Acre toys #23 MXR M133 Micro Amp These scribblings are independent thoughts with no affiliation to any company and will be intentionally unscientific… Under $100….I use it almost every time I record electric guitars through amplifiers
Thank you @decibelmagazine for including RIDICULOUS AND FULL OF BLOOD in their top 40 of 2024. This was recorded with @julie_christmas_official @chrisenriquezdrums @electromancer @lamacchiamusic @howlwood @andrewschneideraudio everywhere including @
Brooklyn two piece @the_triceratops released their debut full length CHARGE! This week on @learningcurverecords We recorded this across studios, rooftops and bathrooms. It was mixed @acre.audio and Mastered by the brilliant and patient ears of @car
Acre toys #22 NEVE 5465 16 Channel Broadcast Console (c.1979) These scribblings are independent thoughts with no affiliation to any company and will be intentionally unscientific… I love it. It is hard to find more GOOD jammed in a small fr
@the_triceratops are releasing their debut full length CHARGE! In November on @learningcurverecords and are teasing it with the song ‘WE WILL SHATTER’ available everywhere now. Mixed @acre.audio Enjoy.
Congrats to @humanimpactband on the release of their new full length album GONE DARK out on @ipecacrecordings We recorded this @cedar.creek.studio at in Austin TX and @rawrecording I mixed it back at @acre.audio @carlsaff mastered all of the noises
A new video filled with cute puppies and rainbows has been released for CORRUPTED, the new single by @humanimpactband off of their forthcoming full length GONE DARK, out on @ipecacrecordings on October 4th. We mixed this @acre.audio and it is one of
@newmiserableexperience preview their new Full length 'ABSENT LOVERS' due out October 11, 2024 via @translationlossrecords with the release of ‘NOT EVERY WHISPERED PROMISE IS TRUE’. Mixed @acre.audio , I am so excited for this record to
I SHOULD OPEN MY MAIL MORE OFTEN #2 The vinyl reissue of a record I made (more than two decades ago) with THE RED CHORD arrived with all sorts of good stuff. It is a beautiful re-release and is immediately going on my wall and my turntable! #there
Acre toys #21 Sennheiser MD 441 Dynamic Microphone These scribblings are independent thoughts with no affiliation to any company and will be intentionally unscientific… The Sennheiser MD 441 is a supercardiod dynamic microphone that looks (f
This fine chap stopped by today for some mix notes…
HAPPY JULY 31st.! With a tight turn around I had the opportunity to mix and master (at @acre.audio ) the audio of the @julie_christmas_official performance at @hellfestopenair in Clisson France a few weeks ago and it was a total blast. Recorded by
I SHOULD OPEN MY MAIL MORE OFTEN - #1 Look at these beautiful things! I love to see the final example of great work by great people. Proud to be a part of these. #kenmodenull #kenmodevoid @kenmodenoise
Thank You Thank You REVOLVER for including RIDICULOUS AND FULL OF BLOOD in the best albums of 2024 so far.
It was a pleasure working with THE TAX @the_tax_band on a couple of new singles. Recorded at @rawrecording and @acre.audio , then mixed at @acre.audio and mastered by the great ears of Sir Dan Coutant at @srmastering. enjoy.
HUMAN IMPACT teases their new release GONE DARK out on IPECAC this October with the first single and video for DESTROY TO REBUILD. This was recorded in Texas and New York and mixed at ACRE. Very excited for this album to come out. Enjoy.
One minute after my birthday I received the best gift - the release of RIDICULOUS AND FULL OF BLOOD. This is the culmination of years of work by the most talented and best of humans Julie Christmas @julie_christmas_official John Lamaccia @lamacch
BOOMERANG helping out Baltimore noise makers EYELET with mix notes this week at ACRE.
Found this lil’ gem at a yard sale 3 decades ago. Survived a massive flood in Boston and an even bigger one in New York. It has been on hundreds of records at this point. Still making guitars sound considerably bigger than small. I love you
Late night @acre.audio listen / hang with @lamacchiamusic , @electromancer , @julie_christmas_official and BOOMERANG.
In advance of summer touring GUHTS has just released “WHITE NOISE’. The instruments were recorded by ANDY PATTERSON at The BOARS NEST. Then Amber, Scott and I recorded the voice noises at RAW RECORDING and ACRE AUDIO. We mixed it ACRE
KEN MODE are officially releasing their new full length VOID this September and have teased it with a new song preview - ‘THE SHRIKE’. This joins their previous LP release ‘NULL’, to complete their latest Noise Diptych. I had
The fantastic Mr. Brian Strawn (Otis) has resurfaced with a new and not small project called ‘ROMAN LETTERS’. It features some of Boston’s best mouths adding vocals – Keith Smith, Michelle Paulhus, and Dave Tree. Sir Mike Qu
Thanks LOUDER for including KEN MODE's NULL in their list of five essential albums for NOISE ROCK beginners! ...and a shout out to the UNSANE-ers too. A good read. Check it out over at Loudersound.com.
My Fork, Knife and Spoon for today.
“…imagine if MIKE PATTON and BJORK had a child…..” Thank you to NPR and ALL SONGS CONSIDERED for taking a few minutes to break down ‘NOT ENOUGH’, the new single by JULIE CHRISTMAS. I am quite proud of this one
I just had the fantastic chance to work again with Finnish noise makers THROAT @ihatethroat mixing their next full length journey at @acre.audio All Reverbs on for this one! Really great stuff. Out soon.
KEN mode just released their new song 'I CANNOT' ahead of their Noise blast set at ROADBURN this weekend. Out on ARTOFFACT RECORDS, We worked on this 'quiet little whisper' a short while ago...very happy to have it out there. Available on all the
My office away from my office this week...The CREAMERY STUDIO in Brooklyn. "FRANKIE" was used while recording simultaneous guitar and croonings.
…mixing an exciting new project this past week with Dave Maffei and Chuck Berret of HAAN. Boomerang helping…
Along with my best pals Bill Swartz and Ben Flint, I will be speaking tomorrow morning at a virtual seminar hosted by the Harvard University Department of Science Education and The Harvard and Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics. Called ‘The So
So happy to see BRUTAL PANDA reissuing the final ZOZOBRA Album 'SAVAGE MASTERS'. Big noises when these three were in the room. I miss Caleb Scofield! 50% of proceeds for all items will benefit Caleb's family.
I had the fantastic chance to MIX and MASTER the fantastic 'WASTELANDS EP' by the fantastic band OROCHEN from Gothenburg Sweden. un-fantastically...this will be their last release...boo. Best of luck on future endeavors, I expect good things! Chec
HAPPY RECORD RELEASE DAY Part 2: NEW MISERABLE EXPERIENCE (featuring members of Rosetta, Revocation and Model Prisoner) release their debut EP - PHILOSOPHY ON PESSIMISM today on TRANSLATION LOSS Records. It was a joy to mix and I am happy it is no
HAPPY RECORD RELEASE DAY Part 1: PELICAN just re-released CITY OF ECHOES on THRILLJOCKEY Records. Re-mastered by JOSH BONATI it features a whole second LP of extras. I really enjoyed making this with these gentlemen way back when and happy to see it
Thank you to NEW NOISE MAGAZINE for premiering "THE PROPHET". One of my 5 favorite tracks that I had the joy to mix on the soon to be released EP 'PHILOSOPHY ON PESSIMISM' by NEW MISERABLE EXPERIENCE. Check it out. Enjoy. @newmiserableex
A quick grab from a few 2022 End of the year lists…. DECIBEL - Album of the year #9 - KEN mode / NULL MAGNET - Best of Hard Rock 2022 #9 – SASQUATCH / Fever Fantasy THE OBELISK - The Best of 2022 #4 – CAUSTIC CASANOVA / Glass E
Some of my favorite folks teamed up to make these beautiful noises. NEW MISERABLE EXPERIENCE will release their debut album, “Philosophy On Pessimism” in January on TRANSLATION LOSS RECORDS. Thank you to BROOKLYN VEGAN for premiering th