"the journey and the arrival"
First of all we’d like to say that we’re very proud to finally be recording our tracks in this amazing house and with our good friend and recording engineer Chris Hamilton.
Also we dedicate this blog and our record to ‘Spreeuwtje’ the Sparrow †… that lived and died in our backyard.
A six hour drive from Leeuwarden, through Belgium and Northern France brought us to the beautiful country side of Bival; a small and almost deserted place in France. It’s nice out here. Hills and cows pass your sight as we're cruising along the small roads of the village. The road gets quite rough as we progress and get closer to our main goal. Just one more rough road downhill - we’re quietly praying the car won’t break down – and there it appears … the massive house. We are here!
The house looks a million years old – actually we’re quite convinced it is – and it’s got a big yard around it, surrounded by pieces of the original town wall. If you look past the walls you see a forest going uphill and on the other side you find yourself staring at cows.
The house looks a million years old – actually we’re quite convinced it is – and it’s got a big yard around it, surrounded by pieces of the original town wall. If you look past the walls you see a forest going uphill and on the other side you find yourself staring at cows.
We’re getting a warm welcome from Chris, whom we will be recording with for the week.
First; a nice cold beer and then the grand tour of the house. We can say “Grand” now actually, since we’re in France and because the house really IS massive.
We enter the first room, with a big fireplace, and pass through a door that brings us to a hall. Chris tells us he recorded drums there last time. The stairway down brings us into a really old wine cellar…it looks amazing. Up the stairs we go to the attic where two beautiful white and brown owls fly around...; in other words, this house is massive and amazing.
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