- Thomas is finally finished with the first real album from young jazz-pop-rockers Blue Basement. Recording has been a blast, and we're very happy with the results! Album will be released on Urban Sound Recrdings. Releaseparty at the Jazzcafé in our backyard (Sjokoladefabrikken) September 8th!
> Have a sneak peek here!
> Blue Basement on myspace : facebook
- Jock has just finished recording and mixing a great debut album for Warner Music with country artist, Anne Berit Yttervik from Øksnes.Produced by norwegian country legend Ottar "Big Hand" Johansen together with Tore Andersen, singer/songwriter and winner of Spellemanns-prisen 2009
> Anne Berit's website
> Tore Andersen's website
Some pictures from the session :
May 2010
- Get Kongurei's dark and soulful EP "Into The Night" here- Recording with Zwai Mbula's delightful jazz trio Fransk Frokost.
- Recording demo with underground rockers Laarhöne.
- Swedish duo Sing Your Melodia in studio C, recording with Sindre.
- Pay-per-frog is playing at this years Hovefestival and Canal Street Jazz & Blues Festival! Read more... + Album in the making! Check out Pay-per-frog's music and videos.- YTO Solreiser is playing at the Kuba Park on 17th of May!
- We're preparing for a long hot summer and installing new airconditioning in studio A! Aaaaahh...
April 2010
- Recording album and playing with strange instruments with young talents in Blue Basement. We're sure this will be a great sounding album.- Recording drums and mixing with Djerv ; new band with Agnete (former Animal Alpha singer) and Erlend "Gorg" Gjerde (former Stonegard drummer)
- Frank Ness has finished a new mix for The Insider. The song is called “Where did I go” and the music video is soon in the making.
- The Spellemanns nominated artist Chris Lee is back in the studio to record a killer track with Frank Ness.
March 2010
Spring is finally on it's way, and there are things happening at Urban Sound Studios:- Frank Ness is currently working with norwegian hip-hop group DRM, in Studio B.
Rappers Phreske Phred, Ormstunge & Ole O (all in their late 20's) and DJ Lucky LK are currently in the studio finishing their soon-to-drop debutalbum, with the working title "ABC". 2010 is the year, and DRM is the crew to watch. With producers like Marshtini, ESHM, Lasse Michelsen, Remy & Suveren providing the beats, this album is guaranteed to be an all-time norwegian hiphop-classic. Read more..
- The new album by Kutchala Sutchi & la Tribu Sauvage : "Le temps du gorille" (The time of the gorilla), was released in November 2009 in the Ivory Coast. The album was already recorded,mixed and mastered in Ivory Coast prior to this but Kutchala wasn't happy with it. We re-recorded all the drums with Uriel Seri and the new mixes from Urban Sound brought it to life. The band was very satisfied, and are now getting great reviews back in Ivory Coast! > Kutchala on myspace / youtube / facebook
- Jock produced and recorded all the vocals for metalheads BREED on their new album,and (even if it doesn't look like it) the guys are happy, happy!
He is also mixing with SilverImage and recording with brazillian percussionist Célio de Carvalho and Sverre Indris Joner.
- Robin is finishing recording debut album with Before The Devil Steals Our Tango.
- YTO Solreiser's album is ready to be released worldwide by the end of april through Indie Distribution.
- Review of Ras-Nas' Poetry album "Double Focus"
February 2010
- Amazon Ensemble is on studio recording its new album with very special guests like the Pakistani master tabla player Nafees Irfan, saxophonist Robin Sohrabi-Shiraz, Chandra Lacombe from Brazil, Uriel Seri from Ivory Coast.
- Nafees Irfan is also conributing with his amazing tabla skills on a track by norwegian duo Pay-per-frog, who is Thomas Wang and Arne K. Mathisen of Heroes&Zeros. --->- Recording vocals with metalheads Breed on their new album!
- Recording new demos with rock group Domene, Beggars Hound and Before The Devil Steals Our Tango.
- The guys in Ila Auto are currently on tour. Check out their list of shows here.
- Kohinoor is currently on Rikskonsertene tour and casts in norwegian series "Honningfellen".
January 2010
The Ila Auto album is finally released on Universal Music, and we had a wonderful releaseparty here at the studio. This is their third album, but their first in norwegian lyrics. The album was conceived here at Urban Sound Studios and produced by Thomas Wang.
Check out the great album reviews in TB.no, Aftenposten, Dagbladet, LiveCity.
Video for the 4th single "Creedence På Kassett":
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