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This is the website and reflective blog of Chris Hancock, music producer, artist, content curator, educator and community builder.
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Making Sense – Podcast recording
Over the tail of 2023 and deep into 2024, I collaborate with…
Recording and mixing Elana Stone
At the end of 2023, Elana Stone asked to record a single, Eyes…
Bass Ventura single mastering
Across the last few month I've been doing a bit of Bass and Afro…
Bianca Spender – Instagram campaign composition
Recently I was asked to supply some ambient music for the Autumn…
Sweetie – Punch The Shark EP released
Back in Feb 2023 I was the recording engineer for Sweetie and…
Back in the studio w Nic Cassey for his 3rd LP
I'm excited to say I'm back into the studio with old friend and…
New Weird Australia – Fragile States compilation
Towards the end of 2022, Stuart Buchanan from New Weird Australia…
Recording Sweetie with producer Jono Boulet
Early Feb 2023 I had a three day session at Stranded Recording…
Dharawal composition commission
I love composing to picture, and in Sept 2022 I was asked to…
Mixing SääD’s Never Come Back
Earlier in 2022 I mixed a new collaborative EP by neo-folk artist…
Open Spaces – The Wandering Mind EP
One of my ambient music aliases, Open Spaces, has released a…
Sound West – Immersive Sound conference presentation
In August I was invited to speak on Immersive Sound at the…
Electric Korma recording session
On the 14th of July I had the pleasure of tracking a rather curious…
Solfeggio Sculpture in 360 audio
During 2021 I wound back most of my freelance work in order to…
Mixing Scott Ferrier EP
Earlier this year I was sent a bunch of Pro Tools sessions to…
Organica Compila 3 – Remix Collection
Out now is a remix I did for the Italian label Organica Sounds…
Ambient music mastering
Last week a new release which I mastered came out by Broken Chip…
The Reckoning live session
Last weekend, The Reckoning asked to do a live session where…
Drums with Nick Cassey
Recently, I had the pleasure of getting Nick Cassey down for…
Neve Custom 75 w Brani Gerun
It's in between trimester break, and as well as finishing…
In The Making Podcast by Make Shift
Recently I've been doing the audio post production on a new podcast…
Recording the NHSPA Choir
This week I had the pleasure of recording the Newtown High School…
Binaural Field Recording
For those that don't know, I have been a lecturer in the Audio…
Ars Electronica (Austria)
Late 2019 / early 2020 I collaborated with Grace Kingston &…
Mastering new EP by LeStrange for Germany Techno imprint Black Snake Recordings
Recently I mastered the new EP, Drench for rising Australian…
Nainiouman – Dominion
Early this year I mixed the track Dominion for the Central Coast…
Danga Island Drum Session
I recently had the pleasure of 3 days of recording drums with…
South Coast Dreaming
My ambient project The Horizontal Society, has released their…
Dub Techno release on Organica Sounds
In recent news, my Dub Techno alias TEChSLo had a release on…
the birth of new outsider label lo fi spiritual
It has been over 6 years since I last organised a release on…
Cassette & digital release Opening Spaces on Constellation Tatsu
Hooray! I have a new ambient release, this time on the Californian…
Binaural sounds
In recent sonic research I have been experimenting with the Hooke…
M. McCosker Fith Studio Session
A graduate of SAE has set up a studio down the road from my newish…
Freesounds.org and some new field-recordings
If you haven't used freesounds.org before, let me have…
The Grove Studios
Recently, I visited The Grove Studios, Studio 1, to record drums…
Saad album finished + glowing Amnplify review
I recently finished mixing a contemporary Pop project for Sydney…
Youtube Channel – Audio Adventures
I've decide to start a nerdy Youtube Channel, Audio Adventures.
The…
The…
Anatole – Medlow Bath
In 2018, I was at Music Feeds studio with Anatole / Jonathan…
Danga Island comes to town
2019 kicked off in fine form with a 4 day session…
Introducing the CHORG CHAOSS PAD
As part of my masters, I was challenged to build an audio processing…
Non-Urban Decay VR collaboration
Recently I had the pleasure to collaborate on a VR installation…
360 Project for Masters
As part of my masters, in particular a module entitled, AUD456…
Monk Fly remix of FourPlay gets released
Bound by FourPlay String Quartet
A remix I did almost…
A remix I did almost…
TEChSLo included in Deep Moments Vol. 2
An original track from my Dub Techno alias TEChSLO, plus…
Noni Hazlehurst – Customs House VIVID Sydney 2018
L-R - Adam Lowe (Event Director Vivid Sydney), Lucy Keeler…
Royal Chant March 2018
Mark Spence, the multi-instrumentalist, mastermind behind Royal Chant was down again for a couple days of tracking.
Imad and Julian Bel-Bachir Moroccan session
Moroccan, Guembri legend Imad, and global jet-setting, Sydney-born legend Julian Bel-Bachir were in town for a couple days of trance-inducing, world rhythms.
The Raven takes flight
I've been a bit slow to notice, but a record I recorded and mixed for the only and only Peter Hollo, in particular his postfolkrocktronica project Raven was released a few months ago.
TEChSLo – Mountain Side EP released on GOS (IT)
After a couple of week's as a Beatport exclusive, TEChSLo's Mountain Side EP is now out at all the usual digital outlets.
They say in Hollywood, never work with children or animals
A mischievous voice-over session...
When we worked past their bedtime, the talent certainly became unruly
When we worked past their bedtime, the talent certainly became unruly
TEChSLo – Askance Discs release hits stores
My Techno, in particular, Dub Techno inspired alias TEChSLo has just had a record drop at the usual outlets through Italian record label Askance Discs.
Royal Chant version 2.0
Back in 2015 I recorded and mixed a bunch of tracks for Royal Chant LP - The War Cry of Failure.
Stereo percussion & microphone techniques
A few weeks ago I gave my SAE students a studio practical in stereo microphone techniques and microphone pairs.
Pancakes anyone?
Occasionally a plugin comes around which is so handy I feel the need to share.
New Band Member
Music – Shape – Colour Opening Night
Last week was the opening night of my exhibition Music - Shape - Colour. The exhibition contained works visualising music and sound through a variety of media.
The Dead Riders team up with David Nicholas
Young Sydney-based 3 piece, The Dead Riders are teaming up with Aussie engineering legend David Nicholas from Rhinoceros Music .
Music, Shape and Colour – Practice-based Research
The term synesthesia (Greek: syn = together, aesthesia = sensation) has been used to describe a wide variety of phenomena. Most commonly, it is used to denote a condition in which stimulation in one sensory modality also gives rise to an experience in a different modality.
A 7 day Voyage
Last week I finished a long 7 day voyage down at Music Feeds Studio engineering for a new Voyager LP with Nashville producer Brian T. Murphy.
The Colour of Sound and Practise-Led Research
In Masters of Creative Industries, we have been asked to participate in practise-led research. Due to the self-directed nature of the assignment, I have chosen to focus on my interest in Synaesthesia.
Masters – CIM 406 – Creative Inquiry – WK 2 – Self-Portrait
My self-portrait for CIM 406 Creative Inquiry this week is a quick visualisation of a track called Cold Outside by one of my new sonic aliases, TEChSLo.
Curiosities
An active curiosity is what keeps me creating, or at least creating content that doesn’t sound exactly like my previous work.
Producing down at Forbes St Studio
An old friend / client, Dave Symes (Boy & Bear bassist), recently asked me to help produce the sounds for a record he has been commissioned to do for Universal Music. The record celebrates 50 years since Credence Clearwater's first release on Universal and features some of my favourite Sydney-based musicians.
Voice Over – VIVID narrative
This VIVID Festival I got to work with the talented mob at Ample Projects again. As with last year, I was recording the narrative content for their projection/ sculpture/ light installation at Taronga Zoo as part of VIVID 2017.
Lessons from the Masters
It’s week 2 of my Masters and I’ve been asked to blog on whether I consider myself more of a divergent or convergent thinker. For those of you wondering what on earth I’m talking about, our starting point for this is a Youtube presentation by Anne Manning.
Sydney Writers Festival – Podcastaways
I still have words and vocabularies rolling around my head days after recording for five days straight at the Sydney Writers' Festival.
Master of Creative Industries
Good news: I received a Clive Pascoe Fellowship / Scholarship to start my Masters.
Jonathan Baker aka Anatole Piano Session
This week I was down at Music Feeds (old Megaphon Studios) with the talented multi-instrumentalist Jonathan Baker. The task at hand; recording some piano passes for his forthcoming LP under the Anatole alias.
Nic Cassey Mountain Session
I’m currently producing the 3rd record for Sydney-based Folk artist Nic Cassey. The first two records we recorded at Music Feeds (aka Megaphon Studios), but for this 3rd record we wanted a different experience.
SAE – Another graduation of savvy Producers
It's that time where I have to say ciao to a bunch of young producers who I've grown fond of.
Choice Magazine – Ears For Hire
About a decade ago the studio where I was working was contacted by Choice Magazine to supply some audio engineers to rate a variety of new consumer audio products.
Installation soundscape for Leanne Thompson
Mid Feb I was contacted for a quick turnaround job create a soundscape for Leanne Thompson's 'Water Cradle' installation as part of Harbour Sculpture.
Sophie Hutchings / Apple
Sophie Hutchings (Preservation Records) has been commissioned by Apple to produce a new piano piece for a forthcoming App.
2 x New Acoustic Boards
I've said it before, but I really must stop producing these acoustic treatment boards / diffusers.
Convolution Reverb
During a lecture I gave on Convolution Reverb last week at SAE, the students and I created an IR Response from the new campus's super boomy fire escape stairwell.
Mastering the prolific Henderson brothers
Across the last few years Cameron Henderson, and more recently brother Nick, have been sending through a range of blues and jazz orientated records for mastering.
Kontiki Racket Highlights
On The Stoop
Mid Jan it was back to work and we kicked off the year with 3 days locked in Music Feeds Studio with On The Stoop.
last drum session of the year
( (( we have contact )) )
DIY instructables.com mic builds... ( (( we have contact ) ))
schools out
Another bunch of talented students graduate SAE, bye! 🙁