Drift Code
Drift Code is the second studio album by English musician and former Talk Talk bassist Paul Webb, under his moniker Rustin Man. It was released on 1 February 2019 through Domino Recording Company. Background and recording Shortly after finishing Out of Season, Webb began thinking about making a solo album. Songwriting and recording started in 2004, but was put on hold several times while Webb worked as a record producer for other artists. Webb finished mixing the songs in March 2018. Drift Code was recorded at Webb's home, a converted barn in Essex. The instruments were recorded in a linear fashion: Webb recorded all the bass parts for the entire album before returning to the first track and going through the guitar parts, and so on for each instrument thereafter. Says Webb, "By the time I get around to the first song again, I haven’t heard that song for six months so I get a new kind of perspective each time I go back there." Webb performed most of the instruments himself, and learned how to do so for the album; according to Webb, learning each instrument to "a decent enough standard" was the main reason behind the lengthy recording