Today’s guest is GABE VAN — producer, mixer, engineer, singer, songwriter, & guitarist.

He owns & operates AKIRA AUDIO in Woodland Hills, CA, where he’s done a wide range of in-house sound work across music, film, fashion, TV, & web media.

There he's recorded thousands of sessions, most frequently with drummers KELLII SCOTT of FAILURE & BEN KOLLER of CONVERGE.

He’s also gone on the road to do live sound with Failure, Autolux, Local Natives, & others.

His band MOSSBREAKER released their first album, Between the Noise & You, in 2017 on Glory Kid Records. Check the Bandcamp links below to hear that, along with an early EP, singles, & more recent demos. They opened for HUM & Mineral at the Regent Theater in LA in September 2015.

In this episode, we discuss finding your niche, the stress-tests of guitar tech'ing, & the way sound travels through the memory-space of time.

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https://www.akiraaudio.com

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https://mossbreaker.bandcamp.com/album/between-the-noise-and-you

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HUM on Modern Rock Live [1998]

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TIMESTAMPS:

02:25 // "Runway" (Mossbreaker)

03:37 // Akira Audio

07:53 // Recording Schools

12:55 // Working with Ken Andrews

19:55 // "Between the Noise & You" (Mossbreaker)

23:06 // Hearing HUM

26:45 // "Ms. Lazarus" Discussion

49:31 // "Shamer" (Mossbreaker)

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