Nick D'Virgilio with Telefunken mic used in recording The Colony of Slippermen.

Nashville, TN, January 2008 — Nick D'Virgilio, of Spock's Beard fame, and Mark Hornsby recorded The Colony of Slippermen at Java Jive Studio in Nashville, TN using some of Music Citys best musicians and taking the song in a whole new direction.

"We wanted to see what would happen if we exposed the song to a different climate of musicians," says D'Virgilio, "The early Genesis recordings are so musical and very bluesy when you get right down to it and really lend themselves to some different interpretations. We used Telefunken USA's AK47 microphone to record the all the vocals. That mic is amazing, it really brings out the midrange in my voice while maintaining the warmth and not sounding thin or brittle. I would easily put this up against other microphones we had that were three times the cost."

Although all of the original elements of the song are still included such as drums, bass, guitar and piano, the recording now takes on a more "acoustic" vibe. Coupled with accordion, electric sitar, and a new horn arrangement, the song now enters an entirely different place.

In addition to the AK47, DVirgilio and Hornsby used a pair of R-F-T M16 MkIIs and an Ela M 251E. "We used the M16 MkIIs on drum overheads and the 251 in the room, that and a little compression really gave us that classic drum sound we were looking for. A lot of todays newer microphones are too bright and dont have any warmth. We didnt have that problem with the Telefunkens" states Hornsby.

The Colony of Slippermen is part of a larger project that has yet to be announced. The song is currently available as a download at http://myspace.com/ndvmusic.

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TELEFUNKEN | USA acquired the TELEFUNKEN Trademark for North America in 2001, and in 2009 the company was named the Elektroakustik (translation: Electrical Acoustics) arm of TELEFUNKEN and awarded the exclusive rights to manufacture a wide variety of professional audio products and vacuum tubes bearing the TELEFUNKEN name, in over 27 countries worldwide. Recreating the classic TELEFUNKEN microphones has been a labor of love for the company CEO, Toni Fishman and the pursuit of that dream has culminated in the manufacture of what we at TELEFUNKEN Elektroakustik believe are the finest microphones currently available in the world today.

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