THE WEST COAST GET DOWN SESSIONS

Miles Mosley and the West Coast Get Down entered King Size Soundlabs Studio A charged with the task of completing 8 records in 27 days.

The days ranged from full 9-piece live band recordings to smaller sessions of choir, horns and strings.

The West Coast Get Down (WCGD) is a collective of Los Angeles musicians, each their own composer, arranger, performer and instrumentalist.

Tirelessly engineered by Tony Austin and moved forward with a host of producers each record had its’ own sound tailor-designed to it.

When the dust settled and the hard drive was finally ejected on January 4th, there were 125 songs recorded for 8 different projects.

We look forward to hearing all of that music, and seeing it saunter off into the worlds of radio, film, television, video games and other media markets.

The “West Coast Get Down” is an umbrella project and collective that includes:

Miles Mosley
Kamasi Washington
Tony Austin
Ryan Porter
Cameron Graves
Patrice Quinn
Ronald Bruner Jr.
Brandon Coleman
Ricky Washington
Stephen “ThunderCat” Bruner
Gene Coy
Dante Winslow
Zane Musa
Robert Miller
Chris Grey
And others…

FOR FUTHER INFORMATION ON THE WEST COAST GET DOWN GO TO www.westcoastgetdown.com OR  CONTACT: SB MUSIC MANAGEMENT AT 323 965-1994.

Over a year has passed since our last entry… Not due to a lack of news to report, but because with so much going on we had little time to stop and write about it! Here are some of the sessions KSL has hosted since our last post…

 

Producer John Hill was in Studio A working with Portugal. The Man on their newest release for Atlantic Records.

 

Ted Hutt mixed The Dropkick Murphys album Going Out of Style in Studio A for the band’s own Born & Bred Records. Ryan Mall engineered.

 

 

Rock God Alice Cooper was in Kingsize Studio A with legendary producer and long time collaborator Bob Ezrin recording live basics and vocals for his latest album.

The Mars Volta were back in Studio A, C and Chateau Trumfio with engineer Lars Stalfors finishing up their upcoming record over the last year.

Producer Eric Liljestrand recorded vocals with folk/country legend Lucinda WIlliams for her Lost Highway release ‘Blessed’ in MANT.

 

Kingsize Soundlabs owner Dave Trumfio recorded drums for disco crooner Sam Sparro’s next album in Studio A with drummer Felix Bloxsum (Sia, Empire Of The Sun, Christina Aguilera).

Pierre de Reeder was in Kingsize Studio A with M.Ward and Zooey Deschanel working on tracks for A Very She & Him Christmas.  Mike Post assisted.

Punk rock super group OFF! returned to Studio A for more slash and burn recording.  Dimitri Coats produced and Andrew Lynch engineered the Southernlord Recordings release.

Dann Gallucci mixed tracks for both Cold War Kids and Tim Curran’s recent releases at Chateau Trumfio.

Dave Trumfio mixed Bad Religion’s cover of Bob Dylan’s classic “Baby Blue” at Chateau Trumfio for a forth coming Amnesty International release. Celso Estrada assisted.

Trumfio also mixed projects for Rooney frontman Robert Schwartzman, Everybody Else, Fight From Above, Kim Talon, Monstr, Jessica Fleischer, Dear Darling and Snowmine at Chateau Trumfio. Celso Estrada assisting on all mix sessions.

Anti- recording artist, Islands, recorded their up coming album with Dave Trumfio and Celso Estrada at the helm in Studio A. Rob Schnapf mixed the album in MANT.

Speaking of Rob Schnapf, he has been camped out over the last year in his personal laboratory MANT (aka KSL Studio B) producing and/or mixing several projects including Booker T. Jones’ ‘The Road from Memphis’ out now on Anti-.

 

 

Dave Trumfio produced and mixed Portland based Adventure Galley’s soon to be released debut album in Studio A, C and Chateau Trumfio. Celso Estrada engineered.

Twin Shadow spent two days in the C Room reworking the Bagarre song Circus Is Gone.  Michael Brauer mixed the song, which they released with a new name: ‘Changes.’

Hands was in the Studio A recording tracks for their new album with Andrew Lynch engineering.

KSL was home to a reunion of sorts… Sub Pop recording artists Beachwood Sparks began recording their first record in nine years in Studio A.  Thom Monahan produced and engineered the sessions.

Punky Reggae mainstays The Aggrolites returned to Kingsize Studio A with Michael Rozon to mix their live record Unleashed Live Vol. 1… released in September on Young Cub Records.

AA Bondy’s ‘Believers’, out on Fat Possum, was one of the first albums to be recorded on the John Musgrave customized MCI console in MANT.  Rob Schnapf produced the record and Chris Szczech assisted on the sessions.

More recently Rob and Chirs have been recording some great new material with the band Everest in MANT.

Drew Fischer recorded new material with The Soft Pack in both the A and C room.

Ted Hutt and Ryan Mall were at KSL once again, mixing a new album from Old Crowe Medicine Show and producing a new album for The Mighty Mighty Bosstones.

In MANT, Rob Schnapf mixed a soon-to-be released record for Lost In the Trees. Chris Szczech assisted on the mix sessions.

Rob and Chris also mixed the album ‘Between the Concrete and Clouds’ from Brooklyn-based artist Kevin Devine.

Dave Trumfio recorded and produced an album for Boston’s The Everyday Visuals with Celso Estrada at the controls in Studio A, C and Chateau Trumfio.

Dave and Celso also recorded and mixed OC faves The Bolts with Iconic’s Guy Eckstine producing in Studio A and Chateau Trumfio.

Producer Mike Boden was in the A Room and C Room with the band Armada, working on their debut LP.  Brian Rosemeyer assisted.

Patrick Park commenced work on his fourth LP at Chateau Trumfio and SoundLab #1 with longtime producer Dave Trumfio and engineer Celso Estrada.  Brian Rosemeyer assisted.

Anti- recording artist Kelly Hogan was in KIngsize Studio A mixing with KSL veteran Ken Sluiter at the controls!

 

Engineer Dave Trumfio recorded drums for a Sneaky Soundsystem remix with Felix Bloxsum behind the kit.  Brian Rosemeyer assisted.

Producer Mike Viola worked with New York based singer songwriter Noam Weinstein in Studio A on his forthcoming album.  Andrew Lynch engineered.

Ted Hutt and Ryan Mall returned to Studio C to mix the new Lucero album, recorded and produced by Ted in Memphis, TN.

DJ A-Trak spent a few days in the C Room working on new material.  Celso Estrada engineered the sessions.

 

Garrison Starr recorded tracks for her forthcoming ‘Amateur’  in the A Room with producer Justin Glasco.  Andrew Lynch engineered.

KROQ darlings Scarlet Grey recorded and mixed their single “Gone Away Girl” with producer Dave Trumfio in Studio A and Chateau Trumfio with Kingsize engineer Celso Estrada.

Kid Static recorded vocals with Doug Boehm in Kingsize rooms A, C, and MANT.  Doug also worked on new material with The Hangmen in Studio A.

Engineer and producer Darrell Thorp worked in the A Room with the bands Kiev and Bowery Beasts.

Nico Stai spent three days in the A Room working on material for a new full length record.

Country rocker Grant Langston recorded eleven songs with engineer and producer Paul Kolderie in studio A.  Brian Rosemeyer assisted.

Dave Trumfio produced and mixed Pittsburgh-based indie rockers Triggers second LP, which will be released on Anomaly Records with engineer Celso Estrada.

The band Western Scene recorded some new songs in Studio A with the help of producer Hugo Nicolson. Brian Rosemeyer assisted on the sessions.

Arise Roots recorded a few more tracks with producer Brian Dixon and engineer Richard Robinson.  Brian Rosemeyer assisted.

Black Harvey worked with producer Chris Seefried and engineer Seth A. Horan in the A Room.

Producer Joe Bartone was in Studio A with Valerie Ponzio. They recorded drums for a few of her  new songs with the help of engineer Paul Du Gre and assistant engineer Jordan Greene. Joe has also recorded with his band Dub Theif (formerly Thelonious Dub) in the A Room.

Jacob and Matthew recorded the bulk of their new EP ‘Trust’ in the A Room with the help of engineer and producer Brian Humphrey.

Modern Time Machines worked on two songs from their forthcoming debut with producer Steven Rhodes.  Brian Rosemeyer and Jordan Greene assisted.

In the A Room punk rockers, Ladyheat, banged out their full-lenght ‘Used Future’ in one day.  Danny Langa engineered and Brian Rosemeyer assisted.

Nick Diamonds latest solo release ‘I Am An Attic’ was mixed by Celso Estrada in Studio C.

Judson McKinney recorded his new record ‘Drink The Wine’ with producer Andrew Lynch in the A Room.

Inc. recorded drums and bass for two new songs with engineer and producer Adam Moseley.  Brian Rosemeyer assisted on the sessions.

Rick Parker brought Denver-based Overcasters to Studio A, where they recorded their second LP with the L.A. based producer.

Engineer Patrick McCarthy returned to Kingsize Soundlabs to record his own band Zig Zags.

Producer and engineer Celso Estrada worked on two new tracks with the band Zeus in Studio A.

Kindie rockers Ellen & Matt recorded a new album with producer Dave Trumfio who also mixed the record.  Celso Estrada and Brian Rosemeyer assisted.

Vera Mesmer recorded drums with engineer Jordan Greene in the A Room.

The Good Rebels worked on a new song with producer Scott Smith in the A Room.

Charlina Gozali recorded much of her forthcoming EP with engineer and producer Jorge Costa in the A Room.  Brian Rosemeyer assisted.

Scott Flammer mixed a killer album by the metal band Kaustik in the C Room.

Particle Wave recorded their new LP with Richard Robinson in the A and C room.

Hi there!

We at Kingsize Soundlabs hope all is well and that your 2010 winter/spring has been exciting and productive for you thus far. Soon summer will be upon us and we want to give you an update on what has been happening at Kingsize Soundlabs.

Big NEWS!!! KSL has decided to publish our NEW RATES in our brand new revamped smart phone friendly WEB SITE! Studio A is now available for a book rate of $500.00 / day!!! Check it all out in this new site…

Here are some of the highlights so far in 2010!:

-Atlantic recording artists Panic At The Disco were in Studio A with producer/engineer Steve McDonald and KSL’s Andrew Lynch as Second Engineer.

-Warner Brothers recording artist Ximena Sarinana has been recording her latest LP at Kingsize Studio A with producer Greg Kurstin and KSL engineers Dave Trumfio and Celso Estrada.

-Mom and Pop recording artists Tokyo Police Club has recorded there latest LP in Studio A with producer / engineer team Rob Schnapf and Doug Boehme.

-Sony/ATV Music Publishing recording artist Passion Pit is currently locked out in our SL 1 writing songs for various projects. KSL engineer Celso Estrada is engineering the sessions.

-Mute recording artist Liars have recently done vocal tracks in our Soundlab 1.

-Legendary producers Dave Kershenbaum and Guy Eckstein have recently recorded Justyna Kelly’s debut LP in Studio A and C. KSL engineer’s Celso Estrada and Dave Trumfio manned the controls  on the sessions.

-The Rentals have completed their Songs About Time project with KSL owner producer/engineer Dave Trumfio at the helm. The project produced over 40 new pieces of music by the now legendary synth driven group fronted by original Weezer bassist Matt Sharp. KSL engineer Celso Estrada assisted.

-Producer/engineer Peter Malick has been making KSL’s Studio C his new home and in conjunction with Studio A done recent sessions for Luxury Wafers, Nico Stai, The Antiques and Franklin Music School.

-Side One Dummy recording artists Gas Light Anthem recently mixed there latest LP with  producer/engineer team Ted Hutt and Ryan Mall in Studio A.

-Setting Fires and Superficial Saints have both recorded in Studio A with engineer/producer David Julson Rieley at the controls.

-Roadrunner recording artist Young The Giant and singer songwriter Ben Marchant have both recorded overdubs in Studio A with producer/engineer Joe Chiccarelli over the past few month.

-Mars Volta (Omar Rodriguiz) has recently camped out in SL1 with engineer Lars Stalfors to write and record for forthcoming projects.

-Merge recording artist M. Ward has recently been to KSL with Rilo Kiley bassist producer/engineer Pierre De Reeder. Rumor has it they pulled out an old 1/2″ 8-track!.

-KSL owner producer/engineer Dave Trumfio has recently finished recording and mixing projects for Rooney, E For Explosion and singer songwriter Naomi Greenwald.

-Producer/Engineer Doug Boehem recorded overdubs for Ezra Furman and The Harpoons forth coming release in Studio C.

-The Seizure has recently recorded basic tracks with KSL engineer Richard Robinson.

-DRIVE A recently mixed in Studio A with Dan Joeright as mixing engineer.

-Meryl Music Distribution artist Dollyrots and Century Media Records recording artists Vampires Everywhere have both recorded in our A Studio with producer/engineer Fred Archambault.

-Sony Music writing team OH Land has been recording songs with Sony A&R/producer Lukas Burton at the controls.

-Nico Stai has been recently camping out in SL 1 recording material for his forth coming full length.

-Crappy Records recording artist Kurt Baker recently completed a EP of new wave power pop classics with producer Linus Dotson. Other Dotson session’s have included Allstar Weekend and chief Nerf Herder and fellow Crappy artist Parry Gripp.

-Producer/Engineer Dave Cooley has recently finished up vocal and guitar sessions with Hollywood Records recording artist Allstar Weekend in Studio A, C and Chateau Trumfio.

-Side One Dummy recording artists Fake Problem from Florida is currently recording tracks with producer / engineer team Ted Hutt and Ryan Mall.

-Engineer Carter W. Humphrey has spent time in our Studio C recording Nitric Records artist Tino Anglade.

-Producer/Engineer John Travis has recently recorded Father Tiger in Studio C.

-John Whynot recorded music for the video game Special OPS: “The Line” with Elia Cmiral as producer

-Sony Music artist Scott McFarnon recorded with A&R/Producer Lukas Burton and KSL engineer Andrew Lynch.

-Engineer Eric Corne has recently done sessions with Julia Govinden.

-Branden Daniel and the Chics and Jake Littman have both recorded in Studio A with producer Bruce Duff and KSL engineer Richard Robinson.

-Commercial music producer Keith Ruggerio of SoundsRED has worked on various voice over sessions for movie and commercial release in SL1, Chateau Trumfio and Studio C.

-Some other Artists, Engineers and Producers that have been working at our studios include:

Amanda Abizaid

MEM

Miles Fisher

The Neos (Volita Bioletti) with KSL engineer Andrew Lynch in our C Studio

Bliss (Peter Razo) with KSL engineer Andrew Lynch in our A Studio and C Studio

Benjamin Aguilar

Kitten

Jake Portrait

Gus Black

Justin Glasco

Jeremy Silver

In latest news… Our Kingsize Soundlabs North Facility is now in full swing. This facility is located slightly north of our Eagle Rock location in lovely Atwater Village . It features six new producer suites, gated parking, with a 5.1/stereo mixing room.

In addition to our Kingsize North Facility, the original Kingsize Soundlabs ( Los Angeles ) has been making strides of its own. Over the 2010 Winter Season, we have further treated our A and C Studio live rooms for a more improved sound controlled environment.

The entire Kingsize Soundlabs (South) facility is a multi-use recording compound nestled within the beautiful city lights and scenic mountains of Northeast Los Angeles . The Rock Block, as many people call it, contains a variety of studios within two free-standing buildings. All studios can be customized and outfitted with your desired pro audio equipment depending on your recording needs. We have many instruments, outboard gear, microphones, and HD3 rigs with loads of plug-ins, along with classic analog consoles and recorders at your fingertips! Most are interchangeable between the studios which makes it a unique environment above and beyond many other studios. (See website for equipment details and reserve your room and desired setup).

The centerpiece, Studio A – “The Castle” is built around a vintage 32-channel Neve 8068 console and is accompanied with a 24-channel 2″ MCI tape machine for the analog lovers. With an HD3 Pro Tools system and a 32 I/O Apogee interface configuration, we have plenty of options for tracking and mixing. In addition to the nice array of outboard gear, this room comes with a Yamaha G2 baby grand piano, vintage upright piano, Hammond B3 organ with dual-motor Leslie, additional Hammond organs, and loads of vintage analog synths as well as amps, guitars, and drums for your choosing.

Next door to the A Studio is our newly outfitted Studio B – “MANT”. We are proud to announce we have recently partnered up with noted producer/engineer/mixer and all-around nice guy Rob Schnapf. “Mant” (half-man, half-ant) is the new parking place for Rob’s vintage recording space filled with outboard gear and his large collection of “bells & whistles.” This truly gives the room a cool vintage feel. MANT comes with a vintage “Class A” 16 channel Electrodyne console (formerly owned by the Sinatras), an MCI 24-channel custom console, a ProTools HD3 rig, several amps, analog keyboards, and of course a Mellotron!

On the other side of Studio A is The Ship, owned and operated by engineer/producer Aaron Espinoza of the band Earlimart. Although technically not a Kingsize studio, The Ship has worked closely with Kingsize over the years and is one of the original studios on the block when we set up shop in the early 2000’s.

“The Annex,” the second building on the block, houses our Studio C, Mark Chalecki’s Little Redbook Mastering and Soundlabs 1 – 3 our project based overdub/mix rooms.

Studio C, “The Cabin,” hosts a simple ITB setup using a Digidesign Control 24, HD3 rig, and 16 i/o Digidesgn/Mytech converter combination. With classic front end from Helios, Quad 8 and API mic pre’s, this room is ideal for smaller tracking, overdubbing, and mixing sessions. This room contains a smaller live room suitable for recording most overdubs and a large amp closet ideal for isolation when needed.

Soundlabs 1 – 3, “The Capsules,” are smaller control rooms / ISO booth production rooms. These rooms offer a very affordable way of recording and mixing projects that need a lockout type schedule. Let us help put together a package that meets your needs and budget!

Soundlabs 1, 2 and 3 are also available for month to month lockouts. Contact us for details if interested.

Last but not least, The Rock Block offers a spacious patio and with an open atmosphere. We do encourage daily cook outs!

As the home studio inevitably gets more sophisticated, we know people still want to make classic-sounding records, cut big-sounding basics, and mix with the real gear. That’s why we’re here.

Cheers and hope to see you soon,

Kingsize Soundlabs

Harry Trumfio on the far right, with his team of 10 KSL interns

Last couple weeks the Tokyo Police Club have been recording at Kingsize soundlabs…

Hi there and happy Fall 2009! To view this news and more in our online newsletter: CLICK HERE!

We at Kingsize hope all is well and that the rest of your 2009 will be exciting and productive for you. Soon the New Year will be upon us and we want to give you an update on what has been happening at Kingsize Soundlabs.

We’re on Facebook now, click on the link and become a fan. In latest news…

We are proud to introduce the Kingsize Soundlabs North Facility! Located slightly north of our Eagle Rock location in lovely Atwater Village, this new location features five new producer suites, gated parking, and a larger 5.1/stereo mixing room designed to emulate the home theater environment.

In parallel to our fresh northern exposure, the original Kingsize Soundlabs (Los Angeles) has been making strides of its own. Before I get into the latest happenings, I would like to get you up to speed with the new lay of the land on The Rock Block.

The entire Kingsize Soundlabs (South) facility is a multi-use recording compound nestled within the beautiful city lights and scenic mountains of Northeast Los Angeles. The Rock Block, as many people call it, contains a variety of studios within two free standing buildings. All studios can be customized and outfitted with your desired pro audio equipment depending on your recording needs. We have many instruments, outboard gear, microphones, and HD3 rigs with loads of plug-ins, along with classic analogue consoles and recorders at your finger tips! Most are interchangeable between the studios which makes it a unique environment above and beyond many other studios. (See website for equipment details and reserve your room and desired setup).

The centerpiece, Studio A – “The Castle” is built around a vintage 32 channel Neve 8068 console and is accompanied with a 24ch 2″ MCI tape machine for the analogue lovers. With an HD3 Pro Tools system and a 32 i/o Apogee interface configuration, we have plenty of options for tracking and mixing. In addition to the nice array of outboard gear, this room comes with a Yamaha G2 baby grand piano, vintage upright piano, Hammond B3 organ with dual motor Leslie, additional Hammond organs, and loads of vintage analogue synths as well as amps, guitars, and drums for your choosing.

Next door to the A Studio is our newly outfitted Studio B – “MANT”. We are proud to announce we have recently partnered up with noted producer/engineer/mixer and all-around nice guy Rob Schnapf. “Mant” (half-man, half-ant) is the new parking place for Rob’s vintage recording space filled with outboard gear and his large collection of “bells and whistles.” This truly gives the room a cool vintage feel. MANT comes with a vintage “Class A” 16 channel Electrodyne console (formerly owned by the Sinatras), a ProTools HD3 rig, several amps, analogue keyboards and of course a Mellotron! This room will soon be outfitted with the long awaited John Musgrave custom MCI Console as well…

On the other side of Studio A is The Ship, owned and operated by engineer/producer Aaron Espinoza of the band Earlimart. Although Technically not a Kingsize studio The Ship has worked closely with Kingsize over the years and is one of the original studios on the block when we set up shop in the early 2000’s…

“The Annex,” the second building on the block, houses our Studio C, Mark Chalecki’s Little Redbook Mastering and Soundlabs 1 – 3 our project based overdub/mix rooms. Studio C, “The Cabin”, hosts a simple ITB setup using a Digidesign Control 24, HD3 and 16 i/o Digidesgn/Mytech converter combination. With classic front end from Quad 8 and floatable API mic pre’s, this room is ideal for smaller tracking, overdubbing, and mixing sessions. You can also customize your session with additional compressors, eq’s, and effects to maximize your recordings within a reasonable budget. This room contains a smaller live room suitable for recording most overdubs and a large amp closet ideal for isolation when needed.

Soundlabs 1 – 3, “The Capsules,” are smaller control rooms / ISO booth production rooms. These rooms offer a very affordable way of recording and mixing projects that need a lockout type schedule. The Capsules can be equipped as needed per project and can host visiting rigs as well. Let us help put together a package that meets your needs and budget!

Soundlabs 2 and 3 are also available for month to month lock outs. Please contact us for details if interested.

In Soundlab 2, for the past few years, composer Damien Heartwell has launched and operated his music composition company, Vibrant Music with a focus on creating original music for TV commercials, production music libraries, corporate mnemonics, and network branding packages. Recent projects include spots for Volkswagen, Target, US Cellular, California Cheese and Esurance. Now happily settled in at Kingsize Soundlabs, Vibrant Music aims to continue creating unique scores across all musical genres and trying to push for intelligent, interesting and unexpected music in advertising.

Last but not least, The Rock Block offers a spacious patio and with an open atmosphere unlike many studios in the hyper-competitive LA music scene. We do encourage daily cook-outs!

Kingsize Soundlabs (North) is a brand new facility focused on providing private month to month lock outs for independent music producers, writers and mixers. Located in Atwater Village Kingsize Soundlabs (North) offers 6 “plug and play” recording and mixing studios varying in size and purpose. At the heart of this facility is a 5.1 mixing theater designed to emulate the real world home theater along with 5 producer suites that included treated control rooms and iso booths. Gated parking and full kitchen on premises rounds out this top notch facility we are excited to offer as of fall 2009.

Here are some of this years highlights:

-Indie rock legends Built To Spill (Warner Brothers) holed up with Dave Trumfio to complete the band’s 7th studio album “There Is No Enemy”.

-Modern folk troubador Patrick Park has been tracking and mixing his next collection of finger picked stories with Dave Trumfio in The Castle and Chateau Trumfio.

-Kisschasy, Sweet Thing, Josh Radin, Wild Light and The Toadies all spent time recording with Producer/Engineers Rob Schnapf and Doug Boehm in Kingsize’s newest addition, Studio B aka MANT! Boehm also mixed the newest for indie pop whiz kids Princeton using MANT’s newly refurbished control room.

-The ever classic and lovely Ricky Lee Jones mixed her new album with Rob Schnapf in MANT.

-Producer/Songwriter Greg Kurstin recorded tracks for Lily Allen’s new hit record “It’s Not Me It’s You” which includes her hit songs entitled “F**K You” and “Never Gonna Happen” here at Kingsize along with tracking and mixing for Sia’s (of Zero 7) upcoming LP release. Greg is currently locking out The Cabin for various sessions over the next few months! His recent projects include production and mixing various tracks for Devo’s new LP and writing new hits for his ongoing project The Bird and The Bee.

-Against Me! holed up with producers Butch Vig and Billy Bush working on the bands next release. In addition, Billy Bush has worked on several projects in our Soundlab 3 capsule this past year. These projects are: Guy Sebastian (First Australian Idol Winner), IIse DeLange (#1 Album in Holland), Super 400 (Sweet First Album Mixing), Tom Gabel (Heart Burns EP), Shirley Manson/Bear McCreary (“Samson and Delilah” Terminator: Sarah Conner Chronicles), and The Subways to name a few…

-Producer/Engineer Tom Biller worked on several projects in The Cabin, including the soundtrack to “Where the Wild Things Are,” which he co-produced with Karen O. Liars, and Michael Mangia are among other artists Biller brought to Kingsize.

-Alterna-New Wave Hip Hop whiz’s J Davey (Warner Brothers) worked with Kingsize engineers Dave Trumfio and Zac Carper on their soon to debut LP.

-One of the best punk/reggae bands ever, The Aggrolites self-produced their fourth LP (Hellcat) with help from Kingsize engineer Richard Robinson turning the knobs.

-Welsh-American hard rockers Lost Prophets (Sony BMG-UK) spent weeks at Kingsize recording and producing their fourth album with engineer Justin Hopfer. They also did pre-production here on the Rock Block with the legendary producer Bob Rock late last year!

-Bowling for Soup “Sorry For Partyin” (Jive/RCA) made final tweaks on their newest with producer Linus Dotson in The Cabin.

-Also in the Cabin, producer Linus Dotson of Crappy Records, has worked on many projects wich includes MC Lars “This Gigantic Robot Kills” and “The Green Christmas EP” (Crappy/Oglio), The Leftovers “Eager To Please” (Crappy/Oglio), Skyfox “The Twilight EP” (Crappy), Kylee “Vacancy” and “Love Kicks” (Sony Japan), Perry Gripp “Jackie Johnson” single (Oglio), Gabriel Mann “Tall Buildings” (Franklin Castle), and Kool Keith “Break U Off” (Oglio) to name a few…

-Side One Dummy artists Nathan Maxwell, Gaslight Anthem, Dusty Rhodes and The River Band all spent time with producer Ted Hutt and engineer Ryan Mall recording and mixing their new releases. Ted Hutt and Ryan Mall have also recently finished projects for The Mighty Mighty Bosstones and Memphis rockers Lucero here at Kingsize.

-Universal Republic recording artists Iglu and Hartly have visited the Rock Block for several sessions over the last year with Kingsize engineer Zac Carper at the controls.

-The Rentals have been visiting Kingsize through out the year recording tracks for their “Songs About Time” project with Producer/Engineer Dave Trumfio. The songs are also being mixed by Trumfio at his residential mixing studio Chateau Trumfio.

-Trumfio has also mixed recent releases at Chateau Trumfio for: Rooney, Hope Sandoval, Sia, Sea Wolf, Booker T, Ricky Lee Jones, Nell Bryden, Alaskan Summer, His Orchestra, Patrick Park, International Tennis Champions, E For Explosion, MC Lars, The Leftovers, Sky Fox, Parry Gripp, Dallas Don Burnet and many others…

-Producer/Engineer John Travis recorded Red Bull recording artists Twin Atlantic in The Castle for basics and recorded overdubs in the Capsule.

-Producer/Engineer Joe Chiccarelli recorded overdubs for several projects over the past year in The Castle.

-Black Box Revelation recently completed mixing with Producer/Engineer Greg Gordon in The Castle. Gordon also recently mixed sessions at Kingsize for Yeah, Yeah,Yeah’s

-Nell Bryden and Justyna Kelly are two of the recent projects legendary producer David Kershenbaum has brought to Kingsize over recent months. Kingsize Engineers Celso Estrada and Dave Trumfio both played roles on the recent sessions.

-Composer/Engineer Keith Ruggiero of SoundsRED spent time in Soundlab 1 working on an array of projects, including a promotional trailer for Blu-ray discs.

-Engineer Lars Stalfors has recently worked at Kingsize with Funeral Party and Mars Volta’s Omar Rodriguez Lopez.

-Steel Train and FUN both spent time recording with Producer/Engineer Steve McDonald in The Castle.

-Disillusion were in tracking with producer/engineers Pogo of Marilin Manson and Brian DeMar of Ministry.

-Producer/Engineer and Mixer Carter William Humphery mixed two albums at Kingsize for the legendary Engelbert Humperdinck. The first was an album entitled “A Taste of Country” consisting mainly of cover songs done in a country frame of mind. The 2nd, titled “Legacy of Love,” was a complete re-recording of 26 of Engelbert’s greatest hits.

-Producer/Engineer and Mixer Bryan Cook has worked on several projects this past year of which include faux French band Nous Non Plus (Aeronaut Records), LP entitled “Menagerie”, iTunes exclusive tracks for ATO recording artist Jem, her “Down To Earth” LP, and former Sony/Epic recording artist Susie Suh’s new independent EP called “Bakman Tapes Volume 2″ to name a few…

Other recent sessions included: Saosin, The Parson Redheads, The Little Heroes, The Black Kites, Bouncing Soles, Distorted Fate, Japanese Motors, The Vines, Tim Finn (ex-Crowded House), Tom Chasteen, The Young Dubliners, American Idol winner David Cook, Adam Cohen (Low Millions, Leonard’s son), and Frankel.

There is more music than ever being released and recorded these days—that’s a fact. So as a studio, we aim to be a cut above and offer clients the know-how and the gear that they don’t have at home. Having a little mystique helps too! As the home studio inevitably gets more sophisticated, we know people still want to make classic-sounding records, cut big sounding basics, and mix with the real gear. That’s why we’re here.

Cheers and hope to see you soon, Kingsize Soundlabs