I recently read part of a book about Nine Inch Nails and it spoke of Steve being brought in to record Bill Rieflin on "La Mer." I've always noticed in the CD Booklet he is thanked under the "thanks" section, but never knew why; So if you read this Steve, how did this come about and what was your experience of this?

I bet he will reply, he loves that kind of thread ! :)

about the fragile, i remember there are quite a few tracks with some amazing sounding percussions (that track where he sings "the smell of sunshine"). Reznor is damn good with his studio. if only he was a good singer and songwriter...

(no war intended)

matthieu

Correct on the likelyhood of Steve answering; I figured I'd throw it out just in case it sparked something being said. The song you are refering to is called "I'm Looking Foward to Joining You, Finally." I remember my friend and I tried so many times to figure out what the percussion being used is. We could only come up w/ this in order:

Conga, Piano, Conga Slaps, Ribbon Crasher

As for the comment about Trent being a bad singer and songwriter, I simply say that's your opinion respectfully. He has an honest voice that reflects his persona; I happen to like people that sing honestly and from the heart, instead of forcing themselves to do something they can't do or just pretending to be able to sing well. His lyrics happen to always fall under the same subject of girls, loss, etc.; although I will say, according to this book, some of the songs on the Fragile are about the death of his Grandmother.

Correct on the likelyhood of Steve not answering; I figured I'd throw it out just in case it sparked something being said. The song you are refering to is called "I'm Looking Foward to Joining You, Finally." I remember my friend and I tried so many times to figure out what the percussion being used is. We could only come up w/ this in order:

Conga, Piano, Conga Slaps, Ribbon Crasher

As for the comment about Trent being a bad singer and songwriter, I simply say that's your opinion respectfully. He has an honest voice that reflects his persona; I happen to like people that sing honestly and from the heart, instead of forcing themselves to do something they can't do or just pretending to be able to sing well. His lyrics happen to always fall under the same subject of girls, loss, etc.; although I will say, according to this book, some of the songs on the Fragile are about the death of his Grandmother.

i believe the steve albini, he record the bill rieflin in the b room at the electrical. the brian orchard, he once tells me about whatta monster rieflin is, witha the insane stamina, playing all day on i believe a few songs. but what do i know, i'm just a guy witha the mouth.

the chris connelly and the bill rieflin make a cd in i think 2000 entitled 'largo.' is incredible this record. so beutiful it make a you cry, no? is so simple, like the mind of the german tourist, but then is a so complex. is so tough it makes this johnny cash look like liberace, but then so delicate that then this liberace look like the johnny cash, si? i love a this cd like a man love a women, but not in the pants, like a the love in the heart.

Correct The matt clark
The NIN or nin as I like to say came in just as we finished Studio B. Our lounge was still a construction site. We set 2 drum kits up, one in the live room and one in the dead room. Then Bill played to a music loop for 4 days. The idea was to bring the 2" reels (of which there were many) back to monster-land in old NO and use them as drum samples in the new nin album. We got a CD from them a couple of years later, and I couldn't recognize any sounds as recorded by Steve, here. I learned much later that a snare sound was used in one song. Oh well. It was great to see such a talented drummer though.

Thank You very much for answering this question. Nice to read the details. Sad that all the time was used only for one snare sample. I can recognise Steve's production sound in "La Mer" and that's all (beautiful roomy vibe); I would listen for the snare sample, but as I don't know where to begin to look in the hours of the Fragile.

Thanks Again

It's obvious to anybody w/ears once you hear that warm, punchy bass kick in on "Roundabout"- it's the Albini trademark.

LOL angus, i've been waiting for somebody to bust that one out.