A Detroit-based blues-rock band used a unique location to remix one of their popular songs. The Gentlemen Mutineers, including lead singer Frankie Turner, used a 2014 Chevrolet Impala as a “mobile studio” to record a ''2014 Impala Mix'' of the party anthem ''Detroit Throttle.''
DETROIT- A Detroit-based blues-rock band used a unique location to remix one of their popular songs.
The Gentlemen Mutineers, including lead singer Frankie Turner, used a 2014 Chevrolet Impala as a “mobile studio” to record a “2014 Impala Mix” of the party anthem“Detroit Throttle.”
“Do the Corktown wobble, the Motor City slide, some Detroit throttle with that good time vibe, we’ll get in the Impala and take that ride, ‘til we feel like we’re 25 miles above the sky,” Turner sang while Mark Pastoria, a Grammy Award-winning audio engineer, of Harmonie Park Studios recorded it onto a laptop computer in the front seat of the large sedan.
In addition to the chorus from Turner, the band also recorded harmonica and trombone tracks in the car for the song.
Chad Lyons, a Chevrolet spokesman, said General Motors Co. did not monetarily compensate the band for using the vehicle. The band and the Detroit-based automaker felt the unique collaboration benefits both sides, he said.
GM used the band turning the Impala into mobile recording studio to highlight some of its own active noise cancellation technology inside of the vehicle, including a variety of sound-buffering and -absorbing materials to minimize wind, road and engine noise.
The technology, according to GM, allows the engine to operate at the fuel-conserving range of 1,000 to 1,500 RPM, and helps eliminate the need for some sound-deadening materials, all of which contributes to improved fuel efficiency … and an interesting recording studio, according to Pastoria.
“I am amazed at how quiet the Impala is,” Pastoria said in a statement. “It was important that we wouldn’t hear background noise while recording, and with all that was going on outside the car, I am astounded that we couldn't hear any of it.”
Lyons said the song and accompanying YouTube video are not planned for anything besides social media.
Click here to download the song and view the above embedded video from GM, which includes a behind-the-scenes (well … an inside-the-car) look at the recording session insides of the car.