Dejablues

Pop/Funk/Rock Session Band

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Italian based soul funk band; Dejablues are Francesco Mantovani, Massimo Colla, Paolo Decaroli and Nicola Ibatici supported by the best singers and musicians from all around Italy.

We are a group of musician from Italy deeply in love with funk, soul and R&B music. We've been working on a project for the last two years in which we call guest to play with us, we arrange and record songs within 2 hours; that process leads us here offering the same kind of mood to you.
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Interview with Dejablues

  1. Q: If you were on a desert island and could take just 5 pieces of gear, what would they be?

  2. A: Beyer M160 My Telecaster Princeton Amp Gladio Preamp MXR Carbon Copy

  3. Q: Can you share one music production tip?

  4. A: All instruments are mono and point source when heard in real life

  5. Q: What's your typical work process?

  6. A: First and foremost the most importanti thing is to LISTEN. That is the ground floor that will allow us to work properly on a song.

  7. Q: Tell us about your studio setup.

  8. A: We have 14 channels available, 4 from the UA 4-710, 4 From the Brunetti, 3 from Warm Audio '73, 3 Preamp from UA. We have a peculiar approach to drums, 5 mics, kick in (Audio D6), snare top (Se V7x), one mic on every tom and a mono overhead (Beyer M160); the bass uses the Ampeg PT-50T tube amplifier. Guitars are record trough a Fender Princeton Reissue trough a Two Notes Captor X. Stereo Grands, mono electric piano played trough a Brunetti amp.

  9. Q: Describe the most common type of work you do for your clients.

  10. A: We do record mostly full band situation. The most requested work is live recording, with the whole band playing in the studio; that includes instruments bleed in mics, but we believe in the creative power of playing together, so a small amount of bleed is accepted.

  11. Q: Analog or digital and why?

  12. A: Both, we can have the magic of analog with the clinical control of digital. why we need to choose?

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Gear Highlights
  • Universal Audio x6 Heritage Edition
  • Warm Audio WA273
  • Universal Audio 4-710
  • Brunetti ML4
  • Audi D6
  • Multiple Shure 57
  • Beyerdynamic M160
  • Sennheiser MD421
  • Stager SR-5
  • Aston Spirit
  • Aston Element
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