Halloween treats in Southport

Right its been a while since I last blogged as the studio has been busier than ever!!! I hope to keep this updated with some of things Ive been upto recently.

Had the pleasure of working with a hell of a lot of bands and ill be spending time on here going through the projects and giving you some more music to check out.

In the meantime check out Gods of war, these guys were here last week working on the EP "We march for Metal"!

Bludvera - Demo Reviews & News

The lads from Bludvera have been doing well since their visit to Aku Recording Studios scoring gigs with established thrash acts up & down the country such as SSS and the mighty Warpath.

Here's a recent review:

Source:

http://www.metalpsalter.com/demos_06_17_10_bludvera_serpent_venom_uncrowned.html

Liverpool, England’s Bludvera is a five-piece thrash outfit that releases its first demo that might make the city forget the Beatles are the chosen sons! Well, maybe not, but it’s still a damn good thrash effort by a band that blatantly worships at the altar of Slayer and Testament.

Vocalist Scott channels a Reign in Blood-era Tom Araya through the opening track “Tools of Bloodshed” so spot perfect it’s practically copyright infringement! A healthy mesh of Schmier and Araya styles round out his prowess throughout the remaining three tracks.

Carrying the torch for a legion of thrash bands and fans alike, Bludvera takes all of the historical importance of Kreator, Destruction, Sacrifice and Celtic Frost and finds the cauldron with which to stir the ghastly ingredients for a exciting demo that will surely impress the underground scene. The band is tight in creating a fine wall of speedy headbanging tunes that ring out that persistent gallop after the demo has left your stereo system.

The four tracks on the demo are solid, primitive songs that tap into both the modern thrash metal scene and the old school with a clear, yet antiquated feel to the music. When I hear this I think back to the first time I heard Bonded by Blood by Exodus and feel pretty good about the scene.

Give these guys a serious listen and support the flourishing U.K. scene!

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This is Sprout here, our resident cat, enjoying the whether by the studio. This is a rare photo as Sprout pretty much stays in doors and lives on top of the radiator.

The weather has pretty much cleared up in Southport and the snow caused a few problems with peoples work, but here at aKu weve been working hard through December and January helping bands take the next step in their projects.


The new year was seen in with Tarlton's premier rock/punk act "The Synergy" visiting aKu to record a 2 track demo. The lads have been working hard to get their sound together and altghough the guys are only young , theyve managed to produce a raw and commercially viable CD. you can check the new tracks at our aKu Studios Southport myspace or by stopping by The Synergy myspace space.

Southport rock band Rollacoaster poped in over the last week to finish up their 4 track demo, The band intend to use the cd to promote their services. The cd includes hit songs from R.E.M and Amy Winehouse and shows the versitility of the band repitoire.

If your looking for a band to entain an event or party Rollacoaster can deliver this and much more.

Well thats it for now, Ive got Singer song writer Tim Johson coming in over the weekend and a lot of work for Sa-da-kO to come, but im sure ill tell you all about that next time.

See ya

sIMo

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We may be in Southport But I aint Recording in the Snow?

I’ve been away working on various project recently which means I’ve neglected this blog for a couple of months, don’t worry though I’ve got loads of exiting news and some new bands for you to check out. And I’ll be doing some write ups so you can find a bit more about how we’ve been spending our time here.

One bit of good news I can tell you is that aKu isn’t effected by the snow, although I have been using my new skull n crossbones hot water bottle I got for christmas a bit too much.


Speak to ya soon

sIMo
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Aku Recording Studios Promise to Southport Music

So why has Aku Recording Studios opened in Southport?

Well I’m a Southport born lad and I’ve taken my music pretty seriously since the age of 14, in fact if you were to ask anyone I’ve known over these years they will always tell you that’s what I’m about!

So I’ve reached a point now where I feel I can genuinely offer a bit of help to local musicians and bands, I won’t tell you how many times I’ve heard that Southport just isn’t geared for music. Things are changing though!

Dagg Studios has opened and offers band rehearsal space and more importantly a chance to meet other muso’s, share gigs and network and Aaron is pretty committed to help young bands by not charging the earth.

The amount of live venues that are about has tripled in the last few years so now it’s even easier to play live and gain a local following.

Our aim at Aku is to genuinely help musicians specifically from this area, we keep are prices low and offer bands and artists a chance to achieve professional sounding recordings without the cost of travel outside of Southport and costs of paying for “hidden extras” of a studio. In fact for us it’s in our benefit for you to have the very best “end product” possible because we will promote your music just as much as you do!

So let us help you take your music further, and let’s give Southport our own sound.

sIMo
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Aku Studios Home Southport's Music Scene?

My God!! Thinks are getting busy here at the studio!!

I’ve been working hard with the lads from the funk brothers again on one of their funky house exploits; we managed to enlist the help of a session singer “Asher”, who has been working a bit long time friends Shooting Star Poets over in Sunny Skem and she came and kicked it and the track seems to be ticking a long nicely.

The Sa-da-kO album is now in full swing with guitar tracks being laid down a plenty and tweaks on tweaks of the overall sound, should be finished pretty soon.

Innuendo came back to the welcome arms of Aku this week to help finish a project they have been working on.It turns out Innuendo had been given a bit of studio time from a local college and the lads of course snapped this up, however the lads weren’t that happy with the mix down that they had received and asked me to have a crack. So after a few tweaks here and there and bit of tidying up of the productions the guys felt that they were much nearer to what they wanted, in fact from the reaction last night the lads were more than happy with the results.

Innuendo have been working hard at the moment with gigs and from the looks of it their going to be popping up all over the North West over the coming months, they will be appearing live on local radio Dune fm and playing Manchester academy on the 11th of November and you can listen to their tracks on the ol’ MySpace fingy.

Till next time………..\m/

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