In 2009, inspired by the many exciting and brilliantly creative new bands and solo artists making music in Ireland, Cranberries guitarist, songwriter and record producer Noel Hogan teamed up with mix engineer Owen Lewis to form a new music production company.
The idea was to work with up-and-coming bands that genuinely excited them and could benefit from their experienced musical vision, and their 30 years or so collective studio experience, working with some of the music industry's biggest names.
Noel Hogan
In 2003, after 13 years of touring and recording with the Cranberries, and with album sales in excess of 40 million, Noel Hogan embarked on his first solo, self-produced project.
Together with programmer/producer Matt Vaughan (XTC, Alabama 3),and with the experience gained working with world-famous producers like Stephen Street (The Smiths, Morrissey, Blur) and Bruce Fairbairn (Aerosmith, AC/DC), Hogan created a new sound in the form of his debut solo album, Mono Band. During recording and production, Hogan worked with award winning composer and producer, Marius De Vries (Massive Attack, U2 and Björk), and vocalists Alexandra Hamnede, Kate Havnevik and Richard Walters.
Hogan next moved on to writing and producing Arkitekt, a joint project with Richard Walters, releasing two critically acclaimed EP's, Black Hair and 14 Days. Since then Hogan has worked with Walters and Bernard Butler (Suede, McAlmont & Butler) on solo material for Richard Walter's new album Pacing, and with Owen Lewis on projects by Remma, Supermodel Twins, We Should Be Dead and Windings.
Noel Hogan On Twitter
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5 hours agoNoel @ Arte Lounge http://t.co/5SFTfO7q
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Owen Lewis
Owen Lewis joined Noel Hogan after returning home to Ireland in 2009 after a stint working in the USA where he worked at The Record Plant in Los Angeles. Lewis has also worked at Grouse Lodge Studios in County Westmeath, Ireland.
International recording credits include, assisting Michael Beinhorn (Violent Femmes, Soundgarden) on Hole's 2010 release Nobody's Daughter, assistant recording engineer credits on Snow Patrol's Take Back The City and A Hundred Million Suns, and on REM's Accelerate. Lewis also recorded and mixed the debut and follow-up albums by Limerick's We Should Be Dead, and has worked with Noel Hogan on projects by Remma, Supermodel Twins and Windings.
Owen Lewis On Twitter
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26 days agoHappy New Years everyone!
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