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Space Moderns

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Boston indie rockers The Space Moderns were keeping it real in Studio B. They are seen here in a live action shot: Peter Dowd on the left is playing guitar and singer/songwriter/drummer Steve Chen is at the drum set.

The Space Moderns recorded 8 songs in 2008. The songs were released in the fall of 2020! Fun to hear this stuff again after all this time, and to hear Studio B’s long gone live room again. Check it out on Spotify and other online streaming services.

 

Susan Werner – Classics

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Susan Werner came to Q with producer Crit Harmon in 2009 and recorded a great batch of songs. What was unusual about them are the arrangements and the performances. Following is an excerpt form an interview with NPR’s Weekend Edition:

Now, Susan Werner has taken pop songs by others and written chamber music settings for them. Cat Steven’s “The Wind” is given a Bach-esque treatment. Bob Marley’s “Waiting In Vain” rings with echoes of Erik Satie. Stevie Wonder gets mashed up with Chopin-inspired arrangements. Seven other such tracks appear on her new album Classics.

“We chose songs that had a certain lyrical elegance to them, and a certain structural formality,” Werner says. “That is most beautifully revealed when you strip it down to its very basic elements. And there’s no hiding behind a string quartet.”

In an interview with host Liane Hansen, Werner said that she chose songs that had lyrical weight and thoughtfulness to them, such that the music would be taken seriously.

“It’s so easy, when you get near classical music, to do something funny,” she says. “I mean, once you think about the Bugs Bunny cartoons, oh my God, right? You have to be careful not to do something that has everybody in stitches.”

Here’s Susan’s version of Hazy Shade of Winter:

Gene Dante and the Future Starlets – A Madness to his Method (Video)

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Gene Dante and the Future Starlets release their new video “A Madness to his Method” (from the album The Romantic Lead- recorded at Q Division).

Gene Dante and The Future Starlets – The Romantic Lead (BC)

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Gene Dante and the Future Starlets released this ambitious album, reminiscent of a rock opera, in 2009. Peter Lubin and Jon Lupfer spent about a few intense weeks in Studio B capturing the very capable band….:

The latest incarnation of the Starlets, which came together in 2007, reveals, as Gene says, that he’s “the luckiest guy in town,” pulling together a group of musicians able to fully realize the song Gene has written. With the help of drummer Tamora Gooding, bassist Jim Collins, and guitarist Scott Patalano, (formerly of renowned group Mistle Thrush), Gene’s engaging songs are fleshed out into the complex, compelling tracks they have recorded with longtime industry A&R exec and record producer Peter Lubin for the Starlets new album, The Romantic Lead. The album was recorded and mixed at Q Division in Somerville, MA with engineer Jon Lupfer manning the board.