When David and I were in the process of putting together The Spacedub E.P. we had to wade through a dozen tracks to find the ones that truly shone above the others. Once we had picked our best four tracks and mixed them to perfection, we had the opportunity to have them professionally mastered by Shawn Joseph.
This may not seem like a big deal to anyone, but it was high point for me musically to have a track I worked on be touched by the hand of Shawn. You see, Shawn Joseph is a very gifted mastering engineer in the U.K. who’s done work on the albums of some of my favorite artists. He mastered Portishead , Ride, and New Order albums, and I really dig his ear in the way only an anally-retentive musician can.
Through David, we were able to get our four tracks on his console, whereby he transformed four good sounding tracks into four great sounding tracks. Hats sizzled, snares popped, synths filled the speaker, and my bass sounded so smooth you’d think I had dipped it in hot butter. We hope to have our next E.P mastered by Shawn as well, so that everything that comes out of the Echo Monster labs sounds as good as anything else you’ll hear out there.
Thank you, Shawn, for working with small fries like us.
