Peak Recordings: January 2010

Sunday, 31 January 2010

French Hardcore!!!!!!

I'll be away for a couple of weeks in April recording an album for French hardcore band Granit665. Its all to be done at various locations around Nantes, including and old airport!! This should turn out to be an immense album with some of the filthiest sounds out there :) I'll post loads of picks up when I'm out there.

Friday, 22 January 2010

New additions

Sunn o))) model T.

if ever there was an amp to break stuff with....

brilliantly Simple

After a few weeks away from the songs we finished off the mixes for the debut Brilliantly Simple e.p last night. All four songs were recorded, mixed and mastered here at the studio and their sounding really good. I should have a track from the record up on the peak myspace (www.myspace.com/peakrecordings) in the next week so keep an eye out for it.

Sunday, 10 January 2010

Welcome to the new peak site.........

After a few years of having a proper website for the studio and never getting round to updating it I've decided to start a blog instead. I'll put up info on current projects and pictures of the recordings here.
Also, along with running the studio I am now available to engineer freelance. Happy to travel across Europe (or further) to record albums and e.ps. Get in touch for more info.

Arcs!!

Arcs are coming into the studio for a week in Feb to record their new e.p. Check them out at http://www.myspace.com/arcstheband . Will post pics once we start making noises.

Los ep review

Los' "whale ep" which was recorded and mixed here at peak was given 9/10 in rocksound magazine recently. Heres a pic of the review.

About The Studio

Based just off the M25/M23 by Gatwick in rural surrounds, 5 minutes from Horley mainline railway station, in spacious and relaxed environment. Peak is able to draw on almost a decade of working together with British underground bands creating the records they want. You can hear more at www.myspace.com/peakrecordings

Rates are inclusive of producer, instruments, equipment and mixing:

Monday - Friday: £100 / day

Saturday - Sunday: £125 / day

Discounts given for 3+ day bookings

Studio hours are usually from 10 onwards but are fully flexible

Overtime is not charged if your session runs over a little.

Gear:

• Studio.

Power Mac G5 Running Logic 7&8&9.

Metric Halo 8228 Interface/Converters/Mic Pre's.

8x Focusrite ISA Mic Pre's.

2x Dav Electronics BG1 Mic Pre's.

5x Sennheiser HD25 Headphones.

SE Electronics Gemini Valve Microphone.

Groove Tubes MB1 Valve Microphone.

AEA R84 Ribbon Microphone.

2x Rode NT5 Condenser Microphones.

AKG 451 Condenser Microphone.

2x Sennheiser MD421 Dynamic Microphones.

8x Shure SM57 Dynamic Microphones.

Radial JDI DI Box.

Radial J48 Di Box.

Radial Re-Amp Box.

Large collection of Plug-ins inc UAD2 card.

• Instruments:
Gibson Les Paul.
Fender Stratocaster.
Feline Custom Les Paul.
1960's Guild T100 Holow Body.
Martin 000M Acoustic Guitar.
1970's Fender Twin Amp.

Sunn o))) Model T Amp

Marshall JCM800.

Marshall JCM2000 TSL.

Orange 2x12.
Marshall 4x12. (greenbacks)
Sansamp RBI Bass Pre Amp.
Ashdown 8x10.
Many FX including rare boutique and custom made pedals.
Ludwig Drumkit
12" 13" 16" Toms 22" Kick
Collection of Snares Including Yamaha/Black Panther/DW

About Me

Im a freelance Engineer who also runs a studio in the Surrey countryside. I have extensive experience in engineering, recording and live sound and have had my recordings played on national radio (Radio1, XFM, BB6, Total Rock) as well as on radio stations across Europe.

From an early age I spent most of my time listening to music, making music and messing around with tape recorders. At 16 I started to record my friends bands, quickly learning the balance between hanging out making music and getting the very best out of someone and their songs. Since then I have built up over a decades worth of experience and gone on to record albums for signed artists to bands with an almost non existent budget. I've also worked with BBC, ITV and Sony Playstation recording scores for television series and advertisements.

For the most part I see recording music as a documentary, capturing as much of it live as possible and making sure that at the end of it all, what's on disc at the end is what was in the artist's head(s) from the beginning.

Feel free to get in touch with any questions or to discuss possible sessions, flexible times, dates and rates.

Contact Info:

Chris

07967 475 944

Chris (AT) peakrecordings (DOT) com

Influences

American Football, No Age, White Stripes, One Day As A Lion, Cursive, Beck, Portishead, Bjork, Deerhoof, Psapp, Led Zeppelin, Kyuss, Low, Rodrigo & Gabriela, Hot Water Music, Elliot Smith, Killing Pablo, Ten Grand, Joan of Arc, ATDI, Lamb, QOTSA, Wheat, Clutch, Mars Volta,The Faint, Jeff Buckley, Soundgarden, The Who, Silver Mount Zion, Refused, Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds, American Music Club, Dirty Three, Radiohead, The Ghost of A Thousand, The Cardigans, Postal Sevice, Aurora, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Hot Water Music, Isis, Pelican, Sonic Youth, Karate, The Bad Plus, Nina Nastasia..........

Peak Recordings