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by Roman Sokal

Nov. 18, 2024  |  No. 164

Alfio Annibalini: On & In Demand

by Roman Sokal

With roots in Toronto, the most populated and diverse city in Canada, Alfio Annibalini has been working steadily in recording, mixing, teaching audio, producing albums, and playing as a musician...

Sept. 13, 2023  |  No. 157

Mikko Gordon: Defining Sonic Identity

by Roman Sokal

Mikko Gordon, operating out of London, England, is a vanguard engineer. He has an interesting list of credits, including ISLAND, Colouring, Pete Townshend, and Arcade Fire (WE). His work engineering...

Nov. 15, 2022  |  No. 152

Metric

by Roman Sokal

For over 20 years, the Toronto, Canada-based intellectual alternative pop/rock group Metric have been perking up listener’s ears with daring and blissfully created music. Fronted by...

Jan. 12, 2022  |  No. 147

Gavin Brown: Producing Results

by Roman Sokal

If there is anyone out there who is meant to be working in music as a producer, engineer, and songwriter that would be Toronto’s Gavin Brown. For years, he has been Canada’s go-to...

Nov. 16, 2021  |  No. 146

Nathan Boddy: Cerebral Sonic Mixer

by Roman Sokal

Looking at, and listening to, U.K.-based mixer Nathan Boddy’s seemingly endless credit list puts him at the top of this game. He’s mixed everyone from Gary Numan [Tape Op #125] to...

Nov. 17, 2020  |  No. 140

Richard Chycki: Knows How to Listen

by Roman Sokal

As a seasoned professional producer, mixer, and engineer, Toronto-based Richard Chycki has worked with a vast array of musical artists, such as Rush, Dream Theater, Alice Cooper, Aerosmith, and Jeff...

March 22, 2020  |  No. 136

Amy King: Versatile... Dedicated.

by Roman Sokal

Grant Avenue Studio, based in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, is a prestigious, fabled, and legendary studio originally built by the brothers Bob and Daniel Lanois [Tape Op #37, #127]. In 1985, musician...

May 19, 2018  |  No. 125

Ade Fenton: Producing Gary Numan

by Roman Sokal

Ade Fenton is a creative, masterful cutting-edge engineer, producer, DJ, and composer based in the UK. He has worked with Gary Numan on his past four studio albums, Savage (Songs from a Broken World),...

May 19, 2018  |  No. 125

Gary Numan: Sonic Reinvention

by Roman Sokal

 Having recently released his twenty-second studio album, Savage (Songs from a Broken World), Gary Numan is no stranger to the recording process. Produced by Ade Fenton (see his interview this...

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