To record, I used a Tascam 4-track deck and since even 40 tracks for me wouldn't have been enough I developed a special method of recording different parts of a song at different points on the same track (similar to A/B rolling with film). That made mixing a major challenge. When we came to the final mix my buddy Richard Paige from Artist Sound and I tweaked every effects device in his studio, plus we had all four of our hands changing things as we went through the live mix with each pass. I was a part-time bartender at The Family Zoo, which at the time had the hottest sound system and dance floor in the City of Roses. After work I would use their sound system to listen back to our mixing progress. A nice glass of vino and a friend or two for company and it was a party.

One of my all-time favorite artist friends, Tom Hardy (Portland's own), painted the cover design. We were neighbors and he would always come to our house parties for our closest 300 friends. May as well be there in person as the music from the band traveled through the hood anyway.

A couple years ago we re-mastered the album and brought it up to CD sound standards. It's still a crazy piece from a young and wild time. All those here's-a-free-ticket evenings at the Oregon Symphony in alpha space land and the electronic vibe from the period are embedded in Crusade Through Stars.