Shortly after Christmas 2012, Louis Barabbas & The Bedlam Six gathered in a house on the south coast of England. Living and working together in their home-based studio, they spent eighteen days recording the songs that would eventually become Youth – and Louis kept a diary.
Day Eleven
Day Twelve
Day Thirteen
Day Fourteen
Day Fifteen
Day Sixteen
Day Seventeen
Day Eighteen
“One of the great luxuries of recording like this is being able to try out ideas in a relaxed way. However big the budget there is always a ‘time is money’ factor inherent in hiring a studio (‘we’re paying for this place so hurry up!’); it tends to lead to an unhelpful ‘that will do’ attitude. In my experience, clock-watching can utterly and incurably poison a record. In our Bedlam House we are no richer in time, but at least money is not too much of a limiting factor for once.”
(Studio photos by Sara Harris and band members)
