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N-Dubz... New Album... Big Expectation!!
2009-10-27 9:19PM / 新聞 / 會員可以看
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So... I am finally back from a long 5 week stint in London working for NDubz. Missed the fam loads as haven't been away from my daughter and wife for that long!!These are the same band I originally blogged about in January who went Platinum. Well to date that first album has sold just over 500,000 copies... pretty impressive for a debut album.
Anyway, the guys had said after the first album that they wanted to work with me again. So on September 20th I flew back to London to work again with them on their second album. This album is now a major release for Universal/ATTW (UK) and so the pressure was on. The last year N-Dubz had been huge with a No. 1 single and TV, press, and radio coverage. As well as winning two MOBO Awards for Best UK Album and Best UK Act.
I was originally meant to go for 2 weeks to mix the album, but when I got there they still hadn't finished recording and producing some of the songs. So I was also asked to help record some tracks and vocal produce the big ballad track.
Anyway below are some pics and video from the sessions... The album "Against All Odds" is released on November 16th. I mixed 12 tracks on the album in a great studio called The Chairworks in Leeds, UK.
On the first night in Leeds, they had a gig at Leeds University, there were over 2,000 people going crazy at the gig. Thank god I was on the balcony.
One of the UK's biggest gossip magazines (Heat) come up to the studio to do a photoshoot. At the end of the shoot I managed to persuade the photographer to take a couple of photos with me and N-Dubz (L-R Fazer, Me, Tulisa, Dappy)
A cool pic from the photshoot!
Deep in mix talk with Dappy
Discussing one the tracks with Dappy, their assistant manager, and the producer of the track (in the chair)
Here is a quick video from my iPhone (sorry bout the bad quality) of the great studio I was working in. The 2 guys in the video were my studio assistants Tom and James. If you wanna see a proper studio then make sure you watch!!!
So I have high hopes for this album, and so do the band. I definitely think it will go number one in the UK, and hoepfully will go double or even triple platinum (900,000). I will keep you posted, and any of you in Europe or North America.... grab a copy!! I am pretty sure you will enjoy the album.

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enigma306
留言於2009-11-17 1:49PM [举报]

I don't think Nasa has that many buttons in their command center, which, when you think about it, is kind of scary. You have enough bells & whistles to send a man to the Mars, but Nasa can't produce a qualtiy beat. :-/
enigma306
留言於2009-11-17 1:46PM [举报]

I dunno boo. How do you have a serious convo with a dude that calls himself Dappy? I keep hearing nappy. nicely framed pic though
Spencer Douglass
留言於2009-11-13 12:36AM [举报]

Awesome work my man!
M.C.G
留言於2009-10-31 6:29PM [举报]

congrats
廿四味
留言於2009-10-30 10:49AM [举报]

nice man! Congrates!
World Worm Studios
留言於2009-10-29 3:01PM [举报]

Good to hear! Congrats!!!
Simon Yin
留言於2009-10-29 2:04PM [举报]

congrats, guv'na!
Boon
留言於2009-10-29 12:35PM [举报]

Good luck with the new album!!
rottendoubt
留言於2009-10-28 9:55PM [举报]

she's cute...
Johnny Chao
留言於2009-10-28 2:13AM [举报]

Hey Kelvin, can't wait to hear the new album, I'm sure it will do very well!

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Kelvin Avon (aka Afreex) grew up in Hong Kong and started his interest in music from the young age of 6, when he started playing the trumpet...
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Kelvin Avon (aka Afreex) grew up in Hong Kong and started his interest in music from the young age of 6, when he started playing the trumpet. He bought his first synthesizer and drum machine when he was 12 and he hasn't looked back since. Trained at Massachusetts Communications College. Boston, USA as a Sound Engineer, Kelvin began his musical career as a Mastering Engineer in 1999 for Promo Only, a US based music promotions company.

Emerging from the UK's underground Urban music scene, Kelvin has written and produced with a variety of UK Urban artists such as Jamelia, Swiss, Cassius Henry, Legend aka Kamakazi, Maxwell D, Shola Ama and many more. He has also expanded into the mainstream market, working regularly with artists in Sweden for Warner Chappell and as well as with songwriters such as Curtis Richardson (Jennifer Lopez, Joss Stone), Celetia Martin (Groove Armada), Sandra Nordstrum (Celine Dion/Girls Aloud), Kenisha Pratt (Brandy, Toni Braxton) & Charlie Brown.

In 2005 Kelvin's production company, Chewatribe, put together the UK's biggest collaboration CD, Union Black which won an Urban Music Award 2005 for the Best Compilation Over 25 exclusive tracks featuring collaborations with artists such as Omar, Rhian Benson, Cassius Henry, Swiss (So Solid), Don-E, Sway, Shola Ama, Baby Blue, J2K, Maxwell D, Sway, Kele Le Roc and many more, produced by UK producers.

Afreex tracks are all about the club; incorporating all elements of music, from Ragga to Rock, Hip Hop to Soul, RnB to Dance. He has also worked with US artists such as P.Diddy, Mario, Erykah Badu, Nelly, Lumidee, Baby Bash, Amp Fiddler and many more. His unique blend of sound, which appeals to both the US and Europe, has caught the attention of the industry peeps on both sides of the Atlantic.

He has mixed many albums including the debut album for no.1 Russian Hip Hop outfit Banderos (Universal) and the debut single through Polydor of underground sensation & MOBO winners N-Dubz. He then went on to work with N-Dubz on their debut album “Uncle B” which sold over 500,000 copies in the UK. In 2009 Kelvin worked with N-Dubz again on their new album “Against All Odds” which reached No.5 in the UK charts and has sold over 600,000 copies to date.

Other clients Kelvin has worked for include all the major labels and many independent labels in the US, UK, Europe, and Asia. Recently, Kelvin has also worked with artists in SE Asia such as Van Ness Wu (吴建豪), Sandy Lam (林忆莲), Michael Wong (王敏德), Jun King (恭硕良), Joey Yung (容祖兒) and many more.

Broadening his scope to also include multi-media, Kelvin was also one of the Musical Directors for hip hop theatre show 'BoxBeat' in 2003 held at Sadlers Wells in London, and produced music for the renowned Swedish Hip Hop Dance Company, Bounce Streetdance Company.

In 2007 Kelvin was flown to Moscow to be the Musical Director for the European Tour of Russia’s biggest male artist, Sergey Lazarev. Recently he has also placed original music for Sony Playstation games, commercial advertisements, as well as Hollywood movies.
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