Month: April 2023

Mastering “Flamenco-dancing pigeons, pumpkin pie, Charlie Sheen and Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn all crop up on this British singer-songwriter’s Gilad Atzmon-produced third album.Her humorous impressionistic lyrics oscillate between the intimate and the infinite against a backdrop of bluesy acoustic guitar, accordion and double bass. In an increasingly X Factor-ised world, unique talents such as Ms Gillespie’s should […]

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Mastering “This imaginative and consummately crafted double set from Tim Garland splits between new work for his small band Lighthouse, and the chamber-orchestra piece of the title. Garland has been a fine original composer and much sought after instrumentalist (most notably for Chick Corea) since the 1980s, but this set really does feel like the tying-up of […]

Mixing & Mastering “Tim Garland’s album Libra was recorded in both studio and live settings, with music for his award-winning Lighthouse Trio (Tim Garland, Gwiliym Simcock and Asaf Sirkis) that includes Frontier, with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.“The latest chapter in a fascinating journey for Garland. Deft, exciting, uplifting music. Quite possibly the finest album by […]

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Mixing & Mastering “Sideways” has been a long time coming but has been well worth the wait. It’s an intelligent, musicianly album with some first rate original tunes and some ingenious interpretations of standards. Recorded in Berlin and London by engineers Rainer Robben and Andrew Tulloch the sound is again immaculate and the playing likewise. […]

Mastering “Celebrating the pioneering achievements of women in Australian society is something we don’t do anywhere near enough and folk singer/songwriter Maryen Cairns has taken up the cause in this stunning new album Femina Australis ” The Lowdown Under