David Byrne & St. Vincent, Lenny White, Manuel Valera & More at Water Music
One of NYC’s finest recording studios is not in NYC at all. Located across the Hudson in Hoboken, Water Music has a vintage Neve 8088 console and large tracking spaces with multiple iso booths. The studios have hosted sessions for Sonic Youth, Yo La Tengo, Blondie, Steve Earle, Jawbox, Social Distortion, Dave Matthews Band, The Misfits, and many others.
The Big Room at Water Music. (Click to enlarge)
More recently, recording sessions for the David Byrne & St. Vincent album Love This Giant happened here – engineered by Patrick Dillett – along with a flurry of jazz, rock and indie projects.
“Water Music is the best it has ever been,” owner Rob Grenoble said in a recent announcement, noting that Hurricane Sandy, “gave us time to put all of our gear on the bench and bring it up to military spec.”
Check out who’s been working out of Water these past months:
Lenny White produced jazz pianist Beka Gochiashvili with Ben Williams, Victor Bailey, Tom Guarna and John Patitucci joining the ensemble; John Agnello produced and recorded The Whigs’ Enjoy The Company and Free Energy’s Love Sign, and music for a documentary by Capsula – Dreaming Of The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars; John Congleton produced Amanda Palmer; and Jaimoe Johanny Johanson (Allman Brothers Band) and Junior Mack produced Jaimoe’s Jasssz Band debut, Renaissance Man, recorded and mixed by Sean Kelly.
Capsula. Photo by Nathan R. Smith
Kelly also recorded and mixed Manuel Valera’s Grammy-nominated album with Juan Wust. And Elliot Scheiner was at Water recording New York Voices. Kato Khandwala wrote, recorded and produced Taylor Momsen’s new album with Ben Phillips of the Pretty Reckless as co-writer. Chris Shaw recorded Deerhoof for Masters From Their Day. And John Benitez produced Mike Arroyo’s Jazz Organ Trio, as well as projects for Sonya Robinson and Maria Angelica.
And in other sessions…Ed Stasium produced and recorded singer Suzanne Real with New York legends The Shirts (including her father, John) as the band; The Kevin Costner Band record while on an east coast leg of their tour; Bluegrass legend Tony Trischka recorded for a PBS documentary, Give Me The Banjo”; James Frazee recorded and mixed performance artist Copernicus; and Jon Catler produced the Fretless Brothers and Willie McBlind.
Check out Water Music at http://www.watermusic.net.
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