Green Kudos: Cake Recording Sixth Album on 100% Solar Energy
A green recording in Sacramento is good for NYC, and everyone else on the planet. Post alternative rock act CAKE has announced that their sixth studio album is being written, rehearsed and recorded entirely with solar power.
CAKE was recently honored as one of the top 10 “greenest” bands on the planet in a special issue of Billboard. The group teamed with Borrego Solar to convert their entire Sacramento recording studio into solar power, a process that was documented in this video.
During the recording process, CAKE is also sharing the results with their fans via a set of free ring tones–each based on a song from the upcoming album–released via the band’s mailing list. Starting today, the first of six ring tones based on brand new album tracks will be released through CAKE’s mailing list. The first ringtone, titled “Long Time,” is only available for download to members of the CAKE mailing list; to sign up, visit: http://cakemusic.com/cgi-bin/dada/mail.cgi. Every six weeks, a ringtone for a new CAKE song will be released via e-blast to all mailing list members up until the new album launch in Spring 2010.
NYC artists who are going the extra mile to go green, please let SonicScoop know!