Curve Pusher is a 22 year established, vinyl record cutting, mastering and recording studio based in Hastings, England. Keeping vinyl alive since 1999....
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CURVE PUSHER
mastering, cutting, recording and mixing
analogic studio
LONDON
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Another day at the office ☀️
It's Record Store Day this Saturday so get out there and support your local shop by purchasing some lovely new, and old, vinyl goodies. No shortage of places to crate dig in and
Reminder: Curve Pusher 25th Anniversary T-shirts are now available, price £20, plus £5 P&P. Send an email to [email protected] with your size and address and we’ll despatch asap. Payments via bank transfer.
It’s Curve Pusher’s 25th anniversary this year and to mark the big occasion we have some lovely black hipster T-shirts on offer: price £20.
Drop us an email ([email protected]) with your size and address and we’ll despatch asap. Payments via Paypal please.
This year marks Curve Pusher’s 25th anniversary! Founded in Hackney in 1999, we relocated to Hastings in 2018. Today the mastering business continues to grow, serving everyone from major labels to global clients and local artists.
Big love to everyone who has supported us on our journey! We’ll be raising a glass at some point, meantime there’ll be news of some anniversary merch later in the week.
Vinyl music’s phoenix-like status has just seen it replace non-chart CDs (and alcopops!) in the list of items used to measure inflation. Of course one way to keep costs down is to have your music mastered by a competitive UK company 😎. Get in touch: [email protected]
Quality Control Corner - QCing is a vital part of the job.
Thankfully, ours are all perfect!
Spare us the cutter! After a decade of hunting we’ve finally secured a replacement cutting head for the Neumann SX-74! Insurance matters.
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begins this Friday. There’s still time to buy the 15 Year Anniversary album mastered at ’s studio which is also sponsoring the event.
The vinyl LP features songs donated by ten festival favourites, including HotWax, Kid Kapichi, Skinny Lister, King Size Slim, Matilda’s Scoundrels, Cajun Dawgs and Crunchy Bat plus previously unreleased tracks by Liane Carroll plus the aforementioned Buddha Triangle and Jamie Smart.
It’s available to buy now, price £20, from the HFT website and via Bandcamp.
Back in October Sam Magerison from Buddha Triangle and Jamie Smart dropped into curve_pusher’s studio to get involved with the mastering of the 15 Year Anniversary album. Lawrie donated his time and facilities to help make it all happen.
The vinyl LP features songs donated by ten festival favourites, including HotWax, Kid Kapichi, Skinny Lister, King Size Slim, Matilda’s Scoundrels, Cajun Dawgs and Crunchy Bat plus previously unreleased tracks by Liane Carroll plus the aforementioned Buddha Triangle and Jamie Smart.
It’s available to buy now, price £20, from the HFT website and via Bandcamp.
Thanks to support from Curve Pusher and Curve Pressings hastingsfattuesday has announced the release of a 15 Year Anniversary album with the aim of helping raise further funds and continuing youth engagement work for the 2024 festival.
The festival, which was in danger of cancellation in 2024, has been saved thanks to generous support from local businesses and public donations. It will now go ahead from February as usual with a slimmed down programme but retaining its most popular events, including the Unplugged Saturday and the Fat Tuesday Music Festival.
The vinyl LP features songs donated by ten festival favourites, including HotWax, Kid Kapichi, Skinny Lister, King Size Slim, Matilda’s Scoundrels, Cajun Dawgs and Crunchy Bat plus previously unreleased tracks by Buddha Triangle, Jamie Smart and Liane Carroll.
It is available to buy, price £20, from the HFT website and via Bandcamp.
“When I moved to Hastings I felt an instant connection,” says CP’s Lawrie Dunster, “We moved our entire business and our families here and Hastings Fat Tuesday Music Festival was a big part of that. We make records so donating our time to make an album was the perfect way to support the continuation of the festival and provide exposure for the local music scene.”
Press enquiries: Hannah Deeble [email protected]
Hastings Fat Tuesday has announced the release of a 15 Year Anniversary album thanks to support from Curve Pusher and curvedpressings with the aim of helping raise further funds and continuing youth engagement work for the 2024 festival.
The festival, which was in danger of cancellation in 2024, has been saved thanks to generous support from local businesses and public donations. It will now go ahead from February as usual with a slimmed down programme but retaining its most popular events, including the Unplugged Saturday and the Fat Tuesday Music Festival.
The vinyl LP features songs donated by ten festival favourites, including HotWax, Kid Kapichi, Skinny Lister, King Size Slim, Matilda’s Scoundrels, Cajun Dawgs and Crunchy Bat plus previously unreleased tracks by Buddha Triangle, Jamie Smart and Liane Carroll.
It is available to buy, price £20, from the HFT website and via Bandcamp.
“When I moved to Hastings I felt an instant connection,” says CP’s Lawrie Dunster, “We moved our entire business and our families here and Hastings Fat Tuesday Music Festival was a big part of that. We make records so donating our time to make an album was the perfect way to support the continuation of the festival and provide exposure for the local music scene.”
Press enquiries: Hannah Deeble [email protected]
Last night Curve Pusher's Lawrie Dunster appeared on BBC News South East to discuss how local businesses are meeting the increasing demand for music.
This is vinyl’s 15th year of consecutive growth. Tonight on news Curve Pusher’s explains how UK mastering studios, stampers and plants are meeting the growing demand from artists and labels. Plus a hint of some big news for 2024.
Vinyl music sales hit 6m – a rise of 11.7%! Tomorrow, ’s will explain the rise and rise of physical music on TV news.
Wishing all our customers and friends a very Happy Christmas from Fin the office dog and everyone else at Curve Pusher!
The Crowdfunder for Hastings' is going well but more money is needed if it's to go ahead in 2024 because of the cuts. Please lend your support if you can.
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https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/.../hastings-fat-tuesday...
https://hastingsfattuesday.co.uk
Curve Pusher is pleased to welcome two new members of staff: office manager and cutting engineer, .
Hastings local Kim, née Kimberley Robinson, is a DJ and producer with a background in the film industry. As a producer she releases music through her label, Cybersoul on Bandcamp as well as with a variety of labels such as Science Cult, 2020 Vision Recordings and Diffuse Reality. She has a new album RP005 due for release on vinyl through Reposition Records in the New Year.
Her DJ career began with free party sound systems Sprial Tribe and she has since gone on to DJ at festivals and clubs all over Europe. She was one of the first women to play at the legendary Knowledge club in London and has also played at the Miami Music Festival.
Henry Cullen is a hugely experienced professional audio engineer of almost 30 years and a friend of Lawrie’s since Curve Pusher first started up in Hackney. He launched his career in the early 90s at one of the first digital studios in London making electronic music and went on to receive a Gold Disc for his work on Wayne G’s rave anthem ‘Twisted’. He’s still involved in a wide range of music projects under the monicker D.A.V.E. The Drummer.
Henry is also a beta and alpha tester for some of the world’s leading music software companies including Roland, Arturia, Abelton Live and Plug In Alliance and is a regular mastering engineer for a number of respected record labels.
Curve Pusher is pleased to welcome two new members of staff: office manager and cutting engineer, .
Hastings local Kim, née Kimberley Robinson, is a DJ and producer with a background in the film industry. As a producer she releases music through her label, Cybersoul on Bandcamp as well as with a variety of labels such as Science Cult, 2020 Vision Recordings and Diffuse Reality. She has a new album RP005 due for release on vinyl through Reposition Records in the New Year.
Her DJ career began with free party sound systems Sprial Tribe and she has since gone on to DJ at festivals and clubs all over Europe. She was one of the first women to play at the legendary Knowledge club in London and has also played at the Miami Music Festival.
Henry Cullen is a hugely experienced professional audio engineer of almost 30 years and a friend of Lawrie’s since Curve Pusher first started up in Hackney. He launched his career in the early 90s at one of the first digital studios in London making electronic music and went on to receive a Gold Disc for his work on Wayne G’s rave anthem ‘Twisted’. He’s still involved in a wide range of music projects under the monicker D.A.V.E. The Drummer.
Henry is also a beta and alpha tester for some of the world’s leading music software companies including Roland, Arturia, Abelton Live and Plug In Alliance and is a regular mastering engineer for a number of respected record labels.
Bad news: The Arts Council have inexplicably cut funding to Hastings' leading music festival
Please support local if you can
https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/hastings-fat-tuesday-music-festival-2024
https://hastingsfattuesday.co.uk
Pt 1 of an occasional series: using talcum powder to reduce static in the vacuum pipe to stop it clogging. Only works on Northern Soul records… 😄
Another new addition – the Shadow Hills Mastering Compressor. One of the most musical and versatile compressors out there, offering mastering grade compression and limiting for tracking and mixing.
“Simply the best compressor I’ve ever used by miles. In fact I no longer like mastering without it,” Lawrie Dunster
Another new addition – the Shadow Hills Mastering Compressor. One of the most musical and versatile compressors out there, offering mastering grade compression and limiting for tracking and mixing.
“This is simply the best compressor I’ve ever used by miles. In fact I no longer like mastering without it,” Lawrie Dunster
We have acquired a 1970s Sontec MES-432C/6 – considered by many top engineers as the best Parametric Mastering Equalizer ever built. This legendary EQ has been used on more hit records than any other outboard mastering unit and will capture the integrity of any recording #
Contact Curve Pusher for more info…
Congratulations to Ren for the Number One album ‘SickBoi’!
Vinyl mastered at Curve Pusher, Hastings
Congrats to Ren - new album 'Sick Boi' No1 on the iTunes Top Albums Chart. Vinyl LP mastered at Curve Pusher, Hastings
"I'm the analyst/Of metaphors and similes and synonyms, an alchemist"
‘Illest Of Our Time’ from the second Ren album SickBoi. Released today and mastered at Curve Pusher, Hastings.
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"I'm the analyst/Of metaphors and similes and synonyms, an alchemist" ‘Illest Of Our Time’ from the second Ren @renmakesmusic album SickBoi. Released today and mastered at Curve Pusher, Hastings. #mastering #masteringstudio #masteringengineer #vinyl #vinylcommunity #vinyljunkie #vinyloftheday #audiophile #vinyllover #analoguemastering
Mastering ‘Illest Of Our Time’ for the second Ren @renmakesmusic album SickBoi at Curve Pusher, Hastings. Release: October 13 #mastering #masteringstudio #masteringengineer #vinyl #vinylcommunity #vinyljunkie #vinyloftheday #audiophile #vinyllover #analoguemastering
Welcome to our new studio complex in Hastings! Complete with two mastering and cutting rooms, one cutting and audio editing room, analogue recording studio and social area. Please get in touch through www.curvepusher.co.uk to find out more about mastering or recording with us.
