VERDUN – "The Eternal Drift’s Canticles"

Arisen in 2011 from the fertile scene of Montpellier, France, VERDUN made a name in the realm of slow and heavy music on the basis of a simple three-tracks demo, leaving a strong impression on every witness of the band’s thunderous live shows. With a line-up solidified after a few european tours and opening slots…

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The Main Sequence

DirtClodFight has been around for quite a while and is a much respected band among the punk genre. Moving through a few lineup changes, they have stayed busy and creative over the years and have morphed or better yet, have evolved into what their current offering is. Phil Merwin is one of the constants of…

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Catharis remaster

Pretty stoked for the reissue of the YOB classic “Catharsis” remastered here at Witch Ape Studio.  Here is a quote in Invisible Oranges. “Reissue the out-of-print Catharsis for its tenth anniversary. Tad Doyle’s remastering job sounds great, and it gives us an opportunity to reflect on what makes this album, and this band, so good.”…

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Ninth Moon Black

From Eugene Oregon Ninth Moon Black is having Tad at Witch Ape Studio do a mastering treatment for their song Amaranthine. Be looking for this to come out soon and Billy Barnett did a brilliant job on the recording. Progress is being made on the new Heiress recording as Mr. Jon Pettibone was in the…

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Witch Ape News

Tad just finished remastering the YOB classic “Catharsis” and to quote Profound Lore Records, “Listening to the Tad Doyle re-master of YOB “Catharsis” for it’s imminent re-issue. Sounding massive as fuck.” June saw the new DirtClodFight record being mixed and sent off to be mastered. July has been busy. Recording and mixing projects with YOB’s…

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BotSC show updates

7/13/2013 Sup Pop 25 Silver Jubilee Festival Georgetown Seattle 8/17/2013 Total Fest XII (Badlander/Palace Missoula, MT 9/06/2013 Chop Suey Seattle w/ YOB & Bell Witch Seattle, WA

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Media Player

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Lumbar, Royal Talons, DirtClodFight, Mythological Horses

This has been another really good month here at Witch Ape Studio. We recorded a live show of The Anunnaki (Dave French’s other band that he plays bass and does vocals in.) who also plays drums for Brothers of the Sonic Cloth as well as Brokaw. Dave is busy fellow. We just finished up mixing…

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Norska

Norska guys are among some of the raddest human beings that walk this ground that we all share. I have to say that I have a soft spot for burly-bearded dudes that are kind to all living beings. Guys like Joe Preston, Mike Scheidt, Dave French, Chad Remains, Brett Netson…… I could go on and…

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Mike Scheidt – In Your Light

This is a video shot and edited by Alexander Patsos and the audio was recorded at Witch Ape Studio by Tad Doyle. Enjoy. Mike Scheidt – In Your Light from Thrill Jockey Records on Vimeo.

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