Supergroove - Traction w/Karl Steven, Tim Stewart and Malcolm Welsford
11/08/22 • 40 min
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Supergroove’s “Traction” is one of the most successful New Zealand albums of all time.
Released in 1994, the album shipped Platinum and debuted at #1 on the National Album Charts, holding on to the top spot for over a month.
'Traction' remained in the Top 15 for over 3 months and has now sold well over 5 times platinum.
In this episode, you’ll hear the surprisingly ‘heavy’ influence behind the album, why Che’ had to stand on a chair during the recording of one song, overdubbed foot tapping, crowd noises and who the ‘Having an abundance of platonic relationships reminiscent of my man Mike Plato’ guy is,
and there's a crap load of nerdy audio production talk as well.
These are the Studio Stories from the sessions for Supergroove - “Traction”
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Our Guests.
Karl Steven
Karl is Supergroove’s Singer/Songwriter Producer and now a multi award winning composer.
All info at www.karlsteven.com
Follow him on instagram: https://www.instagram.com/karlssteven/
Tim Stewart
Tim is Supergroove’s trumpet player as well as the man behind “Tibor” a musical divergence from the rootsy soul sounds of Tim’s other band Hopetoun Brown and finds him heading deep into the possibilities of analogue synthesis, 808 drum machines and the joys of a well-placed ribbon microphone. Tibor is also a three piece band helmed by Stewart on lead vocals and bass guitar.
Buy or Stream Tim’s project “Tibor”
Follow Tim on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/tiborino
Malcolm Welsford
Malcolm is one of New Zealand’s most celebrated music producers and co-founder of the now defunct, but legendary York Street Studios. These days, Malcolm is the man behind Drum and Bass act Mac Summer.
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Supergroove’s “Traction” is one of the most successful New Zealand albums of all time.
Released in 1994, the album shipped Platinum and debuted at #1 on the National Album Charts, holding on to the top spot for over a month.
'Traction' remained in the Top 15 for over 3 months and has now sold well over 5 times platinum.
In this episode, you’ll hear the surprisingly ‘heavy’ influence behind the album, why Che’ had to stand on a chair during the recording of one song, overdubbed foot tapping, crowd noises and who the ‘Having an abundance of platonic relationships reminiscent of my man Mike Plato’ guy is,
and there's a crap load of nerdy audio production talk as well.
These are the Studio Stories from the sessions for Supergroove - “Traction”
BUY OR STREAM TRACTION
Our Guests.
Karl Steven
Karl is Supergroove’s Singer/Songwriter Producer and now a multi award winning composer.
All info at www.karlsteven.com
Follow him on instagram: https://www.instagram.com/karlssteven/
Tim Stewart
Tim is Supergroove’s trumpet player as well as the man behind “Tibor” a musical divergence from the rootsy soul sounds of Tim’s other band Hopetoun Brown and finds him heading deep into the possibilities of analogue synthesis, 808 drum machines and the joys of a well-placed ribbon microphone. Tibor is also a three piece band helmed by Stewart on lead vocals and bass guitar.
Buy or Stream Tim’s project “Tibor”
Follow Tim on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/tiborino
Malcolm Welsford
Malcolm is one of New Zealand’s most celebrated music producers and co-founder of the now defunct, but legendary York Street Studios. These days, Malcolm is the man behind Drum and Bass act Mac Summer.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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SHIHAD - KILLJOY
Following on from their debut album “Churn'', Shihad continued to push themselves into new and uncharted territory with their bludgeoning 2nd album ‘Killjoy’ released in 1995.
In this episode you’ll hear the decision making process behind the albums huge production. How Neil Finn was at least partly responsible for the monstrous guitar sound. How the Beatles “Revolver” album influenced the song ’The Call’, the undeniable influence of Steve Albini, and the value of just turning everything up to 11.
These are the Studio Stories from the sessions for Shihad’s ‘Killjoy”
GUESTS
Jon Toogood
Frontman, guitarist, songwriter. Follow Jon on Instagram
Follow Shihad on Instagram
Buy or Stream Killjoy
Malcolm Welsford
Malcolm is one of New Zealand’s most celebrated music producers and co-founder of the now defunct, but legendary York Street Studios. These days, Malcolm is the man behind Drum and Bass act Mac Summer.
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Take two local heavy metal veterans, throw in a teenaged drummer and a generational vocal talent.
Collectively they are Devilskin. And in 2012, Paul Martin, Tony "Nail" Vincent, Nic Martin and Jennie Skulander
gathered in Auckland's York Street Studios with Producer Clint Murphy to put together their crushing opening statement "We Rise".
An album that would go on to debut at number 1 on the national charts and certified platinum 3 years later.
These are the Studio Stories behind one of New Zealand's most successful debut albums ever.
Buy or stream We Rise
Guests
Paul Martin is Devilskin's co-founder bassist and songwriter.
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Nic Martin is Devilskin's Drummer and songwriter
Follow Nic on Instagram
Clint Murphy is a multi-platinum, award-winning producer, engineer, mixer, songwriter and musician.
Now based in his native New Zealand, He has worked on records as diverse as Manic Street Preachers, Enter Shikari,
RØMANS and 50 Cent, racking up hits both in the UK and internationally.
Follow Clint on Instagram
https://www.clintmurphyproductions.com
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