Peak Recordings

ALLLLL CHAAAANGEEEEEE!!!!!!!!

2011-04-29T09:41:00.000-07:00

After a few years of running my own studio and helping to make some awesome records, I feel it is time for a change. The studio is now gone and has been replaced with a van and a new name! Head over to eek! recordings for more info and news about the future….

My Fuzz is crappier than your Fuzz..

2011-03-05T04:24:00.000-08:00

So I'm halfway through mixing our album after three false starts. A friend has very kindly lent me a space to piece it all together. It has two windows here!! (Yes, I know the curtains are shut in the photo, but the sun was in my eyes...)I can not stress enough how good windows are. After five years of doing most of my work in a windowless hovel I am a bit worried I might melt from over exposure to sunlight.
The record is slowly starting to come together. So far 7 of the 14 songs we recorded are mixed. With (I think) only 10 of those set for the finished thing. We shall see...

New CMCS Album!!!

2011-02-23T14:36:00.000-08:00

Go and buy! This immense record was tracked here and the guys have done an amazing job of the mix. Have a listen and buy it from here.

So it's been a while.....

2011-02-13T15:15:00.000-08:00

Yes it has! I spent January in a 12th century abbey in northern France recording Los's debut album. It really was an amazing experience, with the freedom to make music all day and night. We rented the space for three (very cold) weeks and managed to get fifteen songs fully tracked and use half a forests worth of fire wood! Each song was approached as an individual. We would start each day working out what sounds worked best for the song in hand and how we should record it, either live, layered or backwards.... Also trying to keep things fresh and not fall to much into a routine (aside from soup for lunch every day and Sopranos with dinner being obligatory)

Now I'm back home I have the alarmingly large task of mixing the record and making sure it does the experience justice. I'm also planing on renting the space again for a month in the summer and running it as a residential studio, so if anyone out there is interested in coming out to make a record do get in touch.

Here are some nerdy pics for your viewing pleasure.

eeeeeek!!

2010-11-11T05:50:00.000-08:00

I've been a bit busy as of late and managed to let the release date of crookedmountaincrookedsea's ep "I watched it from the roadside" pass me by... It was tracked and mastered here at Peak with the band themselves doing an awesome job of mixing the record themselves! Go grab a copy from iTunes or from smalltownamerica.co.uk

Tonight also sees the final touches being made to The Brilliantly Simple's new ep, "Trees". This really is going to be a belter of a record with some beautiful songwriting on it. Will keep you posted about a release date.

Rock-ok-ok-oksound!!!

2010-11-08T09:04:00.000-08:00

This week see's a double whammy for Peak in this months Rocksound.
First we have Killington Falls' new ep getting them a piece in the "introducing" section and their track "To a God unknown" grabbing a space on the cover mount cd!! Definitely worth getting the mag for this track alone :)
And B: Los' new single "Gold" gets 8/10 from Pulled apart by horses in Rocksounds singles section. The track comes out today and is available from iTunes and a very limited run of screen printed hard copies are available from www.wearelos.com.

More Releases recorded at Peak!!!!!!!!!!

2010-10-07T03:35:00.000-07:00

The Granit 665 Album "Fine Art of Poisoning" starts shipping next week. It truly is an amazing and brutal record. We recorded this in the depths of France last April. You can grab a copy from Chanmax Records. Also the Vinyl edition will be out in November. Wooo.

If that wasn't enough, also out this month is The Forest and the Fire's new e.p. "Die Down here, My Love" available from their SHOP! Bass, Drums and Voice is all you need. Fact.

Last but still awesome is Killington Fall's "At the Soundless Dawn" which was recorded here over summer and is an intense mix of "This Will Destroy You" and "Brand New". Get it Here!

More big ass news in the next few days. out.

Wild Dogs In Winter-Homba

2010-07-26T14:44:00.000-07:00

Go and buy this album! Drums for some of the songs were tracked here at Peak with the rest of the album being recorded,mixed and mastered by the band themselves. It truly is a beautiful record with some lush tones. here's a Link to their shop.

Forest in the mire...

2010-05-28T03:13:00.000-07:00

So we spent the first half of last week tracking the new and economy sized Forest And The Fire ep. Whats turning out to be a big feck off wall of drums, bass and vocals. Now we start mixing in ernest...

Crooked Mountain Crooked Sea

2010-05-06T03:49:00.000-07:00

Spent the last few days tracking for the new crooked mountain crooked sea record. Keep an eye out for it soon through smalltownamerica. Its going to be an awesome display of songwriting having a fight with noise.

DPTronics, yup yup yup.

2010-05-03T12:46:00.000-07:00

Custom Effects!! Head over to DPTronics to see a few of these awesome pedals. I'll be using more and more of these in the studio over the coming months so you can try them out here or get in touch direct with DPTronics for more info.

Back Home.

2010-04-21T03:42:00.000-07:00

So I'm back home after a 15 hour journey home due to they ferry companies going crazy. It was an amazing trip and I got to record some amazing music. Here's a link to a few more photos from the sessions.
We ended up finishing the whole record at the airfield with all bass being recorded in the makeshift control room and then re-amping through two amps in the main room. We then spent the Saturday tracking vocals in a home made booth :) and finishing off the tracks with some samples of old speeches. Now I'm home i'll give it a week and then start the mixes..............

Recording In an Airport......

2010-04-15T23:35:00.000-07:00

I've been in France since Sunday recording the new Granit 665 album. With the drums and guitar all finished I thought I'd post some pictures of everything we've been doing so far.... This Link should take you to a Flickr gallery. We have been recording for the most part at the local airfield in one of the smaller hangers. We also spent a day at Mael's house (the drummer) recording all 10 songs in what was the local school house. Once that was done we decamped to the airfield to set the drums up again so we could hear the different sound each room gave the drums, with the hanger winning hands down :) Anywhooo we are about to leave to spend the day recording bass so i'll update tonight with some info on how we did the guitars and how to stop air traffic!!

Offer Time!!

2010-03-09T05:40:00.000-08:00

Recommend the studio to another band and if they book by the time your session starts you both save 20%. Longer sessions save even more!!!!!!!

Get in touch to have a chat about the offer and the studio.

Indeed.

2010-03-08T09:44:00.000-08:00

Location Location Location

2010-02-24T06:11:00.000-08:00

Spent the weekend recording the new los single in a warehouse full of toilet paper! Really worth the trip as the whole thing sounded huge. Two songs recorded live with no drop ins or overdubs. The guitar and Moog were re-amped after the tracking was done just to help with separation on the mics but we left the snare on throughout just to give it a sense of context and space. Here's a pic of the "mobile" studio and I'll get some more of the room up when I can.

Arcs pics

2010-02-20T14:41:00.000-08:00

All the tracking for the new Arcs e.p has been finished so now its all about the mixing. Here's a pic for anyone who wants to witness my awful photographic skills.....

Brilliantly Simple Track UP.

2010-02-15T14:16:00.001-08:00

have a peek at www.myspace.com/thebrilliantlysimple

French Hardcore!!!!!!

2010-01-31T03:03:00.000-08:00

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.

New additions

2010-01-22T16:04:00.000-08:00

Sunn o))) model T.

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

brilliantly Simple

2010-01-22T01:35:00.000-08:00

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.

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

2010-01-10T03:50:00.000-08:00

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!!

2010-01-10T03:34:00.000-08:00

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

2010-01-10T03:29:00.000-08:00

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.