Sgt. Pepper Posted May 8 Share Posted May 8 Steve had a heart attack. He produced many indie albums. He was 61. He was also in Shellac and Big Black. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dub-T-123 Posted May 8 Share Posted May 8 WHAT?! This came out of nowhere. I’m a big fan of his. This is shocking and sad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fortyearspickn Posted May 9 Share Posted May 9 Let's start an Obituary Sub-Forum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dub-T-123 Posted May 9 Share Posted May 9 Two nuns and a packmule is a classic… I dunno how many people here recognize how big of a loss this is. I wonder who if anybody will carry on electrical audio Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt. Pepper Posted May 9 Author Share Posted May 9 I have many albums, and he has producer credit on the back. I like Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Polly Jean Harvey, Urge Overkill, Helmet, and Superchunck. He produced Guided By Voices, but only 2 songs and he produced Cheap Trick (way past when I listened to them). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil OKeefe Posted May 9 Share Posted May 9 54 minutes ago, Dub-T-123 said: I dunno how many people here recognize how big of a loss this is. I wonder who if anybody will carry on electrical audio HUGE loss! 😢 I don't know if his studio will keep running or not. I hope so. Far too many good studios have closed over the past twenty or thirty years, and it would be a shame to lose yet another. But TBH, Electrical Audio without Steve? Yeah, great rooms, great gear, but the biggest draw of that place, IMO, was Steve, and he was absolutely irreplaceable. As a recording engineer myself, I have major respect for Steve's work and his philosophy of recording. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil OKeefe Posted May 9 Share Posted May 9 15 minutes ago, Sgt. Pepper said: I have many albums, and he has producer credit on the back. Which he really wasn't a fan of. I think he felt uncomfortable with production credits. He never took any producer points for In Utero. He saw himself more as an engineer, and a facilitator – a philosophy which I also follow. It's the artist's record, or the band's record, and like Steve, I've always felt it's our job to help facilitate their vision, not impose our own will and vision on a recording. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt. Pepper Posted May 9 Author Share Posted May 9 (edited) 8 minutes ago, Phil OKeefe said: Which he really wasn't a fan of. I think he felt uncomfortable with production credits. He never took any producer points for In Utero. He saw himself more as an engineer, and a facilitator – a philosophy which I also follow. It's the artist's record, or the band's record, and like Steve, I've always felt it's our job to help facilitate their vision, not impose our own will and vision on a recording. Right, but most artists without one would be sunk. I look at it like this. Look at a Prince. After he made his own studio, he had no one to tell him - N O. And I think his music suffered due to it. Nirvana should have been told N O a lot on In Utero. But as you stated it’s the bands name on the cover and not the producer. Edited May 9 by Sgt. Pepper 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dub-T-123 Posted May 10 Share Posted May 10 On 5/9/2024 at 7:43 AM, Sgt. Pepper said: Right, but most artists without one would be sunk. I look at it like this. Look at a Prince. After he made his own studio, he had no one to tell him - N O. And I think his music suffered due to it. Nirvana should have been told N O a lot on In Utero. But as you stated it’s the bands name on the cover and not the producer. There are some videos on YouTube of Sylvia Massy talking about working with Prince that I thought were really interesting. On 5/9/2024 at 7:33 AM, Phil OKeefe said: HUGE loss! 😢 I don't know if his studio will keep running or not. I hope so. Far too many good studios have closed over the past twenty or thirty years, and it would be a shame to lose yet another. But TBH, Electrical Audio without Steve? Yeah, great rooms, great gear, but the biggest draw of that place, IMO, was Steve, and he was absolutely irreplaceable. As a recording engineer myself, I have major respect for Steve's work and his philosophy of recording. It would be tragic for that studio to close. The design of that studio is amazing. If I were hypothetically some great musician and I had my pick of any studio/engineer to record with, Albini/EA would be my first pick. The album that first made me aware of Albini was Surfer Rosa, which coincidentally is one that he has expressed some regrets over. I love that album though. Steve had a great way of making everything sound “right”. Even if it’s like a piezo acoustic it doesn’t really sound natural but fits the song in a cool way. I can’t think of anyone better at recording drums 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.