Andy Taylor (Duran Duran/ The power Station) Produces New Act Chemia
21st August 2020Polish Rockers Chemia are pleased to announce the release of their brand-new single ‘Modern Times’, co-written and produced by multi-award-winning producer, guitarist and songwriter Andy Taylor, formerly of Duran Duran and The Power Station (who also produced hit albums for the likes of Thunder, Rod Stewart and The Almighty, to name but a few).
The single, titled âModern Timesâ, was recorded at Londonâs Baltic Studios this time last year. This in turn led to the band heading straight back into the studio to record an albumâs worth of material with Andy, which is also set for release later this year .
Chemia guitarist âWâ Balczun says, âWorking with Andy was a fantastic adventure and a great honor for all of us. We loved his work with both Duran Duran and The Power Station as well as his solo albums, especially âThunderâ. So to have him co-write and produce our new album was an amazing experience and for all of us it was simply a dream come true. His attention to detail is second to none and we all learned so much from working with him and we cannot wait for everyone to hear it.”
The single was engineered by Darren Jones, whose engineer and mixer credits include working on Stormzyâs recent platinum-selling single âVossi Bopâ. After this, the track was mastered at Abbey Road by Sean Magee (who was part of the Grammy award winning team best known for remastering the Beatlesâ back catalogue).
Chemia frontman and singer Lukasz (Luke) Drapala of the Warsaw-based rock band went on to add, âAll in all, last year was amazing for us. We ended the year touring mainland Europe with Hanoi Rocksâ frontman Michael Monroe and his all-star band, as well as doing a stadium tour of the Ukraine with Antytila and to ice the cake we cut our best album to date with Andy Taylor. We also got to play one very special show with Andy Taylor and the guys from Reef too in Milton Keynes, which was great fun.â
‘Modern Times’ will be released on DCM Records via Absolute Label Services UK.
The band are currently scheduled to play at both Winterstorm & Monster Fest this coming November, as well as on a number of other upcoming key events, unless they are postponed or cancelled due to the COVID pandemic. The band were also scheduled to play alongside Skid.Row on shows in Mainland Europe this Summer. Sadly, these have had to be postponed along with their other tour dates until 2021.
Modern Times – Available to buy and stream on all digital platforms  https://slinky.to/ModernTimes
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