Drawing inspiration from the 90s alternative, grunge and Eastern European rock, this piece had to sound big, clean but with its rough edges. With no intention to replicate the nineties sound, this is a resolutely modern production using the current techniques while following certain philosophies from thirty years ago.

Loyal To The Ego

11 November 2018

IVSLYS - Armless In Heaven

Mix.

A bouncy uptempo EBM track where “intense” is the keyword. The biggest challenge was working the multitude of layers, balancing between the four-to-the-floor drive and giving enough detailed action to the headphone listener.

Virgo Intacta - Yellow

Recording, mix.

This acoustical alternative take on Randy Newman's song was recorded for a film school diploma film. The scarce acoustic-guitar-and-voice arrangement was featured prominently during the closing credits and had to fit the full-size movie theatre. The mix is made to be as spread-out as possible to go with the anamorphic widescreen presentation.

Nicolas Pechtich - Last Night I Had a Dream (R. Newman)

Recording and mix.

Yet another 2" tape analogue recording. The worldwide renown folk/jazz crossover ensemble Terem Quartet recorded this song with the famous Russian film and theatre actress Svetlana Kryuchkova. The vocal performance delivers the sense and the energy of the song above all. Following the dramaturgy, the emotion was put above realism in the mix, with the instruments out of balance and certain elements overpowering the mix in the moments when an extra drive is required.

Terem Quartet with S. Kryuchkova - For Andrei Platonov (V. Elizavetin/Y. Morits)

Blue Note meets Sub Pop. When you sign up to mix a band that call themselves “∓” you accept to throw away what you know about conventions and follow your instinct, blindfolded, hanging on to the tail of the dragon of this improbable symbiosis. To stray even further from reason, the record was mixed in mono, leaving subsequent intended stereo to its own devices.

The Milnes School of Life

∓ – James Mustaine (Excerpt)

Mix.

An allegorical piece drawing parallels between a young woman's pursuit of a romantic partner and the predatory insect's hunt for prey. Sound design being in the centre of this work, the electronic critters each have a purpose. The coming-and-going swarms, the sparkling glitches and the overpowering low end hums are not mere embellishments, but storytelling devices on the same plane as the vocals, and had to be treated as such.

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