suitenoir single

suitenoir have recently recorded three tracks at the Lounge and are currently in the process of editing a video for their soon-to-released single “Too Young”

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New mixing desk

After 12 years faithful service, we have replaced the Mackie desk with a Toft ATB 32 channel desk. This is a real beauty. Renowned for its superb mic preamps and warm, musical eq (based on the original Trident 80B designed by Malcolm Toft), the ATB adds another dimension to recording and mixing at the VIP Lounge.

We have also added a Lexicon PCM 80 to the rack. Lexicon is synonymous with the best reverb units on the market and the PCM 80 is one of their top of the range products delivering quality processing heard on hit records.

http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/feb08/articles/toftatb24.htm

Mehal album “Oranges and Seals” released

Mehal Watson, local singer songwriter and Dare Mason met in 2010 on a digital marketing course. Chatting during a coffee break, Mehal explained he was thinking of recording an album. Dare suggested they try recording a couple of tracks at the VIP Lounge. Those songs were “Touch” and “Hippy Tree” and conviced Mehal that Dare was the right guy to produce his album.

A few months later “Oranges and Seals” has been released and already reviews have been favourable.

Lee Trewhela wrote :

“There is a fluidity and sensuality unusual for a male singer-songwriter in Mehal’s work – the longing in songs like Touch rises like a heatmiser, with an impressive roll call of musicians in simpatico, riding the music from a whisper to a demanding , passionate intensity!

Mehal breaks out of the confines of acoustic-based rock by introducing jazz-tinged piano, alluring female vocals and serpentine electric guitar to forge a forward-thinking folk-blues akin to John Martyn’s soul being enveloped by John Cale’s mastery of drama. Mehal’s smoky impassioned vocals will get in your bloodstream on songs like A Song For… This dark fairground twist is a Some Velvet Morning for the 21st century while the Latin-tinged roll of Esteban and Juliet is an assured and sassy update of the love song. If Bowie’s in need of a song to kickstart his career then this powerful tune, full of intriguing brass blasts and a foreboding chorus, could be it.

Like Leonard Cohen’s later work this beautifully constructed album is a journey to the heart of the soul, but isn’t soul music. In fact, Mehal has come up with a wonderfully brooding album which is impossible to pigeonhole. A blessing in these days of disposable music.”

For more information on Mehal visit

http://www.reverbnation.com/mehal