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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.
Message us and let us know what you need in order to finish your song at it's best!

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Interview with Dejablues

Q: If you were on a desert island and could take just 5 pieces of gear, what would they be?
A: Beyer M160 My Telecaster Princeton Amp Gladio Preamp MXR Carbon Copy
Q: Can you share one music production tip?
A: All instruments are mono and point source when heard in real life
Q: What's your typical work process?
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.
Q: Tell us about your studio setup.
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.
Q: Describe the most common type of work you do for your clients.
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.
Q: Analog or digital and why?
A: Both, we can have the magic of analog with the clinical control of digital. why we need to choose?