House Of Vibes Productions, The Grip Weeds? recording studio, recently took delivery of a Sound Workshop analog recording console. Owned by musician Jan Hammer, this console was used to record the Miami Vice TV show soundtrack and Jan?s music for the last 20 years. It now begins a new life at The House Of Vibes- the first recording session will be with Najma and Gary Lucas, quickly followed by The Smithereens. Then of course The Grip Weeds will resume recording sessions for their 5th album this Spring. Studio tan, anyone?
| Doughboys
1st recorded at HOV! Doughboys, Is It Now? (just out): "Sixties garage-rockers who made a couple of singles (I think I have one of 'em) reunited in recent years and now have issued an album that combines spirited, authentically tough-sounding period covers (The Animals' I'm Crying, Alvin Robinson's great Down Home Girl as filtered through the Stones' version) with similarly grounded originals that admirably capture the vibe of the era. (One member, Richard X. Heyman, has released a series of fine pop-rock albums since the '80s that are also worth checking out.)" -Ken Barnes, USA TODAY Blogspot |  |
New
PAT DINIZIO VIDEO for "SINCE YOU WENT AWAY"--new single from the CD
"PD-Pat DiNizio" on You
Tube NOW! .  |
| New Release! PAT DINIZIO "PD" (East West Records)- Pat's second solo album was recorded at HOV with Kurt Reil in a triple role as producer, engineer and musician- Kurt plays drums on every track, and adds guitar, keyboards and backing vocals to many others. this is a great new album from Pat- some of the best songs he's written in years are here! Available now at Amazon. |  |
 | New Smithereens CD due Oct 9th- "Christmas With The Smithereens", their first Holiday offering, was recorded this past Summer at HOV and features classics reworked in the band's own inimitable style alongside a number of originals. It was Xmas in July again at HOV (last year The Grip Weeds recorded their first holiday track in July!)! |
 l-r: Nitin Mitta, Najma, Gary Lucas, Kristin Pinell and Kurt Reil | Najma and Gary Lucas at HOV- East meets west at HOV! Najma Aktar, renowned world music vocalist (among her many accomplishments is her work with Page and Plant), and guitarist Gary Lucas (Captain Beefheart, Jeff Buckley) teamed up with tabla player Nitin Mitta for a demo session at HOV. The result was a unique blend of Indian music and Blues Rock- we hope this gets a release soon, as it is quite amazing stuff... http://www.najmaakhtar.net/ |
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"I rocked out with Meet the Smithereens!
and had a total blast. Do you know about this record? It's a faithful re-creation
of Meet the Beatles!, performed with the perfect combination of reverence and
joy by New Jersey's best-ever bar band. And, since the Smithereens are decades
older than the Beatles were, the old guys put something deeper and darker into
the sound. Nothing can touch the original's pure joy. But the Smithereens plug
right into my middle-aged fantasies, and the big sound, taken at, ahem, room-filling
volume, was a thrill I won't soon forget. Soundstage depth was good per se but
was not quite as deep as with my favorite high-end speakers."
Live Performance, Multi-Media Presentation and Q&A Session
Saturday, June 9th 2pm FREE
Ocean
County Library
Toms River Branch
101
Washington St
Toms River, NJ 08753
(732)349-6200
Call
in advance to reserve your seats
Make a world-class recording at home! International recording artists The Grip Weeds take you on the journey of a song, from demo to finished product ready for download, with special emphasis on doing it yourself from your own home. Along the way, The Grip Weeds will perform live, show videos and demonstrate basic recording techniques. Topics to be covered are song arranging, making a demo, recording and overdubbing, mixing, mastering and finally uploading the song to iTunes.
GAVIN EDWARDS
3 out of 5 stars
The improbably long-lived Smithereens have never been shy about their British Invasion influences -- now they make them more obvious with an inessential but fun tribute to the Beatles' American debut album. The Smithereens cover all twelve Meet the Beatles!'s tracks, hewing closely to the original arrangements, down to the hand claps in "I Want to Hold Your Hand." They add some deadpan vocals and a bit of extra guitar crunch, particularly goosing the ballad "Till There Was You" -- and against all odds they succeed in making forty-three-year-old music sound new again.
Asbury Park Press, NJ
"Grip Weeds singer/drummer/guitarist Kurt Reil served as engineer and co-producer of the project, which was recorded at his House of Vibes facility in Highland Park. 'We wanted to be reverential to what (The Beatles) had done,'' said Reil. "There's a certain excitement in those early recordings. We wanted to reflect that and also infuse it with the Smithereens sound, and that was my job.'' Read Full Article
| Coming this January is MEET THE SMITHEREENS, a tribute to the Fab Four's landmark US debut album MEET THE BEATLES. The disc was recently recorded at the House of Vibes and co-produced by Kurt Reil and the Smithereens. |  |
7/28/06
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New Releases Recorded At The House Of Vibes 7TH
INNING STRETCH |
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THE ANDERSON COUNCIL/ THE
FALL PARADE
Newly released on Groove Disques, THE FALL PARADE is the
Council's second album, and the second to be recorded at The House Of Vibes. "Pinkerton's
Assorted Colours" was deemed COOLEST SONG IN THE WORLD this week by Steven
and is currently number 1 on his garage chart in Billboard, while THE FALL PARADE
comes in at number 9 in the top garage albums chart. "They've got the 60's
chops on top of inventive song craft, smooth harmonies, and solid production courtesy
of Kurt Reil of The Grip Weeds' House of Vibes studio. Do not play before bedtime
as these songs will be bouncing around in your head for hours." -Amplifier
(http://www.groovedisques.com/)
THE
RANDY BANDITS/ REDBEARD
Recorded by The Randy Bandits and mixed
at The House Of Vibes, REDBEARD showcases their unique brand of American
music. Echoing The Band, Neil Young and Guster, these musical adventurers dig
deep into various and sundry traditions to produce newly shining gems. Their style
swings from Rock to Country to Bluegrass to Jazz to Soul to Blues to Gospel with
lots of hybrids, a jillion instruments traded amongst them, and soaring vocal
harmonies.
8/29/05
CBS TELEVISION USES GRIP WEEDS SONG FOR NEW FALL PRIMETIME
SERIES :
CBS
licensed “What’s In Your Mind”--
hear a
sample now (from the album The Sound Is In You) for the promotional campaign
of the new Fall crime drama series CRIMINAL
MINDS, starring Mandy Patinkin . The song is featured as the core
music for the 20 and 30 second-long CRIMINAL MINDS promotional commercials currently
running in heavy rotation on national CBS stations and affiliates throughout the
end of September, as well as on basic cable, radio and CBS website streaming.
“What’s In Your Mind” was discovered by CBS Director of Drama Promotions Brad Roe, through an iTunes search. According to Roe, “The title of The Grip Weeds song had grabbed me, but it was the chorus that was exactly what we needed, as the lyrics sell the premise of the show. I also liked the energy of the song and felt that its contemporary sound would appeal to a younger demographic.” The song was recorded at the House of Vibes and remixed there to great effect for the Rainbow Quartz reissue of The Sound Is In You.
- HOV recently
acquired a set of Universal
Audio UAD-1 digital audio plug-ins, which emulate many classic EQ's
and compressors which greatly enhance our digital recording capabilities! On the
Analog side, we've also taken delivery of a pair of Old
School Audio's MP-1 preamps- warm and fuzzy!
5/10/05 - The Smithereens recently returned to HOV to do a remake of their classic "In A Lonely Place" for an upcoming movie soundtrack. House engineer/producer/Grip Weed Kurt Reil played the vibes, and Kristin Pinell (Grip Weeds) took on Suzanne Vega's harmony vocal. Click here for a report from Dave's Smithereens Page...
Recently issued on the Koch label is God Save the Smithereens- Deluxe Edition, which includes their version of the Beatles' "I Want to Tell You", recorded at HOV a couple of years ago.
Legendary bassist Graham Maby (Joe Jackson, Ian Hunter) was here at HOV this past month as well! His playing was flawless of course- we got his sound and he did his track in one take...
