GINOTONICO FEAT. JEANINE MOSS | DO AS YOU DO

It was 2007 and Jeanine Moss was one singer involved in Rubedo Stone recordings. At that time she had just moved from New York to London, and we wanted to record something new together. When the Spring arrived, I went to London with a usb driver full of recordings. One-shot ideas, mostly drum loops.

Jeanine said we could record her voice in her flat, but she had no gear at all to do it. I called my friend Ukpong a.k.a. Mr. Anderson and ask him some help. He was involved in Rubedo Stone recordings as well. I know him from a long time, we always shares our passion for music production and I was confident he would find a fast, do-it-yourself solution. He picked up some little gear and we went to Jeanine’s house in the South of London. As we arrived we entered a dark, weird place: a kind of labyrinthic courtyard surrounded by many levels of walls and stairs, populated only by few cats disguising with the background. I cannot remember a recording session with Jeanine without cats wandering around…we both must have some kind of link with cats. There was a magic atmosphere, it looked like a little box in the middle of a hectic world and I was exciting to record a new song in there.

The session happened in Jeanine’s room. Ukpong turned over his rucksack on her bed and started to link tangled up wires and push tiny buttons. He had this little recorder with a good quality, a mic and some old headphones that was just enough for her to hear the beat. It was the first time Jeanine listened to those beats and had no idea at all about the lyrics. She chose one and asked: “What should I sing about”? Ukpong answered: “You should just do as you do”.

Voice: Jeanine Moss

Guitars: Lino Brotto

Keyboard solo: Federico Solazzo

All other instruments and production: ginotonico

Mastering: Mauro Martinuz

Artwork: Osammot and ginotonico