Electronic Mixing & Mastering

Q: Tell us about a project you worked on you are especially proud of and why. What was your role?

A: I worked on a remix that was released through Lowly Palace.

Q: What are you working on at the moment?

A: I currently work with MONTA Records and Alter/Ego, the label of the artist Hex Cougar. I have also had appearances on Trap City and Trap Nation.

Q: Analog or digital and why?

A: Digital, for its precision and efficiency, which suits electronic music, my specialty. Still, I would never deny that analog can be superior in its imperfection.

Q: What was your career path? How long have you been doing this?

A: I have been making and releasing electronic music as Teneki since 2014, with releases on Interval Audio, Liquid Ritual, Cyberwave Collective and MONTA Records. I have also worked as A&R for Interval Audio, a bass music label. Over my career I have mastered 100+ tracks, including 60+ public mixing and mastering commissions.

Q: Which artist would you like to work with and why?

A: Skeler, Barnacle Boi and SVDDEN DEATH, and other artists who share a Y2K aesthetic, because that aesthetic is what I love most.

Q: What's your strongest skill?

A: My specialty is early-2000s (Y2K) sounds and experimental electronic music.

Q: What do you bring to a song?

A: A feel for early-2000s (Y2K) sounds and experimental electronic music, plus an artist's ear for the genres I master.

Q: Tell us about your studio setup.

A: A fully digital workflow built around high-end plugins and equipment, with calibrated, referenced monitoring.

Q: What other musicians or music production professionals inspire you?

A: Nostalgic trance and Y2K-flavored electronic music. Onoken, Virtual Self and Juelz.

Q: What's your 'promise' to your clients?

A: I never upsample, I tell you before I start if your mix has problems mastering cannot fix, and every master gets a translation check.

Q: What questions do customers most commonly ask you? What's your answer?

A: What should I send? A stereo mixdown peaking below 0 dB, with no brickwall limiter on the master bus, as WAV at your original sample rate. Do you change my mix? Mastering does not change your mix. Mix changes after delivery are a new order.

Q: What questions do you ask prospective clients?

A: Your genre, 1-3 reference tracks, what you will send (stereo mixdown, stems or tracks) and your deadline.

Q: What advice do you have for a customer looking to hire a provider like you?

A: Tell your engineer your genre and send 1-3 reference tracks. Send a mix peaking below 0 dB with no limiter on the master bus, and put all your revision notes in one message.

Q: How would you describe your style?

A: Club-ready and streaming-ready masters that keep their punch and transients.

Q: Can you share one music production tip?

A: When you send a mix for mastering, keep peaks below 0 dB and leave the brickwall limiter off the master bus. It keeps the punch and transients I need to work with.

Q: What type of music do you usually work on?

A: Bass music, hardwave, trance and hard dance, plus other electronic styles. I also clean up voice for podcasts.

Q: What's your typical work process?

A: You send your genre, 1-3 reference tracks and your files. I check the mix and tell you before starting if something mastering cannot fix. I master it, finish with a translation check and deliver 24-bit and 16-bit (dithered) WAV or FLAC. You send your revision notes in one message and I apply them together.

Q: Describe the most common type of work you do for your clients.

A: Stereo mastering and stem mastering for electronic producers in bass music, hardwave, trance and hard dance. I also do mixing + mastering for finished projects and voice cleanup for podcasts.