September 2012 Stealing Sheep second single “Genevieve” is doing great.. The girls have travelled from one end of Europe to the other this summer, and the album has been really well received. Congrats xx
August 2012
A favourite from the new Noisettes Album. Mix assistant to the great Mike Cave on this – Love his work. Love Shingai’s voice, and the amazing string arrangement by the man – Will Malone, of Massive Attack fame.
May 2012
Stealing Sheep first single I recorded has started to receive airplay.. Radio 1 Radio 2, and this trippy excursion to early 80s cartoons of a video too.. fresh. nice one ladies
February 2012
Spent a couple days assisting on the new Noisettes record. The songs are great, can’t wait to hear the finished album. Been a while since I heard new material from these guys, great writers & musicians./. and Shingai’s voice is amazing.
6ix toys new Album ‘Alma de Cuba’ (The Soul of Cuba)
I first travelled to Cuba in 2005. I couldn’t have imagined 5 years later I could return and record an album with people I was yet to meet from both sides of the Atlantic.
I wasn’t there for Buena Vista, I wanted the sounds of Havana’s youth, travelling from Hackney in the UK, Central Havana felt on track. A musical melting pot of styles – Afro, Latin, Funk, Soul, Hip Hop, Jazz, Reggae, Salsa and everything in-between.
I rented an apartment in Central Havana and stayed for a month, there I met Roberto Santamaria, Nephew of the great Mongo Santamaria.
I spent a month with Roberto and made great friends with people who showed me the side of Havana Culture I had hoped for. In Roberto’s words, ‘You cannot escape the music’. Which is certainly true…until the Pope dies, and a staunchly Catholic country goes in to mourning. Three days of no music, and the strain of everyday life laid bare again. Time slowed down in Havana.
6ix Toys Live Album
Interesting challenge recording a live album.. Two tracks to download here – Album soon!
January 2012
More Mics added to the cupboard… a stereo pair of AKG 414s from the 1970s, with the amazing C12 Capsules.
Just tracked Greta Svabo Bech singing on a track for ‘Gemini’ – ‘The Fire Inside’ on one. *update* 6 March – tracks first play on Radio 1
