Sound and Motion Studios

Jasmine Jagger's debut album

For the past 6 months, Sound and Motion JHB has been working with Jasmine Jagger and her producer Marko Benini (Isochronous) on her debut album.

The pop rock album, features live instruments including drums and strings, making use of our superb live room, as well as plenty of virtual and analogue synths. Working with Jasmine and Marko was a great experience; the results are full of energy and are sure to blow you away.

The album is still to be released, so keep an ear to the ground......

DSTV and Sound & Motion make some noise

We have always had an excellent relationship with Mnet/DSTV and were thrilled to get the opportunity to work on Season 3 of "Tinsel," broadcast primarily in Nigeria but in many territories in and even out of Africa.

Recently we have also had the pleasure of supplying "Foley Services" to the broadcaster, which is so much fun and a facility we normally only offer for film, so it's been a blast.

Sound and Motion JHB teams up with District 9’s Sharlto Copley

Last month Sound and Motion teamed up with Sharlto Copley (District 9’s Wikus van de Merwe) working on his latest production, a satirical short film about crime in South Africa. Although Sharlto is better known for his acting roles in movies such as District 9 which received 4 Oscar nominations and 7 BAFTA nominations, he is also a producer, writer and director and this latest short film is sure to entertain.

Encounters Award

The Encounters International Documentary Festival is an annual event allowing film makers the opportunity to showcase their documentaries amongst a program of over 40 films, including international and local work.

Plastics back in the studio

The Plastics has return back to the studio with producer Gordon Raphael (The Strokes). So far the recording has been going very well and we are almost at the end of the project.

The Plastics are keeping a studio diary on they blog. Feel free to go and have a look. http://sharkstudiodiary.blogspot.com

Isochronos' New Acoustic Album

Isochronos acoustic! Sound & Motion recently had the privilege to work with this very talented young band. For a brief pit stop on their coastal tour down from their native Pretoria, they spent a few days tracking drums, piano and upright bass at Sound & Motion Cape Town with Matt, then headed back to Pretoria and finished recording in our Johannesburg branch.

Johannesburg Studio Launch

The massively upgraded Sound and Motion Studios in Johannesburg has launched! With all the construction done, and the studio kitted out, we were excited to show it off.

We celebrated the completion of the upgrade in style, at our studio launch on the 10th of September! Joined by top names from the media and music industries, we enjoyed an amazing set performed by Isochronous who recently finished recording their new album at the Johannesburg studio.

JOBURG STUDIO LAUNCH: 10th SEPT 09

It’s official, the launch date is set! The new fancy, shiny, expanded and kitted out JHB studio will be open for business as of the 10th of September! Due to the expansion the studio has doubled in size with all rooms designated to a specific purpose. It also boasts a large selection of industry leading gear which means it can professionally cater to any production requirements you may have!

Please contact us if you have any queries.

Watch this space for more updates and photos as we get closer to the launch date!

Sound & Motion Engineers attend Grammy Award winner's workshop!

Sound & Motion Studios was lucky enough to well represent at the EA Sessions Workshops featuring Grammy Award winners Vance Powell (The Raconteurs, Jars of Clay, Buddy Guy) and Fabrice DuPont (Jennifer Lopez, Queen Latifa, Bon Jovi). Matthew, Fuzzy and Tyron from Sound & Motion Cape Town; and Richard and James from Sound & Motion Joburg had an incredible experience and picked up valuable lessons and insights which we've already put into practice from these ace engineers.

Recording and Mixing new “Lark” track in SA and UK

“Vampire” is actually a track from way back when the Mouth of Me EP was first released. We used the original Reason session and tracking as a starting point and were in close contact with Paul Ressel, who was simultaneously working on production from his end at Metropolis Studios in London where he has a production room.