Faster Than Sound – Relocations & Precautions: Austin Recording Studios During COVID-19

Big Orange and Cacophony engineers relocate as recording industry tiptoes back into the studio.

"...Last month, Cacophony Recorders owner Erik Wofford finally moved out of his Eastside studio after..."

July 17, 2020 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

TCB

The golden ears of producer Erik Wofford, ambitious redesign plan of the Austin Music Hall, continuing adventures of Rockstar: Supernova contestant Patrice Pike, and bad-boy musicians of DontDateHimGirl.com.

"...always had a predisposition to figuring stuff out," says Erik Wofford, the soft-spoken local producer whose recent credits include..."

July 21, 2006 Music Column by Christopher Gray

Playback: The Future of Austin Recording Studios

Studio owners look at different solutions to surviving in an increasingly expensive city

"...of property on Red Bluff Road including the studio Erik Wofford had been renting for over a decade, Cacophony..."

Aug. 5, 2016 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Playback: FREE WEEK!

2014, you're up

"...Drums/Percussion: Erik Conn (Tia Carrera)..."

Jan. 3, 2014 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Faster Than Sound: Falling Hard for Sasha & the Valentines

The Massachusetts transplants debut their dream-pop LP, Daniel Johnston's NFT dustup, and more music news

"...during Hot Summer Nights in 2019, Cacophony Recorders owner Erik Wofford reached out to the band. Plans to buy..."

April 16, 2021 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Off the Record

Explosions in the Sky commemorates the Fourth of July, Harlem signs with Matador, floating down to Whitewater on the Horseshoe, and paying tribute to Sky Sunlight Saxon and the King of Pop

"...July 4, 1999, for an audience of one – Erik Wofford, who engineered the instrumentalists' Local Live session on..."

July 3, 2009 Music Column by Austin Powell

Voxtrot: The (Re)start of Something

12 years after disbanding, the forerunners of modern indie-pop call on the "mystical, inexplicable force" that flowed through their Early Music

"...Velvet Underground and the Kinks, Voxtrot retreated to engineer Erik Wofford's Cacophony studios on the recommendation of their friends..."

Sept. 23, 2022 Music Feature by Julian Towers

Raging and Reflecting With Glassing’s Ambient Metal

Letting just a little light in on new album Spotted Horse

"...While Erik Wofford produced 2017's punk-infused Light and Death at Cacophony..."

May 17, 2019 Music Feature by Michael Toland

Adam Torres’ Big Sky Americana

His panoramic view of the world transcends into his haunting falsetto

"...Ohio, Pearls to Swine, recorded at Cacophony Recorders with Erik Wofford after Torres moved here in 2011, rises into..."

July 14, 2017 Music Feature by Alejandra Ramirez

Candi & the Strangers

"...Constant and Angie and Greg Rose, plus ubiquitous producer Erik Wofford – shoots for the stars on its sophomore..."

Feb. 11, 2011 Music Review by Audra Schroeder

Twelve Drummers Drumming

Caroling casualties: The 12 nays of Christmas

"...possible before you go into the studio," local producer Erik Wofford says. "There's no such thing as overrehearsing. You'll..."

Dec. 15, 2006 Music Feature by Darcie Stevens

Scott H. Biram: No Regrets/Yes Regrets

Q&A about gritty bluesman’s new ‘Nothin’ But Blood’

"...You typically record at home, so working with producer Erik Wofford at Cacophony Records was a new approach for..."

Feb. 4, 2014 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Playback: Heaven and Hell and Scott H. Biram

Scott H. Biram gets bloody, UT gets KUT's music library, and Macaulay Culkin pisses me off

"...You typically record at home, so working with producer Erik Wofford at Cacophony Recorders was a new approach for..."

Jan. 31, 2014 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Tosca: Indie Rock's Orchestra

"...soon followed, originally with Glover Gill and soon with Erik Hokkanen, David Byrne, Ray Benson, Arcade Fire, Trail of..."

May 18, 2007 Music Feature by Darcie Stevens

TCB

  Patrice Pike comes home, lalaland breaks out, Trophy's cleans up, and TCB comes clean.

"...release Friday at Emo's, in three days at producer Erik Wofford's Cacophony Recorders. TCB's first thought was perhaps the..."

Sept. 1, 2006 Music Column by Christopher Gray

Black Pumas’ Eric Burton Bets on Himself

After an abrupt break, Chronicles of a Diamond completely reinvents the band dynamic

"...That "Ice Cream (Pay Phone)" demo eventually traveled to Erik Wofford's Cacophony Recorders for additional tracking and to Electric..."

Nov. 17, 2023 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re listening to

"...Fantasma), engineer Adrian Quesada (Black Pumas), and mastering engineer Erik Wofford (Explosions in the Sky), the quintet's self-titled debut..."

Oct. 2, 2020 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Faster Than Sound: Blood Goes Big, Free Week Contracts

In the ATX music news: punk poetics by local septet Blood, January’s Free Week dates, and the Live Music Fund’s first feedback

"...as the group's only output so far, captured by Erik Wofford at Cacophony Recorders and released in June...."

Dec. 27, 2019 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Playback Punches Out

After six years and 388,000 words, "Playback" hands off the music column

"...full-length, slated for 2019, will be tracked here with Erik Wofford producing and already boasts prospective song titles including..."

Nov. 23, 2018 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Local Musicians on Avoiding the Sophomore Slump

Five trending Austin-hatched acts that sidestepped recording’s biggest pitfall

"...Recorded with Erik Wofford at Cacophony Recorders in East Austin before Cohen's..."

Aug. 4, 2017 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

Playback: Mosaic Sound Collective Comes Into Focus

Mosaic Sound Collective's music hub and ancient atmospheric Adam Torres point to the future

"...(Molly Burch). The same group cut the session at Erik Wofford's Cacophony Recorders that spawned both Pearls to Swine..."

Feb. 24, 2017 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Bright Light Social Hour & Israel Nash

Nash to host TBLSH cameo at Antone’s on Wednesday?

"...two labels, we also had the recording mastered by Erik Wofford at Cacophony Recorders and the art done by..."

Dec. 6, 2016 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Imperialists

"...Are You Afraid Of? Co-produced by renowned Austin producer Erik Wofford, the former Ghost of the Russian Empire members'..."

Nov. 25, 2016 Music Review by Kahron Spearman

Golden Dawn Arkestra

"...R&B melody on uplifting standout "Clouds." Local analog master Erik Wofford again captures GDA's multitude of keyboards, horns, vibraphone,..."

March 18, 2016 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Redeye

"...do its producer Matt Pence (Midlake, Centro-matic), and mixer Erik Wofford (Black Angels, White Denim). "H Town" additionally nods..."

Aug. 21, 2015 Music Review by Neph Basedow

Welcome to the Machine

2014-15 Austin Music Industry Awards results

"...6) Erik Wofford..."

March 13, 2015 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Austin Music Industry Awards Winners

KUTX named Best Radio Station, Strange Brew Best Venue

"...Sr. 4) Tim Gerron 5) Chris “Frenchie” Smith 6) Erik Wofford 7) Adrian Quesada 8) Jim Eno 9) Michael..."

March 9, 2015 Music Post by The Music Staff

Aaron Behrens Keeps Rising

Ghostland Observatory singer sounds a battle cry in Midnight Stroll

"...I went in the studio with Matt Drenik and Erik Wofford at Cacophony Recorders. I had Nic Armstrong on..."

Sept. 8, 2014 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Golden Dawn Arkestra

"...prove even stranger. Recorded and produced by local A-team Erik Wofford and Adrian Quesada, the extraterrestrial 10-piece beams six..."

Aug. 29, 2014 Music Review by Chase Hoffberger

Playback: DaveTV's Cable Access Comeback

DaveTV returns to cable access!

"..."We had help from some beautiful earthlings named Erik Wofford and Adrian Quesada," lauds Mgawi, who looks suspiciously..."

Aug. 22, 2014 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

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