Taking its title from a 1930s French artistic movement in which painters translated sounds into visual art to evoke specific emotional responses, French electronic artist DeLaurentis’ latest work resonates with her own synesthetic experiences.
DeLaurentis invited Hervé Déjardin to her recording studio in the south of France, where they recorded the sonic universe of a painter’s studio for use on the full-length album, Musicalism.
At the heart of Stuttgart’s historic Bad Cannstatt district, Tonstudio Gress is celebrating a newly completed 7.1.4 Dolby Atmos control…
His work on the vibrant and fast-paced Buena Vista Social Club musical on Broadway recently won sound designer Jonathan Deans his first…
Pausing to draw breath between a 73-date, four-continent tour that included Oceania, Central and South America, and Europe in support of…
Having hosted performances by Albert Mangelsdorff and Dexter Gordon among other notable artists, Jazzclub Karlsruhe has secured a lasting…
When Olivier Cussac received word that Studio Condorcet – a recording facility near the centre of Toulouse founded in the 1970s that he had owned since 2007 – was now scheduled for demolition as part of an urban renewal project, he stepped in to save it. This year has seen it reborn in with a Harrison 32Classic 32-channel analogue console as the first of several planned spaces at a new location just outside Toulouse.
Composer/producers Starr Parodi and Jeff Fair have found renewed momentum after losing their home and studio in the recent LA wildfire, after Focusrite and Adam Audio stepped in to help them re-establish a base to continue their work on major music projects. ‘Through their help,’ says Starr Parodi, ‘we were able to set up a proper writing and production room and get back to making music.’
‘I don’t care what the speaker or console brand is, but the audio transportation infrastructure has to be DirectOut – they support so many formats and the products are flexible and reliable,’ says system designer and engineer Ville Kauhanen. ‘Due to their popularity and ability to support most audio formats used in productions, I often find that different vendors for each department can provide Prodigy as part of the package, and I can patch things together as one infrastructure.’
Over the past 50 years, Britannia Row Productions has won globally recognition as a provider of audio systems, working with some of the biggest names in music, sports and event production.
The story began in 1975, when Pink Floyd purchased 35 Britannia Row, Islington, to house their growing touring inventory.
Now a full-time member of Cypress Hill, multi-instrumentalist, vocalist, composer and producer Christian Olde Wolbers recently turned to Focusrite’s RedNet interfaces and ISA preamps to upgrade his Los Angeles studio set-up: ‘I’ve been using Focusrite gear for years, but switching to RedNet was like night and day. Everything in the studio suddenly felt more professional, and once I moved to HDX, it opened up so much more flexibility in my workflow.’
Adjacent to the Oxo Tower on the south bank of the Thames, the 12th Knot cocktail bar sits on the rooftop of Sea Containers Hotel and is known for its views across London and its atmosphere.
Needing to upgrade its audio system, the hotel turned to Tateside, who already provides managed A/V services across various areas in the hotel.
As Denmark’s new national centre for contemporary dance and choreography, the scope of flexibility required by the Copenhagen Dansehallerne’s performance spaces reflects the needs of its designers, choreographers and performers.
Matching the freedom of the spaces, there are no permanent loudspeaker placements.
Engineer, producer and educator Bob Bullock began his career in Los Angeles working alongside Steely Dan, Fleetwood Mac and Art Garfunkel during the 1970s – as a number of LA studios were installing Harrison Audio’s first mixing console.
Having relocated to Nashville in the early 1980s, he has been reacquainting himself with its sound through the addition of Harrison’s new 500 Series analogue modules to his Cool Springs Mix studio.
When professional digital audio made its entrance, the limitations of early technology combined with the excitement of some advocates made it a soft target for purists and sceptics. Then, as the tech found its feet and its potential became tangible, there was no going back.
Digital audio’s eventual coming of age, however, has brought on a hunger to revive the nuances of analogue.
Opened in the early 1960s as Moonglow Records, The Sound Factory’s name was coined by David Hassinger, who purchased the LA facility in 1969. A decade later, the facilty was sold to Sunset Sound Recorders owners Paul and Tutti Camarata, who ran it until 2017.
To reflect changing technology and musical styles, the current owners contacted George Augspurger to create new main monitors.
Hosted by broadcast presenter Jake Humphrey and Damian Hughes, an expert on high-performance sporting cultures and visiting professor at Manchester Metropolitan University, The High Performance Podcast turns the lived experiences of high performers into life lessons.
Over the past four years, they have interviewed more than 250 guests to uncover the secrets behind their success.
Equipping its 900-capacity main room with L-Acoustics L-ISA immersive audio technology has made The Other Side the first club in the world to fully embrace spatial audio. This move not only honours Amsterdam’s legacy of innovation, but offers a new standard for clubbing experiences worldwide.
‘It was our mission to make spatial audio available to the public,’ says Jasper Löwik, one of the venue’s two founders.
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