The way he plays that steel guitar so beautifully and smoothly, makes it seem like the guitar is a sentient being on its own and is howling its story. 5th time I’m watching this now, stunned every time.

Wow, his use of the mixer as a dubbing tools is amazing. Channeling Lee Perry, King Tubby techniques and completely taking it to another place.

if you are wondering, don't be skeptical when he starts calling out the notes, just keep watching. this isn't a jam in the classical sense: it's his vision for what the sound is going to be, so he is acting as conductor. the way he uses the console halfway through is pretty slick.

This is amazing audio wizardry.

Him and Eno together! A match made in heaven

I love all the natural light. Not a screen in sight. What a lovely, warm, and inspiring space! It must be a joy to create there.

Pure magic in that studio. So inspiring to watch this video. The sounds triggered here. The movements of the musicians. The stirring emotions from the strings of that steel pedal guitar. This unfolding beauty. It's intensely inspiring. Daniel Lanois rocks! Thanks so much for this one!

Picturing Arthur Morgan sitting in front of his tent on a peaceful summer evening. Enjoying a cup of coffee with his stew by the campfire.

Daniel Lanois music is so interesting and I believe he has reached the highest level.. Hard for me to explain but It sounds like the Canadian forest, the steel towns, the bayous, the deserts. It’s a landscape that triggers emotions and it’s a genre per se. To make a comparison when I listen to some jazz records I see the hustle and bustle of NYC, the streets the lights of a town that never sleeps. 🙏

Daniel's movements are very soothing, and obviously it fits his music perfectly

With the amazing rocco deluca too ❤️💙💜💖💚♥️🎵🎶🎼 xxx

Put me in a such a good mood

This is just magical to watch!

Wasn't that aware of this guy until I watched a few Eno things on you tube recently. I love slide and steel guitar, but also electronic "treatments" to use an Eno-ism. Steel guitar is an instrument I want to try. I used to have a big bunch of reverbs and tape echos with assorted guitar pedals, and the sounds you can get with such simple (compared with modern stuff) equipment, are remarkable. The very simple device on steel guitar that makes a big difference, is the volume pedal. Very nice stuff.

Awesome to watch the process and the music is hauntingly beautiful.

truly beautiful

Very authentic setup driven by a knowledgeable man!

Awesome Musician(s). Great director. Really nice work FACT mag.

golden sounds. wicked.

Divinely gorgeous! Like a clear night in the desert...✨✨✨

Amazing !

I’ve been devouring his ambient albums with Brian Eno. Such an interesting sensibility built on the infinite tone and harmony generator that is the pedal steel.

stunning!

Wonderful !

so good!

I miss you guys. I hope to see you again one day xxx

This is the guy who played the guitar in Deep Blue Day by Brian Eno.

I was just playing Goodbye To Language here at home, and earlier in the day, Apollo, too, when I found this... "Yeah Man." (7:28) Quite !! And Rocco The Rock - cool! The dudes are so chilled - nice. So glad I found them both.

Hermosa musica. Sigan creando sonidos espaciales.

I love Daniel

Very very cool. My co-worker turned me on to this disc "Goodbye to Language" and at first I was thinking "oh great..more New Age atmospherics". Then as the music progressed, I was drawn in...almost hypnotically. Does this music contain hidden binaural beats that can induce altered states of consciousness? Anyway, I love this and am listening to it over and over again. There is a lot going on here and it is very moving. The melodic structure ropes you in and transports you in to the core of the record. Amazing work! I had a conscious OBE after listening to this music for 2 hours. I'm a guitarist and amateur composer and producer.and been playing guitar and keys for 40 years...and want to jam with Lanois and Deluca!

This is so great... He needs to produce one of my songs.

DOPE!!!

Yes 👍🙏

Oh, they can try, but they'll never replace THIS MAN with a plug-in.

that sound is so beautiful omg! would never thing someone looking like that would come out with a sound like that. amaaazzzing stuff though regardless!

In his studio the mixing console is a musical instrument as much as a pedal steel guitar is.

Check out his tiny desk concerts live performance on youtube as well or whatever it's called. That one blew me away. Calling out the notes is a little different, still classic Lanois sound though, what with the slidey steel guitar and such. Amazing producer and musician. One of my all time favorite artists. His latest lp Flesh and Machine is a solid album too imo.

lol at the guy lighting up! 4:37

Those vintage Neve consoles..... magic stuff

Genius

Really cool video! I'm just curious what was on Dan's hat that he had to cover it up with tape

This guy's a magician...

Awesome climate

Holy sh**

lol.. Dude burns one for the mix..

oh yeah this is the good shit

WOW

Roast a hog leg when the mix starts. Ace!

What is he clicking with his right thumb on the pedal steel?

look up sonho durado by him its his best peice i think...

Gonna need 3 Neve consoles, boys.

so fasenating

anybody noticed his cap front covered with a tape? :)

i love how he has to tape over his hats logo

Anybody know, with certainty, the exact gear used to create the sound starting @ 2:11? The exact model?

What’s the right thumb clickey thing on Daniels slide guitar?

I wonder what that thin, little taped on stick Daniel flicks with his right thumb is? Is that a digital “clicker” that provides some sort of marker on the audio track?

очень круто

Lanois loves some scrape guitar.

What's the switch that he touches every now and then beside the lap steel? What is it for?

shit just got real

Check out the similar work of steel pedal player Bill Stafford.

Whats the little switch he keeps flicking ?

What does he keep tapping with his thumb of his strumming hand?

What does that little thing do that he is hitting with his right thump while playing steel guitar?

Any idea what that little thumb trigger he uses is? Taped on with blue tape? I've seen him play this guitar so many times, but I've never seen him use what looks like a thumb trigger.

I got so drunk at his place one time it was embarrassing but notheless had a great time !!haha Danny boy

Feels like I"m listening to an unreleased Red Dead 2 End Credits track.

Someone please tell me what the little stick is he keeps hitting with his right thumb, I must know!

When did Lanois become a biker?

The Homie with the glasses looks like Cowboy from Full Metal Jacket.

Wat instrument at the biggining

"I will do nothing with my right hand". . does something with his right hand. . .haha

Who is the person in the sleeveless t-shirt seated with the mixer and recorder remote?

I don't get. Why always the ball cap? But I sure recognize this guy's genius throughout the soundtrack of our lives

Haven't found the answer to this below, so if you know: What's the steel pedal switch that he touches every now with his right thumb and then beside the lap steel? What is it for?

who is the other guitarist?

What does Daniel keep thumbing that thin piece with his right thumb?

I want what hes having.

was this tune in Red Dead Redemption?

This man has forgotten more about music, than what emerging artists will ever learn.

"not good to drink and play this instrument" ...lol

no computer, just hardware

Wow, that pedal steel is about is about as nice as it gets. Prob $25k

"staggeringly beautiful"? Yes. "Americana"? Not so much - he's French-Canadian.

Wonderful! (Apart from that annoying alarm sound - totally unnecessary imo)

bad rythm track. really bad. but magic steel guitar