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... more than an award-winning project studio and lodge on the edge of verdant forests, we're a mastering facility, an indie label, an mp3 download site, online CD shop, a rehearsal venue and an events coordinator situated just outside Knysna on a farm in rural paradise, run by SAMA nominated best engineer Howard Butcher. Click for instructions on instant buying from this site.
We have a creative team of musicians/engineers who can help realize the potential of your recording project. Apart from the homely facilities and relaxed vibe our room acoustics are great, balanced to faithfully track loud and soft ensembles alike. That and an inspiring environment are really all you need.
We have a variety of digital recorders, analogue tape recorders (2", 1" and 1/2" tape), classic microphones, instruments and loads of quality vintage gear to create epic music. Whether its a jingle, an album or sound for film/video we can offer an inspiring space and a jacked crew to help make it happen. Browse some of the many albums we've produced on our Creations page. Guy Buttery "7 inch Post Card" Jeremy Crutchley and the Standing Wave Dan Patlansky's 'Come and Play' Peace Party 2012
We're planning a repeat of our legendary Peace Party and Summer Session soon. More to follow. Home Grown Music site launched. Our label site is up and running and expanding. Check out www.homegrownmusic.co.za and all the info about becoming an artiste or distributor.
We can now accept payment via all major credit cards, Paypal and EFT.
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Studio-live album for Nate Maingard
Described as a wordsmith and storyteller, Nate Maingard writes music which takes his listeners on a journey of thought-provoking sensation, inspired emotion and foot tapping catchiness. Thursday we record Nate's second album before a small studio audience. There's something kinetic that happens with the exchange between an artiste and audience in a personal and intimate ambience. That’s what we’re looking to capture, just like the cool vibe we snapped for Tony Cox, Nibs van der Spuy and Guy Buttery last year. But we've primed this one a bit. Olga Schoeman, a harpist whom we're currently recording a classical repertoire for, will drop her pearls of musical magic about the lucky few as they arrive and later Emre, our shiny pin from Turkey will help engineering the project. More to come.
In The Shade of The Wild Fig
Nibs van der Spuy and Guy Buttery finally found time to record their debut duo album, “In The Shade of the Wild Fig.” The album showcases their mutual interest and deep love for world music and folk movements featuring numerous instruments such as the cuatro, mbira, tampura, sitar and various acoustic guitars. Buy the album on Bandcamp here.
SAMA nomination and another album for Derek Gripper on the way.
In March guitarist Derek Gripper returned to Knysna to record his second album with us, following on from the Sound of Water album we recorded last year which has just won him a SAMA nomination. This time we tracked the project in a small stone church on the Buffalo Bay Rd which has wonderful acoustics. Traffic noise from the N2 was a potential problem so we set up to record between 1 and 7 am on Sunday morning with the benefit of little traffic and denser air. The results were what we had hoped for; a warm natural verb, good sustain and some approprioate night noises.
John Ellis (Tree63) new album 'Rural' is available in limited edition
Rural is an earthy collection of songs and tunes by John Ellis with percussion by Barry van Zyl. Recorded over three days at Peace of Eden in November its alive with texture and dynamic.
Whilst we had our location recording rig in Durban for the Guy Buttery Live album we used the opportunity to record 19 acoustic demos of John Ellis's extensive unrecorded repertoire. John and Barry van Zyl have subsequently recorded 15 of these songs in the studio and John's second solo album Rural makes its appearance this week.
D'bi Young album "333" - Jamaican/Canadian dubpoet
d’bi’s new album 333 released 2011, is a cross-continental collaboration with tanzanian producer jakofire pro and south african producers mandiemafu and baski njovu. the lp is a love letter to all dancehall queens, queers, and questioners of the status quo; honouring the 12 inch record’s 33 1/3 revolutions per minute (rpms) through radical musical anarchy. the 12 poems and 2 interludes, range in topics from self-love, colonization and sex to mother-love, celebrating black youth and the aids epidemic. a courageous celebration of life and love, 333 is d’bi’s best dubpoetry to date. Read more at dbiyoung.com |
to Peace of Eden's recording studio. 
