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Asta Kalapa Studios

North Parade, Gorey, Ireland
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Recording Studio / Music Production

Producer / recordist Darragh Nolan
Basciville / House of Wolves / Nocturnes / Blooms / WOLFF / Ailbhe Reddy & more... Artists I've worked with:
House of Wolves, Blooms, Dear Desert, Sacred Animals, Basciville, Johnny Stewart, Winter Aid, Sorcha Richardson, Adultrock, The Man Whom, Callum Orr, Corner Boy, Ailbhe Reddy, Goatboy, Nocturnes (Pearse McGloughlin), Johnny Fox, Tenaka, Paula Cox, Lo Flying Planes, Conor Walsh, Young Wonder, Steffaloo, Pretty Heart, Halves, Owensie.

Gear:

Microphones:
AKG C414 EB
AKG D109
AKG D12
AKG D1200
AKG D14A
AKG D19C
AKG D196
AKG D202 X2
Beyer M69N
Beyer M55
Electro Voice 660
Electro Voice 627C
Electro Voice RE10
Sennheiser MD441 X2
Sennheiser MD421
Shure Beta 58a


Outboard:
Apogee Rosetta
Avid Digi 003
Apogee Duet 2
Warm Audio TB12 (Tonebeast)
Altec 1592a Preamp Mixer (Vintage)
RFT WE60 Tube Preamp (Vintage, 60s)
RFT MV4050 X 2 Tube Preamp (Vintage, 50s)
RFT MV4053 Tube Preamp (Vintage, 50s)
RFT V740 Solid State Preamp (Vintage, 70s)
TL Audio M1 Tubetracker

Monitoring:
Equator D8s
Superscope Model 5-2

Keys:
Collard & Collard Upright Piano
Bechstein Boudoir Grand Piano
Fender Rhodes Mark 1 Stage Piano
Wurltizer 206a Electric Piano
Eko Corale Organ with Leslie Speaker
Hammond Cadette Organ
W. Doherty & Co. Harmonium
Roland Juno 106
Yamaha SY85

Novation Nocturn 25 controller
Novation Bass Station
Martini Accordian
Xylophone
Glockenspiel

Amps:
Vox AC30
Fender Blues Deville
Fender Vibro Champ (Vintage, 70s)
Selmer Leslie 16/18

Guitars:
Fender Jaguar (1964)
Fender Telecaster 1962 USA Custom Reissue
Eastwood Airline Hollowbody
Danelectro Dano 56
Fender DG10CE Acoustic
OLP MM2 Bass

Drums:
Pearl Export 5 piece kit with piccolo snare & AAX Cymbals
Cosmic Percussion Congas X 2
A selection of percussion instruments

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Got the masters back for the Elstow LP remotely produced & mixed here (They're in Australia). The masters sound great, can't wait to get this out into the world.

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Swimmers Jackson's future hit 'Summer's Here' recorded with me here not so long ago, hitting the usual release spots, check it out... "The single is an ode to the welcome stretch in Dublin summer’s evenings gone by, spent largely at the Portobello section of the Canal in South Dublin. Hours totalling days have been whittled away there, whether waiting for a gig in The Lower Deck (now Bello Bar) to start, or until you had enough money to go sit in the warmth of O’Connells pub, long after the sun goes down."

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The new Ailbhe Reddy EP 'Attach to Memory' is finally out in the world. Great songs, writers, players & open minds allow me to push the production boundaries a bit further each time. Check it out & follow Ailbhe & her merry men as they take over the world. <3 Recorded, produced & mixed at Asta Kalapa.

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This is Alan. Alan is playing bass on one of his tracks. It will be on his debut EP. The EP will be class. • Ladies & Gentleman, introducing mister Alan Finan

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Bouncing the final mix for Molly Sterling's single called 'Plain Static' which is just gorgeous. Keep a close eye on this lady.

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The latest track from Winter Aid's amazing LP 'The Murmur of the Land' out this Friday & one of my absolute favourites, 'Penny Sweets' In the words of the artist: 'Penny Sweets' is the final track on 'The Murmur of the Land', and the last one we finished. I wasn't planning on putting it on the record, but a couple of people (including indispensable producer Darragh Nolan of Asta Kalapa) swayed me, and I'm glad they did. This track feels like the best example of how the album changed over time, and the simple piano melody is still one of my favourite pieces of music that I've written, I think: childlike, comforting, and warm. There's a strong thread of nostalgia in the album, both in the music and the artwork, and you can hear a lot of it in this song, a kind of impulse to hide in memory. Download free on Bandcamp: https://winteraid.bandcamp.com/track/penny-sweets Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/7DeB8bw7lnmfQeAKKuYFN5 'The Murmur of the Land' will be out on Friday. http://www.bluestackrecords.com/winter-aid/

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Tracked this with the insanely talented Basciville boys earlier this year, mixed by Ruadhri Cushnan & featuring Colm Mac Con Iomaire on beauty strings. It's been released on Twin Music who they signed with late last year. Listen now so you can say you were a fan before they became massive. Gorgeous photo shot by Caolán Barron Photography... I'm a big fan of everyone invoIved. Check it out here: http://smarturl.it/divinghour

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The very talented Colin Lyons dropping some tasty toms on a great new single for Molly Sterling, wearing (quote) 'The best cap in Gorey right now'

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Recorded a bunch of samples that became a part of this library. Stomping, whacking, hitting, clapping until our limbs could do no more. Sure look.

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