Mastering

George Graves

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In 1974, George relocated from a burgeoning career at Doug Sax’s Mastering Lab in L.A. to Toronto, Canada at the request of legendary producer Jack Richardson, who was setting up his own high-end mastering studio aptly named “JAMF” (Just Another Mastering Facility). Jack, in order to complement his already successful Nimbus 9 productions, needed an experienced – and preferably American mastering engineer – to commandeer the studio. During this time George expanded his already well-rounded resume to include Peter Gabriel, The Guess Who, Rush, Alice Cooper, Bay City Rollers not to mention live Direct-to-Disk lacquer cutting.(note: rare vinyl copies of Led Zeppelin’s IV and Rush’s 2112 regularly appear on Ebay that credit George Graves as responsible for great sound)

Soon after, George would find himself redefining the mastering boundaries at the legendary Lacquer Channel located at the time in Phase One. In 1989, Lacquer Channel relocated to its present location that also hosted successful mastering engineers’ Noah Mintz and Phil Demetro.

Reading like a “who’s who” of famous artists – Bryan Adams, Kim Mitchell, the Tragically Hip, Sloan, Klatuu, Triumph and U2, also lend their names to George’s repertoire. While projects from household names like Gordie Johnson’s Big Sugar, The Satellites, The Constantines, Jim Guthrie, The Toronto Mass Choir, God Rocks and Katie Stelmanis also get his magic touch

Noted recent hits in the red-hot pop/electronic music category include Caribou, The Junior Boys, Russian Futurists, Lets Go To War and Owen Pallet’s Final Fantasy.

George has mastered literally thousands of name acts in his 40+ years and is still going strong. It’s fair to say that George has been almost solely instrumental in defining the standard of mastering in Canada

George’s repertoire of experience and discography rivals the very best in the world.

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