The color
Where ABBOT & COSTELLO came from
The process
How it got made
Where it started
Obsessed with improving on each record, Luke set out to create two colors instead of one. He built a studio from scratch, laying the foundation for what would become his most ambitious project to date — ABBOT & COSTELLO.
What changed
Luke tried with his existing equipment, but his old tools couldn't give him the versatility two colors demanded. He found a custom tube microphone made by the technician who built Whitney Houston's. He bought a cat and named it Costello. Abbot is Luke, a saint. Then he began searching for the preamps to color the microphone.
The mix
Luke started experimenting with a different preamp for each song, to trace the change from orange to purple. The mixes took meticulous automation, and he invited Craig Bauer to help with them. It took time, but it paid off: Luke drafted over three hundred songs in a year, and twelve made the cut for ABBOT & COSTELLO.
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