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LJ: It took us until the summer again to get back to recording. But finally, having not played the tracks for
almost 8 months, I went in to record the rhythm guitar, then laid down my solos later. It took a while before
we were able to get an idea of what more we needed to do on guitars, and the realisation that a hard drive
glitch had wiped half the solos was a bit of a blow. It wasn’t until it was nearing December that we were
able to finish them, though during this time, Niall went into the studio to record his bass, which he nailed
in one session.

MW: Since Joe's departure, you now have Chris Daniels on the drums. Has he got a similar style to Joe or
has he put his own stamp on the ‘Part I’ tracks?

LJ: He's taken to it brilliantly. Not only with playing on ‘Part 1,” but in jams, too. He's really put his own
stamp on it, which is awesome, and he's still trying out new stuff that's just adding more to the tracks. With
general improvisation it's never 100% the same live, especially the end of ‘Horror Vacui,’ which was pretty
much improvised in the studio. It ended up being almost 8 minutes longer than it's supposed to be.

MW: Did you manage to record any of the tracks in one take?

LJ: Throughout the recording process we tried our best to ensure that wherever possible, parts were
recorded in one take. So, unless there was a big change in sound that required a new channel, the majority
of rhythm and lead guitars, drums, and bass, were all recorded in one take. I think the whole of the rhythm
section in ‘Jam ∞’ was done in one take, stopping only to switch to clean guitars and back again. Theo took
some excellent initiative, adding in some subtle keys here and there and mixing things in a certain way. The
ending of ‘Horror Vacui’ came about due to a misunderstanding in how we wanted it to sound, and Theo
went away and came up with what is there now -- which is far better and more interesting than what we’d
originally planned.