Franz Reveal New Album Secrets

Jul 25 2008 1:39 pm,

Franz Ferdinand’s third album sees them break new boundaries, employing some very unusual props in a bid to mirror the success of previous efforts ‘Franz Ferdinand ‘and ‘You Could Have It So Much Better’.

 

Currently polishing it off in Glasgow with producer Dan Carey, ringleader Alex Kapranos has spoken of the “wild” recording techniques they have used. Speaking to BBC Newsbeat, he said, "we have been doing a lot of experimenting in the studio with Dan. He's made us record the album in a much wilder way than we're used to.”

 

Physics geeks everywhere will know about the Doppler Effect, but little did they know it’s the latest tool to be used on the Glaswegians’ third album. "We did this thing in the studio called the Doppler Effect which is like when you are on the high street and you hear an ambulance go past and the sound of the siren pitch changes when it passes you.

"We were doing something similar on a track called 'What She Came For'. We were recording the guitar in this big hall next to our studio and Nick climbed into the ceiling and fed a microphone cable down through the rafters above the guitar speaker. Then when we were recording Dan was swinging this microphone above the guitar amp and we got this incredible sound."

The as-yet-untitled follow-up to 2005's ‘You Could Have It So Much Better’ is set for release in early 2009.

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