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This track was created to pay homage to the 60’s band Tomorrow. Weirdly the band never made much commercial success, but they were critically acclaimed within the scene. These guys were recording at exactly the same time when The Beatles were recording in Abbey Road Studios.

The original track (Ten Thousand Words in a Cardboard Box) was released under both Aquarian Age & Tomorrow, but band member Twink went on to adapt his own version in 1970. It seems appropriate to mix them all together and do my own personal take on it. This is more of an engineering test than anything else, with a mixture of obscure samples, and additional production from the studio. Totally re-layered the drums, tambs etc. added some more organs. I also recorded some improvised MS-20 sounds with the white noise and lfo towards the end. As usual, loads of other sampled sounds in there which all add to the picture.

Drumming was a bit of a hassle, as I had two low quality drum mixes to sync… that’s why I had to add my own layer to blend it all together. Still some hi hat issues though, but the ‘vibe’ is there.

I properly mastered this through the Avalon mastering EQ & compressor. - still some timing issues I’ve gotta correct, but I’m happy with the levels and how it all sits.