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Dispatches from the Bunker. How the signal is written, recorded and mixed. No algorithms, only direct communication.

Five Tracks, Four Years, One Bunker

Four years of writing alone in a studio built like a temple, in the woods near Lake Maggiore. Ten songs, produced in the order they were born. The story of how the first five tracks of The Black Enigma were born.

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The Rhythm Section: Fabio Alessandrini and Rich Gray

Fabio Alessandrini on drums, Rich Gray on bass: the rhythm section that brought the first five tracks of The Black Enigma out of the Bunker.

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Inside the Mix: Where We Stand

Five tracks mixed in Reaper, the voice of Eric Castiglia, the lead guitar of Alec Storm Rider and the road to mastering.

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