Compilation of Local Bands Available

Thirty Iowa bands come together for Sonic Harvest compilation to be released by Maximum Ames

By Maximum Ames Records

Just off the highway from Jamaica, Iowa lies a haven for the creation of sound, where the waves of sonic texture intertwine and germinate like the picturesque fields surrounding the landscape of Sound Farm Studio & Recording Environment.

Over the past six months, seven engineers representing four studios cultivated tracks from 30 Iowa artists into a single compilation showcasing the best of Iowa’s underground music scene – the best of the Iowa music harvest.

 

Maximum Ames is pleased to announce a partnership with Sound Farm Studio & Recording Environment on the release of Sonic Harvest, a compilation of Iowa music recorded at Sound Farm featuring new tracks from 30 artists. The compilation was released on March 24 at The Bombay Bicycle Club featuring music from 12 artists featured on Sonic Harvest. The compilation is now available digitally for $10 through Maximum Ames Records. With a purchase of a ticket to the release show for $5, you get the compilation for free.

The goal of Sonic Harvest was to create a co-op between artists and engineers, combining people who write inspiring music with people who record inspiring music. Ryan Martin, head engineer at Sound Farm, spearheaded the project with the intention of giving smaller Iowa bands an opportunity to record one track in a professional studio environment and listen to the music of Iowa grow organically. The compilation is not genre specific – it features everything from singer-songwriter Sean Huston to the Fairfield electronic powerhouse Utopia Park.

 

Patrick Tape Fleming, guitarist and vocalist of The Poison Control Center, said working on the compilation was a great experience and PCC’s track “Looking Back” is one of his favorite recordings the band has done. He said the fact that Sound Farm gave artists the opportunity to record for free really shows the connection the studio has to the music community and how passionate they are about promoting it.

“It’s amazing that they invited all these bands to come that would probably never have the chance to record at that facility. For your everyday average rock-n-roll band, or even for a band like us that has toured a lot and released a bunch of albums, it was a really big deal to record in such a good studio where Grammy-award winning albums have been made,” Fleming said.