Circle A Studios

Picked up a used Antelope Audio Discrete 8 Pro Synergy Core Interface for the studio! The new hub of all the routing and 8 more channels of I/O. That's now a total of 24 channels of mic pre's.

I'm excited to see what this thing can do!

Cheers to all the artists/bands that trusted me with their songs this year!

Happy New Years!

I believe this record came out in 2018. Me and Mike previously met about 8 or so years before this record, in the local punk scene. In 2016, Mike had moved back to Victoria BC after living in England, and we recorded some guitars, bass and vocals for his project Thankless Graft. It was the beginning of a long working relationship. The next project we worked on was for this first NO HEART record. Both Will and Jordan also became people who I would go on to working alot with over the years. I'm grateful to have cool/chill/nice people to continue to work on music projects over the years with.

Will had previous recording experiences and had a clear vision for what he desired in a drum tone. We did a very minimal microphone setup on this recording. I believe 2 overheads, a subkick, and a snare mic. Not my normal setup but it was a nice challenge and ended up being a bit more of a unique drum tone than other recordings.

Anyways it's 2025 not 2018, and we are still recording new stuff to this day.

Cheers boys 🥂

RUINOUS POWER "EXTREME DANGER: Prototype Weaponry"
(Death Metal / Black Thrash)

CD/Digital out on February 28th. The first single "What of Sacred Mars?" is available through Bandcamp, links in comments.

Not satisfied with having put the underground metal scene on fire in the last 10 years with the works - among others - of Mitochondrion, Egregore, Auroch, Atemporal and Reversed, guitarist Sebastian Montesi and bassist Shawn Haché continue to explore the expressive possibilities of extreme metal in RUINOUS POWER, a project in which they are joined by the extraordinary drummer Brayden Turenne, also author of the explanatory cover design of the album.
"EXTREME DANGER: Prototype Weaponry" is in fact a violent amalgam of death and thrash black metal, with sporadic experimental cues particularly evident in the initial "What Of Sacred Mars?", in the atmospheric title track and in the final "The Descent Of The Host." In between, a handful of chaotic and extremely violent pieces where Montesi's oblique and sinister riffs clash with the thundering rhythm section of Haché and Turenne in a breathtaking contest for total domination.
Mastered by Gabriele Gramaglia (Cosmic Putrefaction, Vertebra Atlantis), the full-length debut of RUINOUS POWER takes no prisoners and confirms the excellent state of health of metal, here balanced between tradition and modernity, and rarely so frenetic and devastating.

TRACKLIST
1. What of Sacred Mars? (09:26)
2. The Long Game (03:35)
3. Kneel (02:06)
4. EXTREME DANGER: Prototype Weaponry (02:46)
5. +++ Engine Kill +++ (02:40)
6. Cerebrum Malefice (03:39)
7. The Descent of the Host (04:01)

Brayden Turenne - drums, synthesizers and vocals
Sebastian Montesi - guitars, syntesizers and vocals
Shawn Haché - bass and vocals

Cover art by Brayden Turenne
Engineered by Cam Mesmer
Mixed by Cody Baresich
Mastered by Gabriele Gramaglia
Layout by Francesco Gemelli

(2012) Prior to this album, I had previously worked with SixBrewBantha for mixing the material that they had self-recorded on a 4 track for their split. I thought they were a great band with something special. Myself being a person who has had a harder time getting into great bands that have less than optimal recordings, I remember pestering Mark, Bryan and Tyler to let me record them properly, whilst keeping in mind their love for all things noisy and raw (re: the Perpetual Debt intro). Luckily, they agreed.

We set up a mobile recording rig in their jam space. A concrete basement with a short ceiling. I vaguely remember the drums being a Yamaha stage custom kit with the snare wires turned off, and Mark using a DOD Fat Pig distortion pedal. The recording must have happened over a weekend. I later brought the tracks home and mixed them. The songs were mastered by Dan Randall, I believe.

I feel like this album went on to propel this band into some well-deserved recognition. A very interesting and unique take on the grindcore genre.

Re-organized the vinyl wall. If you record with me and get a chance to put it out on vinyl, I'll gladly add your record to the display.

Does anyone have any leads on some good quality CD and Cassette displays? A lot of bands I record don't end up doing vinyl, but still have quality releases that I would also like to display.