Mathew E.White

Bringing you "Big Love" on this frosty Thursday afternoon.   Turn your head phones up.  Enjoy!

www.mathewewhite.com
www.spacebombrecords.com
www.home-tapes.com

Nova Scotia Tourism

Recently we worked with Extreme Halifax on the launch of their new 2013 Nova Scotia Tourism campaign. 

It's been a wonderful experience being part of such a great and beautiful project!
 
Check out all the spots and entire marketing campaign here. 

Proud Sponsor of the ADC + ADCC Triple Screening

We're thrilled to be the exclusive audio sponsor for the first ever ADC + ADCC Triple Screening on Monday, March 4th 2013! 

The night will consist of showcasing the best creative, highlighting reels from the ADC Awards, Tomorrow Awards, and ADCC Directions. 

Join us at the Bloor Hot Docs Cinema to show your support and further strengthen your brand awareness.

There will be a rockin' after party as well! 

Look forward to seeing all of you there.

Are there Creatures at Tattoo Sound + Music ?!?

If you've been by the studio lately you may have heard some horrifying and strange sounds billowing from upstairs.  

Well, remember back in early December when I wrote about Billy T's involvement in first person shooter game Far Cry 3?!

Source E Creative caught up with Billy T to discuss creating vocalizations for Ubisoft's Far Cry 3.    Check out the full article here.  Special thanks to Source E Creative and Billy T.  It was great working on this article together!

Voted Game of the Year by Gamespot against some stiff competition like Assasin's Creed III, sales have been impressive with over 400, 000 copies sold in just its first month!
Accolades in the gaming community include "Once in a generation experience " EGMNOW.com, "9.5/10" Digital Trends, & "Incredible" IGN.

Above is a game capture that is sure to send shivers up your spine!

Please contact me directly for any further media relations pertaining to this article.

*Update:  A big congratulations to the FAR CRY team and our wonderfully talented Billy T, who won the BAFTA (British Academy for Film & Television Arts) for Best Action Game!  We couldn't be more thrilled and proud.

http://www.bafta.org/

Jarvis Church and the Soul Station

Tune into the radio lately? I'm sure you've heard Jarvis Church's new single "Do It Better". It's getting alot of radio play as of late and press galore.

The album "The Soul Station Vol. 1 - The Songs of Sam Cooke, A Tribute" was mixed at the stu by our lovely Tyson Kuteyi.  Check out all the details and inspiration for the album here.

Check out Soul Station in iTunes for your listening pleasure. 

www.jarvischurch.ca

New Studio Art - Showcasing Peter Andrew Lusztyk

Peter and I had a blast this morning hanging up our newest edition of studio art "Phoenix Highway Exchange". This piece specifically has been getting a lot of great local and international press and has been featured in Episode 8 - Season 2 of "Suits", Esquire Russia, Communication Arts and Audi's US 2013 Brand Catalog to name a few. Check out his kick ass work on his website here as well as the promo video on his landing page that we worked on together. We absolutely love it and it looks fabulous in the space. Thanks so much Peter!

Press:
The Atlantic:
http://www.theatlanticcities.com/arts-and-lifestyle/2012/08/flying-highway-hunter-captures-interchanges-sky/3004/

Esquire Russia:
http://esquire.ru/photo/highways

Fubiz:
http://www.fubiz.net/2011/12/22/peter-andrew-photography/

Fast Company:
http://www.fastcodesign.com/1670537/the-surprising-beauty-of-america-s-crumbling-interstate-system#1

Some Awards:
2012 Communication Arts
2012 IPA (whole highway series)
2012 Graphis
2012 PX3 Paris Photo awards

Featured in:
"Suits" (Season 2 - Episode 8)
2013 Audi Brand Catalog

X FACTOR!

What's good Toronto?!
I'll tell you what.  Tyson has recently worked with Producer Jon Lavine out of L.A. to mix the background tracks for 3 of Season 2's finalists! 

Mixes include:
Diamond White - "Hey Soul Sister", "Out Here On My Own" & "Sorry Seems to be the Hardest Word"

Paige Thomas - "Last Dance" & "Take My Breath Away"

Cece Frey - "Anyway", "All By Myself", "Because of You", "Wind Beneath My Wings", "You Haven't Seen the Last of Me", "Eye of Tiger", & "Because the Night".

Hope you enjoyed the mixes this season.  Until next time! 

Far Cry 3

Billy T has just  finished working on this kick ass first person shooter video game in the studio developed by Ubisoft! 

The game is set on an island between the Indian and Pacific Oceans.   The object of the game is to rescue your kidnapped friends and escape from the island and it's dangerous inhabitants.

The game promises lots of gushes, explosions, gunfire, terror, anguish... You get the point.

Check out Globe and Mail's review here giving it ten out of ten! 

Stay tuned for it's release tomorrow.

To quote Billy T:  
"It was so much fun.  I peed my pants. Thank you Tony Gronick"

Jake Zeldin - Inside Edition Interview

 

Got a call in mid October asking if our studio could be used for piece showcasing Lil' Jaxe (Jake Zeldin) to be aired on Inside Edition.

This 13 year old rapper has been getting alot of press lately with an interview on CTV, performing at the Argo's half-time game this past Sunday, as well as sharing the stage with Reema Major & Waka Flocka on the Triple for Life Tour.

This incredible story depicts how his hard work, dedication and unfailing ability to not let his stutter hold him back has transformed into undeniable success. 

Way to go Jake!   The sky's the limit from here.   It was a pleasure having you at the stu.  Until next time.

Many thanks to the whole team involved, Philippe at G7 Records and Pascal at Lone Wolf Artists!

Music Video Shot at TA2 - Ray Robinson "Trippin"

Michael gave us a shout and asked if he could film some of the music video at the stu for Ray Robinson's "Trippin".  We happily agreed and here's the end result.

Big shout outs to Ray Robinson and Michael P Douglas at Superfly Media. Well done!

Day of the Dead - Dia de los Muertos Showcase Ft. FALLS

*All above photos courtesy of Ryan Joyce/Live music provided by Supersonic Creative.

FALLS completely rocked our studio showcase night last Thursday! They brought explosive energy, enthusiasm and the crowd went wild!   Smoke machine was a nice touch as well. 
They are fabulous and I encourage you to check out their facebook page here.

There was a mariachi band that walked through out the studio, kick ass traditional Mexican fare from Rebozos & Pancho's Bakery who provided decadent Churros, and Ryan Joyce did an fantastic job documenting the night with his camera.   Gira Moin rocked the turntables.  The most talked about props throughout the night were the 8ft + Day of the Dead sculptures!

You can check out all the pictures of the event here on our facebook page.

Again, thank you to everyone who was in integral part of this event! It was a smashing success!

Until next time.

Falls to perform at TA2 Showcase #7 on Thursday, November 1st!

TA2 Welcomes our new Assistant Engineer, Adam Png!

As a rule, Assistant Engineers don't boast much in the way of experience.  Exception: Adam.  He's lived on a couch in Amsterdam.  May have committed a slight B&E in Barcelona.  Built his own computer out of organic fair-trade parts.  Worked in finance for a short time before realizing it sucked.
Masquerades as a cat whisperer.

These days Adam plays guitar in a band with no name.  Composes.  Juggles.  BBQ's.  And makes sure your sessions are tighter than...well, security at a certain auditorium in Spain we're not at liberty to mention.  

Adam's been with us since August and we couldn't be happier to welcome him officially into the TA2 sandbox!

Hell ya!! Two Golds at the Bessie Awards!

What a success the Bessie Awards were last night.

Big shout outs to Troy McGuiness, Cam Boyd and the team at MacLaren McCann who took home a Gold for "Gears of War 3 - Butcher Shop" for Microsoft Canada!

A big congrats as well to Leo Burnett's Steve Persico & Anthony Chelvanathan's team who won a Gold for "James Ready Spelling Bee Lottery"!  

Both Steve Gadsden (James Ready) and Tyson Kuteyi (Gears of War) were so pleased to have been the Audio Directors on these stellar projects.  

Well done everyone.  Until next year. 

You can click here to see all the winners and view the creative. 

The Gift of Life - Be a Donor

TA2 Audio Director extraordinaire, Steve Convery had the pleasure of working on this spot with the wonderful folks at Bensimon Byrne.

For those of you who aren't familiar with the epic-ness that is Steve Convery well here's a pretty damn good intro.  Steve used to work on a show called SCTV and has run a handful of successful audio houses in the past.

After listening to this sensational score that Steve I think you'll agree that there's a reason we call him an audio sensei at the studio.

One organ donor can save up to eight lives.  That's right, eight lives!

To register go click on the link below:
https://beadonor.ca/

Goodwin vs. Badwin Episode # 5 - "The China 4000"

*Adult content.  May not be suitable for children*

We're back!!! Check out the latest and greatest Goodwin vs. Badwin Episode "The China 4000".

New Family Members

 

TA2 Showcase Night #6

Our showcase night was a rockin' success!   Many thanks to all the talented visual artists, Supersonic Creative, Lioness and Sapporo for their generosity.

We set the night on fire!

You can check out pics of the evening here.

CMA Awards 2012 Interactive Audio

Check out the fantastic voice direction and interactive audio that we did for the CMA's website!
Link and full experience here.

Half Life - Escape from City 17 Trailer

Half Life: Escape from City 17 is a dual part film, written and developed by the Purchase Brothers.  We were approached to to the sound design on this trailer and happily agreed.  Above is the end result of our efforts.

With lots of explosions, aliens and a ridiculous music score I think you'll agree that your ears will thank you.

Let us know what you think.

Toronto Animation Arts Festival International

Checked out TAAFI's opening night premiere of Ronal the Barbarian, attended the Nelvana Bouncing Ball Party and The Rock and Rule screening and Q & A.

It rocked.  It ruled.  Well done TAAFI!

We're so thrilled to have had the opportunity to be part of such an innovative and creative festival.

Check out the bumper we did for the festival here with Style5.

Animated Super Fan Film - "Superman Bizzaro Classic

This is pretty gosh darn good!

Holy Guacamole There's a New Website in Town!

The internet just got 13% better with the unveiling of the sexy new TA2 website.  If you could tear yourself away from kittens wearing pieces of bread for a few minutes, come check out the most bodacious website this side of Friendster. 

www.ta2music.com

Style5 Bumper for The Animated Arts Festival International

We had the pleasure of working with Style5.tv on an animated bumper for The Toronto Animation Arts Festival International.  Such stellar talent coming out of Toronto!

Check out all the amazing events at the festival here as well as a write up from Sam Chou of Style5.tv on how it all came to fruition.

Events run from July 6 - July 8, 2012 at the TIFF Lightbox.

Thank you to everyone involved!

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