Jac Dalton Completes “Icarus” at Ardent Studios

Dec. 4, 2009 - PRLog -- MEMPHIS, TN. (Ardent Studios) - Australian Rocker Enlists Producers Gregg Brown and Darren Mullan.

Australian rocker and American expatriate Jac Dalton returned to Memphis and Ardent Studios to overdub, edit and mix his new album, "Icarus." The project was produced by Grammy-winner Gregg Brown and Darren Mullan, with Grammy-winning engineer John Hampton at the console.
Gregg Brown and John Hampton have worked together with many top artists, including Waylon Jennings, Travis Tritt, Tammy Wynette, and Marty Stuart, among others.  
Brown says he chose Ardent because "It's where I've done my best work." Jac Dalton added, "The studio is absolutely magnificent; it's beautiful, it's professional, it just reeks of history. Walking around looking at the album covers on the walls is completely humbling."

Following Dalton's debut album "From Both Sides," the new "Icarus" marks a significant advance in Dalton's sound and style. The Southern gentleman from down under has distilled a blend of melodic rock that pays homage to the classics and Australia while expanding on his established musical presence. From the towering vocals, blazing guitars and uplifting vision of the title track "Icarus," to the anthemic "State Of Rock," the groove-laden riffs of "Waterline" and the bone-crunching "Suck, Bang, Blow," (a tribute to a bar in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina) the new album offers up a sound and performance that resonates across borders and generations.

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MASTERING: "Icarus is being mastered by Grammy Award Winner, Richard Dodd (www.richarddodd.com)
Marked with milestones as notable as winning the coveted Best Engineer Grammy Award for Tom Petty's "Wildflowers", Richard Dodd's career as a Recording, Mixing and Mastering Engineer / Producer has taken many interesting twists and turns over the past three plus decades.

Since the early '70s, when he was recording hits like“Kung Fu Fighting,” Dodd has distinguished himself time and again while working with artists Boz Scaggs, Stephane Grappelli, George Harrison, Clannad, Roy Orbison, Wilco, Green Day, Steve Earle, Delbert McClinton, Robert Plant, the Travelling Wilburys, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, Freddie Mercury, Placido Domingo and the Dixie Chicks "Taking the Long Way" (winners of Five Grammy awards in 2007).

"ICARUS" is slated for release early 2010

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Having broken new ground with his first release, the country/rock crossover CD, ‘From Both Sides’ - featuring Mark Evans (AC/DC), Russell Morris, David Moyse (Air Supply), John and Rick Brewster, Buzz Bidstrup and Chris Bailey (The Angels), Paul DeMarco and Rob Riley (Rose Tattoo), Gwyn Ashton (BB King, Mick Fleetwood) and UK’s Paul Wetton (Robert Plant Band), and after the success of the two ‘rockier’ tracks from the CD, being ‘Til We Run Outta Highway’ and ‘Dirty Mean & Nasty’ which saw over 40,000 plays for these two tracks alone (APRA) since the album’s release in 2008 coupled with over 2.5 million hits on MySpace to prove the point, it was an obvious choice for Jac to step up to the plate to deliver the sublime rock album ICARUS.

It is more than one opinion that this album is going to shake things up on both sides of the equator.

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