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The first concept-double album of its kind by a Filipino- American band is finally available after a year in production. School Tales by the Jersey City rock quartet The Happy Analogues. School Tales is built around the concept of school life in the Philippines. It contains 20 all-original songs in Filipino and English, which are meticulously produced by the band. "We began working on the album in October of 2007. Our final tracking date was on January 15, 2009," said Ted Reyes, the band’s guitarist and composer/producer. "It has been a long journey, but we are all happy with the result. We hope the public will be just as happy. It is important to note that School Tales was produced in a mostly analog environment. The band tracked on a 16-track analog tape machine and the songs were mixed using an analog console and outboard effects, very different from the all-digital productions that are commonly employed today. "We were after a certain sound," said Ronnie Lao, the band’s bassist/producer. " A sound that only analog gear could provide. It is all part of the album that we conceptualized." The decision to work on analog was a tough decision for the band because analog is more time consuming than digital. "We had to deal with mixing without the benefit of a computer which that recall mixing settings on the fly," Reyes added. "With analog mixing, no mix will ever be the same. Once you are done and happy with the sound, you have to let go without the comfort of having all the settings intact in case you want to remix." Such bold decisions are typical of the Happy Analogues, a band known in the scene to push boundaries and try unpopular methods. "It was a trade-off we were willing to accept," said Paul Zurita, the band’s guitarist and composer/producer. " But it all paid-off. I love the sound of this record." While the band decided to take the analog path less traveled by, it was not through high-end studios that still record on tape. "We produced this record ourselves and had to work on the gear that we have," added Rich Saguirre, the band’s drummer and art director. "We had to nail each take all the time to avoid too many edits. We didn’t have that luxury. But all in all, it made us better musicians." The album is now considered a milestone in Filipino-American rock. The album is released under Soulworks Records Visit http://www.thehappyanalogues.com and http://www.soulworksrecords.com
