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SoundPost: Primal Rock Rebellion, FM, Venom, Sweater

Fluid Mastering — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 18:01:22 +0000

In this, our second collection of musical morsels, we hover in the vicinity of rock and metal. As ever, all these tracks were mastered at Fluid Mastering.

Primal Rock Rebellion – “I See Lights”

Primal Rock Rebellion is a new studio project from Iron Maiden guitarist Adrian Smith and former SikTh front-man Mikee Goodman. The album “Awoken Broken” is to be released on 27th February 2012 on Spinefarm Records.

mastered by Tim Debney

FM – “Days Gone By”

Giants of British AOR FM came back last year with a cracking new album “Metropolis”, from which this single was taken.

mastered by Nick Watson

Venom – “Hammerhead”

Who did Metallica support on their first UK tour? That’s right: Venom – inventors of Black Metal – and their new album “Fallen Angels” touched down last year to some great reviews. The first single “Hammerhead” was also available on 10″ vinyl, also cut here.

mastered by Nick Watson

http://www.myspace.com/venomlegions/music/songs/hammerhead-84645022

(sorry – the embed function on MySpace doesn’t seem to work here so we’ve resorted to a hyperlink)

Sweater – “Eso que duele”

Sweater are an Indie/Prog Rock band from Barcelona. This moody video is for one of the more reflective tracks on their excellent album “i”.

mastered by Nick Watson

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SoundPost: The Correspondents, Hiatus & Shura, Pixie Lott

Fluid Mastering — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 14:20:00 +0000

In the first of a series of video and audio posts featuring tracks mastered here at Fluid Mastering, we present a trio of pop gems, in mostly electronic vein.

The Correspondents – “Cheating With You”

December 2011 sees the release of The Correspondents’ first single, ‘Cheating With You’; a twisted love song carried on the back of a growling electro beast which explores a new sound for The Correspondents. Road tested at all the major festivals this year, Cheating With You is already a firm favourite with thousands of fans.

mastered by Nick Watson

Available to download from iTunes:
http://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/cheating-with-you-ep/id478284644

Hiatus & Shura – “Fortune’s Fool”

mastered by Tim Debney

Available now on iTunes: http://bit.ly/neVv0z

Pixie Lott – All About Tonight

The Number 1 single from Pixie’s second album “Young Foolish Happy”. Out now on Mercury Records.

mastered by Tim Debney

Available now on iTunes: http://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/all-about-tonight-remixes-ep/id454456809

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The DSP Project: Interview with Tim Debney

Fluid Mastering — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 18:00:13 +0000

Back in early 2011, Rupert Brown of The DSP Project visited Fluid Mastering to interview our very own Tim Debney. Many thanks to Rupert for letting us repost his work here.

In part 1, Tim discusses his background and introduction to mastering, cutting vinyl, working at the legendary Townhouse Studios, and the birth of Fluid Mastering:

In part 2, Tim talks about equipment, the relative merits of analogue and digital processing, and the battle between loudness and dynamics:

And finally part 3, in which Tim advises against overcooking your mix, warns against taking the cheap option, and explains about how mastering engineers listen and the importance of an accurate monitoring environment:

Thanks again to The DSP Project for letting us use their content. Head on over there for more interviews, gear reviews, tips and techniques.

Finally, here are the full “Mastering – The Movie” clips Tim refers to in part 3 of the interview; thanks to Macc (whoever you are) for creating them; absolutely hilarious and so true but – for the record – £300 to master 12 tracks is way cheap too…!

Mastering – The Movie
Mastering – The Movie Part 2
(sorry they’re just links; WordPress won’t let me embed for some reason!)

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Fluid Mastering’s Blog Has Moved!

Fluid Mastering — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 16:11:05 +0000

It’s ok though, we’re just a couple of doors down the road.

Our new address is:
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