Beck and Jamie Lidell have got on the good foot to record together at LA's Infrasonic Sound Recording Co. The goal of the sessions was to produce a run of direct-to-disc recordings that would be eventually released as singles. The direct-to-disc process aims to capture a live performance directly to vinyl lacquer, cutting the discs on a Neumann lathe in a similar fashion to recordings by David Bowie, Lou Reed, and Elvis Presley.

Also participating at the recording were Mocky, Jason Falkner, Roger Manning and Justin Meldal-Johnsen.

An Infrasonic studio representative explained how the sessions progressed: "Engineers Pete Lyman and Jeff Ehrenberg both agree that Beck's material had a Sea Change feel to it: acoustically driven, with undertones of traditional folk and Americana. The songs that Lidell worked on, however, were really on the other end of the spectrum, with a post-punk/new wave feel. The production of those songs had a darker tone, similar to Joy Division. As Pete and Jeff both said, Lidell's work was 'Suicide meets Silver Apples,' with a really great marriage of synth and vocals."

Lidell, it seems, pushed the recording even further in both sound and approach: "He contributed vocals and instrumentation to the sessions, or, as Pete said, 'vocals and shouting,' drum machines, and a great variety of vintage keyboards. Lidell executed some really incredible vocal techniques. He would intentionally shout into the space in order to capture that larger sound and at times was walking and running throughout the room shouting into every single mic available."

It's not clear yet how, or when, the singles will be made available for release.

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