The Robert Powell Trio is an extremely proficient classical ensemble playing Beethoven's Piano Trio in E-flat major, Op.1 No.1 and Bohuslav Martinu's Piano Trio No 2 in D minor. The trio consists of Benjamin Powell (piano), Christopher Murray (cello) and Oliver Heath (violin). The recording is of a live performance at St. Philips' Church using the JoeCo recorder and the location kit.

7. The Robert Powell Trio – Bohuslav Martinů - Piano Trio No. 2 in D minor, H. 327

The MAPAS ensemble recorded about a dozen songs in one long 10 hour session live in studio A, and then overdubbed vocal parts in another session a few months later. The band consisted of 11 players and 1 conductor, all playing together in studio A. This was by far one of the most difficult sessions we had had in the year due to the vastness of the project and the need to properly accommodate so many players' needs.

6. MAPAS - "Pelops"

“Uh-Oh” is a studio composition written by myself specifically for the XFM's “The Kicks” competition, which required an “XFM style” song titled “Uh-Oh”. This song was also an experiment to see how close I could get to commercial recordings working entirely in the box at home and only using a discontinued AKG perception 200 microphone for the vocals and acoustic guitar.

5. Red and White - "Uh-Oh (Dance with You)"

Jon Green is a 25 year old full-time cook and multi-instrumentalist from Chorlton, Manchester, whom I came to meet also through Gumtree. We recorded 3 songs and “Weather Warning” was the single of his solo project EP. Jon played drums, guitar and sang, and had two friends come in to play bass (Iain McGowan) and some additional guitar parts (Johnny Brown).

4. Jon - "Weather Warning"

Moloko Knives are a young Bolton-based indie band (ages between 15-19). “I'm Gonna Run” is my personal favourite of the 6 tracks we did. Moloko Knives were one of the first bands that replied to the ad I placed on Gumtree looking for bands to record for my portfolio. The band members are: David Greenhalgh (vocals), Aleister Staley (drums), Phil Parky (bass), Paul Brittell (lead guitar) and George Foster (rhythm).

3. Moloko Knives - "I'm gonna run"

Nesta Rae is an emerging artist from Northern California, whose music has “a beachy, acoustic pop vibe, highlighted with a little reggae, and underscored with a few darker melodic ballads.” (http://nestarae.com). “Indaba Music”, a web service for musicians and remixers, recently posted stems of her single “Stay”, the vocals and backing vocals of which I used in my remix. In my version of the song, I employed many remixing techniques from a DVD tutorial on remixing I received from one of our tutors, Robin Dewhurst.

2. Nesta Rae - "Stay" (House Remix)

Sergio Llopis Pascual (piano) is a third year PMR student, who is the leader of a jazz band comprising 4 other third year music students - Craig Hanson (drums - PMR), Felipe Petry (bass - PMR), Dan Catherall (electric guitar - PMR) and Paul Wharton (alto and tenor sax – BA). We recorded 3 songs in a mixed live/overdub setting in the lecture theatre in one 6 hour session.

1. Sergio Llopis Pascual - "Away from Home"

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