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Thiago Castro - "Cacariacô" drum cover

That's the last song from Thiago's session I posted a few weeks ago.
Enjoy!

The Superstitions - "Remnants" EP is out

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!

The Superstitions - "What's Left Of Me" single is out

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!

Thiago Castro - "The Faded Line" drum cover

That's another song with Thiago Castro on the drums, from the same session I posted a few weeks ago.
Enjoy!

Thiago Castro - "Territory" drum cover

A couple of weeks ago I got to mix this great performance of Sepultura's “Territory” from Brazilian drummer Thiago Castro.
Check it out.

Thiago Castro - "Peanut Butter" single is out (again)

This is a new mix for the official release of “Peanut Butter”

You can listen to the single on all digital platforms.

Enjoy!

And if you want to know more about the recording, I made a post about it a few months ago, just click here to read it.

Thiago Castro - "Why Not?" single is out now!

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”

"Canto Torto" Live Recording snippet

A couple of weeks ago we spent a Sunday recording instrumentals of 7 tunes for Brazilian Garage Rock band “Canto Torto”.

Click to read about the setup

Thiago Castro, Lucas Barnery & Tiago Baumgarten - "Peanut Butter" live recording

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,

The Superstitions - "Snake Charmer" single is out

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!

"Itacimirim Sessions" - Thiago Castro playing "Siren" by Sean Angus Watson

This is part of a weekend at a beach house, tracking drums and having some fun.

R.A.J. - "Time"

This is another long-distance collaboration project.

Iggor Cavalera - "Beneath The Drums - Troops Of Doom"

In this video, Iggor tells us more about the song "Troops Of Doom" from Sepultura's 1986 album "Morbid Visions"
Drum performance mixed by yours truly, using Universal Audio LUNA
Enjoy!

Iggor Cavalera - "Beneath The Drums - Refuse/Resist"

In this video, Iggor tells us more about the conception of "Refuse/Resist"
Drum performance mixed by yours truly, using Universal Audio LUNA
Enjoy

Mix Breakdown Ep. 3 / Hoje Você Morre - "Despotismo"

In the third episode, I'm showing the Universal Audio's LUNA session where I re-mixed the 2007 track "Despotismo" from Brazilian band Hoje Você Morre.