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Black Star perform “Fix Up” on Colbert, recorded at Rough Magic Studios

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Talib Kweli Finishing up Prisoner Of Conscience

Alby — Sat, 09 Jul 2011 21:08:00 +0000

Talib Kweli is finishing work on his latest solo record on Blacksmith / EMI. He has been utilizing many of Rough Magic’s string and horn players for his sessions. The album is due out in November.

Jean Grae Releases Cookies Or Comas

Alby — Fri, 24 Jun 2011 21:15:36 +0000

Jean Grae released her Cookies or Comas mixtape today. Much of this work was tracked at Rough Magic and engineered by Alby Cohen. He also mixed 4 tracks on the project.

Idle Warship finishing up upcoming album

Alby — Wed, 22 Jun 2011 20:35:29 +0000

Idle Warship (Talib Kweli and Res) have been finishing tracking for their upcoming album due out in September.

Working out String arrangements for "Rat Race"

WAX lays down some tracks at Rough Magic

Alby — Sat, 11 Jun 2011 14:55:35 +0000

Interscope / Def Jam recording artist Wax has been in the studio writing and tracking for his upcoming album. Rough Magic friends and close associates Fyre Dept, the production duo of Eric Krasno and Adam Deitch are producing a number of tracks as well.

Alby Cohen Begins Mixing on Jean Grae’s Cake or Death

Alby — Thu, 12 May 2011 17:17:11 +0000

Alby Cohen has been tapped to mix 4 songs on Jean Grae’s upcoming Cake Or Death, her long awaited album to be released on EMI’s label. He also tracked much of Jean’s vocals on this album.

Jean @ Rough Magic with Daru Jones and Alby on the console

The Kobolds Release EP II

Alby — Thu, 05 May 2011 16:44:41 +0000

Rough Magic clients The Kobolds released their sophmore effort EP II today. The 5 song EP was tracked, mixed and mastered at Rough Magic Studios. It was produced and engineered by Alby Cohen and mixed and mastered by R.E. Thuggz. Alby and the Kodolds used some amazing session musicians for strings (Meredith Mitchell, Erika Smith), Horns (Lakecia Benjamin, Maurice Brown, Mark Williams, and Chelsea Baratz) and Keys and Synths (Borahm Lee and Arina Ayzen).

Check out a new track here:

Itinerant (128 bitrate mp3 Preview)

Check out their new Video here:

The Grind music video

The Lesser Ghost Self Titled Debut Drops Tomorrow!

Alby — Tue, 05 Apr 2011 16:43:41 +0000

The Lesser Ghost Drops their debut EP tomorrow. Alby Cohen recorded most of the instruments here at Rough Magic over Memorial Day Weekend 2010.

Bow Wow and Kweli In The Studio

Alby — Tue, 29 Mar 2011 17:23:23 +0000

BOW WOW IN THE STUDIO WITH KWELI!!!!!!

New Pharoahe Monch Album W.A.R. Drops Today

Alby — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 00:08:22 +0000

Pharoahe Monch has released his long awaited album W.A.R. in stores everywhere today. Rough Magic had the pleasure of tracking the song Illusion which featured Citizen Cope on the hook and Jean Grae on backing vocals. Also on backing vocals was the engineer on the session, Alby Cohen.