London, June 2007 - Talented London-based producer and programmer Gareth Johnson has already enjoyed a wealth of experience which belies his age. Somehow finding time in between successes to work for the Teenage Cancer Trust, Johnson found Audient’s SUMO summing amplifier invaluable whilst mixing tracks for the concerts’ DVD from the star-studded line-up including Kasabian, Noel Gallagher, Paul Weller, The Cribs and The Bees.
"The last couple of years I have been given a multi-track and we pick songs from each night to form a ‘Best of…’ selection from the week for DVD," explains Johnson. "This year there was a different approach; I was also required to mix tracks for broadcast on Virgin Radio and for download from iTunes as well as the 5.1 DVD release.
"This meant the project was a lot more complex than in previous years, as I had to turn around great sounding mixes really quickly, whilst maintaining a consistently high quality across the board," he continues. "The SUMO really helped me achieve this."
"It was really easy to use straight out of the box; just patch your outputs from Logic into it, and away you go! I love the built in master section and the compressor is wicked! SUMO will definitely be seeing a lot more usage in the next few projects."
After founding his own independent music production company, Stand Alone Productions two years ago, Johnson has taken on production work for big named artists, including Razorlight, Goldfrapp, Anthony and the Johnsons and Natalie Imbruglia. Further to this he has just released an experimental electronica album to a major UK broadcaster, under his alias Skulpture, for use in future programmes. If that weren’t already enough, he has set up a new company which provide music for advertising and movie clients: Domination Music.
Teenage Cancer Trust is a charity set up to improve the lives of young adults with cancer, totally dependent on private fundraising events. 2007’s week-long series of gigs culminated on 31st March at the Royal Albert Hall featuring legendary band The Who, raising money through ticket sales and retrospectively via downloads and DVD sales.
"There will be more concerts for TCT next year," adds Johnson, already set to be involved. "The line-up will be as strong as any of the big UK festivals with all the proceeds going to a really worthy cause."
