Swampland Studios

Protected: Xavier Campoy & Micaela Chiarandini´s Jobim rendition.

admin — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 10:56:25 +0000

MEL & Mr. Ismael Inarejos (unsigned).

admin — Sun, 30 May 2010 17:16:46 +0000

A few weeks ago we recorded a song composed by Ismael Inarejos, who stayed with us for a few days in London. The track is called “Song for Hannah” and features Xavi Campoy playing lead guitar and Ismael Inarejos singing and playing the rhythm guitar. This recording has been made with the usual MOTU 828 mkII I carry everywhere I go (almost) and an Audio Technica AT202.

This is just a rough mix.

01. Song for Hannah Song for Hannah

Ismael Inarejos is the singer and frontman of MEL, band based in Catalonia. MEL´s growing success and undeniable talent have taken them to play in Buenafuente tv show a couple of times, and in Palau de la Musica for Sant Jordi´s day lately, you can contact them here.

All files 192 Kbpps//44.100kHz//16bits.
Copyrighted Ismael Inarejos Vendrell.

Parking Keeps Going On

admin — Sat, 22 May 2010 17:54:21 +0000

It’s an absolute pleasure to announce that “Parking” has won an award at the Colorado Springs Indie Scene Festival as Best Short Film. “Parking” already got the Best Short Film award in FECINEMA (Manresa, Spain), FILMLABFESTIVAL (Best actor for Pablo Turegano) and has been a finalist out of 600 short films from all over the world at The Manhattan Short Festival (Mr. Jorge Molina is currently working in a new short film that hopefully will get to shoot sometime during the Summer: A good story involving Judo and the discovery of the first love).

Apart from this, last weeks we’ve been recording some stuff with our guests and flatmates, and we had the chance to record a song with GARE’s and MEL’s frontman Ismael Inarejos together with Xavi. We’ll upload a bit of that soon.

2010

admin — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 11:50:32 +0000

It is January already, AC didn´t get to fly back home for the Christmas events and was stuck in Gatwick airport for the whole night. The struggle for getting the money back begins. There are 2 polish guys painting the bathroom ceiling, and we are looking for a room to rent in Bethnal Green or Whitechapel. Then we can take our equipment from Madrid and start recording again. There´s a pirate tale, a colombian rapper and lots of blues in sight. Also mixing Marco´s stuff.

Keep in touch.

It seems we´ll have to wait a bit longer for a proper celebration.

admin — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 12:32:39 +0000

Good evening:

Well, it´s been so exciting to dream about the possibility of winning this year´s Manhattan Film Festival, we didn´t at the end, but for us being in the 10 finalists is a great step. Please check the winners´stuff. I have a special appreciation for “Miente”, because it is pretty hard to film anything close to that in Spain nowadays.

Here´s an interview with Jorge Molina, scriptwriter and director of “Parking”, don´t miss it!.

September is here with a few news.

admin — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 07:06:27 +0000

It´s been a couple of weird months for Swampland Studios, but here are a few news:

Jorge Molina´s “Parking” has been selected as one of the 10 finalists of the Manhattan Film Festival, out of 428 short films. We are SO proud of this work we are unable to express it with words and we can´t even imagine what´s going to happen if we win, probably we won´t, because the competition is quite hard, but we are already celebrating being there in the ten selected ones. Check the other finalist short films here.

plasteek´s “Milk Noir” is out NOW!, yes, your favourite spanish post punk band is releasing a limited edition of 300 white 7 inch vinyls, contact Warsaw Was Raw Records through his manager or plasteek themselves for getting yours, they ship international orders.

We´ve been recording 3 new songs for Marco Fernández -whose debut album is a MUST that you can listen for free in his new website – for his latest project, and hopefully you´ll have the chance to taste some excerpts soon, we recorded a bluesy cover of “The Boys from County Hell” too, but just for killing time.

A.C.SA., head and only member of Swampland Studios so far, has moved to the U.K., so wish luck to him, because they love bureaucracy in that country.

Two of our favourite Australian musicians are releasing new material this October, and we´re are expectant and excited about it; they´re Rowland S. Howard and Hugo Race;

Mr. Howard is releasing his first full length album in 10 years, it´s name is “Pop Crimes”, 8 tracks by the king of the rusty electrified guitars and ripped off riffs, give it a go here.

Mr. Race is releasing “Between Hemispheres”, an instrumental album (like he did in the past with Transfargo) that sounds, in his own words, like “raw acoustic instruments are pitted against sculpted analogue sounds in a vast organic space both dramatic and meditative, brutal yet beautiful. Here the delta blues remains – but distantly, like background radiation.….” give it a look here. Mr. Race, along with the True Spirit, will be on tour this Autumn//Winter near you, and you can´t miss it!.

That´s it by now, Audrey is on holidays and we´re all missing her so much.

Cheers!.

Lo-Fi things.

admin — Tue, 26 May 2009 11:59:23 +0000

There was a time in which everything had the be recorded through the built-in microphone of a G4. I still use it eventually, when an idea crosses your mind there´s no time to waste setting up, plus whatever sounds good through it is worth to work on, even if at the end you nothing with it.

This track had loads of different names and lyrics.

Say Goodbye Unknown #1.

4 tracks//16bit//44.1khz

(Copyrighted Swampland Studios, 2008)

Some excerpts from “milk noir”.

admin — Fri, 01 May 2009 13:31:50 +0000

Just a bit from each track;

01. Say Goodbye Say Goodbye.

02. CasiopeaCasiopea

03. St. Martin´s comingSt. Martin´s Coming

Extra content

- Ruin on Demand Ruin on demand.
- Hearts & Rejects Hearts & Rejects.

More info soon.

All files 192 Kbpps//44.100kHz//16b
Copyrighted by WWR records as legal owner.

Plasteek´s “Milk Noir” 7inch. (Warsaw was Raw records, 2008/09)

admin — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 00:24:23 +0000

Recording, mixing & bass for Plasteek´s “Milk Noir” 7inch. single (with Pablo Thonon & Armando); limited white vinyl edition that will be released through Warsaw was Raw records next month.

Tracklist;

A side;
01. Say goodbye.

B side;
02 Casiopea.
03 St. Martin´s coming.

Two other tracks were recorded (“Hearts & Rejects” & “Ruin on demand”) during the sessions, and probably will be released in the future.

Plasteek are/were;

Vicks; Vocals, guitars, fx.
P. Drakke; Drums, synths, sound.
A. Swmp; Bass, sound.

All songs by V.

NocTurnos (2007?)

admin — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 23:42:50 +0000

Recording just a few audio bits for this commercial, if you drink, don´t drive.

Nocturnos from jorge antonio on Vimeo.

Wish every work was like this one…