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Post by cesarduranie on Oct 10, 2019 23:17:33 GMT -5
Antony J. Resta is working on remastering Beautiful Colors for a new Duran Duran project. From his Instagram profile Anthony says: "We are mastering a very special treat specifically for all you Duranies. 16 years later we dug it out of the archives and Will Borza [mastering Engineer at Howie Weinberg mastering] brought Beautiful Colours to life. This is a different arrangement and production than previous leaked versions of the song. I’ve added strings, some extra analog bleepy pulsing synths and percussion. This authorized mix was done in 2003 but was never released. I’ve rearranged the song for a single length here. Here is a sneak peak at a never heard before version of the track we started back in 2003". #DD40 #celebrations
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Post by cesarduranie on Oct 10, 2019 23:19:57 GMT -5
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Post by poptrash on Oct 11, 2019 0:47:16 GMT -5
I was in contact with Anthony and he said he had to stop working on it for some reason. My best guess is the management/band did not approve.
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Post by oakey on Oct 11, 2019 1:22:13 GMT -5
I was in contact with Anthony and he said he had to stop working on it for some reason. My best guess is the management/band did not approve. You mean now or back in 2003?
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Post by josefk on Oct 11, 2019 7:22:51 GMT -5
Here is a link to a little recent background info. on Anthony J. Resta: FIVE QUESTIONS FOR ANTHONY J RESTAI really hope they allow him to complete his work. I nearly spit out my coffee this morning when I read your post cesarduranie!
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Post by nileblogers on Oct 11, 2019 13:54:32 GMT -5
Interesting developments. Tbh though I wasn’t a great fan of Anthony’s work with the band, so hopefully they’ve given it to someone else to work on who will keep the rock element of the track minus the ‘bleepy, pulsing synths and percussion’.
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Post by coolbarn on Oct 11, 2019 18:03:54 GMT -5
Interesting developments. Tbh though I wasn’t a great fan of Anthony’s work with the band, so hopefully they’ve given it to someone else to work on who will keep the rock element of the track minus the ‘bleepy, pulsing synths and percussion’. Exactly right! Andy Taylor perhaps?
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Post by poptrash on Oct 12, 2019 4:16:07 GMT -5
I was in contact with Anthony and he said he had to stop working on it for some reason. My best guess is the management/band did not approve. You mean now or back in 2003? I mean a few months ago when he was working on Beautiful Colours. Back in 2003 he wasn't involved i think.
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Post by josefk on Oct 12, 2019 7:48:15 GMT -5
You mean now or back in 2003? I mean a few months ago when he was working on Beautiful Colours. Back in 2003 he wasn't involved i think. I found a Q & A from 2010 with duranduranmusic.com that seems to indicate his involvement back in 2003 on mixing Beautiful Colours.. Here's the relevant part (the link to the whole thing is at the bottom): 6. Were you a Duran Duran fan while you were growing up or did you come to their music by way of working with them? I was a fan from the beginning. I worked in a disco called Diamonds and I thought they were fab and cutting edge. It was ten years later we ended up working together. If someone had said that was in my future then I would have laughed. 7. What have you worked on with them? Thank You, Medazzaland, various remixes and TV Mania. Around the Astronaut era I worked on “Beautiful Colours”, a song that was not finished or released. I hope to do a remix of something on the new record, and have been in touch with Nick about that and TV Mania. 8. How involved were you with the recording of “Medazzaland”? I was very involved with the post production and mixing. The album was basically recorded beforehand, but track by track we ended up reworking things from the ground up. I replaced and augmented drums and percussion tracks and added quite a bit of textural sound design along with Mark Tinley and Bob St. John, who was the brilliant engineer during the mixing process. We worked in London at Warren’s Privacy studios, Metropolis, and Back in Boston at both my place (www.bopnique.com) and Sound Techniques. 9. What’s your favorite DD track that you've worked on? I have trouble narrowing it down to one! Some faves are “Midnight Sun”, “Buried in the Sand”, “Undergoing Treatment”, and “Ball of Confusion." EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH ANTHONY J. RESTA
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Post by poptrash on Oct 12, 2019 9:09:52 GMT -5
Oh cool! I didnt know that! Thanks for this interview! Cool piece of insght.
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