MP3: Sundown: Life’s Too Long
MP3: Sundown: Sleepy Song
Dustin White has had a presence in both Columbus and the National DIY picture for as long as I can recall.
We could take it back to his post-rock band Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea.
Or we could talk South Campus punk houses like Compton and the Legion of Doom. But someone could probably
one-up that and go prior to those turn of the millenium movements.
So let me skip ahead and just say Dusty is a talented weirdo that knows the ends and outs of most musical instruments and recordings. Makes sense that he co-produced the latest Times New Viking record Dancer Equired with TNV and also acts as their soundman on the road.
Being TNV’s sounddude is somewhat like being a white noise, dub-master.
Oh yeah, and there are these MP3’s I posted above of his new project that is fronted by revered MO-BK transplant TK Webb, Sundown.
So via the emails I caught up with Dusty right as a West Coast leg of a TNV tour ended. He discussed working with them and Sundown.
How was the Times New Viking tour?
This tour has been going great. Hit some weirdness in some places, but all in all it has gone better than the last full US tour by a good amount.
What’s your role as a live sound dude for a band like them?
My role is way different than most live sound situations because I do a lot more to the sound than just make it loud. It’s more like Martin Swope in Mission of Burma, because I’m manipulating and treating what they do on stage. Sometimes to make it sound more like the lofi records, sometimes to make the guitar hurt your ears, sometimes just to make it sound fucking cool, and sometimes I am just trying to make it loud and clear. It’s actually a creative role as opposed to the typical clinician role that most live sound is which appeals to me a lot more. I also love the challenge that is trying to get interesting results in different places with different equipment and a different set of rules every night. Continue reading →
