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Some people say he ran his voice through an old oil tank. I’ve tried to find out definitively what reverb that is on his voice but it’s hard to say. It feels like they’re transmitting a message from another dimension. Martine: The first one that comes to mind for me is the track “Some Velvet Morning,” by Lee Hazlewood and Nancy Sinatra. On the other end of the spectrum, records like Phil Collins’ No Jacket Required - which uses super-tight reverbs to create an entirely different kind of pop sound - and Paul Simon’s Gracelandfeature some of my favourite reverbs. More recently, M83’s “Before the Dawn Heals Us” is a modern record that uses some of the same reverberation ideas. Harold Budd, Brian Eno, and Daniel Lanois' ambient album, The Pearl, was also a very evocative record in terms of reverb and delay being a marked colour in the sound of the album - very open and adventurous.Īnjos: The use of reverb and time-based effects on U2’s The Joshua Tree, also produced by Brian Eno and Daniel Lanois, with songs like “Where the Streets Have No Name,” really stood out for me. Killen: I really liked the way the early Blue Nile records sounded, like 1984’s A Walk Across the Rooftops, and also the band Talk Talk, on albums like 1988’s Spirit of Eden. What are some landmark records for you that illustrate interesting and effective ways to use reverb? Tucker Martine: The Grammy-nominated producer behind My Morning Jacket, Modest Mouse, The Decemberists, and many more, Martine has also crafted albums for Beth Orton, Neko Case, Mudhoney, Bill Frisell, and Sufjan Stevens. Kevin Killen: Five-time Grammy winner Killen mixed and recorded Peter Gabriel’s 1986 release, So, featuring the groundbreaking singles “Sledgehammer,” “Don’t Give Up,” “Big Time,” and “Red Rain.” More recently he mixed Sugarland’s multi-platinum smash, Love on the Inside, and tracked David Bowie’s final album, Blackstar. Perhaps most notable for his work on Talking Heads’ legendary album, Stop Making Sense, Thorngren also mixed Bob Marley & the Wailers’, Legend - the best‑selling reggae album of all time. He has remixed over 200 tracks and was nominated for a Grammy in 2016 for Best Remixed Recording for the track "Say My Name (RAC Mix)," performed by Odesza ft. Zyra.Įric "ET" Thorngren: From the legendary Sugar Hill recordings of the early ’80s, on through to the Eurythmics, Public Image Ltd., and many more, Thorngren’s credits are staggering. The ProducersĪndré Allen Anjos: Better known as “RAC,” Anjos has created official remixes for Lana Del Rey, the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Bob Marley, Phoenix, U2, and Kings of Leon among many others. Good ideas, after all, do tend to reverberate.
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While each artist has their own singular take on the mystery and science of reverb and their own favourites among UA’s fleet of inspired reverb plug-ins, don’t be surprised to hear them echo each other just a bit. In this roundtable discussion, James Rotondi for Universal Audio, discuss the delights and vicissitudes of reverb with four of pop music’s top mixers. As much as we all love the magic that reverb lends to an instrument or an entire track, we’ve all had those days when dialling in just the right balance of wet and dry seems an impossible juggling act. “Some days, the relationship is a bit better than other days.” Few would disagree.
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“Reverb can be your best friend, or it can act like that bully in the corner,” laughs noted producer, engineer, and mixer Kevin Killen.