LOUD MASTERING
Making Music Timeless

LOUD ENGINEER
Jason Mitchell
Jason’s music career started too far back for him to remember, although the technical fascination with recording, mixing, editing and making final cassettes and CD masters has featured heavily throughout his life. The breakthrough came from helping to develop and set up his High School’s recording and hi-tech music department, he discovered an aptitude for recording and music technology and started to hassle his way into his local recording studio. From there he eventually gained a full-time job working in the attached music shop while hopping back and forth into the studio for recording sessions. Gaining experience from other studios (recording, producing and mastering) and working for record labels (as a producer and an artist), Jason knew where his passion fell. Then an opportunity presented itself at a new studio in Taunton…
Learning directly from John Dent in his own, newly built studio, Jason is one of a number of acclaimed Mastering Engineers to enjoy that privilege and has worked on countless projects for LOUD. Keeping up to date with current recording and Mastering technology (and a musician in his own right) has kept him, and the studio, at the cutting edge whilst still retaining the classic analogue sound that is so sought after in this age. Helping John to establish LOUD as a high definition and high resolution studio has had proven results with critical acclaim, even inspiring detailed research projects that enabled Jason to create one of the first Blu-Ray pure audio discs to demonstrate to record companies!
Sadly, John passed away in December 2017 but wanted Jason to continue his legacy. Keeping the studio “sound” and musical vibe made famous by LOUD Mastering, Jason looks forward with a fresh, modern approach in a timeless analogue studio.

Director
Anna Dent
Anna met John Dent in 2006 and subsequently joined the team at LOUD Mastering in 2010. Anna and John married in 2012. She offered great support in the studio on the administration side, particularly bookkeeping, which gave John and Jason more freedom to concentrate on their mastering skills.
It was John’s wish that his wife would take over as director and, since his sad passing in December 2017, Anna demands the same unique quality of sound from her engineers that was her late husband’s benchmark.
Away from the studio Anna can be found indulging in her hobbies of gardening and beekeeping. She is also a practising natural therapist.

Administration
James Clancy
James joined LOUD Mastering early in 2018 where he is now responsible for bookkeeping, marketing and general management on the administration side.
A publisher, photographer and graphic designer by trade James has also kept accounts for three book publishing companies since he began his working life in 1983. He compiled, with Simone Stanbrook-Byrne, a successful string of walking guidebooks to Somerset, Devon, Dorset and Cornwall, many of which are still available.
He has enjoyed a lifetime interest in music and regularly books bands for local events and festivals in Mid Devon.

Founder / RIP
John Dent
MPG Mastering Engineer of the Year 2014 – John Dent!
John picked up this prestigious award for work on various albums that year (Goldfrapp and Coldspecks to name a couple) and to recognise the decades of mastering that he’d provided to the music business.
John’s passion and skill for mastering are widely respected throughout the world and Jason Mitchell was privileged to have shared his knowledge and craft for over 20 years.
John’s CV speaks for itself with clients far and wide spotting his moniker carved into the runout groove of both classic records and modern cuts. Seeking out either engineer’s skillset and having ‘Mastered at LOUD’ on your album or single sets a standard that is recognised with respect and confidence.
Sadly, John left us after a long battle with cancer on December 29th 2017. His legacy lives on with Jason retaining the studio “sound” but John will always remain proudly at the heart of LOUD Mastering.
LOUD Mastering was a name that came about to reflect the extreme shirts that John Dent and Jason Mitchell would wear during their younger days at the studio!

Adam Sweet

Aldous Harding

Aldous Harding

Alice Gold

Alison Sudol

Bareto

Bauhaus

Birte Paulson

Black Feathers

Bob Marley

Bomba Estereo

Chris Jagger

Coco Funka Chucaro

Cold Specks

Cold Specks

Cold Specks

Daayra

Dark Paradise Records

Darwin Deez

Darwin Deez

DJ Shadow

DJ Shadow

DJ Shadow

Dry Cleaning

Dry Cleaning

Dua Lipa / Jax Jones

Editors

Franz Ferdinand

Friends

Fryars

Gary Numan

Gary Numan

Goldfrapp

Goldfrapp

Guts

Guts

Guts

Half Seas Over

Hera

Howard Jones

Imogen Heap

John Parish + PJ Harvey

Josh T Pearson

Joss Stone

Kanute Ursaminor

Kasabian

Katarina Knechtova

Kindness Otherness

King Crimson

King Crimson

King Crimson

King Crimson

Kula Shaker

Kula Shaker

Kula Shaker

La Roux

Lemming

Levellers

Levellers

Maggie Björklund

Mara Carlyle

Marianne Faithfull

Markp

Martin Barre

Massive Attack

Matt Deighton

Mick Harvey

Midge Ure

Midge Ure

Miss Kenichi

Moulettes Preternatural

Mystery Jets

Nadine Khouri

Nathan Adams

Neil Cowley Trio

Niall James

Nick Mulvey

Nightmares On Wax

Novastar

On Dead Waves

Ozric Tentacles

PiL

PiL

Paul Turney

PJ Harvey

PJ Harvey

PJ Harvey

PJ Harvey

PJ Harvey & John Parish

PJ Harvey

Planet Funk

Radiohead

Reptar

Robert Plant

Robert Plant

Robert Plant

Rod Brakes

Santogold

SB Band

Self Esteem

Show Of Hands

Sia

Smoke Fairies

Smoke Fairies

Speedy Wunderground

Speedy Wunderground

Squid

Steve Winwood

Tamer Adu Ghazaleh

Theo Parrish

Tindersticks

Tom Vek

Trees Speak

Trick

Ukedelia

We Have Band

XTC

XTC

XTC

XTC

Yes Sir Boss

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