Catherine Anne Davies, also known as The Anchoress, joins Caro C to discuss her preferred recording methods, the decision to invest in her own studio and receiving three consecutive MPG Award nominations.
Chapters
00:00 - Introduction
01:14 - From Multitrack To MPG Nominations
04:09 - Balancing Locations And Condensed Hours
08:14 - Old School Recording Techniques
11:20 - Recording Piano And Vocals
12:51 - Piano Recording Technique
14:09 - Re-releasing Communion
18:57 - Last Night From Glasgow
21:39 - Favourite Synths
24:41 - New Album Project
27:20 - Recording Own Vocals
32:24 - Teaching
Catherine Anne Davies Biog
Catherine Anne Davies is a producer, multi-instrumentalist and songwriter originally from Wales. Her artist project, The Anchoress, has seen her twice nominated for the Welsh Music Prize and named an Album of the Year by everyone from Elton John to The Sunday Times, to Record Collector.
A three times nominee for the prestigious Music Producers Guild Awards, Catherine’s early roots as a classically-trained flautist have seen her journey from her engineering and co-writing credits on Top 20 albums, to recently being appointed as Professor of Music Production and Songwriting at ICMP & SAE.
Since winning a PRS Writer/Producer award in 2019, she has spent much of the last six years on her current obsession with vintage synthesizers, as well as building a growing reputation as a go-to remixer for artists such Bishi, Thea Gilmore, and Roxanne DeBastion. Catherine’s recent production projects include the lead radio single for Dot Allison’s remix project, producing and mixing on the Hen Hoose Vol. 2 compilation, co-producing her BBC 6 Music supported collaboration with Band Spectra, and producing and mixing the forthcoming Liberty’s Mother album.
Catherine has previously co-written with and worked alongside a variety of prominent industry names including Ed Harcourt (Paloma Faith & James Bay), Liam Howe (Jessie Ware, Marina) and Paul Statham (Kylie, Dido). She has also co-written with artists outside of the alternative rock genre, including MOBO-nominated singer-songwriter/cellist Ayanna Witter-Johnson and British rapper Riz MC .
Catherine also joined the line-up of Simple Minds in 2014, appearing on the Big Music (2015)and Walk Between Worlds (2018) albums before departing in 2019.
She released her debut solo album Confessions of a Romance Novelist in 2016, a collaborative album In Memory of My Feelings (2020) with Bernard Butler. The Art Of Losing (2021), and Versions (2023).
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Caro C Biog
Caro C is an artist, engineer and teacher specialising in electronic music. Her self-produced fourth album 'Electric Mountain' is out now. Described as a "one-woman electronic avalanche" (BBC), Caro started making music thanks to being laid up whilst living in a double decker bus and listening to the likes of Warp Records in the late 1990's. This 'sonic enchantress' (BBC Radio 3) has now played in most of the cultural hotspots of her current hometown of Manchester, UK. Caro is also the instigator and project manager of electronic music charity Delia Derbyshire Day.
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