One third of London band, Haelos, Dominick Goldsmith has spent the past few months finishing work on a new EP, Somnum, as well as completing a number of other EPs with artists to be released via his new imprint, Indigo Kin. Central to his work is a new Audient ASP4816 mixing desk.
Located in a purpose-built cabin at the bottom of his garden Goldsmith’s studio is home to a mixt of analogue synths from Roland, Sequential and Korg, and an array of Eurorack modules as well as the new console.
‘The monitoring position is pretty good, however due to the cubed shape of the space, towards the edges it is much less true,’ he says. ‘With my synth collection being towards the sides this keeps me moving to reference truly how things are sitting. That is where the desk is, so it works okay in terms of workflow. I also have tie lines to the house so we can record sessions in the living room and use the studio as a control room.’
The console has been working out very well for him, especially as he prefers not to spend hours at a computer screen. ‘I like to use my hands and ears the most,’ he says, emphasising how ASP4816 suits the way he works. ‘It is my creative hub. It acts as the central brain that I can route everything through. Sometimes using the Eurorack as a signal processor, the ASP4816’s auxes become another musical instrument in my tracking process.’
‘Influenced by soul music and electronic genres, it’s been a joy making music with Bea over the past two years,’ he says. ‘You can find Blue Escape on Spotify now which has been getting some great support on editorial playlists and just had its first spin on Radio 1 thanks to Jack Saunders,’ he says. ‘The other founding artist for the label is Berlin alt-electronic outfit, Leoi. They have a nostalgia for late noughties bands like Animal Collective or Yeasayer.
‘It’ll be nice to get some of that music out of the studio, finally.’
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