26th April, 2012

Had a great session last weekend, recording grand piano for Silje Leirvik’s album, in Olavshallen’s lovely Chamber Hall. Great piano, great sound, added to great songs. Just great! Here’s a photo of ‘Mobile Studio, #2’, with Silje and Miss Steinway taking care of business in the background.

2nd April, 2012.

The latest Peter Broderick album, “It Starts Hear”, which was partly recorded at Autumnsongs, is out now on Hush Records.

10th February, 2012.

Amethystium’s ‘Aurorae EP’, which was partly recorded at Autumnsongs, is out now, on AM.mu Records. More information, and audio samples, can be found at Amethystium.com.

10th January, 2012.

Kicking off the new year in a great way, with the completion of records by Rhys Marsh And The Autumn Ghost and Procosmian — both of which are set for release in the coming months.

31st October, 2011.

Recording the cello of Erlend Kvam, for the new Amethystium E.P.

30th October, 2011.

Recording the vocals of Tore André Helgemo, for the new Stargazer single. There’s that Telefunken again!

16th October, 2011.

It’s a Telefunken vs. Beyerdynamic vs. Sennheiser moment, choosing the right bass sound from the über-cool Ampeg, during the Stargazer sessions. The Telefunken was the winner!

13th October, 2011.

Three sessions in one day, and my head is still working. The morning brought some Norwegian pop through the doors, the afternoon brought some frantically intense folk-prog, and the evening brought something that might end up sounding like it was recorded in Detroit in 1968.

Keep an eye out over the coming days, for the first in a series of videos from the recording sessions with Silje Leirvik!

3rd October, 2011.

Wow, a busy few days, working on three very different projects. On Friday morning, I recorded some guide drums, bass and guitars for Silje’s second song — it ended up going in pretty much the opposite direction that we’d intended (and previously discussed… ooops!), but I really dig it! On Friday evening, Procosmian dropped by, and we added some (real) Hammond organ and some (virtual) Mellotron. On Saturday, I headed out of town, to Stargazer’s new studio, where work began on their forthcoming single. The drums that we recorded sound crisp and huge, so I think this is going to be a great-sounding song. On Sunday, Procosmian came back to the studio, for what turned out to be the final ‘details’ session. After six months or so, we’re finished with the recording! Now I just need to tidy up the final mixes and get it ready for the vinyl pressing. This morning, Silje came in for the third session, and work appropriately began on the third song. It’s another beautiful song, which will require something very delicate and suitably atmospheric.

Tomorrow is actually my first day in about two weeks without any studio bookings, so I guess it’s time to reorganise some cables, move things that don’t need to be moved, and maybe even take a listen to some of my own new music! More on that, and everything else, later…