Sear Sound Sessions: Donald Fagen, Classical Frank Zappa, Lulu Gainsbourg
Sear Sound has been a beehive for several highly intriguing projects this summer. Highlight sessions include:
Frank Zappa lives in classic style at Sear Sound.
NYC denizen Donald Fagen tracked in Studio A on the 8038 Neve with Michael Leonhart producing and Charlie Martinez engineering for Warner Bros. Records.
eONE Music was in Studio C, reportedly “classisizing” Frank Zappa songs for a new release. His original songs were rescored for classical orchestral instruments and tracked on Sear Sound’s famed custom Avalon/Sear console. The sessions were produced by Susan Del Giorno from eONE with GRAMMY-winning engineer Silas Brown working the board.
As he works on his upcoming new self-produced album, Lucien (Lulu) Gainsbourg continues to track in both Studio A and Studio C, depending on the orchestration. Jeremy Loucas is his engineer for his new upcoming album. Lucien is the son of the internationally acclaimed French singer Serge Gainsbourg.
Engineer/producer Stewart Lerman tracked in Studio C for the HBO series “Boardwalk Empire”.
eONE MUSIC was at Sear Sound again tracking and mixing a new album with international artist Sophie Milman. The project was tracked in Studio C on the Avalon/Sear console and mixed in Studio A on the Neve 8038. In these intensive sessions, Milman began the recording sessions with an ensemble of 20 musicians and the vocalist all playing together, at the same time. Chris Allen was the tracking engineer and James Farber served as mix engineer. The project was produced by Matt Pierson.
Producer/engineer Gary Maurer tracked an ensemble of 22 musicians for his upcoming HEM album in Studio C. He will reportedly return to Sear Sound shortly to mix a 24 song double album.
And finally, Universal Classics of Japan tracked in Studio C for their international artist/pianist Makoto Ozone. The album was tracked by engineer James Farber and produced by Makoto Shinohara of Universal.