Here is an idea for a studio rack I drew up recently. It's meant for an engineer who has a minimal keyboard / controller setup in front of them, maybe a big screen at the wall for minimal obstruction between speakers and ears, but still wants outboard to their side. All parts just slot into each other, no screws (except for the rails). You dig?
Swedish-born and London-based singer-songwriter @malinandmusic returns with a beautifully delicate version of @abba Take a Chance on Me via @revancherecords .
Released today in honour of Sweden’s National Day, it’s a heartfelt nod to Malin’s roots and the legacy of one of Sweden’s most iconic bands 🇸🇪
Known for her reflective songwriting and emotive voice, Malin slows things down and brings out the tenderness in the lyrics — turning this pop classic into something intimate and sincere.
Produced alongside @the_asa_b , with stunning spatial audio for @applemusic listeners, and mastered by the maestro himself @hackneysoundrecorder 🎧
Give it a listen and hear Take a Chance on Me in a whole new light 💛
📢 Press/Radio: @futureproofpr
✍️ Publishing: @cookingvinylpublishing
#MalinAndersson #TakeAChanceOnMe #ABBA #NewMusic #SwedishNationalDay #SingerSongwriter #IndieFolk #OutNow #SpatialAudio
One of the sweetest days in the Incognito story. Reunited with the incredible Simon Hale. His unique string arrangements + A-Team players breathing life into our new songs at @rakstudios 🙏🏽
30 years since our first collaboration 100 Degrees & Rising!
📸 Taylor Hylton
#stringrecording #simonhale #jazzfunk
I never properly posted about the #neve1073 clones I built a couple years ago. So here’s a pic dump. Turn on sound to hear trumpeter Theo Croker recorded with that thing.
#diystudio
#buildyourown
#recordinggear
📣 #outtoday #worldwiderelease @citrussun2014 #ANACONGA @pvinerecords@domerecords
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#repost @pvinerecords #citrussun
アシッド・ジャズ～ジャズ・ファンクの頂点インコグニートのリーダー、ブルーイによるプロジェクト“シトラス・サン”、4年ぶりとなる待望のニュー・アルバムをリリース！
よりメロウに、よりグルーヴィに進化した極上のアシッド・ジャズをご堪能あれ！
アシッド・ジャズ～ジャズ・ファンク最高峰バンドとして君臨し続けるインコグニートのリーダー、ブルーイ。彼のインストゥルメンタル・プロジェクトとして始動してから早四半世紀近い歴史を誇るシトラス・サンが、約4年ぶりとなる待望のニュー・アルバム『アナコンガ』を完成。パーカッショニストのジョアン・カエターノのジョークからインスパイアを得て名付けられたという今作は、ブルーイのずば抜けた作編曲のセンスとバンドの確かな演奏力が遺憾なく発揮された、期待を裏切らない内容に仕上がった。
メイナード・ファーガソンの名曲「Mister Mellow」で幕を開ける本作では、エリカ・バドゥ「Honey」のよりメロウでスムースなアレンジや、原曲へのリスペクトに溢れたボビー・コールドウェル「Down For The Third Time」、盤石の演奏によりグルーヴを格段に増したロニー・フォスター「Mystic Blew」など、数多くの素晴らしいカバーを収録。もちろん、パウロ・コエーリョの『The Alchemist』にインスパイアされたという「Santiago」を筆頭にオリジナル曲も充実。メロウかつファンキーなグルーヴの魅力がとことん詰まった、アシッド・ジャズシーン最高峰バンドの面目躍如たる傑作です！
CITRUS SUN『Anaconga』
【CD】発売日 : 2024.6.14 / 定価 : ¥2,750(税抜¥2,500) / PCD-25401
【収録曲】
1. Mister Mellow
2. Honey
3. Mystic Brew
4. Down for the Third Time
5. Twilight Reimagined
6. The Boy Beneath the Sea
7. We Love We Fight
8. In Search of the Blue Note
9. Sing to My Beat
10. Santiago
#pvine #pvinerecords #soul #jazz #acidjazz #towerrecords #towerrecordsshinjuku
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@tower_shibuya #nomusicnolife #ronniefoster @ronniefos #coversong #mysticbrew #newrelease #newwavejazzfunk #jeanpaulmaunick @colibrisoundrecorders@hackneysoundrecorder@atelierz1988 guitar & bass #AtelierZ
#historyhs @shimamuramusic #rhodes @rhodes.piano@gikacoustics@atc_loudspeakers
#jeanpaulmaunick #bluey @gdonharvey@fhylton1999@charlieallenguitar@francescomendolia@djdeirdre@_caetano_music@rega_dauna@kevinrobinsontrpt@natalieduncanmusic
#GrahamHarvey #FrancisHylton #charlieallen #charlieallenguitar
Finally finished building the summing amp/mixer I designed.
All thanks to @mannnicknjm (Nick Mann aka NJM Audio) who very kindly guided me through the circuit drawings and really provided all the knowledge and expertise I am lacking. So this little box isn’t designed to magically sprinkle depth and width and musical greatness to your mix through analog summing. Actually, it’s rather clean and transparent. For most parts it’s an active mixer design. It’s purpose is to make use of analog outboard when ITB mixing. You got a total of 24 inputs, divided into 3 subgroups (A, B, C). Each subgroup are 8 inputs into a stereo out. Meant to be used with a normalled patchbay for inserts across each subgroup. The insert returns of each group is routed to the master mix bus, but can also be switched into a fourth bus (Stereo D) for parallel processing. For example, you could feed group A (drums) and group B (instruments) into bus D, smash the hell out of it using your fav compressor or whatever, and feed a bit of that back into the master. Or you could use the ‘D’ bus to audition two different mix bus chains etc etc. Each subgroup has a mute switch.
But to add a little bit of colour, I added the option to switch the master mix bus to a passive summing circuit. For the make up gain of the passive option, I used @audiomaintenance ez3415 boards with Carnhill transformers. Subtle, a little saturation in the lows…
And… the NE5534 IC’s for all active mixers can be swapped for any DOA ones. So be could experiment with CAPI 2520 types or John Hardy 990s or many others for sonic options and flavours.
No faders or gain pots. All stages are unity gain. The active mixing is based in Ted Fletcher’s supernal circuit. Using this genius bit of circuitry was also Nick’s idea.
Let me know what you think of this. Useful?
