Rupert Coffey

Rupert Coffey is a Melbourne based Mastering Engineer. Rupert joined Edensound in 2009 and has since mastered music for major Australian acts including Russell Morris, Brian Cadd and Mike Brady, as well as an array of unsigned and independent artists.

Rupert studied Acoustics, Composition and Music History at Victoria University of Wellington and achieved a Master of Music with First Class Honors in 2003. After graduating, Rupert began writing, recording, producing and mixing music before eventually joining Edensound Mastering.

Rupert aims to bring a musical approach to mastering, emphasizing sound over science.




Kate Alexa


 

"Infatuation" from Kate Alexa's second album was released on 15 February 2011, and reached #14 on the UK Club Charts. "Infatuation" is being used in the TV and radio campaign promoting Williams Shoes. The album was produced by Tom Nichols, who has a CV bursting with the ‘who’s who’ of music. Nichols has worked with the likes of Kylie, Timbaland and Celine Dion. 
 

Kate Alexa has four top 30 singles, including one top ten. She has supported the Backstreet Boys and Cyndi Lauper on their Australian tours and has had music featured on Home and Away, H2O: Just Add Water series two, and the 2004 Olympic Games. Kate is signed with Liberation Music.

Guests of Ghosts



You'll hear Guests of Ghosts at various Melbourne venue including The Espy, Revolver, 161, and Ding Dong, as well at Hot Licks festival in Mt Gambier. Guests of Ghosts deliver dystopic pop rock with panache everytime. 

Schnorer



Director/musician Adrian Elton won the Celluloid Soup 2010 competition for this great song and video.

Gabriel Lynch

 

"The Way I See" is the first track to be featured from Gabriel Lynch's debut album Passerby Chorale. The album was recorded at the famed Armstrong Studios in Melbourne, and was mixed by 3x ARIA award winning engineer, Doug Brady. Passerby Chorale was mastered by Rupert Coffey.

Wild Bulls & Horses - Brain Cadd and Russell Morris 

Brian Cadd and Russell Morris are part of Australian Music history. Morris has been a major pop star since the late '60s, Cadd was inducted into both the ARIA HALL OF FAME and the AUSTRALIAN SONGWRITERS HALL OF FAME, and awarded an Honorary Masters of Music from the Australian Institute of Music in Sydney. Cadd is the youngest ever Director on the Board of APRA, the Australian Performing Rights Society.
 

Wild Bulls and Horses was recorded partly in Paris, partly in Melbourne. "It’s the whole darn nine yards
and then some, made, produced and mixed by people who really know their stuff".


Vintage Reg - Reg Poole

Reg Poole, the three times Golden Guitar winner received an Order of Australia medal in 2006. He has been in the art of entertainment for over three decades, and doesn’t seem to be slowing down. Reg is one of Australia’s most well known and loved bush balladeers. He is also a talented award winning songwriter who has toured this vast land many times over. In 1998, Reg won Album Of The Year at Bungendore Bush Ballad Awards, and in 1999, he was named Victorian Entertainer of the Year.
 

Reg is the 33rd inductee to Australia’s highest country music honour. The Roll of Renown is presented annually to those artists who have made a lasting and significant contribution to Australian country music.

Troubled Seas - Johnny Hawken

Johnny Hawken is a talented musician and surfer from the coastal town of Torquay, Victoria. Johnny was lead guitarist in the band 'Red Rattle Snake', which was fronted by a young Xavier Rudd. In his mid 20's Johnny finally discovered his singing voice, and started performing solo.
 

More recently, Johnny has toured Tasmania, played the Rip Curl Pro with The John Steele Singers, supported Pete Murray and Ash Grunwald. He is also now playing in the Geelong blues band, The Mojo Corner and the lead guitarist. Johnny plays regular gigs with his band The Royales.

Trouble - The Mojo Corner

The Mojo Corner's recent track history includes that they are the 2010 winners of the MLG Presents Australian Blues and Roots Competiton. They played at the 2010 Queenscliff Music Festival along side the likes of Clare Bowdich, The Vasco Era, Ash Grunwald, and John Williamson. Along with this, they have supported many other prolific artsits as Jeff Martin, Jeff Lang, Geoff Achison, Lloyd Spiegal and Collard Greens and Gravy. 

Deep growling, wailing, blues harp. Hammering guitar work of signature discordant blues, driving rhythm and soaring, biting rust and steel solos. Heavy rocky percussion, cleverly paced and paired off symbiotically with the bedrock bass that blues rock demands. And home-grown songs that breathe a familiarity and freshness at once in their hard rock blues. These things don't come about every day.

 

The Way We Were Raised - Andrew Swift

‘The Way We Were Raised’ is a turbulent voyage, a deeply personal one at that, covering particular events throughout his life that shaped the musician that he is today. Swift laid down the bass, drums and piano at The Base Studio in South Melbourne before deciding, almost on a whim, to travel all the way to El Paso, Texas to collaborate and finish the record with fellow musicians, Gabriel Gonzalez and Jim Ward (At The Drive In, Sparta, Sleepercar) at Clap of Thunder Studios.

 

‘The Way We Were Raised’ is an album awash with symbolic implication of the way things were and the reason they are today.

“bringing the sunburnt Australiana appeal of Midnight Oil to a whole new generation of music lovers” – Beat Magazine

The Sun - Stephan Jordan feat Jammin' Jay

The Sun is soon to be released on Cr2 records - UK. Stephan Jordan is a collaborative duo who’s appetite for music has evolved since  childhood. The zesty duo of Stephan and Jordan act as a united front, fusing sounds and experience into easy to the ear, raw, funky, Deep and Progressive House.

 

Stephan held a 7 yr residency at "Le Coco Beach" in Mauritius. He lived in Paris, South Africa and Zimbabwe where he mixed parties. His live performances and creative musical sets caught the attention of the media and landed him a job as musical programmer for the Number one Radio station in Mauritius called "Radioplus". Stephan was offered his own daily radio show with co host DJ Pascal Pierre.

 

Stephan now lectures audio at JMC Academy in Melbourne

Passerby Chorale - Gabriel Lynch


‘It’s a soundtrack for the nomads,’ explains Gabriel Lynch, who has just completed work on his extraordinary forthcoming release, Passerby Chorale. Produced with the support of ARIA award winning engineer, Doug Brady, the album boasts some of Lynch’s rawest and most emotionally charged material to date.

 

Stealing You - George Condos

This album is a nice collection of 11 tracks written over a long period of time by George Condos. The tracks combine excellent guitar playing, arrangement, traditional dance rhythms, and poetry.
 

George himself says "All the eleven pieces of Stealing You have an emotive or thematic character, I hope they have given you pleasure and that you have connected in your own way to the music".

In Mary's Hands - Mike Brady

Mike Brady has had a great career as a performer, song writer, producer and publisher. Mike wrote "Up There Cazaly", a jingle to promote the Victorian Football League (VFL), which reached #1 on the Australian charts in September 1979. It sold 250,000 copies making it the most popular single ever released by an Australian artist in Australia at that time.
 

In July 1980, in Brady's own studios, Joe Dolce recorded the song "Shaddap You Face". The song was best selling Australian song in Australia. "Shaddup You Face" reached the top of the United Kingdom charts and became an international hit in Europe and the United States, selling four million copies worldwide.
 

Mike Brady has continued to work in advertising writing jingles, such as "Dodo, Dodo, internet that flies" for Dodo Internet and "Lucky you're with AAMI". Brady has written songs for popular Australian artists such as John Farnham and Tina Arena and produced albums by Arena and Colleen Hewett. He also wrote the song "Courage in their Eyes" for the Seven Network's Olympics coverage. He is now working on the 3AW radio station in Melbourne.

Brady, was commissioned to write St Mary's Arms for the canonisation of Australia's first saint Mother MacKillop.

Smoke in the Rearview Mirror - Winterman

Smoke in the Rearview is an album I mastered in 2010 and I still listen to it now, regularly. It is a really well paced album, with great songs and variation - there are nice guitar riffs, vocal melodies and even Joe's child's toy piano. I guess it recalls the Wall Flowers in style a bit, which has to be a good thing. The album was recorded in a home studio so time was no obstacle. It sounds to me to have been produced with a great deal of care.
 

Joe and I sat in mastering for a whole day and well into the night - I walked out of the session around 1am. I didn't mind - it was great to have a client who knew every nuance of every part of the album. Joe knew the mixes so well and could really hear the effect of the mastering process. I enjoyed the session and I think the album is a beautiful piece of work.

Realisations - Adam Rigley

Realisations is Adam Rigley's debut album. Adam has worked in the Australian music industry for the last 9 years as a session keyboard player and Vocalist. He has worked with prominant Australian artists including: Guy Sebastian, Delta Goodrem, Jimmy Barnes, Natalie Bassingthwaite, Anthony Callea, Emmanual Carella, Marina Prior, Silvie Paladino, Gary Pinto, Bonnie Anderson and many more. He has also sung backing vocals in channel 9's Carols by Candlelight's orchestra. He has played on Australian TV shows including: ‘Rove Live’, ‘The Footy Show’, Channel 9’s ‘Grand Final Breakfast’, ‘Good Morning Australia’, Channel 7’s ‘Good Friday Appeal’, The ‘Perth Telethon’ and more.
 

His songs are sure to challenge you lyrically, melodically and musically, leaving a permanent mark on you. Adam explains: "I have created my own sound through life’s experiences, personal taste as well as being influenced by many musicians on a global scale.” His journey has helped create the unique sound of 'Realisations' and he and his incredible band will blow you away every single time. Enjoy.

One True Religion - Greg Champion

It's been said of Greg "Champs" Champion that he has contributed to the fabric of Australian culture. Front man with ground-breaking Melbourne rock bands The Fabulaires and The Young Homebuyers, Greg performed with Australian legends Wayne Burt (Black Sorrows, JoJo Zep), JJ Hackett (Stars, Mondo Rock) and, later in the '80s, with Wayne Duncan and Ross Hannaford, both of Daddy Cool.
 

Greg is at the core of the Coodabeen Champions, which has become an institution on commercial and ABC radio over an amazing thirty years. Champs rose to national prominence in 1986 with the release of the widely-loved single "I Made a 100 In The Backyard At Mum's" which was chosen as the leading track on the first Australia All Over album compiled by ABC's Ian McNamara. It over 150,000 copies. In 1995, Channel 7 took up Greg's anthem That's The Thing About Football as a theme for their AFL broadcasts over several years.

One True Religion is Greg's recent song about AFL, mastered by Rupert Coffey.

Never Alone - Derek Bailey

'Never Alone' by Derek Bailey is a stunning new collection of music designed for meditation, soaking, prayer and spiritual awakening.
Beautifully soaring, these songs will uplift your soul and create moments of space and reflection.
 

Change the atmosphere in your world with 'Never Alone'

Hold On - Vita Adam

In September '09 Vita won the 89.9 Light FM (Melbourne's Christian Radio Station) Musical Challenge, with her song "RUNNIN". Her single debuted on the Rock Across Australia's Top 30 Charts. Since winning the Musical Challenge, Vita has released four successful singles, "Runnin", "Turn It Up", "Streetlights" and "Hold On" (co-written with Roma Waterman).
 

Vita Adam has performed at Easterfest 2010 and 2011.

EP - Cavalcade

Cavalcade is four friends who love punk rock, and play in a punk rock band. Guitarist Damien Maunders recorded the album himself at Armstrong Studios in Melbourne. Damo is a sound engineer who assisted on John Farnham's recent album Jack.

These guys produce some pretty intense sounds and so mastering was an awesome experience. The sound hits you like a wall and it needs to be loud. The challenge is trying to keep the attacks of drums while achieving a tight energy in the guitars. EQ was very important to create a bit more space and clarity.

An End and a Beginning - Age of Sinfonia

Age of Sinfonia is a symphonic metal band out of Singapore. They combine two opposing styles - operatic vocals with symphonic strings, and a heavy metal rhythm section. This combination presents an interesting challenge from a mastering point of view. I wanted to get the track's level up, while retaining the space required for the vocals. It took quite a lot of time but I think the result is good.

I was fortunate to have access to Edensound's range of dynamic EQ and compression options for this album. 




It Just Feels Right - Unison

Sydney hip-hop group UNISON, fronted by rappers MiLo & Noodlez and backed up on the vinyls by Dj Adverse, promise to be the new sensations in the world of Hip Hop! Unison’s dynamic performance catapulted them into the grand final of Sydney’s 96.1 FM’s Battle of the Unsigned Artist competition.

Now with almost 1,000 downloads off their website for their debut EP "The Start Of Something New...", the Unison crew decided it was time to put their crafty heads together to write new lyrics and compose fresh beats. It Just Feels Right is Unison's second EP, mastered by Rupert Coffey. 

Bit of Earth - Sue Baker

Bit of Earth is a an album full of great songs by Sue Baker. Sue has always sung and written music, and this is her first album. It is great to work with material recorded in home studios because the performances tend to be very natural, and you get a sense that a lot of time has been spent on the music.
 

The challenges of recording outside commercial studios are vast though, and and as a mastering engineer you tend to inherit a range of challenges. I spent a lot of time with EQ on this album, trying to correct room frequencies and also ringing sounds in the instruments. Compression needed to be delicate on these recordings and it is. But the results are nice and I think the EQ gave a lot of added clarity to the mixes.

Infatuation - Kate Alexa

"Infatuation" by Kate Alexa reached #14 on the UK Club Charts.

Return to the top of the screen to watch Kate's music video for "Infatuation".

 

Unravel - Gemma Belfrage

 

 

Unravel is a beautiful song, expertly mixed and produced by Doug Brady, so there was not a massive amount to do in mastering. Gemma has a lovely dynamic range and Doug managed to maintain a lot of that range in his recording and mix. In mastering I was able to tighten the whole track and it sounds great. I'm looking forward to hearing what Gemma does next.

 

 

Fly Towards The Sun - 10 Bastards

I mastered Fly Towards The Sun having mixed it, and I mixed it having written and arranged, programmed and performed everything on it. It was a unique experience actually, because I spend so much time working on it in a bedroom a few years ago. At the time I was only mixing and producing, and then I was at a loss as to what more I could do to get the tracks to commercial level, and I was also frustrated as to why it sounded great on certain systems, and not so great on others e.g. in the car. I hear this from mix engineers a lot these days.

I took the album into Edensound a couple of years after working there to revisit it. I was pleased with the sound but after mastering it sounds 100 times better. The process proved to me you can get great results at home if you know what you are doing. And by taking the step to master material professionally, you can get superb results. 

Until Dawn - Kate Finkelstein


Until Dawn is a great song written by Lee Bradshaw, and performed by Kate Finkelstein. Martin Pullan and I mastered the track together and it came up sounding amazing. 







Blue Jeans - Justine Turner


Justine Turner is an independent artist out of Western Australia. Her song Blue Jeans was written and produced by Lee Bradshaw, and Martin Pullan and I mastered it together.





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