MMML 26: Travis Demsey, the former member of the living, tells all about his experiences in the music industry and what he’s been working on in more recent times.
Amongst a huge bunch of new music we recommend checking out, Adam Dempsey has been flat out mastering projects for Paul Kelly and Charlie Owen (produced by J. Walker), ARIA Hall of Fame Inductee Broderick Smith (produced with Matt Walker), Harry Jakamarra (produced by Jeff Lang), Matt Glass & the Loose Cannons (recorded live at Abbottsford Convent by Myles Mumford), Justin Yap Band (recorded and mixed by Fraser Montgomery at The Aviary), also The Bon Scotts, Josh Cashman, Harry Coulson, Cloud Castles, El3mental, Frank Society, Grand Element, The Guilts, Hook Turns, Masco Sound System (including vinyl), Owls of the Swamp, On Diamond (Lisa Salvo), Retro Culture, The Settlement, Tetrahedra, and White Vans.
This time around Andrei has been mastering singles for Japanese Wallpaper, Maribelle, LANKS, Oscar Key Sung, Collarbones, Fortunes, Batts, Vincent and more, albums and remixes for Teeth & Tongue, GL, Audego, Rainbow Chan, Flynn Francis, Chris Port, Skyways Are Highways, Xylo Aria, and a special compilation for the forward-thinking Sydney label Plastic World.
On April 23, Deluxe Mastering celebrated 10 years since opening its doors. Our sincere thanks all clients who’ve helped make it happen.
Marking the Deluxe Mastering studios’ 10 year anniversary: Adam Dempsey, Tony “Jack the Bear” Mantz and Andrei Eremin.
Jack the Bear recently mastered EPs for You Am I (for digital and vinyl release), Eat The Damn Orange, Them Bruins, singles for Lama (produced by Jonathan Dreyfus), El Colosso (mixed by Jez Giddings at Hothouse), Smoke Stack Rhino, US act Street Rock Mafia, and new album for Daniel Tooze. Music workshops have been held to support new artists, inspirational videos are now on his new You Tube channel, along with a new video podcast series “Melbourne UNreal”.
In May, Adam Dempsey marked 30 years in audio and 21 years of mastering professionally “with more thanks than I can verbalise, to all who create the music and generate the goosebumps in the first place”. Recent projects include releases for Alex Watts (mixed by Jez Giddings), Andy McGarvie (mixed by Sam Lowe), Big Smoke (7 inch vinyl for Record Store Day), The Earthmen, Frida, In Capital, Justin Yap Band, On Diamond (Lisa Salvo and band), Masco Sound System (vinyl), The Sand Dollars, The Settlement, Slim Dime (produced by Matt Walker), and Tetrahedra.
Sincere condolences to family and friends of Adrian Slattery of Big Smoke, who tragically passed away in May from cancer.
Adam Dempsey marked 21 years of mastering professionally.
Andrei Eremin has found himself mastering releases for Sticky Fingers, Cleopold, Tiny Little Houses, GL, Foreign/National, Anatole, Ara Koufax, Rainbow Chan, Audego, Brightly, Darts, Buoy and Alba, as well as many debut releases for new artists.
Kicking off 2016, and with the Deluxe Mastering facility’s 10 year anniversary coming up in April, Jack the Bear has mastered projects for Eat The Damn Orange, HeadtorcH, Daniel Kirkland, Speedracer, Cog, Disco Is Dead, From Oslo, and Freeza Push Start Battle of the Bands winner The Bean Project.
Adam Dempsey has been flat out mastering singles for Dear Plastic, Baby Blue, Burrowing (Norway), Eilish Gilligan, Tetrahedra, and Demi Louise (entering the AMRAP regional airplay charts Top 10), remixes by Yeo for Emma Louise, and Jack Stirling, EP’s for Hoodlem (see below), LN3WLF, and Tanzer (for digital and vinyl), and albums for Daniel Champagne (recorded live in the studio by Duke David Sparks, mixed by Sam Hannan), Amistat (engineered and mixed by Matt Neighbour at Sing Sing), The Weeping Willows (engineered and mixed by Ryan Freeland in LA), a fourth album for Way Out West (mixed by Myles Mumford), Jane McArthur’s debut album of soulful tunes from various studios and engineers recorded throughout 2015, and an Elissa Goodrich contemporary jazz percussion album as part of an installation at Heide Museum of Modern Art sculpture park – the album getting great feedback from ABC Radio National, PBS, 3MBS, and Triple R (and yet again proving that natural dynamic range over “loudness” translates well to airplay).
This time around, when not mixing, Andrei Eremin has been mastering new releases for LANKS, Fortunes, Luboku, Albert Sorenson and Annie Bass.
Congratulations to Japanese Wallpaper for taking out #69 in this year’s triple J Hottest 100 with the track Forces (ft. Airling), mixed and mastered at Deluxe by Andrei Eremin:
