Helping songs find their shape, sound and identity. From early ideas through to the finished record.
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PRODUCTION
Helping songs find their shape, sound and identity. From early ideas through to the finished record.
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RECORDING
Nearly three decades of making musicians sound like themselves, only better. From intimate overdubs to full-band sessions.
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RECORDING
Nearly three decades of making musicians sound like themselves, only better. From intimate overdubs to full-band sessions.
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MIXING
Bringing detail, weight and character together into a mix that feels finished without sanding off what made it interesting.
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MIXING
Bringing detail, weight and character together into a mix that feels finished without sanding off what made it interesting.
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MASTERING
The final perspective: balance, translation and delivery without trying to reinvent the record at the last minute.
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MASTERING
The final perspective: balance, translation and delivery without trying to reinvent the record at the last minute.
GOOD RECORDS HAVE FINGERPRINTS.
GOOD RECORDS HAVE FINGERPRINTS
03 / DAVID HOLMES
MAKING RECORDS SINCE '99.
MAKING RECORDS SINCE '99.
MAKING RECORDS SINCE '99.
David Holmes is a producer, recording, mix and mastering engineer based in London, with hundreds of records and hundreds of millions of streams across more than two decades of work.
David Holmes is a producer, recording, mix and mastering engineer based in London, with hundreds of records and hundreds of millions of streams across more than two decades of work.
Based at Lightship 95, the recording studio he co-owns aboard a converted 1930s lightship on the Thames, David works from first ideas and arrangements through recording, mixing and final masters.
Based at Lightship 95, the recording studio he co-owns aboard a converted 1930s lightship on the Thames, David works from first ideas and arrangements through recording, mixing and final masters.
