Kanye West 'Blows Up' Keane's Mixing Desk, Reworks Band's Single

December 1, 2008

US rapper Kanye West blew up a mixing desk at a studio in Paris while he was playing Keane his new album.

West previewed '808s and Heartbreak' for the group after he had watched them perform in the French city.

"What a strange week in the life of Keane,” Keane's keyboardist Tim Rice-Oxley wrote on the band's website.

“Exactly a week ago I was sitting on the Eurostar in a half-sleep, having just played the last gig of our European tour in Paris, and then I spent the entire night in the studio with Kanye West.

“He played us the whole of his new album, which sounded truly awesome - the bass was so fat that eventually the mixing desk blew up."

West, who was in Paris on his Glow in the Dark European tour, also re-worked 'Spiralling', the lead single from Keane's latest album, Rice-Oxley revealed.

"I was especially pleased when he picked out a line from 'Spiralling' ("When we fall in love, we're just falling in love with ourselves") as being a personal favourite, as it's my favourite line I've ever written. Hurrah,” he wrote.

"Then Kanye did some work on one of our tracks, and after that I sat in a corner and watched him do his thing on a song for Jamie Foxx.

"The whole thing was a real privilege and I learned a lot. I wish I had Kanye's energy...and his dress sense!"

'808s and Heartbreak' charted at number eleven in the UK charts last weekend.

(by Jason Gregory)

Kanye West 'Blows Up' Keane's Mixing Desk, Reworks Band's Single

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