United States-based engineer Tom Durack (pictured) recently finishedmixing a new album for Virgin France artist Étienne Daho at PlusXXX in Paris, using the facility’s new Solid State Logic 9088 XLK console. The album, entitled Re-evolution, was produced byDaho in conjunction with musician Bertrand “Mako” Blais andwill be released in November.
Plus XXX’s XL console, which was installed last year as partof a major refit of Studio 2, has been used by Keziah Jones to mix thealbum Black Orpheus with Grammy Award-winning Russell“Dragon” Elevado, and by Susheela Raman, who worked on analbum project with producer Stuart Bruce.
Durack found his experience working on the Daho album to berewarding. “Studio 2 at Plus XXX is one of my favorite mix roomsin the world,” he enthused. “The SSL sound has been animportant part of my mixes for 15 years, and the XL K is thebest-sounding analog console I’ve ever used, bar none.”
For more information about the console, visit www.solid-state-logic.com.
