After much hard work getting it finished, finally Yellow Bird had it’s world premiere as part of the BFI London Film Festival. Directed by long-time Tim Burton and Wes Anderson collaborator, Christian De Vita, it’s an animation for all ages telling the tale of a family of birds attempting their annual migration led by the clueless ...
Recording music for Billy Liar at London’s Sonica Studios I visited the 1950s with Isobel Waller-Bridge, recording her Jazz score for Manchester Royal Exchange Theatre’s production of Billy Liar. We made our first visit to Clapham’s Sonica studios in South London, a hidden gem with a gorgeous vintage Bechstein grand. Their really interesting mic collection, ...
Earlier this year, I recorded a unique collaboration between the band Daughter, composer Joe Dudell and an ensemble of 10 classical musicians. The session was filmed by award-winning film-makers, Jane Pollard and Iain Forsyth for the 4AD Sessions series, and also has a limited release on 12” vinyl. Watch this video on YouTube The videos speak ...
For the last 12 months I have been engineering for Coldplay on their 6th studio album, Ghost Stories, released today. Working closely with producers Paul Epworth, Dan Green, and Rik Simpson, I worked mainly at the band’s own studios, as well as orchestral and band sessions at AIR Studios and strings at Abbey Road. It ...
Coldplay’s latest single ‘Atlas’, featured in the Hunger Games – Catching Fire, was released on Sunday. I had a great time recording this, with producers Rik Simpson and Dan Green, at both the bands own studio and an evening recording piano back home in AIR Studio 1. Coldplay’s twitter feed says the song is the ...
