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Studio | blockstudio

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That’s the look from our studio’s window before sunset. Inside it’s more like drums and guitars and microphones but moody vibes as well. All we need and all we got is some time to develop our style. The rest will be history? Songs of Deepest Skies (Split) by The Cold View and Abysmal Growls of Despair. Releases his first Split-EP so far called “Songs Of Deepest Skies”. The partner act being the Abysmal Growls Of Despair. From France. The single song by The Cold View. Our new Ludwig Maple. The fundamental...

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Further | blockstudio

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In March we keep the studio rebuilding process going and meanwhile we still do mixing and recording for us and others. We’re far away from playing live but we’d like to keep that mood in our minds so we stay motivated while creating music. And we like concerts (not associated with the picture above). See you in May in Berlin!

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On the screen | blockstudio

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For a short film called “Fidèle et sincère” (German title “Ehrlich und treu”) by Mathieu Alexandre Charrière. His team took a shot. At our recording facility back in 2012. More information (including the film itself) will be revealed any time soon. Thanks a lot to Mathieu and his team! As you can see the Nevaton MC-416. Instead of Neumann’s. Usual suspects is right in its place. Headphones on the other hand definitely are the usual supects – Beyerdynamic’s trusty DT 100. And our dear Adam ANF10.

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While the guitar swings | blockstudio

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While the guitar swings. In order to keep you updated: We have some mixing jobs in the pipeline, among them new material from Jacob Korn. And even more projects. The latter including in-house recordings of all kind – hopefully on new drums and different guitars which we ‘d like to acquire during the next months. Having a better sound to put in something better most often comes out of it, that’s why. Latest and last picture of our trusty pair of BenQ FP783.

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Drums visualized | blockstudio

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Our new Ludwig Maple. Set paired with K Custom Hybrid. HiHats and a Gretsch Maple. Snare aimed at by Sennheiser’s MD 441. We are trying out clear Aquarian. Heads for this set as well as Pearl. P-1002 double pedals. Sounding really good so far. Now we are looking to catch that sound on tape (HD) and then record the drum tracks for the musical material we are working on this year. All is laid out pretty much ready for action – a new studio PC, new instruments, new songs, new web networks.

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Recording | blockstudio

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Our new Ludwig Maple. Set paired with K Custom Hybrid. HiHats and a Gretsch Maple. Snare aimed at by Sennheiser’s MD 441. We are trying out clear Aquarian. Heads for this set as well as Pearl. P-1002 double pedals. Sounding really good so far. Now we are looking to catch that sound on tape (HD) and then record the drum tracks for the musical material we are working on this year. All is laid out pretty much ready for action – a new studio PC, new instruments, new songs, new web networks. The latter includ...

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In the mix | blockstudio

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Into by Jogging House. Last week we finished the mix of another album. This one is called “Into” (Noorden). By Frankfurt-based artist Jogging House. And you could get it on tape and iTunes. As of Thursday, March the 20th, this year. It’s electronic and rather mellow so maybe we’ll have a remix by Christian to make up for this (and get it on the dance floor). Mixing was done in analogue summing fashion trying out 88200 kHz via Apogee’s Rosetta 200. And a demo for SonicRunes.

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Releases | blockstudio

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Our new Ludwig Maple. Set paired with K Custom Hybrid. HiHats and a Gretsch Maple. Snare aimed at by Sennheiser’s MD 441. We are trying out clear Aquarian. Heads for this set as well as Pearl. P-1002 double pedals. Sounding really good so far. Now we are looking to catch that sound on tape (HD) and then record the drum tracks for the musical material we are working on this year. All is laid out pretty much ready for action – a new studio PC, new instruments, new songs, new web networks. Re-releases the &...

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Misc | blockstudio

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This awesome video teasers a future album release by Apollo Static. Called “Flowers of Despair” (so this will be the title track then) via his label Ketzerpop. From Leipzig / Germany. You can preorder the album via the artist’s homepage. We mastered the video edit version using plug-ins from independent developers like Klanghelm. There is really no reason to go for dongle-secured big package software which used to dominate the professional market for so long. We even consider to leave Cubase. Releases th...

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Back in 2010 | blockstudio

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EP 2010 by manigk. Maybe our earliest approach on serious music production whatsoever – my colaboration with beat mate Oliver Wicke. And lovely voice Viola Manigk. The fundamental elements (samples, guitars and synths) came together already 10 years ago and were complemented time after time by additional recordings namely drums, strings and keys. And of course – the voice – being the point where it all started to make sense. Also Oliver created fine video clips. In the realm of the blockstudio.