Wednesday, December 29, 2010

New Year, New Site, New EP

So... approximately 6 months after we started recording our first EP, we are finally ready to get it out there for everyone to hear.  We've been working our asses off making the best damn product possible for our level of artistic talent.

This whole thing started way back in March when a dude named Jason came up to us after we played the Dragonfly in Hollywood and told us he wanted to record our music.  At the time, we were really flattered.  Little did we know that he says that to every band he sees.  Anyway, we were suckered into his studio with promises of analog and awesome, but I have to say, he really delivered.  This recording sounds better than we could have imagined.  Also, we made a really good friend in the process.  If you are in a band and need anything recorded, go to him. Check his website here.

Jason also introduced us to Evan Rodaniche (Cage9, Powerman 5000), who mastered this baby for us and did a great job.  We were really worried about mastering because everyone was telling us "you get what you pay for" and we didn't want to pay for it because we can't tell the damn difference anyway.  Evan was great because he did a good job, quickly, within our budget.

Our good friend Ray Iadevaia did the cover art for us for the price of a Chick-Fil-A spicy chicken sandwich and a little bit of wrench time on his '71 Malibu. Go check out his other artwork at his website. We also put his drawing on a grip of shirts, so buy one.

Finally, but not leastly, the funny and talented Felix Salazar took a ton and a half of photos for us, which we ended up using three of for the inside cover.  If you don't look at his website, your life is meaningless.

After finishing the record we decided to get our shit together.  We fixed up a little website (http://kamikazela.com) and gussied up our facebook page (http://www.facebook.com/kamikazela).  I mentioned we made some shirts (we splurged for American Apparel because we love you), and we also had some buttons and stickers made.  We are almost like a real band now!

In summation, come to our record release show on January 7th at the Redwood Bar in downtown Los Angeles. The facebook event page with all the deets is here: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=116696335064184

RAWK,

Nicole