The idea of recording Let it Bed started to materialize itself when John Ulhoa of Pato Fu band went to Juiz de Fora to install a series of audio softwares in Arnaldo’s PC. John and Rubinho Trol started to show Arnaldo the possibilities of these new technologies, only available years before in very expensive studios and which were now perfectly off the shelf, to home use. “This is why this record is the encounter of Arnaldo with this technology”, explains John. “That was important for us. We did not want a CD that would sound as a modern type electronic music recording with samples from Arnaldo. That would be too easy. We wanted him to record his new songs on his own way and then we would just bring a finishing touch at the level of his talent”.

John and Rubinho took to Juiz de Fora enough equipment to make a good home studio. They soon noticed that Arnaldo wanted to play everything and that he would go from one instrument to another very quickly. So they scattered microphones all over the place with everything set to record and to keep up the creative momentum.

“Rubinho brought his PC from London. We recorded using software Cubase and an M-Audio Delta 44 interface, so we could record four channels at the same time. It sounds little but it would be enough for this record, since Arnaldo would play everything, one instrument at a time”, says John. “AKG lent us microphones and headphones and I took with me preamps, a mixer, a guitar and some other things. One curious item was the Pignose guitar with the loudspeakers on its body, which Arnaldo experimented and ended up using in some recordings”.

John gave Rubinho some basic instructions, “enough to avoid some irreparable technological wrongdoing.” But it was soon clear that the most important were the moment, the atmosphere, the tranquillity Arnaldo had to have to record everything he wanted as many times as he wanted and when he felt like it. And that Rubinho managed pretty well.”

“After all was recorded, we went back to my studio in Belo Horizonte were we translated all the Cubase sessions to my studio system, Logic Audio/Mac. We had nothing else to record. We only added some programs and virtual instruments,” explains John. All was edited and mixed piecemeal at John’s studio. “Every time Arnaldo visited, we would listen to the work and feel happier with it.”

1-Gurum Gudum
2-Woody Woodpecker (Everybody Thinks I’m Crazy) – lançada apenas em CD na edição de 2004.
3-Louvado Seja Deus
4-To Burn Or Not To Burn
5-Bailarina
6-Deve Ser Amor
7-Nobody Knows
8-Cacilda
9-Imagino
10-Ai Garupa
11-Encantamento
12-Carrossel
13-Tacape