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Layered, Johannesburg, South Africa
Chris Palmer of Layered Studio in Johannesburg is often name-checked as the best mastering engineer for dance music in South Africa. He's also cut a bold swathe across hip hop and classical jazz recording, not to mention S.A.'s home-grown genre of kwaito, which depends on kicking percussion and a boompty-boomp bass. In his session at the Academy in Cape Town, he shared insights into the mysteries of mastering. It's not always about what your ears can audibly perceive, grasshopper. "The more you trust your feelings and the more that you work with your feelings on a track, the better the track will sound at the end of the day."