Electric Earth Studios Becomes Kensaltown London

Published on: 20 Dec 2003

So that's it! The movers have begun the task of packing up Electric Earth Studios and moving the equipment to Martin's new studio. Kensaltown London will be operating from February 2004. No pictures yet but we hope to post some soon. Stay tuned!

Mixing The New Ron Sexsmith Album

Published on: 14 Dec 2003

Martin is in New York until Christmas mixing the new Ron Sexsmith album with Michael Brauer. "The new album is really great and quite different from Cobblestone Runway. It's simple and has a real band vibe to it. Ron's singing is great and the songs are as always.....awesome!" George Marino will master the album next week. Check this space for release dates or visit: www.ronsexsmith.com.

Solo album with Magne F from A-HA

Published on: 11 Dec 2003

Martin has recently been in the studio working on a solo album with Magne F from A-HA. They will be recording over the next few months in London, Oslo and Nashville and there should be an album ready by late spring. Stay tuned for some pictures and updates on the progress.

CAN studios

Published on: 01 Dec 2003

Martin and Andreas are in the studio working on a new project with CAN studios prodigy Jake Bullit. This will probably the last recording sessions in Electric Earth before packing up and moving! Also our favourite rockers Staireo are releasing their self-titled debut album on Embryo Records (MGM) in Australia today. For gigs and other details check out their site: www.staireo.com.

Ron & Bono

Published on: 15 Nov 2003

Yesterday Ron Sexsmith, Bono and Daniel Lanois performed at a celebration party for Paul Martin, the next prime minister of Canada. There is plenty of coverage in the press of this major Canadian political event. Ron will be travelling to London the first week of December where he and Martin Terefe will put the finishing touches on his new album. Below is a picture of Ron and Bono last night in Toronto.

Eloise Laws

Published on: 10 Nov 2003

American Soul/Jazz singer Eloise Laws has cut two of Martin's songs for her new album "Secrets" produced by the legendary Andre Fischer (his credits over the last 40 years include Rufus and Chaka Khan, Curtis Mayfield, Al Green and many, many others).
The songs are "Leave The Light On" and "Listen To The Moonlight" and were co-written with Michael Ruff. If you're in the mood for some smooth midnight music check out: www.eloiselaws.com

Clarkesville

Published on: 08 Nov 2003

Loads of good things happening for Clarkesville! On the airwaves in the UK with new single "Heavy Soul", in Japan with "Secret File", supporting Sheryl Crow in December....check out www.clarkesville.net.

Our Swedish rockers "Staireo" are currently on tour in Japan and Australia. The album Martin produced with the band is released in December in Australia, and early next year in Japan and Europe. These are the tour dates for Australia;

Spencer Tracy / Staireo Double White Lines Tour presented by TripleJ Home & Hosed;
Sat Nov 29 Trocoderos - Gold Coast
Sunday Nov 30 -The Great Northern Hotel - Byron Bay
Wed Dec 3 The Hoey Mowie - Coffs Harbour
Friday Dec5 Vic on The Park Sydney
Sat Dec 6 Kelts Bar Blue Mountains Near Sydney
Wed Dec 10 The Greenroom Canberra
Thursday Dec 11 The National - Geelong
Friday Dec 12 The Rob Roy Melbourne
Saturday Dec 13 The Espi Front Bar - Melbourne
Sunday Dec 14 Enigma Bar-Adelaide
Thursday Dec 18 Prince Of Wales Hotel Bunbury
Friday Dec 19 Dunsborough Tavern Dunsborough
Saturday Dec 20 Globe Perth

Sharon Eusebe

Published on: 06 Nov 2003

While Martin has been away on family duties he has also overseen the progress of the first album entirely co-produced with Andreas Olsson. Sharon Eusebe is an amazing singer and in two weeks Andreas has managed to record and mix a great intimate album for Charlie Pinder and Sony Music. "Sharon's voice is amazing. There are songs written by Sharon and also songs by Ron Sexsmith, Travis, Joni Mitchell, EBTG and others on this moody set. Sharon and Andreas have made a really great little record!"

Tomorrow Martin will record a live acoustic show at the studio with Stimulus/Outcaste artist KT. Check: www.kttunstall.com

New Born!

Published on: 30 Oct 2003

Our beautiful little Hanna was born on the 15th of October in London.
We are so happy! Peace to all of you!

New Ron Sexsmith album and the Alex Cuba Band record

Published on: 14 Oct 2003

Hello people! Autumn is here and we're in the finishing mode on the two projects that have occupied most of the last 4 months, the new Ron Sexsmith album and the Alex Cuba Band record. I will be taking a few weeks off and in early November we will be starting some exiting new projects. There will be news posted here as usual.

I will be using Andreas Olsson as a co-producer on some of the upcoming projects this year. This is really the logical conclusion of him having worked so closely with me as a programmer and engineer over the last three years. He will also have his own room in our new studio.

I can't speak highly enough of Andreas as a producer, engineer, programmer and musician. If anyone wants to get in touch with Andreas directly you can e-mail him at: fatmosphere@hotmail.com

Katie Tunstall, that I have been writing with quite a lot over the last year, has been signed to Stimulus Records (part of the Outkast, Relentless group). She's got a fantastic voice and is sure to make a great record. I'll keep you all posted!

There are plenty of releases to look forward to. Clarkesville are releasing their new single "Heavy Soul" on the 4th of November. (see: http://www.clarkesville.net) Juliet Turner will release a new single to radio shortly. It's a track called "Everything Beautiful Is Burning" that we worked on earlier in the year. (Check: www.julietturner.com). I will keep you posted on other releases this fall and keep checking the airwaves, support your local record stores and behave!

Peace to all.
Martin

Lightfoot

Published on: 09 Oct 2003

Ron Sexsmith and Martin Terefe recorded a version of Gordon Lightfoot's song "Drifters" on a tribute album for Lightfoot. Ron is a great fan of Gordon's and the song (that was recorded and mixed in a "Dogma" fashion only using recording equipment built in the 60's and 70's) turned out great.

This tribute is out now on Canada's NorthernBlues Music along with Borealis Recording Co. "Beautiful: A Tribute To Gordon Lightfoot" includes 15 tracks with performances by Bruce Cockburn, Cowboy Junkies, Tragically Hip and others. Ron performs the song "Drifters".

Electric Earth East

Published on: 01 Oct 2003

All things come to and end and in a few weeks Martin and the guys will start the daunting task of moving the studio. Electric Earth East has seen some great artists, musicians and other loose folk pass through the yellow corridors since Martin moved in the autumn of 1997. However, space is running out for the ever-growing collection of instruments, recording gear and other junk, and so time has come to move on.
The new building has been under construction since the spring last year. 2000 square feet of lovely creative space purpose built for Martins "open plan" recording technique is now ready to use.

There will still be soundproofing, cabling and decoration work being carried out for the next 6-8 weeks but around December 1 the new studio will be fully operational. There will be some photos of the move posted on the photos page shortly for anyone wanting to follow the progress.

Although the move is literally just across the street, Martin has decided to give the new studio a new name. It will be announced on this page very soon!

Alexis Puentes

Published on: 08 Sep 2003

Alexis Puentes is coming to the Electric Earth next week to finish the ALEX CUBA BAND album with Martin and Andreas. Check the photos from the Havana sessions this summer.

Ron Sexsmith's Video for Gold In Them Hills

Published on: 06 Sep 2003

Ron Sexsmith's video for Gold In Them Hills has reached the #1 on Canadas second largest music TV channel. Check out: www.ronsexsmith.com for more details.

Here in London we are very close to finishing Ron's new album. Claes Bjorklund, Ed Harcourt, Neil Primrose (Travis) and Christer Janson have been in the studio with Ron and Martin over the last few weeks. We are doing strings in Nashville with David Davidson and The LoveSponge Strings this week and all is sounding beautiful. Stay tuned for further news!

Carnival

Published on: 21 Aug 2003

Carnival is here. You can probably find Martin and the guys somewhere close to the studio this weekend with some Jerk chicken and a Red Stripe in hand.
For some good info on the 2003 Notting Hill Carnival check out: www.portowebbo.co.uk/nottinghilltv/carnival1.htm

Back In London

Published on: 14 Aug 2003

Hello everyone,
I'm back in London after a really amazing summer. The first half of July I was working in Havana with our new Gaia Music Group signing: ALEX CUBA BAND.
It was an amazing experience in every way and the music came out great. The first album we are finishing will be called "Humo De Tabaco" and is a collection of 10 Alexis Puentes originals performed by Alex and an amazing bunch of Cuban musicians. It was a really intense couple of weeks and one of the highlights was a vocal / piano duet with Alex and Chucho Valdes. We've set up a special photos page were you could check out some pictures from the sessions.

Here in London we're halfway into a new Ron Sexsmith album. The songs are amazing as always and we've been recording with a very simple, guitar based setup this time.
I will post some more info on the progress shortly.

We will also finally be moving our studio Electric Earth this fall, to an amazing new space on the same street we are on now. We've been really happy in our current space since 1997 when we moved in, but we been outgrowing it for a while now. I will post some pictures on the photos page when we start moving consoles around. It'll be an adventure....

New Song:Secret File

Published on: 11 Aug 2003

Today is the commercial release date of the first Clarkesville single "Secret File". It's being pretty heavily rotated on UK radio right now so tune into XFM, Virgin, Capital or Radio 2 if you don't have time to pass by your local record store.

The album "The Half Chapter" is out too, but the single contains a non-album track called Holding On and a video as well. Check www.clarkesville.net for more info.

New Albums Coming This Summer...

Published on: 20 Jun 2003

Martin will be busy this summer with two exciting albums. In July Martin will start recording an album with cuban singer, musician and songwriter Alexis Puentes and the ALEX CUBA BAND. Glen Scott and Andreas Olsson will be travelling with Martin to Havana, Cuba, in late June for the recording. We will post some pictures of the guys in Havana on this site shortly.

Early August Martin will be back in London to start work on a new Ron Sexsmith record for Nettwerk. They have been in various studios over the past year demoing the songs for this new record and Martin is really excited about the new material.
"Ron is such an amazing writer, I'm really looking forward to beeing back in the studio with Ron!"

Back From New York

Published on: 14 Jun 2003

Martin is back in London after having finished mixing the CORE album in New York with Michael Brauer. The record will be mastered shortly and will be out in Europe and Japan this fall. There are rumours of the band changing name before the release, stay tuned here for details.

Juliet Turner

Published on: 14 May 2003

It's been a hectic month and things seem to be getting back to normal this week. Over the last 4 weeks Martin has been working with Andreas Olsson and new Gaia engineer Ricardo Chavarria on new tracks with Juliet Turner (check www.julietturner.com for details on her current touring in the UK and Ireland), on a new UK rap project that we will post some details on very shortly, and on new recordings with London based Sofa Club.

Also last week was the final recording week for swedish rockers Core. A few weeks of mixing ahead and the album will be finished.
Look out for Core in a record store near you this fall!

Clarkesville Record

Published on: 01 Apr 2003

The new and improved Clarkesville record is done. It was mastered by Tim Young at Metropolis and contains 10 great songs produced by Martin and mixed by Michael Brauer and Mark "Spike" Stent. The album is called "The Half Chapter" and the first single "Evergreen" will be out in May! (Check: www.clarksville.net)

Next week Martin will start recording with Irish singer Juliet Turner (Hear This / EastWest). More details to come....

Ron Sexsmith News...

Published on: 04 Mar 2003

Martin and Ron Sexsmith will be back in the studio next week recording a song for a Gordon Lightfoot tribute album.

Ron is currently on tour with Aimee Mann in Europe and will be coming through London for a gig at the Hammersmith Odeon on Wednesday the 12th of March.
Check www.ronsexsmith.com for further details and tour dates.

In The Studio...

Published on: 26 Feb 2003

Martin is in the studio working on two new Clarkesville songs. Prepare for the first Clarkesville releases later this spring. In the meanwhile check out the web-site: www.clarkesville.net

Core

Published on: 24 Feb 2003

Swedish ultra-rockers Core will be opening up for The Ark at The Garage, London, on Friday February 28.

Coldplay/Ron Sexsmith Tour

Published on: 21 Jan 2003

Today is the first date on the Coldplay / Ron Sexsmith US tour.
Check out ronsexsmith.com or coldplay.com for dates and venues.

Back in London with KT Tunstall

Published on: 12 Jan 2003

After beginning the year in New York and spending the holidays in Sweden, Martin is back in London working with Katie Tunstall. Next week CORE, a young rock band from Sweden are arriving to London for some studio-work with Martin and a show at The Water Rats on the 20th.

Martin will be going to New York with the band on the 26th to mix and for two further shows at the Cutting Room, January 29 and 30.

Gordon Lightfoot

Published on: 02 Jan 2003

Martin and Ron have finished recording a song for an upcoming Gordon Lightfoot tribute album. Release info will be posted here when we find out.

Also check www.ronsexsmith.com for loads of added tour dates in the US with the Wallflowers and Coldplay including Madison Square Garden on June 13.