One heavy April...

Well I'm back in Googies again - the coffee is good, the Wi-fi is quick, and there's always people I know in here. If you're local to Folkestone you should check it out!

So, plenty has happened in the life of Anchor Baby the last couple of weeks. I've been in Brighton, recording the drums for the new Phoria EP (more like a mini album).

We had initially planned to book a church hall in order to capture a nice lively drum sound, with a view to recording the dryer-sounding drums in the Phoria household - however, after getting an AMAZING drum sound in Trewin's bedroom (thanks to the pitched roof no doubt!) we decided to track everything there rather than pack all the gear down again and go to the hall! With a make-shift control room downstairs, and a little help from a Beta 52, some Sennheiser e604's and a trusty SM57 amongst other mics, we have managed to capture some very nice drum recordings! Guitars and most other parts are being recorded by Trewin as I type, and then I will be back off to Brighton for some strings/brass recording and mixing! You can see a brief video clip of Trewin recording a guide vocal for Ross to track his drums to here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Xus8nd2jcA

The new single from Chutes is now finished, and has come back from the very skilled hands of Pink Floyd's head engineer, Andy Jackson - who has handled the mastering duties this time. It sounds very rich, and very analog, for a digital recording!

I have finished mixing the new Great Ancestors tracks at home, thanks to the loan of some Alesis M1's from my buddy Tom and am looking forward to those being mastered and made available on my website.

This week sees me starting to track drums for the new Magnets EP, guide guitar and bass tracks were done at Simon's flat last week - and then next week will see the recording of a single of EPIC proportions by new Kent based band Penthouse - you can definitely expect to hear THAT on the site soon!

In other news: I have an amazing new poster being designed by Calfyn Ap Bryn, so if you're local to Kent you will see that EVERYWHERE soon, as well as online of course! ;)

Cool.