February 2017

Tim Bowness – Lost in the Ghost Light

February 27th, 2017|Blog, In the studio..., News|

Tim's new album has just been released on Inside Out.  I authored the DVD which features my 5.1 mix of this album as well as Tim's previous album 'Stupid Things the Mean the World'.  It also includes my high resolution stereo mix of that album.  The excellent stereo mix of Lost in the Ghost Light was [...]

December 2016

Katatonia – The Great Cold Distance Anniversary Edition

December 11th, 2016|Blog, In the studio..., News|

I've been lucky enough to be able to immerse myself in Katatonia's classic 2006 album recently, remixing it for a special re-issue due for release in early 2017.  There is a lot of content so I wanted to clarify exactly what you'll be getting: CD1 - Original 2006 release CD2 - Bonus tracks and b-sides CD3 [...]

October 2016

Steven Wilson USA Shows

October 10th, 2016|Blog, News|

I''m opening for Steven Wilson for the first 9 shows of his USA tour this coming November.  I'll be performing my solo acoustic show consisting of The Pineapple Thief songs (and maybe a Soord Solo song too). This will be my first tour of the USA and I can't wait to get out there. Come say [...]

September 2016

Katatonia – Sanctitude

September 2nd, 2016|News|

I was lucky enough to tour with Katatonia in 2014, providing guitars, backing vocals and laptop duties (with a few keyboard parts thrown in for good measure).  The show we did at the Union Chapel in London was recorded and I was asked to mix it for the official blu-ray and CD release.  I supplied [...]

Opeth – Deliverance/Damnation review

September 2nd, 2016|In the studio..., News|

There is a nice review over at battlehelm.com for the re-mixed re-issue: http://battlehelm.com/reviews/opeth-deliverance-damnation/    

Bruce Soord – now available on 180g vinyl!

September 1st, 2016|Blog, News|

The good folks at Kscope have pressed up a limited quantity of super nice 180g vinyl editions of my new album.  Get it here!

July 2016

Fire Garden – Stereo and 5.1 Mix and DVD authoring

July 12th, 2016|In the studio..., News|

I am currently busy in my studio mixing the new Fire Garden album 'Far and Near'. This will feature an additional hi-resolution 24/96 DTS 5.1 mix and 24/96 PCM stereo mix via a DVD-V authored here at Soord Studios. The album features some fantastic drumming by Jimmy Keegan of Spock’s Beard and I've just been [...]

They Seem Like Owls – 5.1 mix and DVD-V DTS 5.1 authoring

July 12th, 2016|In the studio..., News|

I've just finished mixing the 5.1 for the debut 'They Seems Like Owls' album which I have also authored here. The excellent stereo mix was done by Julien Fehlmann at www.studiomecanique.ch It will be available on DVD-V as 24/96 DTS 5.1 and 24/96 PCM stereo. It's an intriguing mix of metal, doom and progressive song [...]

Benedict Harris-Hayes – Let There Be a Way Through the Waters (debut album)

July 12th, 2016|In the studio..., News|

I'm thrilled to be working with Ben this summer on his new album. I'll be co-producing and mixing his record and who knows, I might be able to persuade Ben to throw in a 5.1 mix too. At the moment we are working at the early demo stages, but it's already clear that Ben has [...]

Ghost Community – Cycle of Life (debut album). Stereo, 5.1 and co-production

July 12th, 2016|In the studio..., News|

I spent the best part of a year working with Ghost Community mixing and co-producing their new album 'Cycle of Life'. I also did a 5.1 mix (FLAC only). Check More info can be found at the Ghost Community website: http://ghostcommunity.co.uk/