Moon Duo - Occult Architecture Vol. 1 & 2 Sacred Bones
Role: Mixing / Additional Production
Label: Sacred Bones Records (2017)
This two-part conceptual album explores the duality of light and darkness through cosmic psychedelia and motorik-driven electronic rock. Across both volumes, Moon Duo constructs a layered and immersive sound world, balancing heavy fuzz guitars with sequenced synths and hypnotic rhythms. My role as mixing engineer and additional producer focused on enhancing the textural depth and spatial clarity of the recordings, while preserving the raw analog energy that defines the band's aesthetic.
Volume 1 leans into the darker, more shadowed side—droning grooves, saturated guitars, and eerie minimalism—while Volume 2 is brighter, rhythmically open, and melodically playful. Each track required careful sonic shaping to keep the narrative arc flowing between the albums, while ensuring individual songs stood strong on their own.
Working with Moon Duo and Sacred Bones, I helped bring out the tension between noise and melody, synthetic and organic, while maintaining a cohesive psychedelic experience. This project was released to critical acclaim and is now considered a defining statement in the contemporary psych-rock scene.
- Prog rock
- Rock
Moon Duo - New Dawn
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- Moon Duo - New Dawn
