Machinerooms

The Wales Show brings you the best in culture, music and entertainment from across Wales. Presented by Fran Donovan and Matt Johnson. Music recorded live from the Machinerooms recording studio. Aired on ITV Wales, Thursday’s at 11:05pm.

The Wales Show collaborated with Machinerooms to produce a professional recording of the bands and artists, in a live musical environment, where the musicians would be inspired to produce to the best of their abilities.

Musicians who have performed in the Machinerooms recording studio for The Wales Show are:

Lost Prophets, Kids In Glass Houses, The Automatic, Killing For Company, Attack! Attack!, Goldie Lookin Chain ,Marina & The Diamonds, Amy Wadge, Charlotte Church, Jonathan Powell, Sion Russell Jones, Ben Willis, The Method , The Misers, GirlFriday, D.E.R Collective, The Joy Formidable.

DJ Jen Long likes to work with unsigned bands from all over the country and has brought them into the Machinerooms studio to record their music live for the listeners of her show - ‘BBC Radio One Wales Introducing…..Jen Long.

As well as performing the music in a live environment, there is an inclusion of a successful music producer to accompany the artists and also an interview with Jen about their music & ideals.

Artists / Bands: Colorama Sky Larkin, Racehorses, Gallops, Viva Machine,

Producers: Richard Jackson – The Automatic, Charlie Francis – R.E.M, The Noisettes.

On the show this week, a blistering set from Exit Inernational, producer Rich Jackson.

John is putting the finishing touches to his score for 'Tribal Genius' for BBC 2. the series features Griff Rhys Jones, as he discoveres the cultural significance of indigenous art from India, the Pacific Islands & West Africa. John has collaborated with Sikh singer Bobby Singh & members of the BBC National Orchestra of Wales.

Educated at Cardiff University and achieved a M.Mus in composition. John began his early career sessioning and arranging for Dave Stewart’s Anxious Records, which quickly developed into a career as a composer. His unique approach has earned him great acclaim in recent years, including two BAFTA awards in the Best Original Music category; finalist in London International Advertising Awards and a STERMA Best Production Awards for his KPM album “Art Music and the Minimal”. He has been chosen as lead composer and music supervisor for a slate of independent features being produced by a Cardiff based film and television production company. John enjoys experimenting with both traditional instrumentation and studio technology and composes the majority of his work from his studio in Cardiff.

In April 2009, John Rea founded the Machinerooms recording studio for commercial use.