Joe LaPorta Masters Beach House, Imagine Dragons, Roc Marciano, Azealia Banks & More at The Lodge
On the heels of a Grammy nomination for Foo Fighters Wasting Light, The Lodge‘s mastering engineer Joe LaPorta has been working on some big and buzz-worthy upcoming records – several of which were produced in part in NYC.
Mastering engineer Joe LaPorta (left) with Victoria Legrand and Alex Scally of Beach House
First up, Victoria Legrand and Alex Scally of Beach House (Sub Pop) were at The Lodge mastering their new album, Bloom, with LaPorta earlier this year. Bloom was produced and engineered by Chris Coady – recorded at Sonic Ranch Studios in Tornillo, TX and mixed at Electric Lady here in NYC. Check out the (majestic) advance track, “Myth”, below…
James Iha mastered his first solo album in 14 years – Look to The Sky (Sony Japan) – with LaPorta as well. Look To The Sky was co-produced by Iha and Nathan Larson and features guest performances by Karen O, Nick Zinner, Tom Verlaine, Sara Quin and Nina Persson, and horns by Kelly Pratt and Jon Natchez. The album was engineered By Arjun Agerwala, Geoff Sanoff, Rudyard Lee Cullers, Michael Nesci, Adam Tilzer out of Iha’s Stratosphere Sound in Chelsea, and mixed by Sanoff, John Holbrook and Agerwala.
LaPorta also mastered the new album by Las Vegas alt-rock band Imagine Dragons (Interscope), Continued Silence, which was produced by Alex da Kid and mixed by Manny Marroquin and Rich Costey in Los Angeles; the debut album by Malaysian artist Yuna (FADER), which was produced by Pharrell Williams, Andre Harris and Chris Braide, and also mixed by Marroquin; and NYC-based Roc Marciano’s new album Marcberg: Reloaded, produced by Q-Tip, The Alchemist and Marciano, and mixed by Q Tip.
Other notable records LaPorta’s mastered this year include: Neon Trees Picture Show (Mercury Records), produced by Justin Meldal Johnson and mixed by Billy Bush; Bear in Heaven‘s I Love You, It’s Cool (Dead Oceans/Home Tapes); Brooklyn-based electronic artist St Lucia‘s debut EP (Neon Gold/Columbia), Debo Band (Sub Pop), Porcelain Raft (Secretly Canadian), and California rockers Delta Spirit‘s upcoming self titled album, produced by Chris Coady and mixed by Tchad Blake (via Rounder Records); as well as singles from pop singer Colbie Caillat, Australian singer/songwriter Delta Goodrem and Harlem MC Azealia Banks (Universal).
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