Recording, mixing, and mastering services. Eric Crespo at the controls–working out of my home stud
Past clients include Blackwater Holylight, Laura Palmer's Death Parade, Ahmed Ag Kaedy (Sahel Sounds), Eternal Tapestry, Esmé Patterson, Prana Crafter, Street Nights, Ragenap, Nudity, Fire Nuns, Glass Curtains, Yuvees, Neilson Family, Devy Metal, Lo-Fives, Spiritual Exit, Haunted Head, Melt, Ali Muhareb's Mujahdeen, Mount Joy, Salo Panto, Abronia, Daisy Deaths, San Lorenzo, Ghost to Falco, Husky Boys, Spiritual Exit, and more.
Operating as usual
Pat plays everything himself for the albums he makes. He likes to track on his own in his practice space where the price is right for doing as many takes as he wants. He enlisted my help with getting the drum mics set up for the best possible outcome. Happy tracking Pat!
Other self recordists out there: I will come over and do this for you too if you want.
Chadwick Ferguson came over to Torch Toucher HQ to record some stuff the other day. Here he is recording some sick “tom fills.” You may know Chadwick from his days performing as or from his role as bass player in .
His current recording project is called and you should see if you can track down one of his cassette releases.
Same.
Had Gabriel Seaver of on the mixing couch the other day working on his solo album.
One of the best nights I’ve ever had was getting to run sound for Lavender Country at
R.I.P. Patrick. A true legend.
❤️❤️❤️
A "lost" video just released from the album I recorded mixed and mastered for Death Parade some years back!
Ghostworld by Laura Palmer's Death Parade.Filmed and Directed by Shade Standard, edited by Laura Hopkins.Starring Pilar Partida as "a girl who walks home alo...
The debut album just dropped!
This was the first album I tracked after Covid hit. It was April 2021 and I think everybody was one shot deep. I stayed on one side of the studio glass and Blister stayed on the other. I mixed it remotely. I think it turned out very cool.
They’re playing a release show tonight at with and .
I’ll be there (not working, just hangin’) and I’d recommend you come too!
Got to mix two songs for the new band recently. They recorded themselves and I did the mixing remotely. Mastered by
Up on now!
Lauren let me get my dirty mitts all over this one. Now on Bandcamp:
track by Hell Nancy
I was lucky enough to do the mixing for this music!
Adapted from Euripides. Book by J Landon Marcus. Music by Johanna Warren & J Landon Marcus. Premiered on October 13, 2021 via The Center for Hellenic Studies...
I did some of the recording and all the mixing on this new album by Neilson Family. Main tracking by Adam Lee at Halfling. Mastering by Gus Elg at Sky Onion. Give er' a listen!
12 track album
Had the pleasure of mixing the debut single from Positivity Club. Check it out! https://positivityclub.bandcamp.com/album/synthesis-in-a-painted-house
1 track album
Had the pleasure of mixing this debut album by Spiritual Exit. Spiritual Exit is Aaron Davis who was responsible for the project Acre. If you liked Acre I'm sure you will like Spiritual Exit. Check it out! https://spiritualexit.bandcamp.com/album/themes-of-rumination
4 track album
Sand Duney is the new project by J. Jones of Jessica Dennison + Jones . I had the honor of mastering the three tracks on this first release. Available now at https://sandduney.bandcamp.com
Sometimes when you master something you're just shining the most flattering light possible on the final mixes and sometimes you're taking something to another sonic realm entirely–this was a case of the latter. Check it out!
3 track album
Recorded and mixed this one. Finally up on Bandcamp. Get it on vinyl from Time Release. https://glasscurtainslove.bandcamp.com/releases
5 track album
Mixed and mastered this album for my Abronia bandmate Paul (Institute For Creative Dying). Lovely solo electric guitar lullabies. Check it out! https://instituteforcreativedying.bandcamp.com/album/siphonophore
13 track album
Another solo album made in quarantine that I had the pleasure of mixing is soon being released! One song from it is being made available before its October 16th release: https://daveybones.bandcamp.com/
Do you have a $60 USB mic, a copy of Garageband, and dreams of making an album that reaches the sonic heights of late-era Jefferson Starship? Well I won't lie and tell you that it's gonna sound every bit as good as those gold records...But if you hire me to mix your album, you might get closer than you ever thought possible!
There's this new Street Nights album, "Human Condition" out today via Bandcamp. Made in quarantine by Jake Morris (drummer with Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks, Blesst Chest, One Eleven Heavy, The Joggers, etc.).
Featuring contributions from heavy hitters Jay Winebrenner, Joanna Bolme on bass Rebecca Cole piano and keyboards Stephen Malkmus, Daniel Wilson, Darrell Bourque lead guitars and Maryam Troncellitti on backing vocals.
Mixed by myself remotely going back and forth on email notes with Jake. Mastered by Gus Elg at Sky Onion Mastering.
Anybody else have an album they made in quarantine that they want me to mix? This was a blast to work on.
Two new Death Parade tracks up on Bandcamp right now! Had the extreme pleasure of recording, mixing, and mastering these tunes. Glad you can all finally hear them! https://laurapalmersdeathparade.bandcamp.com
2 track album
Heavy Priest are streaming one song from their forthcoming album that I had the absolute pleasure of mixing and mastering. https://open.spotify.com/artist/5swGmHnqVhEOq4DrG70vXA
I recorded (basic tracking anyway) and mastered this here album. Mixed by Adam Becker. Check it out! https://yuvees.bandcamp.com/album/human-dance
9 track album
Hey look at this new video music for a song from the Glass Curtains record I recorded and mixed. Pre-order the vinyl over at https://www.timereleases.com/glass-curtians-night-ep
https://youtu.be/rYTgzGZVvJs
The new single on Glass Curtains "Night EP" on Time Release Timereleases.com 2020
Mastered this banger for the Glass Knees buddies. Good day to buy on Bandcamp! https://glassknees.bandcamp.com/album/hug-dont-tug
4 track album
Video for new Hell Nancy song. I recorded Lauren singing with an acoustic guitar. Didn't end up using any of the guitar. She gave me full permission to totally mess with her song and gussie it up however I wanted, and well you can hear how it turned out below. Fun collab!
https://youtu.be/rDIi8CBfRrQ
Original music by Lauren Joyce of Hell Nancy Produced, arranged, and recorded by Eric Crespo at Torch Toucher Recording hellnancy.bandcamp.com
Check out this music video for a song from the new YUVEES album. I recorded and mastered the album. It was mixed by Adam Becker.
https://youtu.be/hAZhSqktn5c
Mastered this beauty for vinyl. Excited for y'all to hear it!
Things are progressing with the Prana Crafter / ragenap split release, a tribute to Robert Hunter. It is our first partner release with the UK's Cardinal Fuzz. More info here:
First time working out of The Hallowed Halls yesterday. What a great time! If you want to record here hit me up while I still got the dealz for youz!
Working on mixing a Neilson Family album right now. I love to mix so much!
Mik Everett
Looking for a band who would wanna do one day recording at Hallowed Halls with me. Super crazy big beautiful room. I can get a bit of a deal on their day rate and I will charge nothing for my time. Must be a Monday, Wednesday, or Friday. Get at me for more details. Spread the word. [email protected] https://www.thehallowedhalls.org
The Hallowed Halls home page, read more about the studios and event space!
Did a remote session today with producers/music supervisors in LA who are putting a song together for a movie. Tracked vocals from LaRhonda Steel (pictures next to me on the couch). What a major talent!
Be sure to hire her if you ever need some seriously pro gospel/soul vocals recorded!
Cool Flowers album newly up on Bandcamp! I had the pleasure of recording and mixing the following tracks: The Message, Cracked Wrapper, Mistakes, and Nasty Patterns. But I suggest listening to the whole thing!
10 track album
Hey-o! Lo Fives recorded this one on their own and had me mix and master it on my own. It was fun! Go check it out!
9 track album
Insightful little article
https://www.forbes.com/sites/nickmessitte/2014/04/30/drum-replacement-the-dirty-little-secret-that-changed-rock/
Chances are, if you’ve never worked behind the scenes in the audio industry, you probably don’t know the truth—or, at least, the vast extent of this truth—that when it comes to modern rock, drummers get by with a little help from their friends, a friend called sample replacement.
Wow! Ahmed Ag Kaedy featured on NPR 's All Songs Considered. Recorded and mixed by myself at Torch Toucher HQ.
After a few months taking care of his newborn, NPR Music's Lars Gotrich is back with buzzing Ethiopian hymns and Tuareg folk songs, but also white-hot psych-rock and a modular synth frenzy.
The Ahmed Ag Kaedy recorded here at Torch Toucher HQ is album of the day on bandcamp!
https://daily.bandcamp.com/2019/03/08/ahmed-ag-kaedy-akaline-kidal-review/?fbclid=IwAR0DPmkKWN7eTO3LORF10y6DXn05fS8I1r1c9d01u1MrFS1iHMe6MSN7iF4
A poignant reflection on a hometown plagued by conflict.
So stoked this is finally out in the world! Recorded and mix by yours truly at Torch Toucher HQ.
https://www.wweek.com/music/2019/02/28/ahmed-ag-kaedy-was-exiled-from-mali-for-playing-music-so-he-recorded-his-album-in-portland-instead/?fbclid=IwAR2OWZJ3RImCcGx9gkvGYrsxQ-f_OJVPJIeIvHz4Oa3vf1IsT36Q7ZNaaLw
“Akaline Kidal,” the latest album by guitarist Ahmed Ag Kaedy, evokes a windswept desert night in North Africa. It was recorded, however, in single, haunting takes on an 8-track cassette in a Portland basement. Ag Kaedy intended for his album to recall the Kidal region in Mali—a homeland he’...
Little teaser video for the upcoming Ahmed Ag Kaedy album recorded and mixed at Torch Toucher!
Teaser for the new album from Ahmed Ag Kaedy "Akaline Kidal" Coming on Vinyl & Cassette February 15, 2019 https://tinyurl.com/akalinekidal // In exile from h...
Recorded, mixed, and mastered this debut EP for Blue Crush all at Torch Toucher HQ. Release show tonight Alberta Street Pub! https://bluecrushband.bandcamp.com/releases
5 track album
New FIRE NUNS album is live! Tracked it at Red Lantern and mixed and mastered it at Torch Toucher HQ. 'Twas a joy to record this. Check it out! https://firenuns.bandcamp.com/album/band-on-holiday
11 track album
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Nick Delffs of Death Songs/ The Shaky Hands came by the studio to record a song yesterday.
