Former Big Business guitarist and regular Melvins collaborator Toshi Kasai has a long history of engineering and/or producing top-tier rock bands - the bathroom in his Sound of Sirens recording studio is decorated with platinum records honoring his contribution to albums by Foo Fighters and Tool, but when it comes to the creative process, Kasai prefers to let the artist lead the way.
During mixing, Kasai all but eschews traditional rack-mounted gear in favor of an effects pedal patch bay. Having his pedal collection racked up and patchable at a moment’s notice allows Kasai to create unique effects chains on the fly and having all parameters within arms’ reach allows for expressive mix performances with just the right amount of dirt. Toshi keeps his Rainbow Machine, Organizer, Arpanoid, and Bit Commander racked for easy access, but he returns to the Disaster Transport SR over and over. “I like reverb and delay in the same box. It’s a great idea,” he says.
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Videographer: Chris Tran
Additional Camera: Jeff France, Brad Thorla
Editor: Chris Tran
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