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American Symphony of Soul – Swept Up

February 1, 2016 by Rafi

Swept UpSound of Boston recently checked out the band’s debut, which they worked on with Matt Tahaney. They have this to say:

The album, which was recorded at two Somerville studios—Q Division and Phoenix Down Recording—is a 35-minute work of shining horns, shuffling drums, and rippling electric piano, organ, bass, and guitar. In “Galapagos,” guitarist Alex Mijailovic breaks into a solo you might mistake for a Carlos Santana melody. “You Got Me Bad” is so tight it could well have been produced by Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars (the album was produced by Joe Bagale of the Mickey Hart Band).

Read the rest of the review, and here a preview of the album at the Sound of Boston website.

Filed Under: American Symphony of Soul Tagged With: american symphony of soul, artists, funk, Horns, kristen ford, Matt Tahaney, studio a

John Powhida International Airport – Airport Life (BC)

June 4, 2014 by Rafi

If you feel like you’ve been waiting a minute for the new JPX album, you’re probably right. But, it’s been worth the wait!

The new release from John Powhida International Airport finds our hero J-Po (and an all-star cast) in top form. 15 songs of smooth soul, funk, rock, and prog-art madness on a range of subject: Relationships, drinking, procreating, traveling, playing hide and seek, the mad world of music, and the people who make it. Horns, pulsating synths, guitarmonies, searing guitar solos, mad harmonies; this album has it all.

Jon Lupfer co-produced and engineered a many of these tracks, and others in the Q family of engineers also helped along the way.

My personal favorites? It’s hard to choose when you’ve got an album of great tunes like this, but Ridgfield Park always brings a smile, and Airport Life with its nod to Bowie and Zappa is a real blast.

 

Related: We released a JPX 45 a few years ago as part of our Rock and Soul 45 series. You can pick it up here. It has two songs on it – Daddy’s the Man, b/w Surrender To The Disco Knightz.

Filed Under: John Powhida International Airport Tagged With: artists, bitner, funk, genius, Jbl, jim haggerty, john powhida, jon lupfer, jpo, jpx, Mike Castellana, mike gent, Nathan Logus, peter moore, rafi, rock, studio a, Studio b, Studio D, tracking

Alissia Benveniste (Video)

April 1, 2014 by Rafi

Tracked and mixed in Studio A! Produced by Ben Zecker, mixed by Denzel!

Filed Under: Alissia Benveniste, Mixing, Multimedia, Neve Tagged With: 1/2", artists, atr, ben zecker, brass band, denzel, dz, funk, mixing, neve, pat dicenso, studio a, tape

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