Groovemaster is a 40,000-square-foot music recording studio in Chicago, Illinois, owned and largely built by mixer and producer Johnny K. He has used the studio to work with famous bands such as Finger Eleven and Plain White T's. Following a Grammy nomination for "Producer of the Year" in 2009, he began working with Mars Argo for their canceled second studio album.
Background[]
Mars Argo and Titanic Sinclair started working with Johnny K at Groovemaster in 2010. They reworked older songs such as "Electric Car"[1] and "Technology Is a Dead Bird" that year with the producer, and although the original studio recordings were not officially released, acoustic performances were recorded in the studio's 'Blue Room',[2][3] the audio of which were later included on the 2010 release of the Internet Sessions EP.[4]
The song "Nothing Without You" was recorded at Groovemaster in 2011, and released to YouTube later that year.[5] A remix of the song "Using You", recorded at the studio in 2012, was also released as a single on December 21st, 2014.[6]
Mars Argo songs recorded at Groovemaster Studios[]
- "Beauty Is Empty"[7]
- "Electric Car"
- "Love in Black and White"[8]
- "Nothing Without You"
- "Suicide Birds"[9]
- "Technology Is a Dead Bird"
- "Using You"
Gallery[]
Trivia[]
- 2011 Grocerybag videos "Soon." and "What Do You Love?" were filmed at the studio.
- Footage was also used in the first and second episodes of three-part docuseries, Whats Your Name.
References[]
- ↑ Titanic Sinclair (March 10, 2017). "Limo was all me. Electric was written with a producer". Twitter. Retrieved April 30, 2022.
- ↑ grocerybagdottv (June 5, 2010). "Mars Argo - Electric Car (Live Acoustic)". YouTube. Archived from the original on June 20, 2010. Retrieved April 29, 2022.
- ↑ grocerybagdottv (June 8, 2010). "Mars Argo - Technology is a Dead Bird (Live Acoustic)". YouTube. Archived from the original on June 20, 2010. Retrieved April 29, 2022.
- ↑ Mars Argo (August 18, 2010). "Internet Sessions". Bandcamp. Archived from the original on October 17, 2010. Retrieved April 29, 2022.
- ↑ grocerybagdottv (June 19, 2011). "Mars Argo - Nothing Without You". YouTube. Archived from the original on February 26, 2013. Retrieved April 29, 2022.
- ↑ Mars Argo (December 21, 2014). "Using You - Single". iTunes. Retrieved April 29, 2022.
- ↑ Titanic Sinclair (May 19, 2012). ""Beauty is Empty" remix about to hit dem skreetz". Twitter. Archived from the original. Retrieved April 29, 2022.
- ↑ CASCADIA魔王 (October 23, 2020). "Mars Argo - Rare Vlog (Re-Upload)- Part -1". YouTube. Retrieved April 29, 2022.
- ↑ Mars Argo (December 2, 2010). "Suicide Birds: Day 1". Facebook. Archived from the original on August 31, 2018. Retrieved April 29, 2022.