The Lodge Mastering - BT’s, A Song Across Wires, Mastered by Emily Lazar, Debuts as #1 Dance Album on iTunes!

Internationally renowned EDM artist/composer/producer, Brian Transeau, also known as BT, once again joined forces with The Lodge to master his ninth studio album, “A Song Across Wires.” The Lodge’s Chief Mastering Engineer, Emily Lazar, with help from Assistant Mastering Engineer, Richard Morales, mastered BT’s most recent album, which debuted as the #1 Dance Album on iTunes, released this August 16, 2013 via Armada Records.

Recognized as a true electronic dance pioneer, BT has been faithfully committed to the music industry since the early 1990s. His album, “A Song Across Wires,” is the accumulation of over 2o years of pioneering music and innovation in the EDM scene, and is said to be a follow-up to his Grammy-nominated 2010 album "These Hopeful Machines.”  Highly-anticipated “A Song Across Wires” features collaborations with some of EDM's most sought after artists, including Nadia Ali, ARTY, Tritonal, Emma Hewitt, JES, Tania Zygar, TyDi and more. Tracks on the album include “Skylarking,” “Tomahawk,” “Surrounded” (with a guest appearance by Aqualung) and “Must be the Love.” View the official “Skylarking” video HERE.  

Longtime friend and client of The Lodge, BT has been working with Emily Lazar for over a decade, having mastered past albums such as "Emotional Technology", "This Binary Universe", "These Hopeful Machines", "If The Stars Are Eternal So Are You And I" and "Morceau Subrosa".  Lazar has long embraced his innovative production techniques and experimental electronic sounds.  Mix magazine recently interviewed BT on the composition and sampling behind “A Song Across Wires”.  Mix journalist Gary Eskow also consulted with Lazar on her mastering expertise used on BT’s latest album.  Check out the full Mix article HERE. 

This Saturday, August 17, BT’s, A Song Across Wires Tour makes its way to New York City’s legendary nightclub venue, Marquee, for a massive record release party.  Marquee venue and ticket information HERE.

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Emily Lazar and The Lodge featured in SonicScoop Summer Session Buzz!

We are thrilled to have been mentioned in SonicScoop’s Session Buzz for the month of July!  The Lodge has had tons of great projects this summer and, just to highlight a few, checkout this new SonicScoop article.  Get the low-down on our recently completed projects by Chief Mastering Engineer, Emily Lazar, and Assistant Mastering Engineer, Rich Morales!

Check out the full article here!

BT Returns to The Lodge and Masters 2 New Releases!

Grammy nominated composer, artist and innovator; BT returns to The Lodge for two new self-released albums: "If The Stars Are Eternal So Are You And I" and "Morceau Subrosa". Both albums were mastered by Emily Lazar and her team at The Lodge. BT continues to top at #1 in Ambient, Electronica and EDM charts across Amazon and iTunes. The Lodge also teamed up with BT to master his previous three albums: "Emotional Technology", "This Binary Universe" and "These Hopeful Machines".

A pioneer in electronic dance music, BT is also known worldwide for his symphonic compositions in both music and film. Keep a look out for his upcoming Armada releases and expect greatness -- snippets are available at http://www.btmusic.com!

Emily Lazar & Joe LaPorta Master Morgan Page's New Album

Two-time Grammy Award nominated artist Morgan Page released his new single titled, “In The Air” via Nettwerk featuring Sultan + Ned Sheppard, Angela McClusky, and BT.  Guaranteed to get your blood flowing, the new track is straight off his forthcoming LP mastered here at The Lodge.

The Los Angeles based DJ/producer's latest full length album titled “In The Air” was mastered at The Lodge by Emily Lazar and Joe LaPorta!

Since its release, “In The Air" hit the Top 10 (#9) on the Billboard Dance Radio Chart and iTunes and was considered the highest rated record on AOL Radio!  Currently on tour, Morgan Page is well known amongst house fanatics for his original productions and remixes for top charting artists such as: Madonna, Regina Specktor, Katy Perry, The B-52’s, Coldplay, Korn, Norah Jones and many others.

Check out the link below to listen to the new single.  Enjoy!

Grammy.com Interviews BT On Lodge-Mastered, Grammy-nominated "These Hopeful Machines"!

As you may know by now, BT's "These Hopeful Machines," mastered by Emily Lazar and Joe LaPorta, was nominated for a Grammy award this year in the Best Electronic/Dance album category. In honor of the electronic music maven's first ever nod, the Grammy's website posted a short autobiographical piece, detailing BT's lifelong road to creating the
album of his dreams and earning his nomination. It's a remarkably personal and engaging story that's well worth checking out. Our congratulations goes out to our friend and long-time client BT!

Click here to read the two-part story.

Grammy Nominated Artists Mastered at The Lodge

The 2010 Grammy nominations have been announced and we're proud to send our congratulations to two artists we're quite familiar with: Vampire Weekend and BT. Vampire Weekend's "Contra" is up for Best Alternative Album, while BT's "THESE HOPEFUL MACHINES," earned a nod for Best Electronic/Dance Album.

The hugely successful indie release, "Contra," was mastered by Emily Lazar and assisted by Joe LaPorta. Building on the success of their 2008 self titled release (also mastered at The Lodge), "Contra" is only the 12th independently released album to ever earn a number 1 spot on the Billboard Top 100 chart.

Trailblazing electronic artist, BT, improved on his already impressive resume in 2010 with"THESE HOPEFUL MACHINES." Mastered by Lazar and LaPorta earlier this year at The Lodge, BT continued his tradition of pushing sonic boundaries, particularly in mastering, by merging analog tape machines and digital domain together in the same song. The result of this epic effort was one of the most exceptionally well crafted electronic releases this year. Sonic Scoop interviewed Lazar, LaPorta, and BT about this process in February, click here to read all about it.

The Grammy Awards ceremony will take place on February 13, 2010 in Los Angeles, CA at the Staples Center. Tune in and help us show support for our friends!

New BT Video For Lodge-Mastered Hit "The Emergency"

Brian Transeau, better known by his stage moniker BT, has produced and written original music since the early '90s. Wildly popular for his intricate trance and dance compositions, BT has also become an accomplished contributor to many genres, collaborating with a variety of artists such as Tori Amos, Tiesto, NSync, David Bowie, Armin van Buuren, The Roots and many more.

Longtime client of The Lodge, BT's latest full length "These Hopeful Machines," (Nettwerk) released in February of this year, was mastered by Chief Mastering Engineer Emily Lazar and Mastering Engineer Joe LaPorta. One of the album's star tracks, "The Emergency," is still ranked #1 on Sirius / XM Radio's dance music channel "BPM," and was recently paired with beautiful visuals in a new music video directed by Nicolas Vantomme (Richard Durand, JES).

Watch the video below or on Nettwerk's website here and read all about Emily Lazar and Joe LaPorta's experience mastering "These Hopeful Machines" in their interview with Sonic Scoop's here.

Don't forget to pick up a copy of BT's latest in stores near you!

The Lodge Masters Armin van Buuren's "Mirage"

Iconic Dutch DJ and producer Armin van Buuren, released his fourth studio album, "Mirage," (Armada Music) on September 10th, 2010. The album was mastered at The Lodge by Chief Mastering Engineer Emily Lazar and Mastering Engineer Joe LaPorta.

Originally from a small town in the Netherlands, the ambitious Armin van Buuren has quickly become one of trance music's most popular artists. Since his debut in 1995, Armin van Buuren has sold millions of copies worldwide, won numerous awards and has even been voted among the top three in DJ Magazine's prestigious DJ Top 100 since 2002, ranking #1 in 2007, 2008 and 2009. "Mirage" is his first studio project in years and The Lodge is thrilled to collaborate with him on this release. "Mirage" features guest vocals by English singer Sophie Ellis-Bextor, as well as BT, a musician/producer extraordinaire who has mastered his last three studio albums at The Lodge.

Armin van Buuren has kicked off his world tour, "Armin Only - Mirage," with dates set from July through to December. Armin is notorious for long, enthralling sets and impressive audiovisual effects, so don't miss your chance to catch the world's greatest DJ in action!

BT New Album=Epic Mastering

BT, Emily Lazar & Joe LaPorta were recently interviewed by Sonic Scoop (online audiophile magazine) about the out of this world mastering that went down on BT's amazing new album "These Hopeful Machines".

Anyone who doesn't know who BT is, well, where do we begin? He is a man of many many talents. BT is an all round sonic genius, a programmer, a sound designer, DJ, musician and brilliant producer. A pioneer in the electronic music genre. BT has produced and written for artists such as Peter Gabriel, Madonna, Seal, Justin Timberlake, Sting, Blake Lewis, Tori Amos and Tiesto. He is also the man that crafted the notorious stutter editing technique. Here's his website if you'd like to find out more

Check out the article HERE! And check out the video for the first single off the album "Rose of Jericho"