Bio:
Jon Cohrs
Spleenless Mastering is in Brooklyn, New York. After several years of running Spleenless Mastering in Portland Oregon and recording at Larry Crane’s, Jackpot!, Jon Cohrs moved to New York City to reopen Spleenless Mastering in Brooklyn, where it has gained a reputation for quality, affordability, and most importantly in fostering an interactive relationship with the artists.
In 2002, following the accidental loss of his spleen, Jon founded Spleenless Mastering. In the four years following, he split his time between Larry Crane’s Jackpot! studio and his own mastering company.
Spleenless Mastering recently built a new studio that combines the precision of digital mastering of his old studio with a new set of analog mastering equipment to round out the corners.
Jon Cohrs often works with bands and visual artists, such as Tin Hat with Zeena Parkins, Tara Jane O’Neil, Benny Nemerofsky Ramsey, Talkdemonic, Horsefeathers, and Japanese performance artist Ujino Muntenero, who are pursuing a specific concept in which there is a creative dialogue with the engineer. In addition, several of his recordings can be heard in the satirical comedy, “Thank You For Smoking”.
Jon is also an electronic artist who plays in several collaborative projects involving electronics and softer organic sounds such as his latest project, Rabbits without Spleens with Australian composer Rae Howell .
Chris McDonald
Chris moved to New York in 2006 and worked for music production company Human Worldwide before becoming a full-time, freelance, self-taught mad scientist. He now runs his own production studio, Vanita Phone Company, creating music and (often sound-based) art. He works with professional hardware and software and frequently builds his own electronics for specific projects. He has produced music for recording artists in genres from freak-folk to hip-hop. His work has been in a number of art shows and collections.
Chris is glad to be joining Jon at Spleenless Mastering. He shares Jon's vision of engineering as a collaborative process and embraces an approach to mastering inclusive of hardware as well as software--as long as it sounds excellent.
