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November 8, 2022 40 mins

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Supergroove’s “Traction” is one of the most successful New Zealand albums of all time. 


Released in 1994, the album shipped Platinum and debuted at #1 on the National Album Charts, holding on to the top spot for over a month.

'Traction' remained in the Top 15 for over 3 months and has now sold well over 5 times platinum. 


In this episode, you’ll hear the surprisingly ‘heavy’ influence behind the album, why Che’ had to stand on a chair during the recording of one song, overdubbed foot tapping, crowd noises and who the ‘Having an abundance of platonic relationships reminiscent of my man Mike Plato’ guy is,

and there's a crap load of nerdy audio production talk as well. 


These are the Studio Stories from the sessions for Supergroove - “Traction”


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Our Guests.


Karl Steven

Karl is Supergroove’s Singer/Songwriter Producer and now a multi award winning composer.

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Tim Stewart

Tim is Supergroove’s trumpet player as well as the man behind “Tibor” a musical divergence from the rootsy soul sounds of Tim’s other band Hopetoun Brown and finds him heading deep into the possibilities of analogue synthesis, 808 drum machines and the joys of a well-placed ribbon microphone. Tibor is also a three piece band helmed by Stewart on lead vocals and bass guitar.


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Malcolm Welsford


Malcolm is one of New Zealand’s most celebrated music producers and co-founder of the now defunct, but legendary York Street Studios. These days, Malcolm is the man behind Drum and Bass act Mac Summer.


https://macsummermusic.com

https://welsfordmusic.com


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