Things are tough all over. Even legendary recordist Steve Albini, the famed audio technician behind classic releases from Nirvana, Liz Phair, Bush, Bedhead, Built to Spill, Bottomless Pit, Cheap Trick and dozens of others is having trouble paying the mortgage on Electrical Audio, his impeccably designed analog studio. Tim Midgett, guitarist, bassist and songwriter for Bottomless Pit and Silkworm, has set up a fund where fans can donate and help Mr. Albini retire his mortgage.
“My only comment is to restate that this is 100% unauthorized by those guys [Albini and his band of underpaid, acerbic, sonic pranksters], and they don’t really need the money,” Midgett clarified for East Portland Blog. “Which begs the question of why I did it. I think it will make zero sense to most people and perfect sense to everybody else. There won’t be any news generated by me–I’m sure coverage will spread a bit, but I am not promoting it aggressively. Just want to see what happens.”
Thus, East Portland Blog encourages– if you can– please give $115 and keep Electrical Audio open and run by the man from Big Black, just as God intended it.
Here’s a Steve Albini Discography.
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Silkworm’s Tim Midgett launches a plan to pay off Electrical Audio’s mortgage
“According to Midgett, the studio—owned by Steve Albini (audio engineer and founding member of Shellac and Big Black)—isn’t in danger of closing, but it does have an outstanding balance of $230,000 left on its mortgage and a tendency to charge under-market rates to bands looking to record there. As Midgett wrote on the donation page, “I think the place should be paid off by now, and I think we have the ability to do it.”
Complete story is here.
