Christophe Szpajdel The Lord of the Logos Over the past 30+ years, Belgian artist Christophe Szpajdel has drawn more than 10,000 logos. From hip-hop to death metal, working on anything from film projects to cassette tape zines, Szpajdel has shaped the visual language of really fxxking heavy music. Having worked with Outkast, Wu-Tang Clan, Emperor, … Christophe Szpajdel – The Lord of the Logos
El and Tim invite you to celebrate 10 years of Southsea Sound! How tf did THAT happen? TLDR? (too long didn’t read) A story about how and why we started. Some of this was initially in our news letter, but I’ve expanded upon it here. More pix! More facts! You’re invited to our birthday party, … TEN YEARS OF MAKING A NOISE! Continued…
Breathe/Rust, Bristol’s blackened hardcore quartet, are quickly gaining fans following a string of ferocious live shows. They do this by being really nice people and playing proper horrible filth. Imagine our delight when they got in touch wanting to do some recording. With allegiance to the UK DIY scene and a sound influenced by the … Unleashing ‘Fallen Sanctuary’: Breathe/Rust at Southsea Sound
Greetings, studio friends, Welcome to Southsea Sound in Portsmouth—where we believe sometimes, perfection is overrated, and a good scream is as valuable as a high C. By overwhelming popular demand (and we mean overwhelming), we’re finally launching our Karaoke Night. Let loose, sing off-key, and embrace the chaos. And our licensed bar. We’ve had some … Karaoke and a New Referral Scheme
It’s time for the last in our series of Southsea Sound Icebreaker Showcases 2023. We hope you enjoy watching some of the best talent the Icebreaker Festival had to offer. Did you miss the others? View them here! THE PREMISE? TURN UP, SET UP, TWO TAKES, AND YOU’RE DONE. The final installment of our showcase … SOUTHSEA SOUND ICEBREAKER SHOWCASE #5 – CRSTIAN TR
All artwork and photography credits to Carl Battan unless indicated otherwise Southsea Sound is a recording studio and rehearsal space based in Portsmouth on the South coast of the UK. We work with artists from all over the country producing the best in new music. To showcase this, it’s time for the 4th in … Southsea Sound Icebreaker Showcase #4 – Baudelaire
It’s time for round three! Six video sessions. Six different acts. A one-day multi-venue inner-city festival. It’s time for the second in our series of Southsea Sound Icebreaker Showcases 2023. We hope you enjoy watching some of the best talent the Icebreaker Festival has to offer. Did you miss the others? View them here! THE PREMISE? TURN … Southsea Sound Icebreaker Showcase #3 – Beige
Southsea musicians. Have you ever wondered, “is there a recording studio near me?” Wonder no more. Yes. Yes there is. It’s called Southsea Sound. I run it. It’s bloody fantastic. Six video sessions. Six different acts. A one-day multi-venue inner-city festival. It’s time for the second in our series of Southsea Sound Icebreaker Showcases 2023. … Southsea Sound Icebreaker Showcase #2 – Fast Trains
Southsea Sound has been working with Icebreaker Festival for a few years, whether through playing, sponsoring stages or doing live sound. Having a multi-venue music festival on our doorstep is a treat, and this year, we produced six live videos of artists selected to perform. The premise? Turn up, set up, two takes, and you’re … Icebreaker Festival Sessions – An Introduction
Six video sessions. Six different acts. A one-day multi-venue inner-city festival. Here we present, the first in our series of Southsea Sound Icebreaker Showcases 2023. Take a look inside our fantastic studio and some of the best talent the Icebreaker Festival has to offer. The premise? Turn up, set up, two takes, and you’re done. … Southsea Sound Icebreaker Showcase #1 Hannah Reem
Hey-ho weirdos! Here we go again, reaching into the darkest corners of the live session archives. This time we’re landing on DIY indie punks The Fairweather Band. This (at the time) Devon-based band was relatively short-lived and has long since disbanded, but all the members are still going in other projects. By the time FWB … Deep Dive #4 Fairweather Band Live Session
Back for another of the Deep Dive series and more back-in-the-day jaunts. This time, we’re looking at an acoustic session with the sublime Kelly Kemp. As a founding member of metal-influenced punk rock sextet No-Comply, Kelly was one of only a handful of women in the British punk scene in 1998. You’d be forgiven for thinking … Deep Dive #3 – Kelly Kemp Acoustic Session
If you’re following these, you may wonder why I’ve skipped the second live music video session Southsea Sound ever did. That band gets their own blog post soon; they’ve worked with us that many times! So, we’ve jumped to March 2016, a whole month after we opened, to spend some time with the Bristol band … Deep Dive #2 – More Live Music Video Sessions
A trip through our live session recording back catalogue. Bloomington, Indiana punk rock hero Austin Lucas performed our first ever session recording. He’s been well known in the UK since his 2008 collaboration Bristle Ridge with Chuck Ragan of Hot Water Music. Equally familiar on the Americana/folk circuit and with eight articulate and often painfully … Deep Dive #1 – Live Session Recording