Washington Area Music Association (WAMA)

June/July 1996

Studio News

IQ Studios

IQ Studios in Clinton Maryland has openned its doors. The facility is a full audio production house offering music recording and production, sound for video, digital editing and mastering, voice over recording, mixing and assembly. Call Gene Quade or Rich Isaac at 301-868-6541 for more specific information.

Gizmo Recording Studios

Gantt Kushner's Gizmo Recording Studios helped create the music and voice material for the Horatio Alger Awards ceremony with producer David King. Kushner just finished mixing, jazz musician and Billboard Magazine Washington Bureau Chief, Bill Holland's new album. Works in progress include a new CD by the R&B group Jr. Cline and the Recliners co-produced by Greg Hardin. Looking to broaden their audience this new CD will include a few country tunes.

Lion & Fox Recording

Isreal Vibration is recording their new album Free to Move at Lion & Fox Recording Studios. Bunny Wailer, J.C. Lodge, Freddie MacGregor and Yvad have been working on voice over dubs for the Reggae for Kids Volume II. Dr. Dread is producing both projects and Jim Fox is the engineer. The titles will be on the RAS Records label. Lion & Fox is assembling soundtracks for The Washington Ballet to be used for several ballets to be performed at the Kennedy Center and nationwide. Sister to Sister's Jamie Foster Brown and Lorenzo Brown are producing their daily radio magazine at Lion for national broadcast. The 2 1/2 to 3 1/2 minute spots are aired locally on WKYS-FM and WERQ in Baltimore plus on over 40 radio stations throughout the country.

Rutabagaw Studios

Rutabagaw Studios operated by Doug Derryberry and John Alagia (Dave Matthews, Ben Folds Five) has just completed mixing tracks for the Winston Salem group Last One Standing. Doug Derryberry is currently engineering a new project with Underfoot from Annapolis, Maryland. Mixing for the Graverobber's upcoming third CD release will begin next week.

Big Mo Recording

Big Mo Recording was on hand at the WHFS Festival doing a live recording of the all day rock marathon. Twenty acts including the Gin Blossoms, Presidents of the United States, Foo Fighters plus Washington area performers Girls Against Boys, Jimmie's Chicken Shack, Gravity Kills and Jawbox provided 10 hours of constant music at RFK Stadium. The soundtrack will be used by WHFS for broadcast and MTV for a festival telecast. The possibility of a WHFS commemorative CD release is being discussed.

Omega Recording

Joseph Shabalala and members of Ladysmith Black Mambazo (Paul Simon's Graceland) laid tracks for an upcoming animation feature at Omega Studios. Marc Silag of Right Side Management/Left Side Productions accompanied Ladysmith during the recording sessions.

Inner Ear

Sevens has finished mixing a new project with producers Mark and Bobby Sullivan (Kingface, Soulside). Delta 72 has completed an album for Touch n'Go Records with producers Eli Janney (Girls Against Boys), Bredan Canty (Fugazi) and Don Zientara. Nonchalant added vocals and mixed their new release for MCA Record's, Five O'Clock with producer Lonnie Simmons. Also working at Omega is the Pennsylvania based group Works On Blue with producer Peter Mancini (Foo Fighters). Sorry About Your Daughter will be starting a new CD for Trumpeter Records with producer John Avila (Boingo) as will Kerosene 454 with producer Jay Robbins (Jawbox).

Jeff Severson Productions

Record producer Jeff Severson is involved in a CD production for Brett Kimberlin. Best known for allegedly selling pot to Dan Quayle, Kimberlin now resides in the DC area. The basic 10 tracks were recorded in two days at Severson's home studio in Rockville and additional work was done at Sheffield Studios in Baltimore with Dan Leonard on guitar and Wade Matthews on bass. The CD is reported to have a real dark sound perhaps because of the 14 years Kimberlin spent in Federal prison for dope smuggling and has attracted the interest of several cutting edge labels. The project is scheduled for release in the fall and will coincide with a biographical book based on Kimberlin's life. Severson is also working with Lunar Groove and Jeanette Ballard.
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