Hallo liebe hörer, mein Name ist Ben und ich fühle mich geehrt euer ohr bespielen  zu dürfen!! ich mach jetzt schon über 20 jahre musik in allen formen, sei es im studio, als live act in clubs oder dancefloor's, oder aber such selbst am schlagzeug, dass ich schon von klein suf spiele....ich hoffe sehr, dass euch meine Set's und Tracks zusagen. ich würde mich auch sehr über iikes oder kommentare freuen...auch schlechte kritik ist willkommen,  aber !!!!VORSICHT!!!!! Der Ton macht die Musik!!! ☺️ ich wünsche euch ganz viel spass und lasst von euch hören, ich antworte sowie ich kann: GLG: Ben S-fx

Vinyl collecting Bay Area native with a passion for TRUE MASHUPS (i.e. girl talk, (early)milkman,  e-603, super mash bros, Neil Cicierega) not simply a multi song remix that some lazy DJ ‘made’ by beat syncing and calling it a mash, if you know what I mean cool, if not… fug-off. 

I’m a dude who used to DJ house parties in the Bay Area after high school (‘05-‘07) back when people could afford houses… Today I’m just on the hunt for killer tunes that I ain’t heard before. Show me what you got SoundCloud. 

P.S. My name is Tim. If you get the joke behind my username we can be friends, if not get someone to school you a bit and then we’ll see.

Known as: Dj NorthFirst aka Mr. Transistor aka Dj Timber aka Dj JusTin Time aka Dj HEY YOU! A

Balanced Audio - In Phase and On Time

"Production & recording solutions by musicians for musicians"

Mission:
Combining our knowledge of recording equipment and techniques from decades past with the most cutting edge plugins from the world of electronic music we bring an unrivaled, objective perspective to your project.

Description
We provide mixing, mastering, editing, engineering, producing rock and indie bands and radio show recording/mastering. Our studio base in Reading has a live room, vocal booth, control room, gorgeous 32-channel analog console, high quality monitoring, 24 channels of simultaneous digital recording, and a host of analogue outboard, instruments and the latest plugins.

At the helm of the Reading studio is James Billinge. He is devoted to realising the vision of the artists who come through the door with a focus on delivering projects efficiently and promptly. He graduated in 2008 with a Masters degree with honours in Audio Engineering. Since then he has been working at Outhouse studios with John Mitchell, and honing his skills alongside Prashant 'Engine-Earz' Mistry. James has worked with over 150 different artists and bands in the last 5 years including a variety in the UK from Attention Thieves to Crystal Seagulls, and a large number of European bands including Now, Voyager (Belgium), Intohimo (Sweden), and Deathbed Reunion (Norway). As recording artists ourselves, we fully understand the love that goes into a project. We are here to help other musicians fulfill their creative visions!

We can also provide live sound engineering solutions having recorded in a variety of venues from Notting Hill Carnival for the BBC recording Major Lazer, David Rodigan, Sean Paul and Skrillex, to Motion in Bristol for Red Bull Radio, capturing a variety of artists including Julio Bashmore. James has done live sound for Roni Size and Engine-Earz Experiment and mixed and mastered live recordings for The Darkness, You Me At Six and It Bites.


Products	

Mixing - Treating your separates with the love they deserve.
As legendary Greek rockstar Aristotle put it, “The whole is greater than the sum of its parts”.

Mastering - Applying an objective ear to your project, we help your songs work together as a cohesive, emotionally engaging stream of audio. If it's a single then we'll bring it up to the right volume for radio/club without destroying its perceived dynamics or balance. Knowledge and experience with a wide variety of genres.

Remote services - live in Europe/Outer Mongolia? On tour? Please note we also offer special rates for both remote mixing and mastering. You can get to the next venue, upload the files to our server and we'll do the rest!

Recording - Vocal / instrumental. OK, so James actually has an unhealthy obsession with microphones and placement. It's bizarre, its borders on the insane, but if you want something to sound amazing - this is the one! We have a wide assortment of mics and the knowledge to put them to the best use.

Live - sound mixing / on location recording - lots of experience in this field for live bands and organisations like the BBC & Red bull. Let us know your requirements and we can make it happen. We're a part of a network of top engineers so there's no job too large or too small.

Audio for Visual - 5.1 mixing, foley, audio for tv/video. Want a tighter sound to your live show promo video? Hit us up and we'll make you sound like a billion rupees. Plenty of previous experience, including The Darkness, Skrillex, Major Lazer, David Rodigan and more. We have also composed & mixed audio for large multi-brand advert campaigns like House of Fraser and had placements on U.S. TV including Fox, AMC & CBS as well as Sky and the BBC - we understand the levels of quality and pressure involved.

Restoration - we are equipped with forensic level audio restoration tools and the ears to match if you have a problem with your old recordings or need to rescue that killer take.

Online radio show/podcast production & recording - we're setup to record music mixes, talk-overs and jingles and then master through the same hardware limiters used by the BBC at Maida Vale studios, so you're all prepped and ready for broadcast or streaming.

Some talented folk we've loved working with...

On top of the studio having previously recorded/mixed/remixed hundreds of international artists including - Chart-topper Aloe Blacc, Solo Banton, Benny Page, Akala, Skitz, Rodney P, Jenna G, Shy FX, Foreign Beggars, Ol’ Dirty Bastard, Flux Pavilion, P-Money, Roots Manuva, Grammy-winner John Benitez, Golden Globe-winner Lisa Gerrard, Busta Rhymes, Basement Jaxx, DJ Shadow, Little Dragon, The Streets, Abi Sampa, Deadly Hunta, Tricky, DJ Kayper, BBC Radio 1’s Nihal, Engine-Earz, Jamaica’s Sean Paul, Dreadzone, Sweden’s Ane Brun, Norway’s Kate Havnevik, Nitin Sawhney, Meshuggah, Funtcase, Dynamite MC, India’s Monica Dogra, Ayanna Witter-Johnson, Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly, Darrison MC, Lena Cullen, Reality Shock, Jah Mason, Mikey General, Data, Vocal Networking Navigator MC, and many more talented up and coming artists…

...here are a few of the artists James has worked with:

KEY: Studio engineered (E) / produced (P) / mixed (M)
Architects (tech metal- parts of the album 'Daybreaker') (E)
Fearless Vampire Killers (Theatrical rock – 1st album, 2 eps, 1 single (E/P/M), 2nd album (M)
Anavae (Latest single (E/P/M), forthcoming EP (E/P)
It Bites (Highly acclaimed Prog album-'Map Of The Past') (E/P/M)
Tudor Lodge (Acoustic Folk – latest album) (E/P/M)
Attention Thieves (Grunge – everything to date) (E/P)
Shadows Chasing Ghosts (Screamo – 2nd album) (E/P)
Arusha Accord (Tech math metal – debut album) (E)
Elissa Franceschi (Pop/ soft rock) (E)
You Me At Six (Pop-rock – latest album) (E)
The Eyes of a Traitor (Hardcore – lastest album) (E)
Your Demise (Hardcore) (E)
Don Broco (rock- 2nd EP) (E/M)
Deaf Havana (pop-rock-2nd album) (E/M)
Now Voyager (Belgian Tech Metal - 1st 2 EPs) (E/P/M)
Intohimo (Swedish Screamo – latest album) (E/P/M)
Deathbed Reunion (Norwegian Punk Rock – debut EP and debut album) (E/P/M)
Nothingness (French Hardcore – debut album) (E/P/M)
Second Function (Swiss Rock – 2nd album) (E/P)
My Passion (Electro rock – album and EP) (E)
Hugh Turner (Jazz funk – with Frank Tontoh on drums) (E)
Snakecharmer (album with players of whitesnake/Tina turner , and Adam Wakeman) (E/P/M)
Heights (Hardcore Metal – debut album) (E)
Avenge Vulture Attack (Pop-rock) (E/P/M)
Flights (Modern Progressive) (E/P/M)
Junkyard Scientists (Disco funk) (E/P/M)

Live recording (R) /mixing (M):
The Darkness (M)
You Me At Six (M)
It Bites (One album in Japan and one double live album/DVD) (M)
Major Lazer (R/M)
Skrillex (R/M)
Sean Paul (R/M)
David Rodigan (R/M)
Julio Bashmore (R/M)
Trojan djs (R/M)
Touchstone (R/M)

Live sound:
Roni Size (DnB)
Pendulum (DnB)
Engine-Earz Experiment (Dubstep)
Terror (Hardcore US Metal)
Nine High (Hip-Hop)
Junkyard Scientists (Disco funk)
Wire Jesus (Indie Pop)
Clark Hammond Duo (Jazz)
Ben Marwood (Solo Acoustic)
Nathan ‘Flutebox’ Lee
DJ Muzzell and Disablists (UK and UK Team DMC Champions respectively)

Please contact james.balancedaudio@gmail.com for availability, rates and specific requirements.

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