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21st January 2022

Yard Act release debut album ‘The Overload’ — Mastered by Geoff Pesche

Angry, articulate and occasionally hilarious, Leeds four-piece Yard Act are here with their debut album, a post-punk partial concept album that’s drenched in black humour. “A great record, mastered during the dark depths of lockdown. Brought a ray of sunshine into Mastering Room Five. Clever social observations in the songs from these guys." Abbey Road senior mastering engineer, Geoff Pesche ...
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16th January 2022

Production Hub: How To Get a Punchy Kick Drum with Abbey Road's Mirek Stiles

The kick drum plays a vital part in most genres. Sometimes you have to make it sound aggressive and punchy, other times, wide and fat. Our Head of Audio Products, Mirek Stiles, takes us through how to give a kick drum more power and definition. From EQ and dynamics to transient design, low-end enhancement and sample augmentation. ...
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11th January 2022

Fontaines D.C. announce new album Skinty Fia and share single Jackie Down The Line — Mastered at Abbey Road

There’s a new Fontaines D.C. album on the way! Fontaines D.C. have announced their anticipated third album, 'Skinty Fia' which will be out 22 April via Partisan Records. Pre-order on limited-edition red vinyl from the Abbey Road Shop. For it, they once again worked with producer Dan Carey as well as with our own Christian Wright for mastering, who has also mastered previous albums Dogrel in 2019 and GRAMMY-nominated A Hero’s Death in 2020. ...
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