Harris Newman
Encyclopedia
Harris Newman is a mastering engineer working out of Grey Market Mastering in Montreal
, Canada. His studio shares a building with the Hotel2Tango
recording studio, as well as Constellation Records
. Newman has mastered hundreds of albums since 1998, for artists including Wolf Parade
, Frog Eyes
, A Silver Mt. Zion
, Vic Chesnutt
, Carla Bozulich
, BBQ, Les Sexareenos, Ravens & Chimes
, Molasses, Think About Life
, We Are Wolves
, aKido
and many more.
He is also a noted guitarist and bass player, and has recorded with Montreal groups Sackville
, Hrsta
, Triple Burner, Esmerine
, Angela Desveaux
, as well as his own acoustic guitar project, which has seen multiple release on Strange Attractors Audio House. His acoustic guitar style is often compared to John Fahey
's more psychedelic, raga-based output.
Montreal
Montreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...
, Canada. His studio shares a building with the Hotel2Tango
Hotel2Tango
The Hotel2Tango is a 24-track analogue recording studio situated in the Mile End district of Montreal, Quebec. The current facility is the second to bear the name, and was preceded by a similar operation in the same neighborhood until 2007 when the studio changed locations...
recording studio, as well as Constellation Records
Constellation Records
Constellation Records is an influential Montreal, Quebec independent record label known for its contributions to experimental genres of music. It is most famous for releasing the albums of Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra & Tra-La-La Band, and Do Make Say...
. Newman has mastered hundreds of albums since 1998, for artists including Wolf Parade
Wolf Parade
Wolf Parade is an indie rock band formed in 2003 from Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The band is currently on an indefinite hiatus as of May 31, 2011.-History:...
, Frog Eyes
Frog Eyes
Frog Eyes is an indie rock band from Victoria, British Columbia, Canada known for their highly idiosyncratic songs, which pit Carey Mercer's melodic falsetto whoops against an avalanche of guitar, keyboards, piano, and drums. Their 2010 album Paul's Tomb: A Triumph was a longlisted nominee for the...
, A Silver Mt. Zion
A Silver Mt. Zion
Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra are a Canadian band which formed in 1999, originating from Montreal, Quebec...
, Vic Chesnutt
Vic Chesnutt
James Victor "Vic" Chesnutt was an American singer-songwriter from Athens, Georgia. His first album, Little, was released in 1990, but his breakthrough to commercial success didn't come until 1996 with the release of Sweet Relief II: Gravity of the Situation, a tribute album of mainstream artists...
, Carla Bozulich
Carla Bozulich
Carla Bozulich is an American musician based in Los Angeles, known for her work as the lead singer, lyricist and founder of both The Geraldine Fibbers and and as a founding member of Ethyl Meatplow. Her 2006 album, Evangelista, was released by Constellation Records, that label's first release by a...
, BBQ, Les Sexareenos, Ravens & Chimes
Ravens & Chimes
- Formation :Formed in 2005 while studying music and film at New York University,. The original trio of Lack, Brooks, and Rossi named the band Ravens & Chimes because the three met while taking a percussion course in an old zoology room that was used to keep ravens...
, Molasses, Think About Life
Think About Life
Think About Life is an indie rock band from Montreal, Québec, Canada, formed in 2005 by drummer Matt Shane and keyboardist Graham Van Pelt.Think About Life's third member, vocalist Martin Cesar, also records and performs as Dishwasher. He has released a CD-R on Pink Triforce Tapes...
, We Are Wolves
We Are Wolves
We Are Wolves are a Quebec indie rock band, based in Montreal, consisting of vocalist and bassist Alexander Ortiz, keyboardist/backing vocalist Vincent Levesque and drummer/vocalist Antonin Marquis. The band released their debut album, Non-Stop Je Te Plie en Deux with Fat Possum Records, in 2005...
, aKido
Akido
aKido is the pseudonym of Canadian electronic rock musician and composer Kim Gaboury. Gaboury assembles a live band to tour with; this live component is generally considered a separate entity from aKido in the recording studio....
and many more.
He is also a noted guitarist and bass player, and has recorded with Montreal groups Sackville
Sackville (band)
Sackville was a Montreal-based musical group that played what has been classified as country and pop, although their style resembles more folk, rock and avantgarde...
, Hrsta
Hrsta
' is a Montreal post-rock band that records on Constellation Records. The band's leader, Mike Moya , was also one of the founding members of Godspeed You! Black Emperor. Hrsta's sound has been compared to that of Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra & Tra-La-La Band...
, Triple Burner, Esmerine
Esmerine
Esmerine is an experimental instrumental group started by Bruce Cawdron and Beckie Foon, who have contributed to other Montreal-based bands as Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Set Fire to Flames, and Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra & Tra-La-La Band...
, Angela Desveaux
Angela Desveaux
Angela Desveaux is a Canadian singer-songwriter, based in Montreal, Quebec, whose style blends a diverse mix of pop, rock and country influences.-Background:...
, as well as his own acoustic guitar project, which has seen multiple release on Strange Attractors Audio House. His acoustic guitar style is often compared to John Fahey
John Fahey (musician)
John Fahey was an American fingerstyle guitarist and composer who pioneered the steel-string acoustic guitar as a solo instrument. His style has been greatly influential and has been described as the foundation of American Primitivism, a term borrowed from painting and referring mainly to the...
's more psychedelic, raga-based output.
Discography
- Decorated (2008)
- Harris Newman / Mauro Antonio Pawlowski split 12 inch (2008)
- Dark Was The Night (2006)
- Triple Burner (2006)
- Accidents With Nature And Each Other (2005)
- Non-Sequiturs (2003)