Engineers

Guus Hoevenaars is a 2 x Emmy winning and Bafta Nominated Producer / Mixer & Engineer.

After nearly 2 decades in London and 7 years in Atlanta, Guus now runs Newmarket Studios.

He has worked with Courtney Barnett, Vance Joy, Kurt Vile, The National, Tones & I, King Gizzard, The Avalanchers, Pete Murray, AB Original, Tkay Maidza, Kingswood, Amy Manford, Thando, Blackheart Death Cult, Scissor Sisters, Broads, Claps, The Rookies, Clint Wilson, The Hunter Express, The Feeling, Manfred Mann, Orchestra Victoria.

“The US opened my eyes and ears to what producing really is … I was part of this incredible creative studio called Soapbox Studios. We had Missy Elliott, P-Diddy, David Guetta, Bangladesh (Beyonce), Novel (Leona Lewis), Cee-lo Green and many others passing through.

For about 7 years soaking up the knowledge… along side working with Lann Johnson under the name JINJA. It was an incredible time”

In London he worked from Trevor Horn’s Music Bank, Jools Holland’s studio and Manfred Mann’s Workhouse Studios

Born in The Netherlands, Guus studied at the Royal Conservatoire in The Hague, graduating as Tonmeister and worked with a wide range of artists producing and recording albums for genres from Jazz through Pop (PIAS/Wilhelmus) to Classical (Philips Classic/Deutsche Gramophone).

 

Julian McKenzie commenced working at Newmarket Studios in 2009, initially as an assistant engineer, progressing into the position of house engineer- and subsequently studio manager in 2012. As studio manager he oversaw a period of upgrade to the studio in the form of ongoing renovations and improvements while maintaining the studio’s affinity for vintage and classic high quality audio equipment. Passionate about music, art, education and the expression of sound- during this time he also enjoyed teaching studio engineering in a Cert IV Music Industry course, holding classes at Newmarket Studios, as well as a brief career as a singing teacher. He has also worked for several years with the mastering department at Dex audio and has a solid knowledge of the entire recording process from song construction to finished records. In the recent years his career as a singer, performer, and songwriter has meant a busy schedule balancing international touring and engineering duties at Newmarket. When he cannot be found in the studio or on stage- his time is spent mostly in, or on, the ocean.