I was rummaging through my hard drives last week and came across this rather beautiful thing. John Service is a singer and song-writer who I’ve had the privilege to produce on a number of occasions and, for his birthday, I made him a string-arranged mix of his track ‘Stronger’, which we originally made as a fuller production for his eponymously titled EP. I thought it was high time the world heard it. So, come on world, lend us your ears…
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| Apr |
John Service: Stronger
Tags: John Service, Production, Service EP, String Arrangement, Stronger
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Annakin: Alive Video Newsflash! LIFF Winner!
Tags: Alive, Annakin, Christian Ammann, Jono Buchanan, London International Film Festival, Production, Torch Songs, Video
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Annakin - Alive from ann kathrin lüthi on Vimeo.
Here’s Annakin’s second single in video form. It was directed by Christian Ammann. As you already know, I produced this album last summer and it’s doing very nicely. Head over to iTunes to pick it up now if you haven’t already. NEWS FLASH!!! The Alive video won Best International Short Film at this year’s London Independent Film Festival. Huge congratulations to Christian and Annakin! If you’re in Switzerland this summer, go and see Annakin - her festival dates are on her site: http://www.annakin.net/
| 10 | th |
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| Apr |
Iron Butterflies: The Rest Will Follow
Tags: Album, Iron Butterflies, Matthew King, Mike Ball, Olivia Bradbury, Production
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As promised, here’s a second track from the forthcoming ‘Iron Butterflies’ album. As with ‘Khaki Army Tank’, this track is a collaboration with Olivia Bradbury but this time we joined forces with my great friend, composer Matthew King, who wrote the harp, celeste and brass arrangements, the latter of which were then performed by Guildhall graduate Mike Ball. Olivia is once again on sparkling form, with a wonderful lyric and unique vocal performance. Enough from me… kick back, drink it in and let me know what you think.
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| Apr |
Pop: Reckless
Tags: Cayte Webber, Jono Buchanan, Pop Track, Production, Unsigned
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Happy Easter! To help celebrate the passing of the first quarter of the year, here’s a huge pop slammer. Another from the Jono Buchanan/Cayte Webber production stable and this one’s a real stallion. Ever wondered what Shania Twain might sound like on acid? Wonder no more…
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| Mar |
Iron Butterflies: Khaki Army Tank
Tags: Album, Iron Butterflies, Jono, Olivia Bradbury, Production
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For the past two years, whenever other production work hasn’t (happily) got in the way, I’ve been working on an album project of my own, along with a group of carefully chosen collaborators. This summer, I’m determined to finish it but in the meantime, I thought it might be the right time to start unleashing a few of its completed songs upon the world at large. So, here’s the first of what will become a series of pre-album postings. The song was co-written with Olivia Bradbury who recently graduated from the Guildhall School of Music & Drama’s Jazz course. Her wonderful voice and interesting worldly observations, spelt our through her lyrics, made her a wonderful choice for a collaboration and the result is this… Khaki Army Tank. Expect more from this project soon.
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Pop Track: Claustrophobic
Tags: Cayte Webber, Pop, Production, Songwriting
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It’s the start of the week but to ease the Monday Blues, here’s a slice of pure pop. I’ve been working with the brilliantly talented Cayte Webber on a whole stack of pop tracks over the past few months and here’s our latest offering, the rough, tough Claustrophobic. Pop Pop-ety Pop Pop Pop. Let me know what you think people and if anyone’s got Britney’s number, call her - and point her this way…
| 10 | th |
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| Mar |
Annakin: Gone Awry
Tags: Annakin, Gone Awry, Jono, Production, Torch Songs
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As you may know, I spent much of last summer producing Annakin’s ‘Torch Songs’ album which is available in the iTunes store and through Annakin’s website. The album’s proved popular with critics and listeners alike and last month ‘Gone Awry’, the album’s first track, was picked as Single Of The Week by the dudes at iTunes. She’s currently touring in Switzerland, so get there if you can. If not, here’s the track in question…
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| Mar |
Aqualung Remix 2: Something To Believe In
Tags: Aqualung, Jono, Matt Hales, Production, Remix
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Here’s the second of my 2 Aqualung remixes. This one is a re-working of the stonking ‘Something To Believe In’. It’s a bit more bombastic, so I hope you dig…
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| Feb |
Aqualung Remix: Glimmer
Tags: Aqualung, Jono, Production, Remix
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Here’s the first of 2 remixes I’ve recently completed for the lovely Matt Hales of Aqualung. Both tracks are taken from his glorious MemoryMan album. This one is Glimmer and is a shimmery, glitchy fusion of electronics and Matt’s warm vocal. Hopefully it’s a happy union. Let me know what you think.
| 19 | th |
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| Feb |
Annakin - Monsters Single Video
Tags: Annakin, Jono, Pop, Production, Video
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Here’s Annakin’s first single - Monsters. We made this record together last year and it’s available to buy, right now, in iTunes. Get thee there immediately. The reviews have been like little love letters. Perfect for this time of year, what with Valentines Day ‘n’ all that.
