CATE LE BON
The drums for Cate Le Bon’s new album were recorded by Simon in the Live room with Stella Mogzawa (Warpaint) on drums. The whole thing was done over various time zones between Wales and Australia via the Audio Movers app!
COURTNEY BARNETT
Simon and Chloe recorded the new Courtney Barnett album over a few weeks in 2020/21. We even got a little plaque thing when it went no. 1 on the UK Americana
Albums chart
CORDI ELBA
Simon recorded the drums sounds for the new collab between Lime Cordiale and English musician and actor Idris Elba
MEG MAC
Chloe recorded Meg Mac and her awesome band entirely live in our big room.
ANDY GOLLEDGE
Chloe engineered the new Andy Golledge record, “Strength of a Queen”.
POLISH CLUB
Wade Keighran recorded the new Polish Club here and mixed at his studio.
ANNIE HAMILTON
Pete Covington recorded the latest Annie Hamilton LP “the future is here but it feels kinda like the past”
JACK LADDER
The one and only Jack Ladder tracked his new record with Simon and Chloe, entirely to tape except strings which were added in Texas!
BOY AND BEAR
Are right in the middle of a new self-produced record, with Simon helping out on the buttons and dials.
THE BUOYS
Antonia Gauchi has been recording and mixing tracks with The Buoys in Studio 1, the Live Room and her own mix room.
LIME CORDIALE
The new album from Lime Cordiale was made between Studio 1, Oceanic Studio and a North Coast farmhouse with Dave Hammer producing and Simon Berckelman on the controls. Great example of pushing the equipment to tape and the bold drum sound of the Live Room, it’s produced 3 high-rotation singles on jjj, a Hottest 100 #9 and even a Hottest 200 of the decade!
MOANING LISA
Ben Moore and Moaning Lisa have scored jjj high rotation lately, with tracks recorded and mixed in the Live Room and Ben’s Harvest studio upstairs at Golden Retriever.
ERTHLINGS
Producer Antonia Gauchi is making some tracks with new Future Classic signing Erthlings between Studio 1, the Live Room and her own room here in the building. It’s sounding huge.
BOY AND BEAR
Between dates on a busy international touring schedule Boy and Bear snuck in to the studio for a week to record an acoustic album, all live (including vocals) in the same room to tape.
SUNSCREEN
Simon Berckelman engineered, mixed and produced the new EP for Sydney band Sunscreen, out now through Spunk Records
NICK LITTLEMORE
Nick from Empire Of The Sun and PNAU came in to capture some sounds with Simon for his Two Leaves Project. 9 Percussionists, a choir of spiritual singers and over 300 instruments tracked and mixed live to two tracks of tape left some very satisfied and very tired boys.
THE INTERNET
While on the Laneway tour the Internet booked in for an enjoyable session in the Live Room and Studio 1 with Simon on the controls, resulting in a chunk of their killer new album.
ART VS SCIENCE
Since recording their platinum selling debut EP and LP, Simon has enjoyed a fruitful recording relationship with Art vs Science. Currently working on their forth coming album, you can hear the first single (recorded and mixed at Golden Retriever) here.
BODY TYPE
Body Type have been in the studio recording their debut EP with Antonia Gaucci and Kon Kersting.
THE TAMBOURINE GIRLS
The Tambourine Girls tracked their new album in the live room with super producer Tim Whitten. Listen to the first track from the new album below.
STU LARSEN
Stu tracked and mixed his new album in Studio 1 with Simon Berckelman engineering and Tim Hart (Boy and Bear) producing.
BRIGHTNESS
Brightness came in to record, mix and shoot some awesome live videos. Sound recorded and mixed by Simon, videos produced by the excellent Exit Films and directed by Mitch Grant.
ANDY BULL
Andy Bull has been working with Simon on a new album. The album will feature members of Megan Washington's band and Holy Holy. Nothing's released yet, so watch this space!
[BERLIN] DUNE RATS
We've followed local boys Dune Rats to dizzying heights and are super proud to have mixed their breakthrough tracks at various early iterations of Golden Retriever.
[BERLIN] HOW TO DRESS WELL
How To Dress Well recorded the critically acclaimed "What Is This Heart" L.P. in our old Berlin studio with producer Rodaidh McDonald (the XX, King Krule) over a few weeks of memorable Berlin summer nights.