Downbeat Mastering

Ascending by Clear Path Ensemble. Vibes are good on this album, master touch done here at downbeat.💎

Cory Champion - vibraphone, xylophone, glockenspiel, marimba, bass metallophone, percussion, piano, Rhodes.

Daniel Hayles - piano, Rhodes, vibraphone (B1).

All music composed by Cory Champion, except Saying Something composed by Cory Champion and Daniel Hayles.

Artwork by Jade Townsend. My bird (2025), courtesy of Season.

Recorded on April 25, 2025 at Ahumairangi Studio, Massey University Wellington, with support from Creative New Zealand.

Produced by Cory Champion
Engineered by Dan Goodwin and Mike Gibson
Mixed by Cory Champion
Mastered by Downbeat Mastering
Design by Samuel Forbes

Sola Rosa - In The Mids

New album out now from 👌🏽

All tracks recorded, arranged and produced by Andrew Spraggon with additional production and arrangements by Blush’ko

Mixed by Simon Gooding
Mastered by Joshua Llewellyn at Downbeat Mastering

All tracks published by Concord Music Publishing
Photography - Tom Grut
Artwork - Gina Kiel
Artwork layout - Jaime Robertson

Jonathan Crayford with Riki Gooch - Big Foot.
Lovingly remastered here at Downbeat, and finally, after 20 years, it’s available on vinyl. 👌🏽🦶

Big ups to who won best Hip Hop artist at the Aotearia Music Awards for their album PONO 👑

If you’ve got the LP, it was mastered here at downbeat.
Shouts to and 👌🏽

Huge congratulations to for taking home Best Jazz Artist at the Aotearoa Music Awards for her album Groundwork. Well deserved! 👌🏽👌🏽

Big up all the players and engineers on this.
Mastered @ Downbeat.

‘In ‘Session, the debut EP from Te Whanganui-a-Tara based jazz-house delegation .

Composed and performed by Groove Council
Will Hanlon - sax
Max Sheehan - synthesizers, percussion
Phoebe Johnson - bass
Jojo Alexander - drums, percussion
Blair Gowan - keyboards, synthesizers

Engineered by James Goldsmith at Surgery Studios Produced by Max Sheehan & James Goldsmith
Mixed by James Goldsmith
Mastered by Josh Llewelyn at Downbeat Mastering
Cover Artwork by Tilden Olivia

You Say You Love Me / Should I Take You Home - Aztlán

“ first broke this record, “Should I Take You Home” by Aztlán, on Gangsters Dedications Vol. 1 in 2008, and it has been coveted ever since, with little to no known copies surviving this private-pressed record from 1974.”

“Thomas Valles, from Blythe, CA, recorded “Should I Take You Home” / “You Say You Love Me” at Audio Recorders in Phoenix, AZ, in 1974, on his private-pressed label and group, Aztlán.”

Check Bandcamp for the preorder and history of the extremely rare 45!

Arranged by Thomas Valles
Recorded at Audio Recorders (Phoenix, AZ)

Transferred & restored by Jessica Thompson, Jessica Thompson Audio (Berkeley, CA)

Mastered by Josh Llewellyn, Downbeat Mastering (Aotearoa, New Zealand)

#1974

Alpha Steppa & Nai-Jah - Crowned Eagle

Crowned Eagle is the powerful new album from Alpha Steppa and long-time collaborator Nai-Jah. Blending ten potent vocal tracks with ten heavyweight dubs, this double-sided journey is inspired by Nai-Jah’s Nigerian heritage, an exploration of ancestral wisdom, modern struggle, and spiritual resilience.