No Longer HUSHed!!
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Deep Purple have announced they’ll begin recording a new studio album next February — and for DP fans young and old (this writer included), that’s great news (hey … you listen to this band from their early days on and see if you don’t become one yourself! Man, it’s guaranteed!!)
Anyway, here’s what Purple frontman Ian Gillan recently told Metalunderground.com:
“I think we are ready to make another album. We’ve been talking about it for some time already. I think we’ll start to work on it next February.
“We go into the studio with absolutely nothing, no music or lyrics whatsoever. We sit in the kitchen, having some cup of tea, talk about families and football… Then we go into the room and play; six hours a day.
“After three days, some ideas begin to shape and we start to turn them into songs. 
To prepare the main lines takes about three weeks, to deal with lyrics, recording process and mixing also take two weeks.
“Since there have been many technological developments recently and we use them by recording the music in analog and mix it in digital to achieve the best result.”
Now, when Deep Purple’s name is mentioned, many of us think one of three things: Ritchie Blackmore (with the original lineup), Hush! (which had one of the most awesome backbeats in rock!) or Smoke On The Water (which every budding guitarist wants to try at least once).
But didja know that the band was actually the brainchild of Chris Curtis — the original drummer for The Searchers?
Yup … ’tis true!
Anyway we look at it, though, the album’s gonna be fantastic … cause this Deep Purple’s gonna keep its colour and depth for a long time to come!
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