Features Pro Audio Engineering the Sound: Red Hot Chili Peppers’ ‘Blood Sugar Sex Magik’ by Anthony Sfirse With Rick Rubin at the helm, and a haunted L.A mansion at their disposal, here’s how the Red Hot Chili Peppers created the intoxicating brew…
Pro Audio Engineering the Sound: Pink Floyd’s ‘Dark Side of the Moon’ by Anthony Sfirse From cutting-edge synthesisers and dense soundscapes to tape splicing, we delve into the making and recording of Dark Side of the Moon. It’s hard to…
Features Pro Audio Engineering the Sound: Led Zeppelin’s ‘IV’ by Anthony Sfirse Born out of months of unbridled experimentation and fierce determination, Led Zeppelin’s fourth album is one of the high points of the rock canon. The…
Features Pro Audio Engineering The Sound: My Bloody Valentine’s ‘Loveless’ by Anthony Sfirse Abrasive, ethereal and utterly dreamy, My Bloody Valentine’s Loveless defines the shoegaze genre. Here’s what went into its creation. 1991 has gone down as one…
Features Pro Audio Engineering The Sound: The Strokes’ Is This It by Anthony Sfirse In 2001, The Strokes released Is This It and changed the paradigm of rock ‘n’ roll forever. Here’s what went into crafting the raw, visceral sound of…
Features Pro Audio Engineering the Sound: The Beatles’ ‘Abbey Road’ by Anthony Sfirse From the oft-imitated zebra crossing cover to the beloved b-side medley, Abbey Road remains one of the most beloved and critically lauded albums by The…
Features Pro Audio Engineering the Sound: Animal Collective’s ‘Merriweather Post Pavilion’ by Anthony Sfirse From eclectic samples and frenzied synths to soothing vocal harmonies, here’s what went into Animal Collective’s 2009 opus, Merriweather Post Pavilion. Since their debut album dropped…
News Engineering the sound: Jack White’s ‘Blunderbuss’ by Anthony Sfirse From the raucous blues-rock swagger of The White Stripes to his endeavours with The Saboteurs and The Dead Weather, it’s hard to escape the impact…
Features Pro Audio Engineering the Sound: Portishead’s ‘Third’ by Anthony Sfirse Few artists are able to become so synonymous with a distinctive musical genre as Portishead. Many years before the emergence of Third and alongside fellow…
Features Pro Audio Engineering the Sound: Public Enemy’s ‘It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back’ by Anthony Sfirse Backed by the Bomb Squad’s original and explosive production style, It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back stands as Public Enemy’s greatest…
Features Pro Audio Engineering The Sound: Air’s ‘Moon Safari’ by Anthony Sfirse Founded in the mid-90s, French duo Air emerged during a time when electronic music was heavily dominated by thumping basslines and frenetic DJ sets. Fellow…
Features Pro Audio Engineering The Sound: Bloc Party’s ‘Silent Alarm’ by Anthony Sfirse Officially formed in 2003, (only two years before the release of Silent Alarm), Bloc Party originally consisted of singer and rhythm guitarist Kele Okereke, lead…
Features Pro Audio Engineering the Sound: Vampire Weekend ‘Modern Vampires of the City’ by Anthony Sfirse The objective of Vampire Weekend’s third record, Modern Vampires of the City was simple: “fresh and new, or die!” For this reason, the group reached…
