Mystery Room Mastering

08/01/2025

WISCONSIN MUSIC HISTORY ALERT:

Aside from some misc. obscure early hardcore cassette and vinyl compilations, the only official Mecht Mensch release was a long out of print 7” originally recorded by Butch Vig at Smart Studios in 1983 which went on to become an underground hardcore cult classic.

I was about to remaster the original 7” from a mint 7” vinyl copy which would not have been ideal. The tapes were thought to be lost but somehow due to the untimely passing of legendary engineer/producer SPOT, Henry Rollins (2.13.61) ended up with the 1/4” stereo mix reel so Bobby H***y who had already been curating this comprehensive anthology for a few years had Jessica Thompson rescue/transfer this historic reel of tape and many other sources so this compilation could be restored/mastered/remastered here at Mystery Room Mastering.

It’s available to pre-order today via No Coast Records and you can preview a handful of songs on the Bandcamp page ahead of the full release in October.

Available on CD and vinyl which comes with an extensive zine/booklet with tons of photos, show fliers, and more.

Lacquers for vinyl were cut by Townsend Mastering and the test pressings sound fantastic.

46 track album

08/01/2025

Relix has the scoop on this new album from Luther Dickinson & Datrian Johnson that comes out October 17th via Strolling Bones Records.

The first single "One Kind Favor" is out now.

Mastered Here at Mystery Room Mastering
Lacquers for vinyl by Jeff Powell

Photo by Camilla Calnan Luther Dickinson (North Mississippi Allstars) premieres his take on the Blind Lemon Jefferson song, “One Kind Favor,” with Relix.

07/31/2025

Checking out this great new Bicentennial Drug Lord album on vinyl, which sounds great thanks to excellent lacquer cuts by Well Made Music - Mastering Studio.

Produced & Mixed by Alex Farrar & Alan Weatherhead
Mastered Here at Mystery Room Mastering

You can stream the album anywhere, but this one works really well on vinyl. (Link In Comments)

07/31/2025

State Of The Studio / Mid-Summer Check-In:

As we transition into the 2nd part of summer and 2025 I just wanted to pause and say THANKS to all the bands, artists, producers, mix engineers, and other clients who have already made 2025 a top-notch year here at Mystery Room Mastering.

Even if the year was over today I’d be incredibly lucky to have worked on so many great projects in a single year.

Turnaround times got a little long as summer ramped up but are returning to normal as summer winds down. Thanks to all those who were patient during that extra crazy stretch.

Generally speaking, single-song mastering projects can be completed within a few days, albums take between 1 and 2 weeks, and EPs somewhere in between.

The website has a simplified express single-song submission page, as well as the usual EP/Album submission page which allows you to calculate the exact cost of your project, and submit the project info at anytime to get your project in the queue ASAP.

I hope you’re having a fun and safe summer playing shows, making new music, or whatever you may be up to. I look forward to working on your next project when the time comes.

07/30/2025

Interscope Records recently announced a reissue of "Dangerous and Moving" by t.A.T.u. that was remastered for vinyl here at Mystery Room Mastering.

You can pre-order the 2xLP set here:

Interscope.com Exclusive Originally released on October 11, 2005 (October 5th in Japan), Dangerous and Moving is the follow-up album to t.A.T.u.’s multi-million selling smash debut album, 200 KM/H in the Wrong Lane. Dangerous and Moving features the group’s second biggest hit, “All About Us,.....

07/27/2025

This incredible album from Jellyfish was released 35 years ago today.

It was recently remastered here and is available to stream in up to 24-bit/96k quality pretty much everywhere besides Spotify:

Album · 1990 · 10 Songs

07/27/2025

Grayson Jenkins has a great new album out now called 'Country Parables'.

Mastered Here at Mystery Room Mastering

Album · 2025 · 10 Songs

07/25/2025

The Honeydogs are back with a new album out today called "Algebra For Broken Hearts".

Produced & Mixed by John Fields
Mastered Here at Mystery Room Mastering

Album · 2025 · 10 Songs

07/24/2025

Cole Chaney has a new album coming September 19th and the 2nd single is out now.

Produced by Duane Lundy & Zachary Hamilton
Mastered Here at Mystery Room Mastering

Whiskey Riff has the scoop:

A RIFF on what country is really about.

07/18/2025

Milwaukee's Overhand have a great new album out now.

Mixed by Corey Coffman
Mastered Here at Mystery Room Mastering

8 track album

07/13/2025

Sad to hear about John Kuester (aka Kid Millions) passing away.

He and Chris from DOPE FOLKS RECORDS were one of my very first clients when I opened Mystery Room Mastering proper and John was such a joy to work. His heart was in each project 110%.

Together we did over 100 releases bringing rare and out-of-print hip-hop classics from the late 80s and 90s back in print.

Every music community needs people like John to thrive, and he was one of the absolute best.

All music is local. He will be missed greatly.

Beloved Milwaukee local music scene legend John 'Kid Millions' Kuester has died. He was 48.

07/11/2025

Here's a great new single from Maygen & The Birdwatcher that's out today.

Produced with and mixed by John Fields

Mastered Here at Mystery Room Mastering

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