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Virtual Tour - Mobile
Take a "Virtual Tour" of CBC Halifax's recording mobile.
The mobile is well equipped to record any type of arts venue. It has traveled to every Maritime province to cover the ECMA's (East Coast Music Awards), including Newfoundland.
The Radio Mobile Equipment List
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Saturdays,
5:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. on CBC Radio One SATURDAY JANUARY 19, 2008 - A feature on the CD Turn On Your Radio featuring Sproll
Rising from obscurity to recognition in 2006, Sproll has become one of Atlantic Canada's most popular and critically acclaimed bands. However the genesis of the band has a much more humble beginning. Driven to get the concept off the ground and armed with a handful of new songs, MacLean and Hachey began the search for like minded musicians to round out the ensemble. Finding musicians that provided a proper fit into the group's musical vision proved to be difficult at the start, until being introduced to bassist, Glen Farquhar, through a mutual friend. Drummer, Thom Cooke, who responded to a local music shop bulletin board ad, joined with the group soon after and the nucleus was right. With Farquhar's distinct approach to the bass guitar and Cooke providing the steady back beat, the band began inching closer to their present sound. Sproll's very first studio effort came in the summer of 2003 with the now rare, 8 song demo entitled Kelly's Hill. The record was completely self-produced in Farquhar's basement studio and is a true testament to what can be accomplished with a lot of hard work and a home computer. After playing a handful of small club gigs and selling 500 copies of the demo in two months, the band cornered Producer/Engineer, Laurence Currie (Sloan, Wintersleep) to begin working on their next project. The summer of 2005 would find the band in the midst of tracking their second release, an EP named, Soft Science. This second attempt would be produced and recorded at, Idea of East Studios, in Halifax Nova Scotia, with Currie at the helm. The success of Soft Science would enable the band to tour across Canada and into the US alongside such acts as Matt Mays, Pilot Speed, and Mobile, solidifying Sproll as one of Eastern Canada's promising new acts. With the experience of recording, touring, and a music video behind them, the band began work on their first full length recording. The 2008 LP, Turn on your Radio, is Sproll's latest studio recording and is layered from start to finish with a fresh new sound for the band. The album's ripping guitars, electrified rhythm section, and powerful vocals will have even the hardest of hearts singing along. "I think we've done it. A record that, as fans of music - we'd want to hear," suggests a brimming Hachey.
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