Jonathan

When Jonathan Kirchner began working on The Information Age, it all just came together. I had fumbled along for many months, trying to figure out how to finish it. When he started piloting the project, it suddenly had focus and direction. He engineered the drum sessions with Andrew and then began the ridiculously daunting task of mixing 24 tracks.

One of the things I love most about how he approached this process: at no point did he question the scope of it. It makes no sense to make an album this long. Certainly some songs that are better than others. Why not make a ten or twelve track album of the best songs? These questions (and others) had been bothering me since I left the safe creative harbor of The Sanctuary and entered the confusing chaos of reality.

But Jonathan was pumped about it. He didn’t worry about it, he just got to work. That energy was infectious and I got excited about it again. I was on tour in Europe when the mixes started trickling in. It was such a gift to be alone over there, listening to these songs come alive in new and beautiful ways one by one. If you wear glasses, it’s like this: listening to Jonathan’s mixes was like looking at trees with your first new pair of glasses. You can suddenly see all the individual leaves! All the details emerge. It’s like when The Wizard of Oz goes from black and white to color.

Mixing is a delicate creative process. Jonathan navigates it with the technical skill of an engineer and the heart of a musician. He approached each track with surgical precision and he made some crucial editing suggestions (you have him to thank that the “ba ba do do do do” section of “Thinking About The Bad” is half as long, for example). His enthusiasm is endless. He spent so much time getting these tracks as good as they can be. I hope you have as much fun as I did listening as the subtle sparkles and thick meaty vibes emerge. I’ve worked with him enough now to know that he crushes it. Every time.

And guess what? He is for hire! He can mix and/or master your tracks: www.jonathanekirchner.com. Get in touch, let him take the controls, and I promise it’ll all work out.