Yordan Bagnell of Typhoon and Dhani Rosa of Eskimo and Sons fame come together under the moniker Doubledutch. They’ve recorded an album due for release on August 31st entitled Gungle Dungn after the studio in which it was recorded. And in the spirit of utter and complete transparency Doubledutch explain the creative process that they apply.
Doubledutch works like this:
a. Yordan (she, her, hers) writes a song on guitar, piano, accordion, cello, viola or any other instrument she understands.
b. She records said song into her laptop using its internal microphone and GarageBand.
c. She opens the Firefox internet browser and logs into www.gmail.com assuming the identity of jordandoubledutch@gmail.com
d. She types in something that makes no sense, like this: “hey dhani-here are some new things to listen to. The second one is really bare, and I couldn’t get my voice not to peak in the chorus without the rest sounding like a puddle. it’s too fast too. oh, and for the april 12th one, i was thinking you could sing it? only if you want to. i really want you to play your guitar on it though. sorry about the wierd glitchy noises. love, yordan”
e. She attaches said song to this “e-mail” and addresses “e-mail” to dhanidoubledutch@gmail.com.
f. Sending…
g. Later, Dhani (he, him, his) assumes the identity of dhanidoubledutch@gmail.com, receives “e-mail,” and reads.
h. He types something equally asinine in response, like this:
“Haha! That is some tight shit. I can’t believe you made that. That’s weed machine for sure. Come record that.”
i. Sending…
j. Days later, Yordan goes to the “Gungle Dungeon Recording Lair” where Dhani lives to record said song with super tech equipment and fresh gear using top-secret methods.
k. Dhani spends the next few months executing production work, which is also top-secret. The only thing known about it, is that he uses, primarily, two sound stretching techniques he pioneered. One is called “NoneYr” and the other is called “BeesWax.”
l. The whole process is repeated until a record has been created.
Doubledutch - Abraham
