The Autistic Daughters is the trio of New Zealander Dean Roberts and the Viennese Martin Brandlmayr (Radian, Trapist) and Werner Dafeldecker (Polwechsel). "Jealousy and Diamond" is the groupīs first statement.
Recorded at Amann studios in Vienna with bassist Dafeldecker and drummer Brandlmayr, "Jealousy and Diamond" marks the return of Dean Roberts to the band format.
As Roberts told dB magazine in Australia in early 2004, "Our capabilities instrumentally and compositionally, in engineering and production match, and moreover our friendship keeps it all together. We are able to say and do what we want and the vision is entirely collective." Created by live performance and processed and enhanced in the studio, "Jealousy and Diamond" builds to higher volume levels than "Be Mine Tonight", and turns on a more assertive rhythm section. Basic tracks were recorded in Vienna in April 2003 by Roberts, Dafeldecker and Brandlmayr. Dean Roberts recorded additional voices, guitars and miscellaneous instruments with Valerie Tricoli (who was such a crucial part of the "Be Mine Tonight" recordings) in Bologna , Italy in the fall of 2003. With the members travelling and involved in multiple groups the mastering of the album was finished in early summer 2004 by Patrick Pulsinger.
Dean Roberts plays guitar, vocals, harmonica, harmonium and percussion, Martin Brandlmayr plays drums, vibraphone and electronics and Werner Dafeldecker plays electric bass and contra bass. Guest musicians were Valerio Tricoli (Loops, Handclaps, Campanelli, B-Vocals) and Anthony Guerra (Guitar, Palermo Hand-Clappers Union).
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