While most musicians dream of playing Wembley Stadium, Polybius was recorded in swimming pool in Glasgow’s Govanhill Baths, a decrepit Victorian structure that was saved from demolition by a group of squatters. The acoustics were perfect and the visuals helped bolster the retro theme. “I wanted to get the sense of being buried underground,” says Houston. “The drained pool had the same voice as the consoles—something old, fun, and almost unusable, desperate for a new lease of life.” The site, despite its funeral parlor charm, had some drawbacks, including a leaking roof. “We spent a lot of the day wiping up rain puddles that constantly crept towards our equipment,” says Houston, who lost a Mega Drive in the process, but was happy to make the trade-off for a flame-retardant shooting location. “Shooting in the pool would have made it easier to contain any fires that may have sprung up.”
Posted on: Mon, 25 Aug 2014 11:51:04 +0000
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