One Year

I found out that ever since I'm on FaceBook, I completely forget to share my work here on my website. Sorry guys! If you want to follow everything I do closer, I suggest you add me on Facebook since I post there more regular than on this site.

That being said; here's a list of what I've been upto the last 13 months!

• Album for Van Dik Hout (recording / production / mixing). We recorded a lot in Berlin! [pics here]
• Single for Ivar (recording / production / mixing)
• Album for Color Reporters (some recording / mixing) [pics]
• Album for Paceshifters (recording / production / mixing) [pics]
• Single Burçak Şikar (mixing)
• EP CC Grand (mixing)
• EP harDTmetDT (vocal recordings / mixing)
• Album for Bökkers (mixing)
• Radio concert for Van Dik Hout (livemixing)
• Examiner for Herman Brood Academie (reviewing mixes by students)
• Videoclip for Color Reporters [video]
• Radio & TV mix for Color Reporters live performances (livemixing)
• EP Buddha for Mary (mixing)
• Album for The Medics (mixing)
• Album for The Veldman Brothers (recording / mixing / mastering) [pics]
• Album for De Geweldigheid (drumrecordings / mixing he album real soon!)
• EP for STEED (recording / production / mixing) [pics]
• Single for 30EuroLive (recording / production / mixing)
• Album for my own special project: Lorrainville (recording / production / mixing) [pics]
• Preproduction for Nemesea's new album (recording / production / mixing)
• Album for Zamora (mixing)

Some video's of this stuff:

Edison!

Wowiezowie... it has been way 2long since my last news update on this site. And so much has happened!!

Maybe I should start of with the Award we won with Lorrainville: an Edison (which is like the Dutch equivalent of a Grammy). Man that came as a big surprise! We received the "Special Jury Award", probably because we did not fit into the normal categories. And all the cliches are true; it IS a TRU HONOR to receive such a prestigious award.
If you have never heard of the Lorrainville project, please visit THIS website :) And check out all releases on Spotify

What else happened?

• album with Colossa! (recording/production/mixing)
• ep with Landmark 105 (recording/production/mixing)
• ep with Stirwater (recording/mixing)
• album with Bökkers (mixing)
• album with Bertolf & Kasper van Kooten (mixing)
• ep with TwoWay Society (recording/production/mixing)
• ep Cider (mixing)
• album The Monolith Deathcult (recording/production/mixing)
• single Chielio Reedijk (mix)
• single Burçak Sikar (mix)
• ep The Doots (recording/production/mixing)
• single Lukka (mix)
• HardtMetDt (recording / mixing)
• album Nice Neighbours (mixing)
• 2 singles Martin van der Starre (mixing)
• album Lukas Batteau (mixing)
• single De Euros (mixing)
• dvd Bertolf & Kasper van Kooten (recording)
• few albumtracks Tim van Doorn (mixing)
• and some live radio & TV sessions with several bands
  

If you want to have a listen to some of these productions/mixes you can use this Spotify playlist and take it from there.


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Some video's:

#1 hit!

"Je vecht nooit alleen", the single that I produced and mixed for famous dutch band 3J's went to #1 in the Dutch Charts!
It's my first number 1 hit (although we were very close with 2 of Bertolf's singles before).

Have been doing cool stuff!

Finished the Colossa production. We recorded the last vocals and percussion and after that I went straight into the mixing. Remco did some awesome vocal performances; sometimes reminding me of Chris Cornell back in his powerfull days.
It's a great rock album that touches different flavours. If you enjoy music from bands like Triggerfinger, Dead Weather, Soundgarden, QOTSA, Raconteurs, Brant Bjork and the Bros, etc etc,  you will for sure appreciate Colossa. It's an awesome record containing a variety of phat energy bursts but also an coustic song featuring a string quartet! We taped some great and interesting guitartones, fat basses and big roomy drums. Singer/guitarist Remco Eijssen knows how to write catchy rockin' songs, and the boys know how to make em rock.
The album is scheduled to be released in january by Goomah/Excelsior/V2.


Teamed up with Bertolf for the TV-sound when he was performing the stunnin' song "Patty Lane" live on the "MaDiWoDoVrijdagshow" hosted by the famous Paul de Leeuw.

Right now Bertolf and band are on tour, so check em out in a venue near you since they are an awesome live band.


I had some interesting meetings with a couple of recordlabels; resulting in some cool new projects comming up ;)
Will keep you posted.

Patrick le Duc's debut album is finally released op PIAS records! I mixed it before the summer, and now it's out there. Hopefull it will end up in a lot of homes all across the country. Right now Patrick and band are touring as support act for famous Dutch act Bløf.
Patrick is a Dutch singer-songwriter with roots in Counting Crows, Tim Christensen, Gemma Hayes and a touch of Soundgarden. The album has been recorded with Paskal Jakobsen and Peter Slager of Bløf & drummer Martijn Bosman (probably the best drummer in this country!).
Some of the songs on the album "Square Moods" remind me of the energy & passion of the Tragically Hip. I should also mention that Patrick is a gifted singer with a beautifull voice!
You can order the album @Bol.com or buy it at your favorite record store.

I mixed two songs for a brand new upcomming star; Stefany June. She is a young German singer-songwriter with a fresh electro pop. Her characteristic voice, self-penned songs and the eclectic sound choices give it a very own & original sound!

Not famous yet, but I see a nice future ahead!

Edison nominations

I am still on holiday, but received some news that I like to share with you all;
Bertolf is nominated for 3 Edison awards!!
-Best Male Artist
-Best Album (Snakes & Ladders)
-Best Song (Another Day)

How cool is that?

You can vote for Best Album & Best Song over here

Megahit!!

3FM just annouced that Bertolf's new single "Cut me Loose" is the new MEGAHIT!!

a$$ kickin' live performance

This morning I had to get up very early (4:20) because Bertolf had to perform at Giel Beelen's very populair morning show @3FM. I joined Bertolf & band to do the radiomix.
And the guys pulled out an electrifying performance of their latest single "Cut me Loose".
This is how it went down;

Fijne Bertolf recensie in OOR!

Bertolf - LIVE @ Evers Staat Op

Yeah.... early in the morning. But worth it!!
Alarm went off at 4 in the morning. I picked up Bertolf @5.. at least I tried to; but he was still sleeping; had to wake him up by knocking real loud on his window ;-)
And then off to Radio538 for Edwin Evers his populair morning show. Bertolf & band had to perform 3 songs; I had to do the live-mixes.


Single;



The HIT;



Tomorrow Tros Muziekcafe; always a pleassure

Patrick LeDuc / KinKobra / Barbarella / Bertolf / Arthur Adam

Allright,

I was involved in a lot of great projects lately!

First of all I want to tell you about this great new talent; Patrick LeDuc. Patrick is a Dutch singer-songwriter with roots in Counting Crows, Tim Christensen, Gemma Hayes and a bit of Soundgarden. 
A stunning debut has been recorded with Paskal Jakobsen and Peter Slager of the famous Dutch band BLØF & drummer Martijn Bosman (probably the best drummer in this country!).

The album "Square Moods" will be released in Fall 2010 & it contains great songs. Some of the songs remind me of the energy & passion featured on "Selling The Drama" by Live. Besides that I also should mention that Patrick is a gifted singer with a beautifull voice!

Recorded, produced & mixed a single called "I'll die 4 thin" for the band KinKobra. 
It's an a$$-kickin' rock track! The band won a band-competition on radio 538, and this will certainly result in airplay.

This trio is really rockin' and I hope we will be able to make an album in the future.

Another a$$-kickin' band I worked with is Barbarella.

They are recording an album right now, and asked me to mix a song that was already finished. The song is called "I am the Wolf" and will be used for promotional purposes.

If I had to describe their music I would say Stoner rock combined with Placebo & a touch of Soulwax.

The rest of the albumtracks will be recorded during the next months and they expect to be ready with the album at the end of the summer. A release date is not scheduled yet. We'll keep you posted.

I also teamed up with Bertolf fot some radio & TV promo gigs. I did th livemixes in shows like; Pauw & Witteman, De Wereld Draait Door, Giel, Tros Muziekcafe, Q-music, Evers Staat Op, BNN That's Live, Bring it On etc etc.

Besides all that I am also still enhancing my new mix&overdub studio in Soest (((GieSound)))

all... and for all you suckers that did not listen Arthur Adam's album "Awake" yet... YOU SHOULD!! Everyone who loves music by artists like Damien Rice, Jeff Buckley, Sufjan Stevens, Sebadoh, The Police and Motorpsycho should really check it out since I am pretty damn sure you will love it!!

G

Livemix: Bertolf - Two in a Million

Livemix; yesterday on radio 3FM.
Again; Bertolf & band playing their new single ;-)

Bertolf zingt '2 in a million'

The new Bertolf single for the first time live on TV. I did the livemix. Enjoy this great band!

Studio / Arthur Adam /Rosemary's Sons / Bertolf

It seems that everytime I add an entry to the news-section of my webpage, I have to apologize because it has been way to long since my last update.
Strange...
Anyhow; this time (as always) I think I have a good reason ;)
Not only have I been working my a$$ of lately recording, producing and mixing lot's of wonderful artists, but I have also been very busy setting up my own mix&overdub studio. I am joining well-known mastering engineer Sander vd Heide at his facility in Soest. So right now I can perform all my mixing duties right in a central part of the country, nearby most (big) recordlabels.
I've been working really hard to get my controlroom up and running since the end of 2009. On my Hyves you can find some pics of construction etc.
It's a big analogue setup, build around a powerfull Pro Tools HD rig. The mixing desk is a custom build design, up to my specs. Here's a pic to give you some idea;

Enough on this subject (more on this later?) ;)

Allright, let's talk music! NICE MUSIC!!!!
I recorded, mixed & produced a very very nice & original album by Arthur Adam. This Amsterdam based singer-songwriter has been a "well-know secret" for years, and recently we teamed up to make this fantastic album together with his band.
Everyone who loves music by artists like Damien Rice, Jeff Buckley, Sufjan Stevens, Sebadoh, The Police and Motorpsycho should really check it out when it hits stores.
Right now you can already download the first single, and one of my personal favorite songs ("Dividing a Spider") at iTunes.


Besides that I also have been doing some small projects, including a single with Rosemary's Sons (featuring Stevie Ann) called "Perfect". This is a very nice & warm song that has a great nostalgic feeling.

The biggest and most time-consuming project I have done lately was the album-production of the second Bertolf album. We started recording drums in the north of the country, and then moved over to the world-famous and world-class ICP studio's in Brussels for the main recording sessions.
We tracked at studio C (on a wonderful vintage Neve desk), and in studio D (wich is sort of a very big living room based around a 1940's tube Telefunken desk. Talkin' about vintage!)
On my Hyves & MySpace you can find some pics of those sessions.
After that we moved to my new studio to record all vocals and some percussion stuff and additional instruments.
In between all that Bertolf received the prestigious "Zilveren Harp" award, and we had to finish the fist single "Two in a Million" wich was instantly added to the playlist of big radiostations like 3FM & Q-music. Besides that, I also joined B & his band for some radio & TV promo-gigs, doing the broadcast mix of their live-performances.
Oh yeah... and then I mixed the complete album all on my brand new, custom build, mixing console! Kick ass!!!
Right now I am listening to the cd (that is just being mastered by Darius van Helfteren), and I have to say that Bertolf really made a big step. The album is so amazing and has a nice depth. You really should go out and check it once it is released in the second half of April.


all for now... more to come!!
grtz,
Guido

Anneke van Giersbergen, Aqua de Annique, Polarskin, Veldman Brothers

Very very short update, because I have been working my a$$ of lately ;-)

-mixed the new Anneke van Giersbergen & Agua de Annique album. And it is a f#cking briljant album. It has everything I would be looking for in an album; catchy tunes, different moods, layered songs and also stripped ones. And she sings beautifully! This album is gonna impress a lot of people I can assure you!
The album will be released in 10 countries all over the world.

-recorded/mixed/produced an album by a brand new band called Polarskin. It's a band with layered & atmospheric songs with a great singer. Their style is difficult to pin down, since I don't know a band that does what they do. The best I can come up with (to describe their original sound) is a combination of bands. So elements of; Coldplay (intense), Snow Patrol (dynamic), Starsailor (emotion) with Editors (verb guitars).
We just got the final master of all 15 songs we recorded. Now we will start looking for a label that will pick their favorites (12?) and release that as an album.

-mixed a live TVperformance of Bertolf @ Pauw & Witteman. And also the "rooftop set" he did for that same program. (Besides that also some other Radio/Tv gigs of Miss Montreal & Bertolf, including sets&sessions at Lowlands)
Here's
Bertolf in the P&W show:



And here a part of the "rooftop set" in memory of the Beatles:

(all songs from the rooftop can be found on YouTube)

-mixed a live record by bluesband The Veldman Bros.
This limited edition cd proves that VB is the best Blues band in this country right now. Loads of energy, atmosphere and steamy performances!

Besides that I also did some pre-production with acts that I might record with real soon & I did 2 projects for a publishing company.
And.... I might get my own personal mixing&overdub room!! Looking into options right now. It has to be a room that is build around the combination of Pro Tools HD together with an excellent analogue mixing desk & all my analogue outboard.
Looking into several locations at the moment.

Miss Montreal, Nina June, Bertolf

WOW!!! Man, I have been very very busy lately... So that's why it took me so long to update this news section.
First of all.... YES; I am finally on Hyves, so you can stop asking about it ;-)
http://giesound.hyves.nl/


I am almost ready with the album production for Miss Montreal.
The second single is already released. The rest of the songs are "on their way to blow you away!" ;-)
Here's the video for "This is my Life" (the 2nd single):





This song is already on most playlists, so you will hear it very often on Dutch radio!
In February went to ICP studio's in Brussels and recorded all basics for the album (drums, bass, electric guitars and most acoustic guitars). And in March Sanne and I flew to Portugal, where we recorded vocals (as you can see in the video above) and some percussion. Click here for pics of all those recoding sessions
Right now, I am in the middle of finishing the mixes for the album, so we are almost done.
Her first hitsingle "Just a Flirt" while still being played a lot on Dutch radio is now also picked up by Belgium radio! So it might become a big hit over there as well?!
The live-circuit also picked up this vibe, cause right now the band is already booked for over 40 festivals!!!


I almost forgot to mention that both Sanne (Miss Montreal) & Bertolf are nominated for (each) three 3FM Awards!!!


Bertolf is also still going strong. After the succes of first single "Another Day" (wich reached all the way to number 2 in the charts!!) the 2nd single (For Life) is just out. Check out the wonderfull video:


All this resulted in a lot of radio & tv appearances and some damn-good album-reviews in magazines!


I also finished a single with Nina June. It's something different then you might know from her since she sings this one in Dutch. That's because it's a soundtrack for a new book by bestselling author Patrick van Rhijn. People who buy the book will also get this song on a cd to play along. (More info can be found on her MySpace)


Besides all this, I also demo'd some songs with a band and I mixed a single for Gaia Nostra, wich will be released later this year when they start touring.


These were some highlights for now; I will try to keep you updated.
Gie

Bertolf, Nina June, Dolorous Daze

The best wishes for all of you.Keep going strong in 2009!

Talking about going strong ;-) Bertolf's first single "Another Day" is launching his career with rocketspeed. Radio 3FM declared it the first megahit of 2009, and I assume it will hit the top ten of the charts in a couple of days.

The album (For Life) was due to be released on the 9th of january 2009, but since everything is going so well, it is already being released.

Besides all the radio & tv appearances Bertolf and his band are also going to hit stages everywhere. Two important shows comming up: Noorderslag festival on the 17th and supporting James Morrison on the 14th of january in the HMH. Go check em out!

I also recorded a single with Nina June.
It's gonne be something different then you might know from her. I am going to mix/finish it next week and will post more details once it's ready. I can tell you however that it's a very very nice song! [keep you posted!]

"Just a Flirt" the hitsingle I did with Miss Montreal is still being played a lot on the radio. It reached number 4 in the charts, wich makes me very proud.

At the moment we are scheduling the recording of her second single and her debut album. So you can expect the new Miss Montreal single by the end of february (I guess).

Dolorous Daze's single 'Shine' will be released on the 26th of January 2009! It's the second single of the forthcoming debut album 'Headstart', which will be released on the 27th of Febuary. I think Shine is a real good radio song. You can check snippets of their songs on their MySpace

There is more to come... 2009 has so much nice things comming up!

These were the highlights for now; I will try to keep you updated.

Gie

Airplay for Bertolf

Both Q-Music & Radio 3fm have put Bertolf's first single "Another Day" on their playlist! (and it is also being played at Radio2).
And the videoclip premiered at RTL Boulevard!
His album (For Life) will be released on the 9th of january 2009.

Bertolf @ DWDD, New single Jeremy's, Miss Montreal scores hit!

Things with Bertolf are going really fast. The first single "Another Day" is just being released and is already played on the radio. Especially by DJ Giel Beelen who is really raving Bertolf (and he knows what he's talking about; because he is one of the few people who actually heard the entire album!). "2009 is gonna be Bertolf's year", according to Giel.
Thanks to Giel (?) Bertolf was also invited to be a guest on one of the most populair TV-shows in The Netherlands "De Wereld Draait Door". In wich he performed a fragment of his single together with his band:

Bertolf's album "For Life" is probably going to be released in the beginning of 2009. You can check out his single on his MySpace, and if you like it please buy it, or download it here, or with iTunes. The single also features a lovely acoustic version that we recorded live in the studio (after we finished mixing the album).

"Just a Flirt" the single I did with Miss Montreal has been high up in all charts over the last weeks; with the highest position (so far?) being number 4! (besides that she is on every radiostation's playlist).
Miss Montreal will also play at Noorderslag (just like Bertolf & I Kissed Charles).

Jeremy's new single "I want a Girl" is also picked up by radio 3fm.
It's the 3rd single from their album 'O Yeah Aha Oh'

Bertolf's album ready, I Kissed Charles =Serious Talent

I finished mixing the Bertolf album. Last thursday (very early in the morning) Bertolf made his debut on Giel Beelen's populair morning show with a live performance of the single "Another Day" (together with his band).


Bertolf is also Serious Talent on 3FM and according to LiveXS he is playing at the prestigious Noorderslag Festival!
The album was mastered last friday, and the single is just being released.
AND.... Bertolf played in the HMH last night for 5500 people as a support act for Amy MacDonald!


I Kissed Charles is also 'declared' by 3FM as Serious Talent! AND... the band is gonna be kicking some a$$ at the Noorderslag festival!!!
I'll keep you posted...

Miss Montreal, Bertolf, Duroc

Very short news-flash;
"Just a Flirt" was 3FM Megahit last week, and all big radio stations are playing it a lot. Sanne aka Miss Montreal is also interviewed on a lot of TV and radioshows and is labelled the next big thing. Remember I told you this was gonne be a hit ;-)


I am almost done mixing the Bertolf album. Just two more songs, plus a bonus-track. Also we have to record and mix a b-side for the first single. On thursday morning B will debut on Giel Beelen's morning show with a live performance of the song (with his band).

In between all of this, I also managed to work on a demo-cd with a band called Duroc. Two songs of wich, can be found on their MySpace.

More on all of this later....