Clwb Ifor Bach

The Terror Of Cosmic Loneliness

Monday, 29th March 2010

Tony
Da Gatorra is a Brazilian TV and VCR repairman, musical freedom fighter and the
inventor of his own unique ‘Gatorra’ instrument. Part drum machine, part
guitar, the Gatorra provides the unique sonic style of Tony’s peace-loving
protest songs and features heavily throughout The Terror Of Cosmic Loneliness.

As a massive fan of Tony, Gruff set about tracking down the cult hero during
his travels throughout South America (an adventure that also lead to road trip
movie, Separado!).

Having finally met, the pair undertook their first gig together and promptly
booked in to a Sao Paulo recording studio to begin rehearsals...

Gruff takes up the story: We spent 5 days rehearsing a set of songs to play
live at the venue – our only shared language was music itself so there was no
small talk, just intense concentration on the music. On the final day, as the
rehearsals had been so productive, we hooked up some recording equipment and
took about 5 hours out to make this record.

We recorded several live takes of each song then chose the best versions. I
added a harmony vocal overdub on two songs, otherwise it’s pretty much what we
recorded at the time. Upon returning to Cardiff I took the songs to producer
Kris Jenkins’s studio whose excitement for the album and general encouragement
was infectious – then we called in noise legend Sir Doufus Styles to oversee
the final mix.

Armed with 5 flasks of strong coffee, 75 sticks of gum and a bank of vintage
compressors we mixed The Terror Of Cosmic Loneliness at extremely loud volume
in one epic 12 hour session.

Tony Da Gatorra adds: Hello, peace my brothers, this record was made with lots
of feelings and true love to bring consciousness and show a little bit of truth
that needs to be said without hypocrisy. We are creatures of God, so there's no
death. Spirit is light, all evil won't prevail – there's no evil when it
crashes with goodwill.

The Terror Of Cosmic Loneliness will be released on 26th July via OVNI /
Turnstile Music.