"Backstairs" aka "clandestine" :)
Hello there !
Welcome to the homepage of the Backstairs music band.
Our music is produced by an independent group of artists. Lyrics come from Lil'Jeannie, Gerry Cohen, Alix Romano and Sharni Barnes. Atanasio is responsible for the music composition and music production. At the vocals are signed or featured collaborating artists, such as Beraud, Natalia Suvorina (aka DragonFly), Sinead McCarthy, Kirst, Jovana and others! Our mastering engineer of choice is Audio Animals Ltd.
Our music likes to be vocal chill upbeat, deep house, tropical and downbeat/chillwave.
Find us in media:
IG/FB: @backstairsmusic
or check our fresh Youtube channel.
This is our studio, February 2022.
Our hardware:
Synthesizers: Sequential Prophet 6, Arturia Polybrute, Sequential Pro-3, Moog Subsequent 37, Access Virus TI2,
Sequential Take 5, Clavia Nord Lead A1, Novation Peak, Korg Minilogue XD, Behringer Deepmind 12,
Roland SH-101, Behringer K-2, Behringer Pro-1, Behringer Model D, Behringer Neutron, Roland SH-201,
Behringer CAT, Yamaha TG-500, Roland JV-1080, Behringer TD-3
Drum/groove machines: Elektron Digitakt, Behringer RD-8
Electronic Drums: D-Tronic Q5
Acoustic Guitar: EAX-500TL
Piano: Yamaha Clavinova
Various acoustic instruments (eg Metallophone, Bongos, etc)
Controllers: Samson Graphite 49, E-mu XBoard49, Omnitronic FAD-9, Devine EZ-Creator, ProKeys MStart-5
FX/signal chain: Behringer: RX1602 line mixer (x2), Ultragraph Pro 2x15 EQ, MDX2600V2 Compressor,
Exciter SX3040, Virtualizer FX2000 3D, Ultramizer SU9920, Allen & Heath ZED14
Mic: Shure SM58
Other studio gear: HP i5, Focusrite Scarlett 6i6, Doepfer Dark Link, Xenyx 502
nEar06 by ESI (active, 1x6", 1x2", 70W), Beyerdynamic DT-770, AKG K-240-MKII, Sennheiser HD4,5DBTNC,
Audio-Technica ATH M-20X
Our Software:
DAW/plugins:
Steinberg Cubase 11, Melodyne 5 Studio, oeksound Soothe2 and Spiff, Soundtheory Gulfoss, SPL Iron
iZotope: Nectar 3 Plus, Ozone 9 adv, Neutron 3 adv, VocalSynth 2, RX8 Standard, Tone Balance and others
Melda: complete FX pack, Lindell PEX-500, SSL channel and SSL Bus comp, Sonible: SmartEQ, Scaler 2
Nora, SPL Vitalizer, Vertigo VSM-3, Shadow Hills, Bettermaker, BX Console N, BX opto, Purple Audio MC77
BX 2098, Soundtoys: Decapitator, Alterboy, Valhalla: VintageVerb, RoomVerb, Delay and various Waves,
MTM and Hornet plugins
Soft synths: MSoundFactory, Diva, Rapid, Pigments 3, Dune 3, Zebra 2, Icarus 2, Synthmaster 2/One,
MDrummer, Thorn, Wiggle, PA: bx_oberhausen and Knifonium, TAL: J-8 and U-No-XL,
NI: Massive, Absyth 5, FM8, CA: Mercury-4, 2600, PS-20, Arp Quadra, Waldorf: Largo and PPG
Ample Sound: AGF2, AGT, AGSC, AGPF, AGVC, AGP2, AGM, AGB, and others
Altough our genre allows even for a complete in-the-box production, we often opt for multi-instrumentalism, by using electronic drums, an electric-acoustic guitar, and a clavinova piano, as main companion of our hardware setup.