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toyboxstudios

from tape to tools and back again

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Greetings! Toybox is a recording studio based in central Bristol, UK.We specialise in recording real instruments, and like using as much analogue gear as we can practically get away with... We are not...however, computer-phobes. We will happily use/rape/rewire/sellotape it together, whatever it takes to get the right results. We are into texture, tone, exciting performances, capturing space, good arrangement and musical ability.We tend to work on the outskirts of leftfield guitar music, although we have have, on occasion, delved into most other genres...most recently: grime, post-rock, punk, electronica and even some shameless pop.We use often use 24 track Tape, Pro Tools HD, an old Trident desk and a fair amount of tasty mics, outboard and beaten up old amps and instruments. We are at your service.... MyGen Profile Generator

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Member Since: 4/28/2006
Band Website: toyboxstudios.co.uk
Band Members: Ali Chant (Engineer/Producer) Stef Hambrook (Engineer/Producer) John Parish (Producer) Stevie Hawker (repairs Dept.) Benji Hostler (tech/design) Eddie 'Kid Carpet' Patrick (toys) Guy 'Moses' Fowler (bass) Jonny 'Eccles' Evans (Logistics) ............................................................ ............................................................ .........................................Equipment for those who give a shit ,in brief....... CONSOLE...1970's Trident TSM series console (72 inputs), RECORDERS..Otari MTR 90 Mk II, 24 Track 2" with Dolby A, Pro Tools HD2 Accel, MONITORING......Main- Westlake BBSM10's, Yamaha NS10's, Mackie HR 824's, AKG LSM 50's. amps...BGW, Samson. OUTBOARD..2X- UREI 1176, DBX 160A, SSL G-series bus compressor, Allison Gain Brain X2, Klark Teknik DN27A EQ, Watkins Tape Delay, Joe Meek SC2, TLA 5021 X2, Custom build stereo Spring reverb. Mics..Telefunken, Coles 4038's, AKG, Rode, Calrec, Sennheiser, Shure........ AMPS, '60s Vox AC30 piggyback, 70's Marshall Plexi X2, MusicMan bass, Ampeg Bass and plenty more pedals Guitars...Original Hammond Organ, baby grand Piano etc etc etc..
Influences: Anthing with imagination, excitment, unique, lucid, inspiring..
Sounds Like: Want to hear some of our work? It's all over Myspace.-Check out...... Magicrays (Swiss), John Parish, Dionysos (Fr),Twenty Box Stories(swiss), Howe Gelb(USA), PJ Harvey, Gravenhurst, Mclusky, Shooting At Unarmed Men, Kid Carpet, Rose Kemp, Blackbud, Stars and Stereos, Termites, Male, Scout Niblett (USA), Figment, Scarlatti Tilt, Blue Room, The Dogs, The Francos, The Boots, Babel, Marta Collica (Italy), Marshallsea, Steveless, Bijou Scout, Caroline Martin, White Trash Ambition, The Girl From Headquarters, You and the Atom Bomb, 2 Hours Ten, The Kills, Jane Taylor, Big Joan, Fruit of the Doom, The Playwrites, to name but a few...............
Type of Label: Indie

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A few new pictures and updated Website....www.toyboxstudios.co.uk
Posted by toyboxstudios on Sun, 31 Dec 2006 11:46:00 PST