Tag: Jack the Bear’s Deluxe Mastering

We thought we’d recap on a diverse array of recent mastering projects, as many of us hit the ground running again this year. No Top 10, 50 or 100 of 2012 here. (Like that would be possible anyway).

Tony “Jack The Bear” Mantz has mastered releases for Eddie Bravo, The Big City, Captcha, Peking Duk, Electro Mafia, Waking Eden, Ben Caruso, DJ Rubz & Sherlock, Rattlin Cain, Anna Johnson and finishing off Dirty Three’s Mick Turner’s solo album. He has also started The Jack the Bear Foundation, offering mastering for a donation one day a month, with 100% of proceeds in aid of various charities.

Getting the analogue mastering treatment with Adam Dempsey: an album for vinyl release from Matt Bailey (The Paradise Motel) produced by Brent Punshon at Head Gap, two albums for acclaimed jazz saxophonist and clarinetist Adam Simmons’ Origami trio engineered and mixed by Myles Mumford, also The Pierce Brothers engineered and mixed by Fraser Montgomery at The Aviary, The String Contingent, and Melbourne funk/soul artist and producer Dru Chen.

Andrei “Ony” Eremin mastered releases for The Honey Badgers, Brightly, Rat & Co and House of Laurence.

Best wishes to all of our valued clients for a healthy, happy and musically abundant year ahead.

Acclaimed Australian music artist Jeff Lang has taken out the 2012 ARIA Award for Best Blues and Roots Album ‘Carried In Mind’, out via ABC Music. Our congratulations to Jeff for the well-deserved recognition, and to all involved.

The album was recorded by Dave Manton at The Enclave Recording Facility Melbourne, Australia (except “Fisherman’s Farewell” recorded by Colin Wynne at 30 Mill Studios). Mixed by Colin Wynne, assisted by Rohan Kay at 30 Mill Studios and mastered by Jack The Bear.

Check out our podcast with Jeff Lang on Episode 10 of the Raging Headfest here, in which we chat all things music and beyond, and Jeff plays us some tracks.

Busy times as usual at Deluxe Mastering with a huge diversity of projects, all of which we recommend checking out, and with thanks as always to the music makers involved…

Tony “Jack the Bear” Mantz has been mastering releases for Dirty Three’s Mick Turner, Matt Van Schie, Prequel, The Immigrant, D-Cup, The Neighbourhood, Mercian, Crash Tragic, Alex Anonymous, Paradise Found, Boom Temple, Bass Kleph, tyDi and more.

Adam Dempsey has been mastering the Australian tribute album to the classic ‘Nuggets’ compilation of garage rock/punk/psychadelia for Warner Music Australia, along with releases for Courtney Barnett, Sticky Fingers, Houndsteeth, OSH10, Tinsmoke (featuring members of Howl at the Moon), Canvas, Sway Resistor, The Weeping Willows, and 2012’s NMIT Bachelor of Music double album compilation ‘We Went Down to the River’ Vol 4, produced by Greg Arnold (Things of Stone and Wood), Peter Farnan (Boom Crash Opera), Cameron McKenzie (Horsehead), David Haberfeld (Honeysmack), Shane O’Mara, Andy White and more, and mixed by Dave McLuney at Atlantis Sound.

Andrei “Ony” Eremin has mastered a myriad of new electronic releases, including a new EP for I’lls (with legitimate musical content going right down to 28Hz), Naysayer & Gilsun, Lower Spectrum, Flight Tonight and Alex Albrecht, as well as rock and indie material from I Told You I Was Ill, SMILE, Mouth Tooth, Return To Youth, Written In Ruins and Sleepy Dreamers.

Acclaimed Melbourne singer/songwriters Jen Cloher and Courtney Barnett have each released cool new videos of their latest singles, set also for double A-side 7 inch vinyl release. We were happy to play a role in mastering these gems.

Jen Cloher’s ‘Mount Beauty’ (the vibey run-through was the take!) was recorded and mixed by Nick Huggins at Head Gap studios, Melbourne. Courtney Barnett’s ‘History Eraser’, recorded by Simon Cotter (and title-inspired at Head Gap) was mixed by Dann Hume. Both tracks were mastered by Adam Dempsey especially for digital release, vinyl, CD, and for the videos. Both videos directed by Bec Kingma. Watch for Jen and Courtney’s cameo appearances in each others’ clips.

We’ve been getting the most out of the new Forssell Technologies MADA-2 analogue to digital and digital to analogue converters, which complement the existing Lavry Gold & Blue converters. If we had to describe them in a few words: sonically “invisible” and honest, again retaining the musicality and depth of clients’ music.

In terms of CD, vinyl and digital release mastering projects, those by Tony “Jack the Bear” Mantz include Voodoocain, Little Wise, Emergency Rule, Jantina and the Jaguars, Mary of The Moon, Daniel Champagne, and David Garnham & The Reasons To Live.

Adam Dempsey has been mastering new music releases for Gossling, The Ovals, Playwrite, John Flanagan & the Begin Agains, Better Than the Wizards, Sam Lawrence, Avin Jason, Cavanagh & Argus, Andy Jans-Brown, Grizzly Jim Lawrie, a “half album” for The Harlots, plus 7 inch vinyl and digital releases each for Urns and The Morrisons.

Byron Scullin tweaked releases for T-Rek, Ainslie Wills, Jay Westerfold, Monnone Alone, and This is Your Captain Speaking.

The 2012 Australian Jazz Bell Awards have been announced, celebrating Australia’s ever-strong, diverse and internationally acclaimed jazz scene.

Our congrats go to all nominees and winners, in particular Peter Knight and band – winner of Most Original Jazz Album for Fish Boast of Fishing. Engineered by Robin Gray, Mixed by Myles Mumford, and mastered at Deluxe Mastering by Adam Dempsey.

“Music that is unclassifiable. Music that sits somewhere between new jazz, contemporary classical, and minimalism, Fish Boast of Fishing integrates improvisation, composition and electronics to create a new sound.”