10 FT. Ganja Plant | New CD
10 Ft. Ganja Plant brings the sound of roots, rocksteady and dub from the smokey hills and rough streets of Jamaica to the ears of their rabid fans around the globe.
On “10 Deadly Shots” the mysterious reggae collective captures the vibe of classic reggae and distills it down to it’s essence – without vocals.
The tracks were mastered directly to vinyl with the digital / CD parts cut from the vinyl lacquer. This unique process let’s these 10 gems breathe with the warmth and soul of the island.
The album was delivered to ROIR on Wednesday April 14th and released as an exclusive digital download on the group’s website on April 20th or 420, which is a day to celebrate cannabis culture.
The album is also available at all digital retail stores. The band will be releasing a full length vocals album later this year.
10 Deadly Shots cut from Vinyl!
A look into the recording process…
It’s a cold weekend in February and the Cessnas land. The vibes brew as the room fills, while the bass thumps a beat and the snare drum rings a tune. The chords echo through the room as the smell of analog tape enters the air… A familiar start to a 10 Ft. Ganja Plant recording session.
“We like to keep things fresh, create a vibe, throw around the ideas, write the track, record the track and never play it again. We record almost all of the records live, everyone in one room. The exception would be the occasional vocal, keyboard guitar horn line that was impossible to play at the same time. All of the material is captured by reel to reel 2, 4, 8, 16, 24 tracks. During this particular session we were using 8 tracks.”
The master was put through a Neumann sp79c Console to a Neumann SAL74b cutting rack then to a Neumann VMS 80 cutting lathe where the lacquer (record) was born. Yes that’s right, cut straight to vinyl. The last and final step is a high quality transfer from the lacquer to a digital format that you can enjoy as the album 10 Deadly Shots!”
The tracks were as follows:
1 drums
2 bass
3 guitar
4 guitar lead
5 organ/farfisa
6 rhodes/clavinet
7 tenor saxophone
8 percussion“After the record is mixed down to analog we send it to mastering. 10 Deadly Shots went through a very unique mastering process to add to the sound and feel you are hearing.
