in County Meath, Ireland. Seeking to escape the "dead" atmosphere of traditional studios, the band moved into the Gothic halls of the castle to capture a "live" and unpredictable sound.
Bono was listening to a lot of ambient music (particularly Eno’s Apollo: Atmospheres & Soundtracks ). The Edge was experimenting with delay pedals to create a "tribal" drone rather than staccato riffs. The result? An album that sounds like it was painted with watercolors, not sketched with charcoal.