Dave Cook: Landing at Area 52
by David Rothenberg
Dave Cook, recording and live engineer extraordinaire, has worked with The B-52s, King Crimson, Cindy Cashdollar, David Bowie, Amy Helm, Ravi Shankar, Mamadou Kelly, Maya Beiser, Suzanne Vega, and...
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Mitch Dane: Carving a Path Through the Wilderness
by Larry Crane
When I visited Nashville and interviewed Vance Powell [Tape Op #82] years ago, I met his buddy, Mitch Dane, who shared the Sputnik Sound studio space with him. Over the years Mitch and I have spent...
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A Practical Guide to Loudness Metering for the Recording Studio
by Aaron Mullan
Years ago, before they hired (Tape Op contributor) Chris Koltay to tour with them, I mixed the band Deerhunter at a festival. Afterward I went to find the band and say hello. Lead singer and guitarist...
Austrian Audio: This Issue's Creator of Capsules
by Bruce Whisler
Made up of former AKG employees, Austrian Audio is a new company located in Vienna. I sat down with Kent Iverson, Head of Marketing and PR (former AKG Director of Marketing and Product Management),...
Catherine Vericolli: A Sense of Wonder
by Larry Crane
Since 2006 Catherine Vericolli has run her Fivethirteen Recording in Tempe, outside of Phoenix, Arizona. Along with long-time engineer Dominic Armstrong, she's kept the studio busy and growing in a...
Mark de Clive-Lowe: Focus on the Fun
by Geoff Stanfield
New Zealand's Mark de Clive-Lowe is your conductor, musical tour guide, and conduit to the past and future. From accomplished jazz artist to a shaker in London's underground music scene, de Clive-Lowe...
Brendan Perry: Recording Dead Can Dance
by Larry Crane
Long before I even dreamed of professionally recording or starting a magazine like Tape Op, I was a huge fan of the band Dead Can Dance. Formed by Brendan Perry and Lisa Gerrard in Australia in 1981,...
Michael Brauer: The Emotion of a Mix
by Larry Crane
We first met esteemed mix engineer Michael Brauer in Tape Op #37 in 2003, when Mike Caffrey interviewed him about his multi-bus mixing technique. Some 16 years later Michael and I sat down at his new...
Recording the Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever Hope Downs LP
by John Baccigaluppi
This album is one of my favorite records of 2018 and, I gotta be honest, I’ve been a bit bored by a lot of guitar, bass, and drums bands lately. While the band may not be reinventing the...
Jeff Bhasker: On planting seeds and working with Angelique Kidjo's cover of Remain in Light
by Larry Crane
As the music director for Bruno Mars, Kanye West, and Lady Gaga, Jeff Bhasker eventually parlayed a keen musical sense into a successful production career, with credits on iconic records by Kanye,...
Chris Carter: Throbbing Gristle to Chemistry Lessons
by Danny Turner
North London-born Chris Carter has had an extraordinary 50-year career in music. While working as a visual artist and sound engineer for various television stations in England, he extended his...