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Stone Cold Fox and the Recording Process

Stone Cold Fox's Gear : Apogee Duet 2 " I've started stripping down my home setup to a bare bones Pro Tools set up with an Apogee Duet 2" There are some records you bring along for a hike through your day, and a precious few that grab you…Click on the title for more

Stone Cold Fox and the Recording Process

The Babies and the Recording Process

The Babies' Gear: Tascam DP-008 " Kevin and I both have Tascam DP-008s that we use when recording on our own. " The Babies, who are a bit of a "super band" consisting of key members of both The Vivian Girls (Singer/Guitarist-Cassie Ramone) and Woods (Bassist-Kevin Morby), seem to have…Click on the title for more

The Babies and the Recording Process

Backwords and the Recording Process

Backwords' Gear: CAD Equitek E-100 " I was never a mic expert, but these 90's CADS are fairly cheap, sound clean and a little vintage, and have done the trick on so many Backwords recordings. " Our friends at The Deli NYC are big fans Backwords' chilled and poli-instrumental approach to…Click on the title for more

Backwords and the Recording Process

Foxygen and the Recording Process

Foxygen's Gear: Drum Lamps " We like old stuff, guitars, rollerblades, stuff like that. I drum on groovy old lamps sometimes. " A bit of advice: If you've just listened to the first track off Foxygen's debut LP 'Take The Kids Off Broadway' and are a bit puzzled, don't worry! That's just…Click on the title for more

Foxygen and the Recording Process

Conveyor and the Recording Process

Brooklyn’s Conveyor presents an intriguing blend of styles and influences on their sonic palette. Combining the percussion of afropop with moody electronics and rhythmic patterned vocal placement, their sound is bouncy and creative. Many of the songs are the result of a collaborative writing process, giving the defined sections an…Click on the title for more

Conveyor and the Recording Process

People Get Ready and the Recording Process

People Get Ready's Gear: Casio SK-1 " The songs from the EP were originally guitar based - then I distilled those ideas into the keyboards. " People Get Ready is a perfect example of what can happen when vastly different personalities come together and become something greater than their sum. James…Click on the title for more

People Get Ready and the Recording Process

Snowmine and the recording process

Snowmine's Gear: Fender Mini Tone-Master " I use a Fender Mini Tone-Master. It’s a small solid state practice amp, and I put literally everything through it. " Like many contemporary Brooklyn based artists, Snowmine (featured on the cover of the summer 2012 issue of our sister site/publication The Deli) is…Click on the title for more

Snowmine and the recording process

Lucius and the Recording Process

Lucius' Gear: Korg Microsampler ” Jess’ mini keyboard is actually a sampler, the Korg Microsampler. It plays samples from the record, she can play key bass on it, sometimes it has drum loops, new samples we have made… “ It's rare to see a band mature as fast as Lucius did. Started…Click on the title for more

Lucius and the Recording Process

Recording Artist Feature: Hooray for Earth

Part of the uniqueness of “True Loves” - Brooklyn's Hooray for Earth debut album - lies in a certain kind of heavieness that’s intertwined with its pop buoyancy. The drums are massive and brooding (and were recorded on a rooftop) and the keyboards are thick and lush with extensive layering…Click on the title for more

Recording Artist Feature: Hooray for Earth

Recording Artist Feature: Yellow Ostrich

What's in a name? Don't ask me. There's no such thing as a yellow ostrich, but that doesn't stop Alex Schaaf from insisting it's alive anyway. And in songs like 'Whale' and 'In The Past I Was an Astronaut', Yellow Ostrich is making the abstract discernible, and getting a lot…Click on the title for more

Recording Artist Feature: Yellow Ostrich

Interview about Recording and Equipment: Keepaway

The Brooklyn avant-pop trio Keepaway was born out of two overlapping friendships, one forged in Massachusetts in the ‘90s, the other San Francisco a decade later. Both involved guitarist Nick Nauman. In addition to Nauman’s guitar, the band builds its songs with drums, triple-layer vocals, and two MPC samplers, which…Click on the title for more

Interview about Recording and Equipment: Keepaway

Octant and the “Unmanned Backup Band”

Octant can be described as a one-man band featuring mainly acoustic robotic musical instruments that back up front man, Matthew Steinke, like a player piano as he sings, shouts, and plays various home brew instrumentation. For the upcoming performance at The Tank (NYC), Octant will perform an initial set of…Click on the title for more

Octant and the “Unmanned Backup Band”