Producing: Slips Into Space

Slips Into Space recorded their debut LP, Waking, Sleeping, Dreaming, at a high-quality Class A studio in Los Angeles. Despite the excellent recording, the mixing and mastering proved problematic—each song sounded entirely different from the next, elements were missing or buried, and harshness dominated the mix.

The band's music demands precision. Waking, Sleeping, Dreaming features dynamic shifts, genre and tempo changes, layered vocals and harmonies, and the kind of diversity typical of ambitious jam records. The original mix failed to serve this complexity, leaving the band's hard work in writing, rehearsing, and performing buried beneath inconsistent engineering.

I undertook a complete remix and remaster of the entire album. The result was punchy, balanced, and HiFi—tracks that sounded cohesive yet maintained their individual character. Bass and drums locked. Vocals sat perfectly in the mix. Frequencies that were harsh became sculpted and musical. The band members experienced that rare, thrilling moment when months of creation finally emerged from the speakers in its true form. Their passion for the project was matched by the sonic quality at last.