Author: J. I. Agnew
J. I. Agnew is an award-winning recording/mastering engineer, working with analog tape machines, disk mastering lathes and vacuum tube electronics. Along with his wife, Sabine, they run Agnew Analog Reference Instruments, specializing in high-end audio electronics design and precision mechanical engineering services pertaining to analog recording and reproducing equipment. He was educated in Greece and England, was awarded a scholarship for his doctoral research at the University of Sheffield and was teaching at the same institution until 2010. He is a member of the Audio Engineering Society, the American Society for Mechanical Engineering, the Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineering and the American Society for Precision Engineering.
When all the stars collided into a single ray
“All the stars collide into a single ray” (and the outcome was recorded on tape) was the result of my most brief encounter with Naxatras to date. It was meant to be a short session, perhaps 3 days in the studio, to record two songs. One was commissioned by the Metal Hammer magazine and appeared […]
Naxatras “III”: Anatomy of an Analog Recording Session
It is not easy to outperform yourself, when you have already released two highly successful albums and an EP (“LP”, “II”, “EP” https://magneticfidelity.nativedsd.com/ and https://fwrlrecords.nativedsd.com/), especially when you are busy touring the world, like Naxatras. …normally done with multitrack recording, but we preferred the old-fashioned approach, The old-fashioned approach Their third full length album, titled […]
Direct-to-Master Session with Naxatras
Just a year after the release of their internationally successful debut album, Naxatras are releasing their second LP, simply titled “Naxatras II”. In between, their creative efforts brought us an EP with a memorable cover featuring a psychedelic painting of a horse. The trademark face mask from the debut’s cover has returned on the second album […]