Ghost Town Sound

Ghost Town Sound is owned and run by Oliver McKiernan who has 20 years’ experience touring, producing, performing & mixing for several top 10 bands. He has played and written on two top 10 albums.

Artists Oliver has worked with include: Paul McCartney, James McCartney, Phillip Boa & the Voodooclub, Echobelly & Pete Molinari.

Filled with the most characterful vintage/analogue equipment and industry standard cutting edge modern gear Ghost Town Sound is a music haven for innovative, forward thinking bands and solo artists who want a place to realise their musical ambitions in glorious audio technicolour!

Oliver also owns and runs a collection of boutique music productions studios in Tottenahm: www.GhostTownStudios.uk

You can get more information on Oliver by visiting:

www.olivermckiernan.com

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A selection of music produced, mixed & recorded by Oliver at Ghost Town Sound.

Music produced, played on or mixed by Oliver McKiernan

 

Outboard, Software & Monitor 

Amek BC II 32 channel mixing console - used to mix Gregory Porter and Laura Mvula records. We bought it from Amy Winehouse's drummer, Troy Miller.

Protools 12

Motu 16a interface 

Plugins - Waves, Slate, Soundtoys, Stylus, Melodyne etc...

dbx 160 (x2) 

Lexicon PCM70 

TL Audio 5050

Adams A7X monitors

KRK VXT 4 monitors

Microphones

Rode C2 - (vintage)

SE Gemini II - (all valve)

AKG 414 XLS

AKG C451 (pair)

Shure SM7B

Sennheier 421 x 2

Beyerdynamic M88

Shure SM57 x 6

Shure SM58 x 4

Instruments

Fender Strat 1985

Fender Thinline Telecaster

Fender P-Bass - 1977

J. Reid Upright Piano

Hammond C3 Organ & Leslie speaker 1962 

Hayman Vibrasonic drums (2 toms and kick) - 1975

Ludwig Supraphonic snare - 1967

Zildjian & Paiste 2002 cymbals and hihats

Tanglewood acoustic guitar (not the coolest brand but it does sound wicked!) 

Double bass 

Amplifiers

Simms Watts PA100 valve amp head (fantastic for bass guitar) - 1963

Orange OCB410 bass cab (Ltd edition red!)

Roland Jazz Chorus 120

Marshall JCM800 head

Marshall 1922 2 x 12 cab

Fender 75 hand wired valve combo

HH ICI 100 head

HH ICI 100S head

Orange Terror Bass Head

WEM Pickaback 2 x 10 bass cab

WEM Westminster 10w valve combo - 1964

Fender Hotrod Deluxe 112 40w valve guitar combo x 2

Effects

A range of Boss, Ibanez, Electro-Harmonix, T-Rex, DOD & T.C. Electronics guitar & bass pedals

Selected Discography

Phillip Boa & the Voodooclub, Boaphenia, The Porcelain Files, 2023:  Bass guitar and writing.  Co produced by David Vella at Temple Studios.  Reached number 10 in the German album charts. Released on Cargo/Universal Records.

Henry Grace, Alive In America, 2022: Mix. Recorded at Rockfield, Wales. Mastered by Tim Debney at Fluid.

Echobelly, Black Heart Lullabies, 2019:  Mix (‘Something That Remains,’ ‘Sparks’ and ‘Still Running” ), A collection of rarities and B-Sides from the band’s 20 year history. Mastered at Abbey Road Studios.

playatmidnight, 2017:  Mix. Debut album for Mo Mirza.

Robert James Ray, Only a Fool, 2018:  Bass guitar, Produced by Grammy Award winner Liam Watson. Recorded at Toe Rag Studio, London.

Phillip Boa & the Voodooclub, Earthly Powers, 2018:  Bass guitar.  Co produced by David Vella at Temple Studios.  Reached number 3 in the German album charts. Released on Cargo/Universal Records.

Echobelly, Anarchy & Alchemy, 2017:  Bass guitar, double bass, synths, programming. Produced by Ian Grimble at The Church Studios, London.

Oliver Radio, Nice Rebellion, 2014:  Production, vocals, guitar, bass, keys. Recorded at Ghost Town Sound, London.  

James McCartney, Me, 2013: Bass guitar.  Recorded at Abbey Road Studio London, produced by David Kahne and featuring Paul McCartney on vocals, guitar and drums.

Alan MX, Green Tea, 2009: Remix. Released on Smalltown America.

RECORDING, PRODUCTION & MIXING

£275 per day (8 hours)

£150 half day (4 hours)

£40 per hour

Prices Include producer/engineer.

Discounts given on block bookings and larger projects.

Fixed Price on Singles, Eps & Albums

As every project & artist is unique we'd like to know more about it to give you an accurate quote so please get in touch to give us a picture of what it is you're after.  Once we agree the price it's fixed so even if the project takes longer than expected you won't pay more.

Fully produced, mixed & mastered tracks ready for digital, vinyl or streaming.

COMPLETE TRACK FROM START TO FINISH

Every project is unique and requires different amounts of pre production, studio time and mixing/post production. Please get in touch so that we can give you the right quote for your single, EP or album,

Call/email

07931163240

olivermckiernan@hotmail.co.uk

Getting Here

The studio is located a 15 min walk form Finsbury Park tube station and a 10 minute walk from Archway tube station.

 

Address

Ghost Town Sound, 502 Hornsey Road, London, N19 4EF.

Parking

Pay and display 10am - 2pm Mon - Fri

Free Parking after 2pm Mon - Fri

Free Parking Sat & Sun all day