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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.

Recorded by Robin Gray, mixed by Myles Mumford and mastered by Adam Dempsey here at Deluxe Mastering, our congrats go to 2012 Jazz Bell Award nominees Peter Knight for ‘Fish Boast of Fishing’ (nominated Most Original Australian Jazz Album) and Daniel Gassin Sextet for ‘Banff Song’ (nominated Best Australian Jazz Song of the Year). See the full list of nominees here: ABC Jazz.

Again we hit the ground running this year, and again we thank our clients for the opportunity to master their music and encourage you to check out their work:

Tony “Jack the Bear” Mantz has been busy mastering projects for New York outfit The Neighbourhood (who scored a deal with BBC1), UK producer Hedflux, Ash Grunwald, Sketch Club (produced by Steve Shram), Syncretia, Neon Heart, Planet Jumpers, Empire of Doom, Oh Pacific, Polyfonik, James fRew, Canada’s Dirty Radio, Stupid Dancer, Hands High, Bass Kleph, Secret Tsunami, The Immigrant, Garcon Garcon, The Jane Austen Experiment, and Chris Arnott.

Projects mastered by Adam Dempsey include albums for Pony Face, Sabrina and the Red Vans, Dan The Underdog (NT), the Julius Schwing Quartert (TAS), as well as releases for Gossling, Jen Cloher, Lisa Salvo, Seth Sentry, The Little Sisters, Michael Plater, The Teskey Brothers, Vague Cuts, Zac Brennan, new tracks for British India and vinyl prep for The Death Rattles and The Fearless Vampire Killers.

The team at Deluxe Mastering also welcomes our latest addition, Andrei “Ony” Eremin, who has blasted out projects for Brightly, Chet Faker, John Ruggles & David O’ Connor.

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We’d like to take a moment to congratulate a few of our mastering clients over recent news:

The Neighbourhood, who’ve scored a deal with BBC1 in the UK and are getting quite a bit of airplay (and with an EP out in March); local lads The Fearless Vampire Killers, who’ve had their single ‘For You and Me’ featured on the comeback US tv series 90210 (their debut album Batmania is also due for limited release on 12 inch vinyl); and The Orbweavers, who garnered a special commendation in the running for the Australian Music Prize with their acclaimed second album ‘Loom’, and having played sell-out shows in Melbourne to mesmerised audiences.

Also, a word for Owl Eyes & Gossling who did well in Triple J radio’s Hottest 100 as voted by listeners.

Once again – the team at Deluxe Mastering Melbourne thanks all of our valued clients for the music making…

With thanks to our clients who’ve kept us busy mastering brilliant music for CD, online & vinyl releases:

Tony “Jack the Bear” Mantz has been mastering for David Cosma, Giulietta, Fort-Deez, While The City Sleeps, Impossible Odds, Roots of Redemption, Liam Burrows, Indonesian popsters Nidji, debut albums for Rich Davies & Tomcat, The Immigrants’ debut EP, an EP for Violet Town, a new album for Howl At The Moon, Thomas Keft’s mini-album, another installment in the Balance series mixed by Deetron and metal dood Stick To The Shallows, and A Sleepless Winter (produced by Confession’s Dan Brown).

Adam Dempsey’s been mastering releases including The Bon Scotts, Jackson Jackson, The Orbweavers (engineered & mixed by Casey Rice – & Triple R Album of the Week), a solo album for Danny Widdicombe (of The Wilson Pickers, mixed by Magoo), EPs for Tim Reid (mixed by Ross Calia) and Kieran Christopherson (mixed by Matt D’arcy at Basin Productions), debut release for Kodo Motif (mixed by Todd Dixon), The Broken Splendour (mixed by Tony Salter), Crooked Saint (Tim Wheatley, part engineered by Finn Keane at Hothouse & mixed by Michael Badger of The Demon Parade), Al Parkinson, singles for Butcher Blades/, CD & 10 inch vinyl for The Velocettes, vinyl masters also for Plastic Palace Alice, Trappist Afterland, Pre-Unit, plus a compilation for community arts organisation Roarhouse Melbourne.