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New Single Release: “Wardour” by Bravo Bravo
Wardour is the brand new release by Spain based synth pop duo Bravo Bravo. This is the first release from their upcoming album Full Speed which will include Wardour and 9 other tracks. I’ve truly enjoyed every minute of mixing this album. Álvaro and Liam are tremendously talented songwriters and producers and get fabulous sounds…
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First Release of 2025! Jake Marshall’s “Next Time”
Jake Marshall is an LA-based up and coming indie pop artist, and he’s also a vocal champ. I really enjoyed producing this track, and when I pushed the boundaries of Jake’s musical genre norms, he responded with agility, speed and skill, completely absorbing, shaping and pushing the track into his own sonic identity. When I…
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Plugged In Video Series Launches!
The new YouTube video series, hosted by Defsound’s lead music producer and audio engineer Daniel Finn, has released its first installation available for viewing now. It features an hour and a half deep dive on Thermal, a complex multi-stage distortion engine by Output. This episode will be the first of many extensive tutorial/demo style videos…
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Recording in the Studio – “Women’s Voices” Podcast
The other night we had a great recording session in the studio in Beijing capturing the very first episode of China-based label Music Dish’s upcoming Chinese podcast “Women’s Voices” (which will be known in Chinese as 女性之声). The podcast will see international distribution on streaming platforms and will be a monthly installment that features a…
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Vox Up for Austin Knight
It’s been a great year working on vocal mixes for Austin Knight, an abundantly talented artist hailing from the US who triples as a vocalist, lyricist and vocal arranger. We now have no less than FOUR single releases that are available on your favorite streaming services: Blue, Heart Keeps A Gone, A Story Someone Else…
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ME.3P.OH: Passion of the Thrice – Album Released
Recorded by Defsound deep in the underground of Beijing (literally 4 stories underground!) a year to the day before the legendary producer Steve Albini left this world, the punk album Passion of the Thrice is now on all your favorite streaming services and contains 9 tracks that drive at full throttle from beginning to end…
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Training in the Studio
This week a recording class was held in the studio and we learned about studio set-up and mic placement for vocals and guitars. As we were testing the mic in different locations along the neck, soundhole and soundboards of a wonderful Martin acoustic guitar, I tracked the chords for a cover of Cassidy by the…
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Up the Punx: Psychobilly Mixed!
It was great to work with Beijing staple punk outfit Hangnail (倒刺）while mixing their track Psychobilly （坏比利）. I first met their lead singer Tim (和天明）in the depths of the Xiao rehearsal studios which are buried deep underground in a sub-basement near Dongzhimen Station in Beijing. Pretty soon after that the whole band was coming up…
Mr. Meraki
Musical Artist