This is the second custom AC package S2blue have produced for Manx Radio; following on from the success of the previous package.

The station was going through a rebrand and was wanting a more contemporary feel. The new package includes overdubs and vocals recorded at the world famous Studio 2, Abbey Road, London.

In the two days we spent at Abbey Road we recorded vocals from Kim Chandler and string overdubs by members of the BBC Philharmonic, who came to the Manx session direct from playing the Proms at the Albert Hall!

Marc Tyley, Manx Radio’s Controller of Programmes and Content told us:

“Working with S2blue has been absolutely brilliant from the very beginning that we started this new package. We were bouncing ideas backwards and forwards – I knew we wanted to move forward with something that had a real contemporary feel and had a lot of real instruments on it; something with depth; something that was going to take us forward and last.

When it came to recording, the singers were fantastic. All the musicians were absolutely brilliant, the string section perfect in every last detail and they managed to bring every element out and make it shine.

I’ve worked with a lot of different producers and providers of imaging and the relationship that we’ve got here with Steve and Simon and Maurice has been first class. I couldn’t have asked for a better response; the dialogue, the way we worked this package together was brilliant. It’s been an absolute pleasure and I know that it’s going to sound great!”