2011 Wrap Up

The last quarter of 2011 was packed with activity but before we get cracking into the New Year here’s a brief wrap up of what we’ve had going on.

Following the manic s#@! fight that was HAPPY FEET TWO and BAIT 3D, we had a small reprieve before launching into orchestration on the feature MINE GAMES (music by Alies Sluiter)

We produced the music and sound for a 30min short THE BOY WHO NEVER SAW RAIN directed by Kim Ramsay. We’ve also been in discussions for two more shorts coming up – DEAR LIFE, directed by Daniel Monks (staring Max Cullen), and MY MOTHER HER DAUGHTER directed by Erin Good. Our previous collaborative project with Erin, ABBIE, continues to do well on the festival circuit and has pocketed a number of awards in the past few months including:
* Best Youth Short Film, BOFA Film Festival
* Best Film – Bright Young Things Festival 2011
* Best Actor, Milwaukee Short Film Festival
* Honorary Mention in the Best Film category, Milwaukee Short Film Festival

Late last year we began a new collaboration with SLR Productions recording dialogue for the animation series TEENAGE FARIYTALE DROPOUT. The 52 episode series will be keeping us busy and inducing hilarity over the coming months.

Lanie Lane’s album TO THE HORSES – produced by Chris recorded and mixed at our studio, debuted at No 12 on the Aria album charts! This followed the successful release of the HOPE CHEST single from Jack Colwell’s forthcoming album Picture Window. Amongst other things, Chris is making long-players with Terry Serio’s Ministry of Truth and Newcastle art-pop band Post-Paint. Both due for release in the first half of 2012.

We have been making some inroads in the world of gaming with two games currently on our slate for music and sound. TRIANGLE MAN, a platform game by Convict Interactive, is to be released as part of a collection of games for Xbox Live Indie Games, and PARTICULARS from Throw The Looking Glass and Ark Games that seeks to bring high-energy particle physics to the world of popular video games. The game is targeted for release on PC, iOS, XBLA and PSN. Convict Interactive and the game were part of a feature on ABC3’s Good Game Spawn Point late last year.

The podcast series THE PROCESS, recorded at Studio Ripple, wrapped up for 2011 with interviews from actors Dan Wylie and Anita Hegh, director Sam Strong, choreographer Kate Champion, playwright Lally Katz, dancer Elma Kris and composer Steve Francis. We’re looking forward to some exciting new interviews in 2012.

So that’s about it for now. Wishing you all a Happy New Year for 2012.