Associated Independent Recording ones. The studios contained two Bösendorfer pianos, many soundproof booths, and a 56-channel mixing console, custom-designed by Neve to AIR's specification. The company built another recording studio on the Caribbean island of Montserrat in the mid 1970s. In 1986, the facility was described as such: Jimmy Buffett recorded "Volcano" at the Montserrat studio in May 1979, naming the album and its title song for the then dormant Soufrière Hills volcano on the island. Elton John recorded three albums at the Montserrat studio in the 1980s. Dire Straits recorded their successful "Brothers in Arms" album between 1984 and 1985. Other artists
Riding a Black Unicorn Down the Side of an Erupting Volcano While Drinking from a Chalice Filled with the Laughter of Small Children with him) and David J, of now-defunct post-punk/gothic rock band Bauhaus fame. According to comments made by Voltaire on his official YouTube channel, "Innocent" was conceived as an anti-bullying song. Voltaire was constantly bullied during his childhood in New Jersey. "The Mechanical Girl" was inspired by Hayao Miyazaki's 1986 film "Castle in the Sky". Riding a Black Unicorn Down the Side of an Erupting Volcano While Drinking from a Chalice Filled with the Laughter of Small Children Riding a Black Unicorn Down the Side of an Erupting Volcano While Drinking from a Chalice Filled with the Laughter of Small Children