01/06/2026
Towards the end of 2025 I had the unique opportunity to record and mix an album for Mike Tamburo That album is out now and, really, something you should know about and hear for yourself. It’s powerful stuff and I would love for you to get to experience it. It’s called The Heavy Music, and is available everywhere: https://soundseternal.com/
Mike set up here in Wondersmith Audio, with a rig approximately 18’ wide and nearly 10’ tall comprised of incredible gongs, bronze plates, metal rods, and various other metal - close to 1000lbs of it - plus a dizzying array of mallets, sticks, and other tools of the trade. Like nothing I had ever seen, let alone recorded.
If you’re new to this, you might see the photos and develop a narrow idea of what this is about - meditative new-agey music or something to that effect. If you make those assumptions, you will miss out.
It IS meditative, but also, you can bang your head to it. The sounds Mike makes are at times thunderous/violent/ominous and heavy. Sometimes the thick blanket of overtones coming off a 40” gong and pulsing every molecule of the air feels like a Tony Iommi (of Black Sabbath) power chord crashing into you. At other times you’ll hear sounds as delicate as anything you might find in a nighttime forest or other quiet place in nature.
I’ve listened to the album in my studio with intense focus and a quiet environment but also while navigating traffic on the highway in my Mazda. It holds up in both scenarios.
Mike is an artist, technician, and probably a sorcerer. He is also an absolute sweetheart of a person who tours relentlessly and wants to share this music far and wide. As for my role in the album - all I did was try not to mess up the magic, and I think I succeeded in that. Big thanks to ADK Microphones for helping make that possible! I hope you enjoy The Heavy Music, and check Mike out if he comes to your area.
