Oct 1, 2003 12:00 PM

NORTHEAST

Electric Plant Studios

(Brooklyn, NY) hosted Slick Pelt guitarist Mike Louis, who was in recording The Rollup. The effort was tracked and mixed by chief engineer/manager Vin Cin…HarariVille Recording Studios' (Weehawken, NJ) Rob Harari edited and mastered tracks from a live performance by Israeli singer/songwriter David Broza. Jersey rock band Kilgore Trout was in mixing songs for an upcoming Sundried Records release. Matt Sietz engineered while the band handled production duties…Over at Indre Studios (Philadelphia), the DNA Project were in the studio's B room with engineer/producer Bogdan Hernik. Also in B, BMX star Kevin Robinson cut demos with Mike Richelle recording…Sound on Sound's (New York City) Cortez Farris has been busy tracking for such artists as Dr. John, Governor, Keith Murray, True Life and 54th Platoon. Richard Furch has also been busy mixing for Christina Aguilera's MTV live appearance, and tracking with Andrew W.K., 24K and Melissa Auf der Maur.

MIDWEST

Rapper Ice Cube was in Chicago Recording Co. (Chicago) recording and mixing with engineer Jeff Lane; Mac 10 produced and Derek Downing assisted. Eve was in recording with engineer Manny Sanchez, while Mavis Staples tracked vocals with Mat Lejeune for an upcoming Los Lobos release with lead singer David Hidalgo producing…Alt-rock Local H recorded their brand-new EP No Fun (Thick Records) at Million Yen Studios (Chicago) with producer/engineer Andy Gerber.…Align stopped in Oarfin Studios (Minneapolis), where they tracked, mixed and mastered Blue Book Value. Todd Fitzgerald, Oarfin's chief engineer, co-produced and tag-teamed with Daryll Hurst on engineering credits.

NORTHWEST

Nettleingham Audio

's (Vancouver, WA) engineer Kevin Nettleingham mastered releases for these Portland-area artists: Phil and Gayle Newman, Aric Riley, Seymour, The Del Toros, The Jolenes and the Swivel Chairs. MIB Music's Bryce Van Patten came in to master an 18-song metal compilation, while Jim Fischer stopped by to add keyboards, mix and master the new Jim Giger CD, I've Anchored My Soul.

SOUTHEAST

Mastering engineer Benny Quinn has been busy at Masterfonics (Nashville): a bluegrass version of Lonestar's “My Front Porch Looking In,” and projects from Dionne Warwick, Johnny Lee, Ashley Gearing, Cornbread and Whitney Duncan…Ardent Records rock band Skillet recently completed their new album, Collide, at Memphis-based Ardent Studios. Paul Ebersold produced the effort with engineer Matt Martone…Engineer Scott Ross recorded tracks with Dave Holister for Roy Jones Jr.'s new album at Right Hook Studios (Pensacola, FL).

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

John Frusciante

, guitarist for the Red Hot Chili Peppers, stopped by Bernie Grundman Mastering (Hollywood) to master his new solo album, Shadows Collide With People…Recent artists at Cherokee (Hollywood): Robert Bradley (producer/engineer Bruce Robb, mixers Dee Robb and Bruce Robb, assistant engineers Dave McKenna and Mike Marston), Ronnie Lewis (producer/engineers the Robb Brothers, mixer Dee Robb, assistant engineers Valente Torres and Marston) and Shelby Lynne (producer Shelby Lynn with co-producer Bruce Robb, recorded and mixed by Robb, assistant engineer Greg Hayes)…Producer/Klown Records (Santa Monica) studio owner Stevo Bruno has had his hands full with recent projects, including Brides of Destruction, Prong, Mother's Finest, Dino Cazares (Fear Factory) and Pico Train.

SOUTHWEST

Bluegrass band Sugar Bayou completed their debut CD, Nowhere But Gone, at SugarHill Recording Studios (Houston) with chief engineer Andy Bradley. Engineer Steve Christensen has been busy with recording demos for Silverleaf and Shulton's Youth, while engineer John Griffin was tapped by Next Best Thing and After It All to record tracks…Erykah Badu was recently in WexTrax (Dallas), mixing and mastering her new single “Danger” with mastering engineer Rob Wechsler and mixing engineer Tom Soars. Favored Nations artist Andy Timmons just completed mixing a new version of the Olivia Newton-John single “Physical” as a bonus track for her latest release, Duets.

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