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Stephanie Carlin begins tracking for upcoming album
It’s a real pleasure to record a great band live in the studio… This week we’ve been busy tracking the inimitable Stephanie Carlin for her upcoming debut release. Her music is a thoughtful and unique blend of R&B, Soul, Jazz, Rock, Folk and Blues. The basics were tracked as a 5-piece for the most part, [...]
Steinway B in the house
We’ve gotten a hold of a 2002 Steinway B in perfect condition, which is available for use–for a relatively low fee–for recording sessions (at least two weeks advance notice is required). This is the mother of all grand pianos! There’s no mic positioning that doesn’t sound incredible on this thing. The action is incredible and [...]
The Jupiter Deluxe on NY Ink
The Jupiter Deluxe’s single “Faceplant”, recorded at Hobo Reco, will be featured on the season finale of the TLC hit NY INK on Thursday, 7/21 @ 10pm. Apparently the song will be used during a key montage. The timing of this couldn’t be better as the guys are near finishing a full-length release with [...]
Marika Hughes finishes tracking
We finished the bulk of the tracking for Marika’s upcoming solo record produced by Kyle Sanna. Featuring Kyle on Guitars & Keys, Shahzad Ismaily on guitar, Todd Sickafoose on Electric/Upright Bass and Mattias Kuenzli on a variety of Drums & Percussion. Special guests included violinists Jenny Scheinman  & Charlie Burnham.  This is a shot of [...]
John Widgren putting down some Steel for Chris Koch
We love pedal steel at Hoboken Recorders. This is a picture of John Widgren playing on Chris Koch’s current work in progress. Every once in a while we get to record a really great Steel player and Widgren is definitely one of those. This steel is a Mullen, built in Colorado. A beautifully machined [...]
Basics tracked for Indigo Street….
We had the pleasure of working with the extremely talented and prolific guitarist/songwriter Indigo Street of 101 Crustaceans fame. This album is being produced by Ben Frost of Bedroom Community records. Basics included Indigo’s guitars and the multi instrumentalist Shahzad Ismaily on guitars and drums. Beautiful compositions with stellar musicianship.. stay tuned for this record!
Killer string section…
Yesterday we had the pleasure to record a string section with (from left to right in the picture) Jenny Sheinman on Violin, Mazz Swift-Camlet on Viola, and Marika Hughes on Cello. If you don’t know who they are… look them up and hear for yourself. suffice to say it was an excellent string section. Since [...]
Chris Koch – “Scenes from a Coastal Evacuation” pressed
Chris Koch’s record, Scenes from a Coastal Evacuation is finished and pressed. Koch and Hoboken Recorders Engineer Pete Thompson have been hard at work on this far-reaching record for quite some time. The final product is available through cdbaby and other outlets.
There are lots of clips, some videos and info on where to get [...]
Delphian Jazz Orchestra – Tales of Pan and Eyes of Argus released
Available now from Fresh Sound records!
“The Delphian Jazz Orchestra performs music that stretches outside of the typical parameters of a traditional big band. The music drastically morphs styles that fall anywhere from the influences of Ellington and Monk to Stravinsky and Frank Zappa. Hoping to free itself from the confines of formal structure, The [...]
New iso booth complete!
We just finished building a large, completely isolated vocal/instrument booth with full line of sight into the large live room and all the way across to the small live room. Pictures to come…