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Benjamin Hammond Record Producer

Booking for June/July

About Me

"Rhythm is both the song's manical and its demonic charge, It is the original breath, it is the whisper of unremitting demand"
Freelance Producer, Mixer, Studio Engineer, Live Engineer, Knob Twiddler, Noise Maker
I work out of The Chair Works Studio Complex in sunny Castleford (SSL,Neve,MCI,Euphonix), where I am one of the in house engineers. I also work for video production company Digifish, as the Chief Sound Recordist/Mixer. When not doing either of these I can usually be found out on the road with a band sat behind a mixing desk somewhere.
Artists I have worked with in the studio include
Shed Seven
Paul Banks - Shed Seven
Chris Helme - The Seahorses
The Yards
The Sweet Inspirations - Elvis Presley's Backing Vocalists, Heard On Countless Soul Classics
Roddy Woomble - Idlewild
John McCusker - Folk Legend
The Faff
Ultcult
Andy Stones
Richard Lacy - Edens Bridge
Last Orders - BBC Radio 2 Young Musician of the year 2006
Micky P Kerr
The Ukrainians
Cargo Records
Smooth Operations Productions
BBC Radio 2
ITV
BBC Television
Johnny Mental - Scuzz Demolition Finalists
Blunderbuss - Ex Terrorvision
Six Second Hero - Engineer Records
Electric Eel Shock
3 Man Bench
Stevie Ze Suicide - Ex UK Subs Drummer
Trevor Boulder - Ziggy Stardust Bassist
Kingsway Records
V2 Records
The Summits
Ampersand Escape Sequence
Lynchpin
The Ukrainians - The Wedding Present Side Project/Peel Sessions
Digicore
Alistair Griffin - BBC Fame Academy Runner Up
I have had the pleasure of working with such producers as Richard Lacy, Simon Humphrey, Phil Vinall, Andy Seward, Chris Tsangarides, Russ Russell, Jon Astley and many more
Artists I have worked with live include -
Shed Seven - FOH/Live Record
Chris Helme - FOH
The Summits - FOH Engineer Glastonbury 2007, Sunrise Festival 2007, Tour 2007
Sweet Inspirations - FOH Engineer UK Tour, Live Performance In BBC Manchester Studio A, and mixing the band live on location for BBC television
Jools Holland - Crew Member
Status Quo - Crew Member
Alistair Griffin - FOH Engineer
Presoulnation - FOH Engineer
Digicore - FOH Engineer

Myspace Layouts at Pimp-My-Profile.com / Mixing Desk


Im Endorsed By SE Electronics/Sonic Distribution. Big Thanks To Ian Young, and all @ Sonic Distribution For All Your Help.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 1/9/2006
Band Website: myspace.com/benhammondaudioengineer
Influences: Joe Costa, Micheal Brauer, Rick Rubin, Muse, Dave Matthews Band, Ben Folds, Richard Lacy, , Simon Humphrey, Pink Floyd, Mark King, Gary Husband, Chris Tsangarides, Russ Russell, Stevie Wonder, Chad Smith, Victor Wooten, Chris Lord-Alge, Hugh Padgham, Steve Lipson, George Martin, Led Zeppelin.
Sounds Like: Anything you want it to!

Type of Label: None

My Blog

SSL G+ Studio Available for £250 a day!!!! Limited Time Only!!!

you heard me right!!!! for the next few weeks while we make some changes to the studio complex, we have a few weeks of downtime available in our largest room. This is a stupidly low price!!!SSL G+ 404...
Posted by Benjamin Hammond Record Producer on Tue, 24 Jun 2008 08:05:00 PST

Online Mixing and Mastering Now Available

Just to let you all know, myself and a good friend and colleague of mine Richard Lacy, are now offering an "e mixing" service. This will involve you sending us the multitrack files via DVD or online s...
Posted by Benjamin Hammond Record Producer on Wed, 23 Apr 2008 03:19:00 PST

Ampersand Escape Sequence - Live on BBC Radio York

AES will be playing 3 songs and doing a short interview on the Raw Talent show this thursday the 24th of April at about 7.30!!!Tune in an show your support!!!!CheersBen
Posted by Benjamin Hammond Record Producer on Mon, 21 Apr 2008 07:07:00 PST

Roll on 2008 - New Projects!!!

Well, another year goes by, 2007 was a great year for me, In the studio I had the pleasure of working with people like The Summits, The Faff, 3 Man Bench, and many others. Live stuff was great too, en...
Posted by Benjamin Hammond Record Producer on Fri, 04 Jan 2008 07:11:00 PST

Back from Glastonbury and other studio news!!!

and im very VERY muddy!! awesome time though. Engineered three shows over the weekend with the Summits who were on fantastic form, Saw some great bands too. Role on Big Green Gathering!Starting a new ...
Posted by Benjamin Hammond Record Producer on Mon, 25 Jun 2007 03:51:00 PST