 Recording commenced with Amos accompanied by long-time collaborators Matt Chamberlain, Jon Evans, Mark Hawley/"Mac Aladdin" (Amos's husband), and John Philip Shenale, at Amos's husband's studio, "Martian Studios", in Cornwall, with final mixing and mastering extending into the initial months of 2009.Musically, the album production features a dark and intricately "detailed sonic landscape", as Amos put it.Of the trip-hop and electronic influences on the album, the artist stated