RiverBend News

2008 Projects

The Days – Recent press from the Illinois Entertainer for the Situate EP Produced, Recorded and Mixed at RiverBend Studio.

Though members of The Days haven’t even graduated college, the players showcase an influence pool well beyond their years. Situate EP skillfully combines the worlds of The Beatles and Bruce Springsteen with Wilco and Neil Young, in turn delivering a mature mixture of bountiful melodies with earthy backdrops. “Big Star” builds with jangly guitars, “On Your Way Out” is a subdued acoustic jam session, and “One Way Track” tips the scales even more impressively toward alt-country. (www.myspace.com/thebanddays)
– Andy Argyrakis

The Audians – The Audians will be in the studio from time to time over the next few months. They have a couple of tunes already recorded and mixed and are working on four new tunes. This is quite and exciting group of young musicians. The band is fronted by singer/songwriter/pianist Sima Cunningham. Jonah Geil-Neufeld(Busted Peach) also pens tunes for the band and plays drums and acoustic guitar and percussion. Along with bassist Jake Pankratz Saner holding the low end and multi-instrumentalist Dorian Gehring, The Audians bring some driving rock with acoustic touches brushed in for good luck.

Brent Peterson New to the Chicago folk rock scene, Brent just recorded a four song EP of acoustic guitar and vocals at RiverBend. Brent mixes a blend of funky folk that has some roots in a reggae type of sound. Look for Brent playing around town at various open mics and clubs.

 

2007 Projects

Busted Peach – Busted Peach is an acoustic duo comprised of Jonah Geil-Neufeld (on acoustic guitar and vocals) and Harley Meyer (on conga, doumbek, cajón, and various percussion).  Their music has the flow and emotion of most singer-songwriter outfits, accompanied by percussive harmonies from a variety of cultures.  Their debut album, Brown Paper Bag, is due to release in May of 2007.  The album’s songs are influenced by Scottish and Irish music, Paul Simon’s South African sound, Dispatch’s syncopated rhythms, and Ani DiFranco’s rhythmic lyric. Take a listen on the Listen page.

The Days (New release this summer) Fresh off of concerts at the Metro and various college campuses, The Days have completed recording their current EP on the SkyEye label . This is a fantastic mixture of songs that you will love. Look for it coming soon.

 

RiverBend Takes Delivery of New Daking 1112 Console: RiverBend Studio recently installed a Daking 1112 Recording Console. This desk rocks!   It is a fully discrete Class A analog console. This translates to the best sounding signal path for your recordings. The sound is warm, punchy with a tight low end and a sweet open top-end.  24 full input channels with EQ and 40 channels at mix-down.  Geoff Daking bought the plans of the original Trident “A” Range consoles (Trident Studios London) and based the microphone preamp and equalizer on these specifications.         Come and hear for yourself.  All the artists that went thru Trident Studios used the “A” range:  David Bowie, Elton John, Queen(Bohemian Rhapsody), T-Rex, The Beatles (Hey Jude), George Harrison (All things Must Pass) Lou Reed, Genesis, Supertramp and on a Trident A Range at Cherokee Studios, Tom Petty’s (Damn the Torpedoes); just a few of the legends in the business that use this type of console to get the right sound for their albums.