Dave Kutch, the intrepid mastering engineer who setup a temporary mastering suite in the live room at The Oven to master Alicia Keys’ As I Am, has done it all again for her new record, The Element of Freedom.
Since As I Am, Kutch has opened his own NYC facility, Read more...
Indie-pop band Vampire Weekend returned to NYC’s The Lodge to master their sophomore album, Contra, with chief mastering engineer Emily Lazar and assistant Joe LaPorta.
Contra‘s first single and lead-off track, “Horchata,” was released as a free download on the band’s website. Download it here. The full album will be Read more...
Native Instruments is working with Abbey Road to “create advanced software instruments of exceptional sonic quality and musical value.” The first product of this exciting partnership is scheduled for release in early 2010.
Abbey Road’s equipment includes one of the largest microphones collections in the world, as well as a Read more...
PARK SLOPE, BROOKLYN: SonicScoop recently connected with salt-of-the-earth producer/engineer Craig Dreyer who’s been working on a new record with singer/songwriter Brenda Kahn at his Mighty Toad Studios in Brooklyn. Excited by the prospect of a new record from Kahn, who’s been on hiatus since her ’99 record Hunger, we Read more...
GREENWICH VILLAGE, MANHATTAN: NYU’s Department of Music and Performing Arts Professions at the Steinhardt School just cut the ribbon on a new 7,500-sq-ft recording studio and music production/educational complex. SonicScoop was there on opening day, and toured the new “James L. Dolan Music Recording Studio,” as John Scofield & ensemble Read more...
