Brazilian metal band Lugubra (which most of the musicians I have been working with for over 20 years) has just released their new, mostly self-produced (I did help a lot at the end), self-recorded (DI guitars, bass, not-programmed electronic drums) album.
This one closes the releases of the year ;) We tracked this EP live (apart from vocals) back in March (click here if you want to know more about the gear used). There are no overdubs other than one song. We kept it as raw as possible and I hope you all enjoy!
This was a fun one to work on: we tracked the instrumentals live in a few hours (just a few overdubs and doubling guitars) and vocals were done on a different day.
Input chain is the same as “always” with Apollo x8p with API Vision strip and Studer tape in all inputs. Drum mics were from a cheap Chinese drum mic kit (I don't even remember the name/brand) but the overheads were a pair of Warm Audio WA84. Vocals through a SM7.
From about 20 years of collaboration (different band names, but the same musicians) comes this new single called “Decolonial” from the Brazilian metal band “Lugubra” (previously Drearylands). I was tasked with mixing and mastering a self-produced and self-recorded (apart from vocals) album that comes out soon. For now, you can enjoy their first single below
I believe we started talking about this project back in 2022 and a long back-and-forth, it's coming out of Germany to the world, bit by bit. I hope you enjoy
Developers ETLOK Studios are releasing the musical themes for their upcoming release “Into The Echo” through their web experience called Journey Across Raava. The themes were composed and performed by Brigitte Dajczer and mixed and mastered by yours truly. Enjoy
Alright, Although I missed posting the individual singles when they came out, here is the post for the release of the full EP we started recording over 3 years ago! I'm happy it's out there in the world! I hope you all enjoy it!
Canadian band The Superstitions has a new single out (actually it came out about a month ago, oops) and it's called "What's Left Of Me". You can read more about the recordings here Enjoy!
This is a good one, mainly because I was part of the whole process, from rehearsal, to tracking, mixing and mastering AND because it is NOT my typical rock/metal type of project that you see here often. We tracked the song's rhythm section live and Hotel2Tango in Montreal, overdubs were made at Music Salad's studio, and all that in just a few weeks, from start to finish. I hope you all enjoy it as much as I did!
I'm happy to be able to mention that mixed the music for a game I called “Towers Of Thana” and it's going into Steam's Early Access next week (August 21st, 2023) I gotta thank the team at Tryptique Audio for trusting me once again with their art. Here is the trailer for your enjoyment.
Last year I had the pleasure to spend an afternoon inside a normal rehearsal room with some extra-talented musician friends (Thiago Castro on Drums, Lucas Barnery on Guitar, and Thiago Baumgarten on Bass) and that afternoon generated two awesome tunes, this one linked below and a fully live jam, named “Peanut Butter”
A few months ago I went to a rehearsal room with three long-time friends and amazing musicians from Salvador, Bahia - Brazil. They jammed for a few hours and two songs came out of that jam. This is one of those songs. The setup was pretty simple: Universal Audio Apollo x8p and another silver face Apollo. All tracks were recorded through API Legacy strips and Studer A800 tape, all committed to the recording. No samples were used. The guitar was recorded direct via a Kemper and the bass was also recorded direct, no amps in the room. Enjoy,
This was supposed to be part of a mix contest that I did not have the time to submit to (nor do I believe in mix contests), so I just mixed it for fun, so I don't have anything to do with the recordings (they do sound great though)
I'm using mostly native Universal Audio plugins (just a couple of DSP-based ones), no samples, all from the multi-tracks (actually, the kick is from an Alesis D4)
Welcome to 2023, The first release of the year comes out as a single of an EP I had the pleasure to play drums for, and engineer the recordings for the rest of the instrumentals during the pandemic. Tracks were mixed and mastered using UA's LUNA. Drums were tracked in a low-ceiling basement using a UA Apollo x8p with 8 channels of API Legacy strips via UNISON. Tracks were EQ'd and compressed "to tape". - RE20 on the kick - i5 on the snare - 421 for toms and floor toms - Ribbons for overheads Guitars were recorded through an amp and DI, the same for the bass tracks with the added Darkglass B7K (main bass tone) track. I hope you enjoy it!