things are done in the glorious life in showbusiness...ha ha! Not so glamorous, huh? You'd be surprised if you knew how our albums have been recorded over the years. To think that we've gotten such great feedback about the production and the sound-quality is amazing. Most of "Who is the Enemy?", for instance, was recorded in an old bomb-shelter converted into a studio. 4 concrete walls. Not the ideal acoustic surrounding to be working in I can tell you. But the truly great thing is that it is at all possible to record a great sounding album without having to come up with tons of money to rent a big studio - all it takes is a lot of hard work, plenty of know-how and a portion of luck. Another great thing is the internet - a lot of the songs get recorded at other locations - whether it be at Sven's or Mikael's house or in Kingston or in the US or wherever.
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