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Miloco partners with Tradiio

Reward-based music discovery platform Tradiio has launched in the UK, offering up-and-coming and more established artists rewards and opportunities including access to studio time through Miloco’s partnership with Tradiio.

Other rewards and opportunities include a slot on the Tradiio Stage at Field Day as well as benefits from Tradiio’s label partnership with Believe and the chance to make a video thanks to Tradiio’s partnership with Radar.

Available on the web and via iOS and Android apps, Tradiio also lets users listen to, and virtually invest in, new artists. The user is able to discover new talent and act as a tastemaker for others, as users themselves do all the curation with no editors involved.

Users that do the best job spotting talent gain credibility and earn virtual coins on the platform, which can be redeemed for rewards such as Field Day tickets, Bleep download store vouchers, AIAIAI headphones and Sonos speakers.

“Tradiio users can build up their credibility by spotting the best up-and-coming talent and be recognised as a tastemaker,” said Paul Benney, UK managing director of Tradiio. “Users get to listen to new artists and invest virtual currency in the ones they consider to be the best.

“It’s a completely different experience than other, more passive music platforms that users don’t really engage with. Tradiio users are influencing the careers of the artists they are listening to, as well as building themselves reputations among their peers, giving them an emotional link to the platform.”

Tradiio is free for users and artists to access through the www.tradiio.com website, on iOS and Android.

“In Portugal, where Tradiio has been established for some time, Universal Music Portugal selects artists from Tradiio’s top 50 chart to distribute worldwide. No other streaming service offers the artist opportunities like this,” said Alvaro Gomez, CEO and co-founder of Tradiio.

Drumdrops presents Vintage Folk Rock Kit

All the info on the soon-to-be-released Vintage Folk Rock Kit is now live on the website of drum sample library expert Drumdrops.

Engineer/producer Phill Brown and drummer Martyn Barker sampled a beautiful vintage Hollywood kit that was recorded using a 1970s mic technique using five mics: a mic on the kick, a mic on the snare, two mics surrounding the kit and a mono mic overhead.

The kit comes with a 1967 Ludwig snare and Drumdrops provides articulations for sticks, hotrods and brushes.

Recorded at the world-famous Livingston Studios in London, Drumdrops thinks you will love the kit.

All the usual sample packs will be released in the coming months. Read more about the Vintage Folk Rock Kit here.

Stephen Street involved in Blur comeback

Miloco partner Stephen Street has revealed he has been involved in making the new Blur LP over the last few months!

‘The Magic Whip’, the band’s first record as a four-piece in 16 years, was announced by Blur at a press conference hosted by BBC Radio 1 presenter Zane Lowe at the Golden Phoenix restaurant in London’s Chinatown. Stephen, who is managed by Gotham Producers, also attended.

In November last year, Blur guitarist Graham Coxon drafted in Stephen (producer of ‘Leisure’, ‘Modern Life Is Rubbish’, ‘Parklife’, ‘The Great Escape’ and ‘Blur’) to work with the band on the material.

‘The Magic Whip’ will be released on April 27 2015. Pre-order the new album on iTunes now and get the new track ‘Go Out’ instantly!

Introducing the Gretsch BFD Pack from Drumdrops

Drum sample library expert Drumdrops is to release its first drum expansion pack for the BFD premium acoustic drum module from FXpansion today at 4pm GMT.

The Gretsch 1960s Round Badge Soul Kit – BFD Pack is compatible with BFD2 and BFD3.

The kit, produced and played by Timmy Rickard, is an amazing recreation of the Al Jackson Jr drum sound of the early 70s, and a great example of a vintage drum sound recorded solely with five kit mics.

Customers will be able to add the kit to their BFD libraries, and utilise all the great features that come with the module.

The first 20 customers will get the pack for free, the next 30 will get the pack for £15, the next 50 will get the pack for £25 and then it will be the retail price of £35.

Customers will need to have a Drumdrops account to purchase the kit. Login and at 4pm GMT head to the Buy Kit page.

The free kits go in a second, so you have to be quick!

UK Album of the Year goes to Goldfrapp

A highlight of the Music Producers Guild Awards included producer and Miloco partner Flood handing the UK Album of the Year award to Goldfrapp’s Will and Alison for ‘Tales of Us’.

The album was mixed by engineer and producer Craig Silvey at Toast, a Miloco studio in partnership with Craig.

Miloco’s review is here.

Paul Epworth wins UK Producer Of The Year

Congratulations to Miloco partner Paul Epworth, who won UK Producer Of The Year at the Music Producers Guild Awards last night.

The Brits sponsor the Music Producer’s Guild’s major award, and that meant Paul also received the first Brit award for 2015.

Paul took home the Brit award for British Producer for the third time. He has recently worked with Coldplay, U2, Paul McCartney, FKA Twigs, Glass Animals and more.

“A great producer is nothing without great artists, and I’ve been really fortunate to work with some of the most amazing people over the last year,” said Paul. “I want to thank the MPGs for having me back again, and I’ll try to not be back here next year.”

The Charlatans play live from The Church

Watch The Charlatans performing ‘Trouble Understanding’ live from Miloco’s The Church, London.

‘Trouble Understanding’ is taken from the new album ‘Modern Nature’, out now on BMG Chrysalis.

‘Modern Nature’ was mixed at Toast, a Miloco studio in partnership with engineer and producer Craig Silvey. Craig mixed the singles ‘Come Home Baby’ plus ‘So Oh’, and Eduardo de la Paz mixed the remainder of the album.

Read about the record here.

Good luck MPG Awards nominees

Miloco partners Paul Epworth and Flood are two hugely influential producers that have made it onto the shortlist for the 2015 Music Producers Guild Awards.

Flood and Paul are nominated for UK Producer Of The Year. The winner of the Music Producers Guild’s UK Producer of the Year Award also receives a BRIT Award for Best Producer, and both awards will be presented at the Awards ceremony tomorrow.

Neil Comber – whose studio is at the Miloco HQ – is nominated for Recording Engineer Of The Year.

Good luck to the three Studio Of The Year finalists Abbey Road, AIR Studios and RAK Studios.

Last year our tip was RAK, which won the award. Although we would love to see RAK – a top studio – win again, our tip is Abbey Road this year.

Good luck to all nominees! We are certain the 2015 MPG Awards will be another great night. Full details are here.

The Charlatans – ‘Modern Nature’

The Charlatans album ‘Modern Nature’ is out now, along with single ‘Come Home Baby’ on limited 7-inch vinyl available from here.

'Modern Nature' was mixed at Toast, a Miloco studio in partnership with engineer and producer Craig Silvey. Craig mixed the singles 'Come Home Baby' plus 'So Oh', and Eduardo de la Paz mixed the remainder of the album.

Read about the record here.

Clear Lake boards Miloco

Partly designed by renowned acoustician George Augsperger, Clear Lake Recording Studios has come on board Miloco’s roster of studios in Los Angeles. Clear Lake is hot on the heels of Eldorado Recording Studios, and we’re delighted to now have two recording studios available in sunny LA.

George designed Studio A to supply an exceptionally well-tuned control room, a sizeable live room and three isolation booths. Along with an acoustically beautiful space, Clear Lake maintains an impressive collection of vintage equipment and the latest in digital technology.

Spacious and comfortable, the control room maintains incredibly accurate acoustics and a Trident 80-BB console as the centrepiece.

The live room was designed to make drums and other acoustic instruments sound huge, but also allow for the flexibility in ambience that many other instruments require. Quality instruments range from a Yamaha C7 grand piano to a Hammond B-3 Organ and amp.