WELCOME Chemical Sound is a professional recording studio located in downtown Toronto known for its cool, vintage analog sound. We offer a warm and relaxed vibe with a spacious live room that has 20' ceilings, a rare collection of vintage condenser and ribbon microphones, tons of outboard gear, vintage tube amps & keyboards, EMT plate reverb, as well as an original first-generation API console. LATEST NEWS . . . SUMMER 2009 CONT.:: NOVELS IN MONTREAL &     THE WALLSCENERY DEMOS The NOVELS documentary will be showing at Pop Montreal 2009 (Sept 30 – Oct 4)!!! The film, shot by filmmaker extraordinaire and friend, Wade Vroom, documents the making of the NOVELS EP and features Chemical Sound quite prominently as well as musicians Graham Wright, Luke LaLonde, Will Currie and Chemical's own Dean Marino and Jay Sad. Also, Jay had the pleasure of collaborating with James Hicken on the new Wallscenery Demos record. James is a long time friend of the studio and has helped on sessions before relocating to NYC. "Hooked on Lame" was mixed at Chemical, and features Jay on drums, bass, & keys.   • WADE VROOM   • THE WALLSCENERY DEMOS SUMMER 2009 :: EIMIC & SCHOMBERG FAIR Our friends from Russia, Everything is Made in China (EIMIC), have returned hot off a European tour, to create a follow-up to their first record, “4.” Both Jay and myself are co-producing, co-engineering and co-mixing the whole project. The new record is shaping up to be an exciting departure into new territory for the band and the most hi-fidelity record we have made since … well, EIMIC “4”. We expect nothing less than to push the limits of our studio and minds! Meanwhile, during precious time off from this massive 6-week project, we are recording a whole other record with Toronto-based Schomberg Fair, capturing their energetic and unique sound (some describe as “speed gospel”) to tape. Look for their forthcoming release sometime this fall (Hi-Hat Records). No rest for the wicked!   • SCHOMBERG FAIR   • EIMIC SPRING 2009 :: NOVELS, CMW &     LITTLE FOOT LONG FOOT 2009 is already shaping up to be a great year. We are proud to announce that Chemical was nominated for “Best Recording Studio,” at this year’s Canadian Music Week Awards. We don’t expect to win, but it’s an honour just to be nominated! In other news, look out for the forthcoming NOVELS EP, which consists of Dean and Jay (of Chemical fame), Luke LaLonde (Born Ruffians), Graham Wright (Tokyo Police Club) and Will Currie (of the Country French). Also, Tin Star Orphans (formally Yonder), will be re-releasing their debut album on May 5th via Sparks Music. The album was recorded entirely at Chemical by Dean and Jay. We are also excited about Little Foot Long Foot’s new record (produced by Colin Williams, recorded at Chemical and mixed by Dean and Jay).   • LITTLE FOOT LONG FOOT   • TIN STAR ORPHANS   • NOVELS   • 2009 CMW AWARDS WINTER 2008 :: PARTY! This year we got to meet and work with so many great musicians that we decided to celebrate with a party at The Horseshoe on Monday, December 22. Invasions, Boys Who Say No, and The Elwins are three amazing bands that should not me missed. Doors are at 9pm. So come out and get to know the people who work hard to make Canadian music so damn good. P.S. The song on our splash page is by the first band on that night, The Elwins, so make sure you come early! AUTUMN 2008 :: EPs EPs EPs! Hey! There's a lot of great news coming your way about what's happening here at Chemical. Today, we're really excited about Graham Wright's EP being released. We are also pumped about Ruby Coast, the Elwins and Invasions releasing their respective EPs this autumn ~ check these bands out! More great news coming soon (we promise . . .)   • GRAHAM WRIGHT SUMMER 2008 :: RUBY COAST Apologies for making updates seasonal, but we are super-busy this summer with a bunch of cool projects! First off, we are really excited about Ruby Coast’s new EP (produced by Dave Monks of Tokyo Police Club and engineered by Jay and Dean). We are also very excited about producing the Elwin’s debut EP. Also, we would like you to check out Hot Kid (for a fresh take on RnR) when they roll through your town. The drum sounds are a result of the classic combination: Chemical + Ian Blurton. Other exciting projects this season include a forthcoming debut album from hot new Toronto band, Invasions and Boys Who Say No -- both Dean and Jay productions. Check back here in the near future for results.   • RUBY COAST   • HOT KID   • THE ELWINS   • INVASIONS   • BOYS WHO SAY NO SPRING 2008 :: UTOPIUM Hi All! It's been a while since we've updated here and we are so busy these days that I doubt we'll be able to update again until summer. Many exciting things have gone down since January, including a completely new set of songs (forthcoming EP?) by Graham Wright (keyboardist for Tokyo Police Club). For those not in the know, Graham procures his own special brand of rootsy-down-to-earth songs which Jay and I were happy to capture (we even got to sing and play instruments). Check out Graham's myspace page. In the meantime, Jay and I worked on some bonus import tracks for TPC's new record ELEPHANT SHELL, which was officially released into the wild on April 22. We are spending the next month or so working with Parisian band UTOPIUM, who have made the long flight to record their second LP with us. Like our other European friends EIMIC, UTOPIUM are into sonic experimentation. However, UTOPIUM lean towards the darker spectrum, creating dreamy down-tempo (at times heavy) wall-of-guitar soundscapes (with nods to Slint, the Mars Volta and Mono), peppered with introspective and highly literate lyrics distinctively sung in a style reminiscent of Television's Tom Verlaine. Team UTOPIUM (that is, band + Dean + Jay) are having a great time in the lab. This will be an exciting record indeed. So, what do the Parisians think of Toronto? They love it!   • UTOPIUM   • Graham Wright   • Tokyo Police Club JANUARY 2008 :: HAPPY NEW YEAR! We had a great time working with reggae stalwarts The Expos (not to be confused with ex tilde po) and producer Mitch Girio (of King Apparatus fame). Also, check out this feature about Chemical (and our esoteric gear) at API Audio dot com!   • API Audio   • Mitch Girio   • The Expos NOVEMBER - DECEMBER 2007 :: TOKYO POLICE CLUB We are proud to say that Tokyo Police Club have completed tracking their first record (i.e. first full-length release) and it is going to sound amazing. Hats off to producer Jon Drew and the lads for making the best of their time here and keeping the positive vibe during their 20 day stay. Jon (along with Jay and Dean) used almost every aspect of the acoustic environment and the studio gear to help create a sonically creative yet infectious body of work. In short, we think Jon + Chemical make a winning combination, as this forthcoming release will prove. Check out the T.P.C. BLOG entry link below. In other news: Jay and Dean have ventured into jazz territory, tracking the latest release from talented up-and-comers OCTAVA. All in all it was a fun-filled 3 days of “live in the room” goodness. Drunkula and “studio mad scientist” Ian Blurton paid a visit one dark and stormy night (during a freakn' blizzard in fact) to track drums for their very rockin’ forthcoming release.   • T.P.C. BLOG   • JON DREW   • OCTAVA   • DRUNKULA