Services / CH02 · Behind the desk

Music & Album Production

Recording · Mixing · Arrangement

A flash studio or his boutique space at home: either way you get decades of recording know-how, arrangement ideas, and a decent cup of tea.

Talk about your record

Rikki playing guitar in the studio, black and white

Whether you want to record your next big hit in a purpose-built studio or just throw some demos and ideas together in Rikki's boutique artist space, he brings countless hours of studio experience, recording trickery and arrangement wizardry. He also promises to make you a nice cup of tea.

From 1999 to 2006 Rikki ran The Bus, a studio in Devonport where a generation of young bands made their first recordings, among them Finn Andrews (later of The Veils), The Checks, Gin Wigmore, Electric Confectionaires and White Birds & Lemons. Filmmaker Julian McCarthy made a documentary about that scene, 'Guitars From The Leafy Suburbs'.

These days he works from his home studio, Skew Whiff, where 'About Time' was recorded and mixed. Since 2015 he has also been producing for singer-songwriter Chris Sanders.

Highlights

When The Cat's Away, 'Live In Paradise'

#5 NZ album chart, platinum. Producer and engineer.

Paul Holmes, 'Holmes'

#5 NZ album chart, platinum. Engineer.

Hammond Gamble

'Recollections' (top 40) and 'Ninety Mile Days' (top 30). Producer and engineer.

Graham Brazier, 'East Of Eden'

Producer and engineer.

The Exponents

'Christchurch' and 'Rugby', bonus tracks on the top 20 Greatest Hits. Producer.

The Veils