Doe Deere:
Making the most outdated modern music known to man

IT'S OFFICIAL - the 80s are back! The era, which single-handedly blew a hole in the ozone layer, kept us up all night with visions of Freddy Krueger, and exposed us to a whole lot of bad denim. But it's not the mullets that fascinate modern-day youngsters; it's that fun, electronic music, which dominated airwaves 20 years ago, that's quickly finding its way into the nightclubs and hipsters' iPods today!

Making a record that sounds like it's from 1985 - but isn't - was a secret ambition of mine for many years. Why? Because being born a decade too late shouldn't be reason enough to miss out on the biggest party of the century: the 80s! Alas, the climate for such a project didn't seem welcoming until very recently, when producers like Timbaland and Danja began using quirky synthpop sounds in their arrangements. At last, the timing was right - in fact, it was now or never!

In 2007, armed with a vintage Yamaha keyboard and a more contemporary Korg Triton, I set out to emulate the pop sound of the decades past - in my bedroom studio. As I wrote and arranged the 5 songs over the course of four months, posters of Tears For Fears, Depeche Mode, and Modern Talking shot curious glances at me from the walls.

I met producer Jimmy R. Landry (Capitol/EMI) on Craigslist. A die-hard Tears For Fears fan, he liked my crazy idea of making an 80s record in 2007! In the studio we experimented with vocoder, vintage pre-amps, drum loops, and added textural guitars which brought the arrangements together.

'Supernatural' turned out just the way I had envisioned it: a fun dance-pop record filled to the brim with hooks, and - most importantly - the ability to take you back to that rad party in 1985!