Picture if you will…you’re not an audio maven but a recording console — and not just any console.
You are a Special Desk with sought-after circuitry, creating amazing accomplishments. Sweet, sweet music has flowed through your channels, facilitating sounds that please humans (and the occasional cat and dog). These sounds Read more...
Producer/engineer John Congleton has been making recordings in and around Dallas, Texas, for more than half his life. He has a style that is edgy and often ornate. And as skillful as he his, for Congleton, perfection has always been beside the point.
For a someone with such an impressive Read more...
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 Read more...
In the latest episode of the documentary series Masters From Their Day, the indie rock band Deerhoof hits the studio with a producer/engineer for the first time in their career. And that producer is…Chris Shaw – the Brooklyn-based recordist and mixer behind such celebrated releases as Weezer’s Blue Album, Public Read more...
The self-released indie rock band Clap Your Hands Say Yeah were celebrated by the blogosphere, then shunned. They’re back with what may be their most masterful record. But will listeners notice this time around?
In the summer of 2005, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah emerged and became a case study Read more...
