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15.12.2008 - Taiwan

Taiwan´s Mayday gets poetic with Sennheiser

It may be the year after since Mayday released their last studio album titled Born to Love, but Poetry of the Day After – a Sennheiser-supported project – was worth every bit of the wait for fans of the multiple-award winning Taiwanese rock band.

Mayday’s new album Poetry of the Day After Photo credit: B’IN MUSIC INTERNATIONAL LIMITED   Recording Engineer Jay Huang B’IN MUSIC INTERNATIONAL LIMITED   A look into the recording studio Photo credit: B’IN MUSIC INTERNATIONAL LIMITED

The band’s seventh studio album, Poetry of the Day After contains twelve refreshing tracks that capture the essence of daily lives and struggles of growing up, signature of the five-man band that has been hailed as Taiwan’s Heavenly Band. Formed as early as in 1995, the quintet is known for hit songs such as Peter and Mary and Tenderness and Stubbornness, and has consistently won accolades, for example at the Golden Melody Awards and Global Chinese Music Awards.   Recording work for Poetry of the Day After took place in the two Asian cities of Taipei and Tokyo under the meticulous supervision of recording engineers Jay Huang and Hiroshi Kitashiro. Huang, who was overall responsible for the audio recording and mixing in Taiwan, was frank about his demands for quality audio equipment for Poetry of the Day After. “Mayday has released over 100 songs, so work on the latest album required innovation on the audio front.” “For a five-piece rock ensemble to exhibit music flare and creativity, and to capture the mood and essence of the album, it was essential to have the right microphones,” he explained. To achieve his desired effect, Huang specially requested the evolution e 900 series, classic rugged microphones MD 421 and MD 441, as well as Neumann recording microphones including the KM 185 and U 87. An e 901 and e 902 were used on the kick, and e 914 for cymbals and hi-hat, while the MD 421 dynamic cardioid microphone was a favourite for bass, guitar amps and toms.   “The e 900 series microphones are a good match for Mayday’s rock style,” noted Huang, adding that the Neumann U 87 condenser microphones lent a “crisp yet natural” edge to the vocals.   Vince Tan, Sennheiser’s relations manager for the Asia-Pacific region, said the company was not only proud to support the vastly popular Mayday in its latest album, but also gratified with the endorsement by dedicated professionals like Huang. “With his level of experience, Jay has chosen the equipment with much care to help him capture the audio he wants for post-recording mixing. We are pleased that he has succeeded in delivering an outstanding album,” he added. Sennheiser will again feature in Mayday’s concerts in Taiwan on 13th and 14th December, providing key equipment such as the SKM 5200 with MD 5235 capsule – once again on request from Huang.

The Sennheiser Group, with its headquarters in Wedemark near Hanover, Germany, is one of the world’s leading manufacturers of microphones, headphones and wireless transmission systems. The family-owned company, which was established in 1945, recorded sales of over €395 million in 2007, 83% of which were generated abroad. Sennheiser employs almost 2,000 people worldwide, around 55% of whom are in Germany. Sennheiser has manufacturing plants in Germany, Ireland and the USA, and is represented worldwide by subsidiaries in France, Great Britain, Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany, Denmark (Nordic), Russia, Hong Kong, India, Singapore, Japan, China, Canada, Mexico and the USA, as well as by long-term trading partners in many other countries. Also part of the Sennheiser Group are Georg Neumann GmbH, Berlin (studio microphones), K + H Vertriebs- und Entwicklungsgesellschaft mbH (Klein + Hummel studio monitors, installed sound) and the joint venture Sennheiser Communications A/S (headsets for PCs, offices and call centres).

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