Producer / Recording Engineer / Programmer / & ProTooler!
 "I hope this page will give you a little background on myself and touch on just a few of the many projects I've been involved with, and things I've done before I opened up my own facility, Alchemy Studio Ltd in 2001"
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Personal info:
I'm familiar with all popular mixing desks and standard outboard equipment, including, Digidesign Protools hard disk recording systems, and editing systems including Sony 1630 and of course analogue tape splicing!
I like microphones, especially old valves, play guitar and program in ProTools.
I've done a lot of different stuff, and can now bring a great deal of experience to a session, not just in the area of 'sounds' but also being able to develop an artists' own performance and song writing abilities. I got into the business to work with bands and this is still my first love. I'm good with drums and gtrs, with a lot of experience in combining people and computers.
Some Golden Oldies
Bauhaus (Engineer)
 Mask:
New Musical Express
"Bauhaus at their best..."
The Smiths (Engineer)
 Hatful Of Hollow
New Musical Express (9/25/93, p.18)
- Ranked #7 among The 50 Greatest Albums Of The '80s
...possibly the greatest thing [the Smiths] ever recorded..."
New Musical Express (10/2/93, p.29) -
Ranked #41 in NME's list of the `Greatest Albums Of All Time.'
Billy Bragg (Producer, engineer)
Talking With The Taxman About Poetry:
Gold album 1986
John McLaughlin (Engineer)
The Promise:
Entertainment Weekly (2/23-3/1/96 p.127)
The post-jazz guitar icon hasn't come up with an album this diverse and star-studded for almost 20 years....A lovably eclectic mess that somehow manages to make perfect sense, THE PROMISE delivers." - Rating: A-
(Degango, The Wish)
Oasis (Engineer)
The Masterplan:
A collection of Oasis B-sides of UK singles and EPs.
(Going Nowhere)
Bjork (Engineer)
Telegram:
Audio Street.Com Score: 10
A diverse album of stunning remixes, re orchestrations and reworkings of already great songs.
Bjork runs the whole wonderful gamut of styles her.
(Possibly Maybe)
SweetBox (Engineer)
SweetBox:
Gold in Europe,t op 10 single
(Don't Go Away)
Nine Below Zero (Producer / engineer)
Regrigerator:
Nine Below Zero's best yet....
Marc Almond (Producer, engineer, programmer)
Open All Night:
Melody Maker. 4 1/2 stars (out of 5)...his best solo album yet....OPEN ALL NIGHT reclines in a sound-lounge of gorgeous strung-out noir balladry....a masterpiece from a saint.
New Musical Express - 7 out of 10
...seems destined to eternally trawl the seedy underbelly of the urban night in search of romance amid the commonplace.
Further Discography & Some Producers I've Worked With
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Background/CV:
Employed at Matrix Recording Studios from 1978 until summer 1981 as Junior Engineer. Whilst at Matrix Studios worked with such artists as Marian Faithful, Asward, X-Ray Specs, The Only Ones, UK-Subs, and The Vibrators amongst others.. Employed at Jam Studios as House Engineer in 1981 where I had the opportunity to engineer on a number of albums including Bauhaus "Mask" and Spandau Ballet "Journey To Glory".
Live Work:
In 1984 gained good experience doing front of house live sound. Toured with a number for bands including Thomas Dolby and The Opposition both Europe and the States.
Freelance:
In the mid eighties returned to full-time freelance studio engineering/production and started a long lasting association with Producer John Porter. Our many joint projects include albums with Billy Bragg, Stan Ridgeway, The Red Guitars, Brendan Croaker, and work with The La's. We also collaborated on the acclaimed Smiths album Hat Full of Hollow and most of their subsequent singles.
In February of 2001 I opened:-
Alchemy Studio
Brand new and state of the art!
Alchemy is a unique combination of ProTools, Valve and Tape.
A fully featured Digidesign ProTools facility smoothly integrated with a traditional 24 Trk 2" tape based system.
The combination of a Tony Larking Class -A all valve desk, full ProControl automation, ATC 100 studio monitors and an internationally renowned engineer puts Alchemy at the forefront of a whole new generation of modern studio facilities.
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