Interface Producer and Engineer ManagementMiloco's year is getting off to a soaring start, as we launch our brand new management company, Interface. The hottest new producer and engineer roster around, Interface will be run by our previous studio manager, Sophie Rankin, who shall be supervising a dynamic group of young, up-and-coming and established producers and engineers, who between them have already clocked up Grammy awards, Mercury nominations, multi-platinum sales, and a wealth of experience working all over the world. The vast number of artists already featuring on the guys' CVs include the likes of Slipknot, Liberty X, Bloc Party, M.I.A., Razorlight and The Chemical Brothers. The New Year launch of Interface was given an extra-special boost when the thriving production partnership of Steve 'Dub' Jones and Segs was added to the books. Joining them will be the following special and varied talents: Pete Hofmann, Matt Hyde, Mark Rankin, Finn Eiles, Matt Foster, Martin Jenkins, Ben Thackeray, Ferg Peterkin and Joe Hirst. You can read up on all information about the producers and engineers on the Interface website: www.interfaceyourmusic.com, which includes comprehensive CVs, biogs and listening posts. You can contact Sophie by emailing sophie@interfaceyourmusic.com or by phone on 020-7232-0008. Happy New Year, and welcome back!!
Before we continue, we must take a moment to wish you all a very Happy New Year. We hope you all enjoyed the festive break (apologies to any people who may have bypassed such a thing!), and that there aren't too many cobwebs left hanging from your eyelids. If there are however, perhaps we can help you in blasting them from existence! Miloco's nine studios are in full swing for the year ahead, and what's better is that our season of goodwill just never seems to end... We are offering a LIMITED number of free trial days in any of our studios to established producers and engineers - an offer which you really should take us up on ASAP to sample the various delights of our array of studio facilities... ...and there are plenty now to choose from. In case you are still unaware, we now run two SSL rooms; our Yard room in Highbury/Islington, and Sofa Sound in Chiswick having teamed up with the studio's owner, legendary producer Hugh Padgham, in summer 2007. Our SSL contingent joins our arsenal of three first-class Neve rooms; The Engine Room in SE1, The Garden in Shoreditch, and Musikbox in Kentish Town; the original Milo tracking studio, The Square, and unit of private programming suites, The Market, both based in Hoxton; and finally our top-end programming room, The Toyshop, and extreme live tracking studio, The Pool, both also based in SE1. Follow the link www.miloco.co.uk/studios for all the information you need on our studios. To make a booking or enquiry for any of our rooms, please call Vicki at the office on 020-7232-0008 or email vicki@miloco.co.uk. All the best for the year ahead. We look forward to working with you in 2008!! Studio HighlightsWhile the majority will have just taken half a month off to indulge in drinking and eating excessively, wishing for a Merry Christmas and merely receiving a pack of 'day of the week' socks from Primark (speaking purely speculatively of course, ahem), we must not forget those people who aren't always able to celebrate with friends and family. Nor those, for that matter, who simply refuse to!!! Here's a few picks from the studios in December... Miloco One - The Engine Room
The Rascals are a name you should get very used to hearing this year. They were in our
flagship Neve room at the start of last month with producer Ben Hillier and Interface engineer
Ferg Peterkin. We had the pleasure of playing host to KT Tunstall and
producer/engineer Rick Morris, and then Ferg was back for a few days to work with
The RGBs. Blowing the last gasps of engine steam for 2007 were Charles
Campbell-Jones and regular cohort, Interface's Ben Thackeray, and Kit Ashton
who wrapped things up with producer Mike Crossey.
Miloco Two - The Toyshop
Interface's new production supergroup, Steve Dub and Segs setup shop in Miloco Two
last month, primarily working with the very exciting new artsists that are Aynzli Jones
and Vanessa Brown. You'll hear much more on them throughout the year. Ferg Peterkin
did however find a day to nip upstairs for a day's work with Josh Weller.
Miloco Three - The Square
Our Hoxton Square studio was frantically gearing up for the holiday season in early December
with Eliot & Tim in with Interface's Ben Thackeray, Kish Mauve with
engineer Jim Eliot, Mystery Jets with producer Erol Alkan, Audio Bullys and
The Clik Clik with Interface's Pete Hofmann all checking in to Miloco Three in
quick succession. While the world began to purely focus on their mince pies and mulled wine,
the likes of Broken Wave, Lovvers, Noah and The Whale and Museum Tigers
were keeping The Square company.
Miloco Four - The Garden
Raygun were first in our prestigious Shoreditch tracking room in December, accompanied by
producer/engineer Liam Howe. Straight after them came Black Budd and producer
Mike Crossey who made good use of Miloco Four for over a week. Suzerain have been showing
their faces here and there lately, and they came back for a day in December with producer/engineer
Steve Lyon. Seeing out The Garden's
year were Reinstated, who came fully equipped with engineer Gareth Matthews.
Miloco Five - The Yard
Our newly re-christened SSL mix room at Highbury Corner began the month with Crystal Castles
grabbing a few days with engineer Alex Dromgoole. Shortly after, streetwise cat owners
were kicking themselves for not naming their kittens better, as Felix Da Housecat
swaggered through the gates and into The Yard, accompanied by producer Damien Mendis and
Interface engineer Martin Jenkins. It was also great to have The Furys and engineer
Andy McKim-Parker visit Miloco Five, and to also welcome back Harry J Cena who was
once again in the good company of Interface engineer Matt Foster.
Miloco Seven - Musikbox
Joe Lean and the Jing Jang Jong were preparing themselves for a big year ahead in
Musikbox last month. They were mixing tracks with both Mike Crossey and Interface
engineer Finn Eiles for a few days in December. Before coming to The Engine Room,
Charles Campbell-Jones and Interface's Ben Thackeray were grafting away up in
our Kentish Town Neve room. Audio Bullys also grabbed themselves a day last month in
Miloco Seven.
Miloco Eight - The Pool
December saw The Pool wind down a truly magnificent year in 2007, in which we had all sorts of
fine musical talent enjoying the room's extreme tracking capacity, amongst them: Arctic
Monkeys, Kate Nash, Franz Ferdinand, Jarvis Cocker and The
Courteeners. The Horrors came to visit regularly too, and it was a
pleasure to have them once again last month when they used up several days for some 'merry'
music making!
Miloco Nine - Sofa Sound
Finally to our West London hangout, Hugh Padgam's luxurious Sofa Sound studios in Chiswick.
Preparing for its first full year under Miloco representation, last month Sofa Sound housed the
likes of The Draytones, who were accompanied by producer and engineer James Lewis,
and The Dirty Disco who came with another exciting young producing talent, Iain Gore.
And so there we were. Finally, we could relieve our upper limbs from their year-long positions on keypads, mixing desks, guitar strings and drum sticks, and link them joyously whilst erupting into a heart-wrenching rendition of Auld Lang Syne as a mark of the end to one twelvemonth and indeed the beginning of the next. So back to work, and if there was anyone who knew that the holiday was over better than the rest, it would have to be our beloved diary which is already filling itself up and bearing the weight of many exciting sessions in the not-so-far-off future. Get an early start to your year's projects, and make sure you book some time with us. Call Vicki at the office on 020-7232-0008 or email vicki@miloco.co.uk. Likewise, for information on the Interface producers and engineers, call Sophie on 020-7232-0008 or email sophie@interfaceyourmusic.com You can view all of the Interface engineers' CVs on the Interface website: www.interfaceyourmusic.com. |
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MILOCO ONLINE COMMUNITY
Please come and join the Miloco web forum, and start contributing to our varied discussion boards. We like to discuss everything from the highest-tech studio gear, to the best gigs people have seen in the month, even one's preferences to the different scents of bath soaps - IT'S ALL GOOD!! Links to some recent forum posts: What stereo compressor for Musikbox? Pool's new EMT console Work Experience program Crazy Hours Tips for 08...? Pro Tools 7.4 ? plus more... www.miloco.co.uk/forum
New EMT Console and 2" Machine in The Pool
The Pool's army of vintage gear has a new soldier in its ranks. Having been collected from Berlin by Ben Hillier and Ferg Peterkin, a very cool EMT A100 mixing desk was installed in our unique tracking studio over the Christmas break. Staying true to the vintage feel of The Pool, this classic 30 channel mic/line mixer with 8 group outlets, 2 reverb send/returns and a stereo bus limiter will enhance the experience of recoridng onto tape in the room. And the additions don't stop there. Keeping this very handy console company will be a new Otari MTR-90 2" Machine which we have acquired due to the ever-increasing demand to record onto tape in the studio. Follow the link to The Pool's official webpage: The Pool
The Ruts return!!
As you now know, Interface management has recently acquired the talents of producer Segs to its roster, and as some of you will also know, Segs established his career playing bass for legendary punk rockers The Ruts, which now means that we have a direct interest in all things Ruts!! So we are delighted to inform you that on Friday January 25, to celebrate The Ruts' 30th anniversary, there will be a special one-off gig at the Shepherds Bush Empire where friends of the band will perform a selection of their favourite Ruts tunes, with all proceeds from the event going to the Macmillan Cancer Trust. Artists already confirmed to play the event include Miloco clients Alabama 3, TV Smith and The Glass Heroes. The event will be presented by Black Flag legend Henry Rollins, who as it just so happens has teamed up with The Ruts to make a new download version of the band's 1979 classic single, Babylon's Burning, which can be bought at www.indiestore.com/theruts. Check out The Ruts' MySpace: www.myspace.com/ therutsofficialpage.
Latest Miloco Releases
Released 7th January 2008 The Maccabeees - 'Toothpaste Kisses' 
Having romanticised the mobile telecoming masses on the recent Samsung advert, it only makes sense that The Maccabees treat us all to an official single release of their brilliant Toothpaste Kisses. One of the many highlights from their debut album, Colour It In, Toothpaste Kisses was recorded in The Pool by producer Ben Hillier and Interface engineer Ferg Peterkin. www.themaccabees.co.uk Released 10th December 2007 The Rascals - 'Out Of Dreams' 
Followng in the footsteps of their great pals, Arctic Monkeys, this Merseyside rock trio are set for a rip-roaring breakthrough in 2008. Out Of Dreams, a 4-track E.P., is the band's first official release, on Liverpool label Deltasonic. The Rascals were in The Pool in the summer of 2007 with producer Ben Hillier and engineer Ferg Peterkin tracking the E.P. It was mixed in The Engine Room. www.therascals.co.uk. To check out more Miloco releases over the last year, please look this way: www.miloco.co.uk/news/ newreleases |