We are writing January 8, 2009. The winter was at its worst. Sixteen men, tightly dressed, went to a village in North Holland to rehearse there in a remote shed for a special project. Broken beat / nu jazz producer Mark de Clive-Lowe would perform that evening in the Melkweg in Amsterdam with the Rotterdam Jazz Orchestra. The concert, which was completely sold out, turned out to be a huge success,
… the combination of beats and live music worked optimally and De Clive-Lowe and the orchestra took each other to a lonely height. All this was the dress rehearsal for the recordings of Take The Space Trane that were to be made the following day in the Doelen in Rotterdam. Unfortunately, no one had taken into account the purist-minded and very inflexible sound engineers of de Doelen. They knew the beautiful, to completely turn the sound of the previous day into a chaotic drama. The sub-bass sound came from speakers hanging from the ceiling and the total balance of the complex sound was very hard to find. As a result, it took more than four years and the efforts of various technicians to make these recordings sound properly. But the wait was definitely worth it, because Take The Space Trane is one of the most energetic big band projects ever. (AD) because Take The Space Trane is one of the most energetic big band projects ever. (AD) because Take The Space Trane is one of the most energetic big band projects ever. (AD)more
