New Studio, New Engineer, and upcoming new album

That's right.  KHP, although lacking in the blog department, has been working on a new album.  We have been shopping around for the last couple of years trying to find a studio and engineer that fit our style, wants, and needs as a band.  We have finally found what we are looking for in the form of Matt Hepworth at Studio Nu.  We are about half way through recording our first full length album and it is turning out exactly how we wanted.  Our song writing style has seemed to morph into our own style now.  There was a little taste of those stylings on our previous release 55°C but we have really pulled it together for some new songs on this upcoming album.  If you look at the history of the blog posts here on the blog, we are in no position to make any promises of future posts, but it is our intention to post some lyrics of some of our newer songs.

Besides all new equipment and even some new instruments. There have been a lot of changes with KHP.  The biggest change of recent is DJ Richard Mixin leaving the band.  He has recently build his own studio and has been working on his own music and collaborations.  We recently all sat down, had a band meeting, and came to the decision that we would go our separate paths musically.  We are all still really good friends.  In fact Mixin has still been coming to shows to hang out with us and listen to our music.

The picture at the top of this blog was taken by Kayla Bertagnolli. She did a live photo shoot with us at one of our shows and did an amazing job.  We are planning on working with her for some of our album insert art.  The cover of the album was done by a U.K. photographer named Joe Biskup, so not only is this album going to sound awesome, it is going to look awesome too.  Hopefully we remember to keep you up to date on how the album is coming!

How hot is the new KHP album? 55°C to be exact...

KHP have been working hard in the studio to bring you their very first EP titled "55°C". It was recorded at S.I.S Records in Salt lake City by Toby Seljass.

Originally this was only going to be a 6 song EP of all original KHP songs, But when we got into the studio, we worked through the songs a lot faster that we had planned. We had a little bit of extra time in the budget and decided to throw in another song. We decided to do the Tom Jones cover "Delilah" because it is just a fun song that we really want to share with you all.

We chose 6 of our own songs to put on this EP, and they are all songs that we really feel best portray the different styles that we love to play. We have a slower song like "Blood Stays On The Blade" a fast hip-hop style song called "Leadlight Iris" with some good rock and ambient songs inbetween. The actual album track listing is as follows:

1. First Sight



2. Blood Stays On The Blade



3. Direction



4. Volar Alto



5. Only This



6. Delilah (Tom Jones Cover)



7. Leadlight Iris

Right now the album is available for download at our Reverbnation store (Click Here) for only $5 or you can buy each individual track for $0.99 each. We are offering a download of the song "Delilah" for free here just to give you a preview. While you are there you can preview all of the songs streaming before you buy. For now, the album is only available on disk at our live shows, but we are working on making it available for both download and an actual CD on itunes and amazon soon. Thank you all for being so patient with the release of this album. I hope you all enjoy it as much as we enjoyed recording it.

KHP's first Recorded track from the upcoming album

Well, we have finally made some headway on recording. We have been working on trying to find the right sound and in the process have been completely changing our sound along the road. It has been a long process because we have been working on recording songs, get them recorded and then decide that we weren't happy with the sound that we got. We would make the necessary changes and then start over. Well we feel like we finally got one right. We recorded our song "Blood Stays On The Blade" at Resurrection Studio with Lazarus as the Engineer, and then sent the song to The Analog Room to be mixed by Kevin Smith. We are really happy with the sound. Hopefully you had your sound on while you were reading this blog, if it is then you are probably listening to the final product right now.. If not you can turn on your sound and refresh the page, or go and check it out on our website www.khptheband.com

Now that we have finally found the sound we are looking for, It is going to be a mad dash to get this album finished. As I am sure you all agree, it is long past due! We will slowly be releasing track by track until the album is finished and then we will print them all on a CD. So keep checking back to see what we might have new!

Quick Update!

Just a quick word to let everyone know what is going on. If you have been following along on the studio process, On Monday we recorded Bass and Lead Guitar for the first track. Tonight we will be recording all of the vocals, and tomorrow Richard Mixin will be laying some DJ Sounds throughout the song. So, wish me luck with my singing tonight.

Also, when looking into making T-shirts for the band and trying to find the best prices, I made the decision that I would print the shirts myself. I ordered a bunch of silk screening supplies and I am going to start working on that this weekend. Right now I have 2 designs that I will be printing. As soon as I get some printed I will post some pictures for you to check out. If you are pretty interested in that process, I will be adding that to the list of things that I blog about on my personal blog http://www.khpkristian.blogspot.com/

And so it Starts: The Beginning of KHP's Debut Album

We had plans to start recording on Saturday but first we had to close off the wall between the tracking room and the control room, so on thursday all of us went over to the studio and got to work. Right now we just filled in the walls with a special sound obsorbing type of insulation called Mineral Wool. After a couple of really itchy nights we had it all finished.

So on Saturday, we got to work. We have been working close with Resurrection Studio to help build it and get it to good quality condition for over a year now. We have tried to record before and just couldn't get the right sound. Saturday we started with the drums, and we FINALLY got the sound that we have been looking for.

It was such an exciting day! After a few takes on the drums and a few different mic placements, we ended up with a really good take that we were very happy with. Next we moved on to rhythm guitar. It ended up sounding awesome. It is such a great feeling to actually get the sound that we have been working so hard to get, we are all so relieved and excited. So now we just need to record Bass, Electric Guitar, Turntables, and Vocals and the track will be ready for us to post online. We will be releasing tracks online on Myspace and Reverbnation up until we have finished the album, so keep checking back. I will be sure to let you all know when things are ready.

More Studio work and updates!

Well, The work on the studio is moving right along. We have actually got a rough schedule of when we will be getting to work on the actual album. It is so exciting, in the next two weeks we will be finishing up the necessary construction on the tracking room and we have scheduled to start recording the first week of November.

All of the ducks are starting to line up in a beautiful little row. We have found somebody to work on the album cover for us, he has done some work for us in the past and we really like how he can manipulate photos to really make them look cool. The rest of the album art is in rough form with some really great ideas. So if everything goes right, we should be finishing up the art and the music at around the same time.

When we first go into the studio, we have decided to just work on one track at a time so that we can see how it all comes together. Once we have a track finished we will completely re-work all of our web pages. We will delete all of our old live tracks from Myspace, Reverbnation, and the Band Website and just have the one track up on all of the sites. If you have seen us live in the past few months, then you know that our sound just isn't the same as what it used to be, and people are just not taking us seriously because of the music that we have up on the sites. So, I am raising my glass to progress....... Cheers!

Studio Construction

Last night Lazarus and I decided to do some more work on the studio. Right now, the drum room is open to the control room. After trying to record with the setup like that, we realized that there was too much of an echo and bad open room sound. We knew that before we can get a good drum recording, we would have to build a wall between the drum room and control room. We got most of the wall build that runs between the two rooms, now we just need to build the outside wall. Once we have this finished and sound treated, we will be hard at work with recording our album. For the last year and a half, our sound has been constantly changing to the point that an album that we would have recorded a year ago would sound nothing like what we are recording now. I can't help but think that the forces of fate have been holding us back until our music is worthy of really pushing out into the world. We really feel like we are getting very close to that point, and now it is just a matter of getting those walls finished and treated.

So if anyone is anxious for us to start recording and feels they want to help out, we could use some supplies. We need 2x4's, 5/8" sheetrock, and mineral wool insulation. If anyone wants to help out, that is great. But if not, we will still be working hard to get it done. I will keep you posted on the progress