Japam Recording and Rehearsal Studio

11/08/2016

Photo by Aaron Kreiswirth

09/22/2016

Lexicon Mist, by Red Hare

Can't believe I forgot to post this till now! I'm so happy to have engineered the bass guitar tracks on two of the tunes from this Red Hare EP. Unbelievably honored to have Japam in the liner notes of a Dischord Records release.

3 track album

07/04/2016

True friend of the studio - Harlan doing some much needed repair work on our Rhodes. Fully tined, tuned, and tweaked! Sounds better than ever!

04/17/2016

Home - Lowatt

Check out this tune from Second Letter. We had the pleasure of recording Jim Kimball playing bass on this one! More to come!

Lowatt is an independent record label based in Portland, Oregon with strong ties to El Paso, Texas. It is the imprint of choice for Art of Ballistics, Midway In Wake, Belknap, Behold The Profit, Rats On Radar, and more!

03/03/2016

Boats and Buoys

Oh man! Throwback to when Katie Mullins recorded and mixed a full length here! Some fun shots of our space in a previous iteration. Even a couple frames of Sam's back in the control room! All set to the lovely song Boats and Bouys. Thanks for making music here, Katie!

12/18/2015

Haven't posted in a while, but we're still here making noise. Some great projects have come through in 2015, and there are some more coming before the year is out! Will post some more pics, audio clips, and info as I find the time.

-Sam

07/08/2015

Some of you might know that we also provide PA's and live sound for large and small events. Here's Nathan Xander (far left) ready to perform at Industry City Distillery's fourth 4th of July celebration.

06/28/2015

A nice shot of the rest of the room while tracking keys last week. Photo by Mia Min Yen.

06/27/2015

Believe it or not, this amp setup was not for a doom metal session. Keys and bass tracking for the new Rachel Brotman record!

06/22/2015

Just finished up drum tracking for the new Rachel Brotman LP! Looking forward to absurd amounts of keys in the coming week.

06/05/2015

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This Saturday, during Bushwick Open Studios, we are doing a show on the rooftop of the studio. It's going to be awesome. A lot of great friends are playing and putting this on, so come on out!

05/27/2015

A rare look at Sam in his native habitat! Tracking demos for his band Geometers.

05/03/2015

A range of stock and modded rats; each with its own different flavor. Does this make anyone else think of light sabers?

03/16/2015

Expanding our pedal arsenal. This is a harmonic percolator clone Sam built. It sounds completely insane.

03/06/2015

Sometimes, low wattage is the way to go.

02/10/2015

Forgot to snap any pictures while Husbandry was in the studio this past weekend. Luckily Jordan took care of it. Check out that gratuitous pedal/cable shot!

01/13/2015

Some compressor rack rearranging today. Check out that new (to us) API 2500!

01/06/2015

Cleaning up a couple new additions to the studio's compressor collection.

01/03/2015

Bells, by Winter Ring

The latest from Sam's semi-solo project. Recorded and mixed here at JAPAM!

https://thewinterring.bandcamp.com/

3 track album

12/17/2014

Nathan Xander, by Nathan Xander

We worked on this great record in 2012. What a pleasure to track and mix Nathan Xander and co! Check it out!
https://nathanxander.bandcamp.com/album/nathan-xander

9 track album

12/12/2014

jazz funeral, by Rachel Brotman

https://rachelbrotman.bandcamp.com/album/jazz-funeral
Here's the latest from JAPAM. This outstanding two-song EP was mixed here. We also did much of the tracking (so many keyboards!) LISTEN TO THIS!

2 track album

12/11/2014

We forgot our myspace password.