“I had a powerful reference to Steve. He used to be so passionate and knowledgable, in point of fact devoted to the reason.” Jimmy Web page will pay his respects to Steve Albini, saluting his paintings at the Strolling Into Clarksdale album

Jimmy Web page has paid tribute to the overdue Steve Albini, saluting the much-respected musician and studio engineer for his paintings at the Web page and Plant album Strolling into Clarksdale.

Shellac vocalist/guitarist Albini, who additionally engineered vintage albums by way of Nirvana, PJ Harvey, Pixies and extra, died at his Chicago recording studio Electric Audio on Would possibly 7, elderly 61.

Posting on Instagram, Web page writes, “I used to be very unhappy to listen to of Steve Albini’s passing this week. Robert and I labored with him in 1997 on our album ‘Strolling into Clarksdale’ — a file I’m nonetheless in point of fact pleased with.

“I had a powerful reference to Steve, all of us did on that album, and he got here with such pedigree and enjoy as some of the international’s main mixers and audio engineers. He liked running with analogue tape, in reality his personal band used to be known as Shellac. He used to be so passionate and knowledgable, in point of fact devoted to the reason all the way through our recording classes at RAK and EMI Quantity Two Studio at Abbey Street.

“Steve had labored with Nirvana on their 3rd album and in addition with the likes of Pixies and Bush. He had an outstanding CV and leaves an actual legacy. RIP, Steve.”