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Nick Trepka

Independent producer/engineer and songwriter living and loving it in London.


I cut my teeth at the legendary Fortress Studios main Neve studio (RIP) and now working with artists and bands at a number of facilities, including my own very capable mixing, overdubbing and songwriting studio. These days I do a lot of work at the Cowshed studio in North London. I've worked with a huge variety of artists and bands: rock, hip hop, acoustic, funk, jazz - all things contemporary really - and from the inspired unknowns to some of the biggest names in the world.

My philosophy is that the music should be just as important and exciting to the recordist as it is to the artist, and essentially I see the studio as the instrument that I play in your band. (Although as a multi-instrumentalist and singer, I'm also very happy to get my hands dirty when it's required.) To me, producing music is all about understanding a vision, identifying gaps - whether musical or personal - and knowing how to fill them, and making a team work as well as it possibly can.

I'm also a composer, arranger and performer, and have been involved in so many musical circles and situations that I probably know where you're coming from when you're doing your thing. And above all else, I love it when you do your thing.

Email me at nicktrepka@yahoo.co.uk.



Speech Debelle - Freedom Of Speech (album, 2012) Mix engineer


Toguna - In Colors (album, 2011) Recording engineer


Saint Saviour - Woman Scorned (Single, 2010) Producer, engineer


Hyperpotamus - Delta (Album, 2011) Mix engineer, additional engineering



Recording engineer


BOY GEORGE - BIG DADA RECORDS - GEORGE CLINTON - MIKE CHAPMAN - TOGUNA - SPEECH DEBELLE - SUZI QUATRO - DELS / ROOTS MANUVA / JOE GODDARD - TWENTY TWENTY - KEZIAH JONES - MUMFORD AND SONS - THE MOULETTES - TWIGS

Record producer


EMMY THE GREAT - KIERAN LEONARD - COOCKOO - SAINT SAVIOUR - TRICITY VOGUE - MIYAGI - DOLLFACE - BROTHER FRANCISCO - LINDSAY WEST - THE BABYLON ARABIC BAND - UKE ATTACK!! UKE ATTACK!! - ANNA JAROSZ

Remixer


SAINT SAVIOUR - NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION

Songwriter / artist


NT & THE PEOPLE WHO USE THEM - GOVINDER THE HOLY UKULELE - NICK TREPKA (ACOUSTIC)

Sound designer


KATHARINE FRY - LEAH LOVETT

Voice model


LEARN DIRECT - SONY / SPOTIFY



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The Lair


Situated in a professional studio complex in Hornsey

Vocal/instrumental isolation booth
Air conditioning
Full acoustic treatment
24 hour access

Mac Pro running Logic Pro 9
Huge plug-in selection
MOTU 828 Mk3
Tascam 34b 1/4" 4-track reel to reel
ADR F700-RS stereo compressor
Commodore Amiga A1200 running OctaMED
Microphones by Groove Tubes, Calrec, SE Electronics and Shure
Monitors by Acoustic Research, powered by Quad
Electric, acoustic, bass and classical guitars
Large selection of instruments, toys and sound modifying devices

Contacts:

Trombonists, singers, arrangers, mastering engineers, tour managers, tightwire artists - try me. I know some amazing people.

Influences:

Long journeys and headphones. Girls. Fred Dibnah.

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GEORGE CLINTON

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ROOTS MANUVA + JOE GODDARD + DELS

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TWIGS

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MIKE CHAPMAN

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TOGUNA

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'SOUL' SEWELL AND RICHIE STEVENS

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SAINT SAVIOUR (AND BRASS SECTION)

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COOCKOO

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SPEECH DEBELLE

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SUZI QUATRO

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