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Some sound-clips: — Production and Mixing & Mastering examples, from the album 'So Free'
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Newly released album a success:
The new album from the award winning Norwegian Blues-queen Rita Engedalen has been released by Bluestown Records in August this year (2011) and it has received fabulous reviews in Norwegian papers; of the three largest nationwide newspapers in Norway: VG, Dagbladet and Aftenposten, it got one 6/6 stars, and two 5/6 stars.
The nationwide newspaper 'Aftenposten' gave it 6/6 and called it "A dream of a bluesrecord', and the nationwide 'Dagbladet gave it 5/6 and said: "This might give her another Spellemannspris (the Norwegian Grammy).
In local and regional papers the album has also received great reviews, with lots of 5/6 stars reviews.
It got to 8th place on the official Norwegian Sales Chart (VG lista) on September 2nd 2011:
Produced by Rita Engedalen and Morten Omlid.
Recorded in JukeJointStudio by Njal Frode Lie
Mastered in Hydroparken Studio by Njal Frode Lie
Mixed in Hydroparken Studio by Njal Frode Lie (with the producers)
Got Spotify?
Here's the link:
Rita Engedalen – Chapels and bars on Spotify
Album cover: Chapels and Bars, Rita Engedalen, released August 5th 2011
Njal with a hoodie
So, if you wonder if the quality I deliver with my mixing, mastering and recording is chart-quality, it definitely is!
About musical styles:
I work with most styles, from blues, rock and metal, to pop, dance and techno.
For mixing: get a modern sound with attitude.
For mastering: get the same sound you already have, just better.
Check out my customers-link page for more information.
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Music/Customers
— Happy Customers from over 21 Countries!
Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Denmark, Egypt, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, India, Ireland, Italy, Malaysia, Norway, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Spain, Saint Lucia, Sweden, UK, and USA.
When mixing and mastering I work with several styles, ranging from pop/rock, to metal, to techno, chillout and blues.
Under you'll find some links to customer pages - let me know if you are looking for examples of a style not present here, or of course, you could also take advantage of the free one-minute preview option and get a taste of how your own song would sound like with mastering or mixing from NFL Produksjoner.
You know, some like it dark and some like it bright, some like it hot and loud, and other like it open and dynamic.
Send me your files and let me know how you like it, and I will help you achieve the musical sound you are looking for.
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Multiple styles - Customer links:
For Nordic Records and nationally famous fusion keyboard legend Haakon Graf; mastering three of his albums - mastering his new jazz/fusion album 'License to Chill', the album has received very good reviews.
http://www.nordicrecords.no/forside/artister/haakon-graf/
—Njål, jeg er veldig fornøyd med masteringen du har gjort, det låter friskt og spenstig! Takk for flott jobb!
( —Njål, I am very satisfied with the mastering you have done, it sounds fresh and vital! Thank you for the great work!)Haakon Graf, LA, USA/Oslo, Norge, 21 oktober 2010
Style: Jazz, Fusion
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Re mastering of 'Blow Out'
The album was recorded in 1977, released on LP.
Having to deal with the technical starting point we had available, Njal Frode Lie at NFL Production has done miraculous work.
It's like listening to a totally new production, better than the original, in my view.
Original text - quote in Norwegian:
Re mastering av " Blow Out "
Albumet ble spilt inn i 1977, utgitt på LP. Ut i fra de tekniske betingelsene vi hadde til rådighet, har Njål Frode Lie hos NFL Produksjoner gjort en mirakuløs jobb.
Det er som å lytte til en helt ny produksjon, bedre enn originalen, etter min mening.
Haakon Graf
Los Angeles, February 16th 2011
Also, the remastering of his 1994 album, 'Good Groove' with the group 'Grafitti'.
For Crosstown Records and the band Elly Marvellous; mixing and mastering (and some recording) the pop/accoustic album 'Heal My Heart' (released January 2011)
This album has received very good reviews.
For Hanne Tveter and Nordic Records, mastering her 2011 critically acclaimed double album, her third solo album.
http://www.myspace.com/hannetveter
http://www.nordicrecords.no/frontpage/artists/hanne-tveter-cruxando-fronteraz-eng/
Norwegian folk-music meeting tango and traditional music from Spain and Latin America.
For Bluestown Records, the recording, mixing and mastering of the 2011 album from the Louisiana Blues Legend, Lazy Lester.
Release March 7th 2011
No music player at this link at the moment, but there's some more info about the album:
http://www.bluestownrecords.com/
Or check it out on Spority.
This album has received three nominations for 'the 33rd Blues Award' (2012)
papa dada - Belgium, mixing & mastering of their 2011 album, 'Brick after Brick'
Style: Pop/Alternative
For Bluestown Records, Norway, the production, mixing and mastering of the debut album of Kim Rune Hagen, of Norwegian Idol Fame, 2009.
Style: Pop/rock with elements from Soul and Rhythm and Blues
Main page: http://www.bluestownrecords.com/
For Crow's Nest Management, Los Angeles, USA, - mastering the album 'The Longest Kiss Goodnight' of Trinidad based indie-rock band 'Jointpop' released on Antstreet Records in Germany:
http://www.myspace.com/jointpop
Style: Indie-rock
—Njål, thank you again for all your patience, excellent communication and great work; you have made my life easier and I much appreciate that!
—Njål, thank you again for all your patience, excellent communication and great work; you have made my life easier and I much appreciate that!
Eliza Newman on Myspace (mastering of album, singles and EP) 2009-2010
Style: Indie/rock
With two radio hits on Iceland from that album
For Bjorn Milde & De Gamle Unge, mixed and mastered rock/indie album in 2010,:
For Nordic Records og Lars Wagle, mastering the Folk album 'Keep on Walking, in 2010'
http://www.nordicrecords.no/forside/utgivelser/keep-on-walking/
'Half Tiger' on their Myspace page (mastered singles and EP) 2007-2008-2009-2010-2011
Style: Indie-rock-elektronika
― This (NFL Produksjoner) is where we get all our productions mastered, mostly because it gets done properly over there, but also because the price is incredible and everything is done over the web so we don't even have to get up from our chairs to do it.
Goodbeating Music Production and Studio, London, UK, March 23rd. 2008 (production team name behind Half Tiger)
For Nordic Records and Glenn Main Henriksen; mastered albums:
Style: Synth-pop/Electronica/
http://www.nordicrecords.no/forside/artister/glenn-main/
Arctic Treasures (2010)
Electronic Secret (2009)
http://www.myspace.com/adriannob
Style: House/Techno
Work done: mastered singles, EP's and album, 2009, 2010, 2011
— Hey Njal!
Thanks for your amazing services, the results are everything I hoped for!
Just want to say thank you once again for your wonderful contribution..
your hard work, your patience, your honesty,your creativity..I must say it's outstanding!!!
..and I will definitely recommend you to anyone I can.
10+
Much respect
Adrianno, Romania. December 21st. 2009
Style: Goth-metal
— The guys were very happy with the preview,
- they said it sounds great everywhere they play the cd.
Wormparade (Spain)
March 2008
Pascal Louis-Rose (mastered singles and EP's) 2009-2010-2011
http://www.myspace.com/pascallouisrose
Progressive house/Trance/Club
Juliet Lyons on Myspace (Mixed and Mastered album) 2008
Style: Chillout/NewAge
― Just want to say thank you once again for your wonderful contribution to this little album.
Your hard work, your patience, your honesty, your thoroughness, your creativity, your willingness and openness, your sense of humour through it all, and your fantastic ear made such a great difference to the songs, and I simply can't thank you enough.
It was great to work with you and I will definitely recommend you to anyone I can.
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I am sure that I will contact you again in the future for my mixing and mastering needs!
Your hard work, your patience, your honesty, your thoroughness, your creativity, your willingness and openness, your sense of humour through it all, and your fantastic ear made such a great difference to the songs, and I simply can't thank you enough.
It was great to work with you and I will definitely recommend you to anyone I can.
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I am sure that I will contact you again in the future for my mixing and mastering needs!
Juliet Lyons, St. Lucia, October 27nd 2008
Supermarine Spitfire (mastering of album) 2009
Style: Retro-rock
Nordic Records
Medium Kitchen (mastering of album) 2008
Style: Pop
Nordic Records
Style: Blues/Bluegrass
Check out London based pop-punk band 'Kids Love Lies' on Myspace (mastered singles in 2009 and 2010 EP)
Style: Pop-punk-rock
-hiya!we're really really pleased with the tracks...all sounding great!
Ellen, 'Kids Love Lies', London, UK, March 26th, 2010
They where the 'daily download' in NME in the summer of 2009:
http://www.nme.com/blog/index.php?blog=122&p=5961&more=1&c=1
4 Puzzle Music on Myspace (mastered singles) 2008-2009-2010
Style: Underground minimalistic techno
— We are very satisfacted...
— you've made a great job!!"
Fabrizio & Dario Selli, Italian dance producers
March 2008
Celeste - Mixing and Mastering EP (three of the songs, including the chart debut - 'Panic Attack') 2009
Style: Rock
Released by Nordic Records
The song Panic Attack entered at Number 13 on the Official Norwegian Sales Chart - Vg-lista Topp 20, for week 21, 2009.
Band page at Nordic Records:
http://www.nordicrecords.no/frontpage/artists/celeste/
I'm also mentioned on Nordic Records partner page:
http://www.nordicrecords.no/frontpage/partners/
This is just some of the songs and albums I have either mastered or mixed & mastered - I have done lots and lots of more albums and singles - this is just to show some examples of styles I have worked with.
If you are looking for a style not covered here, you can send me an email with description on what you're after, and I'll see if I can send you a link to an artist/band I have mastered or mixed, in that style.
More music? You can listen to the full length of my second solo album, just follow the link below:
The Nordic Chillout Album, my second solo album - 2007
From this album I have had both national radio-play, and several placements in commercials and TV, with several placements in the Norwegian TV2 'God Morgen Norgen - Ukens Pilkast' as the program where songs from this album were used in every show.
And also, if you want a 'power-nap', I invite you to check out the binaural beats meditation album I made a couple of years ago.
Relaxation album (with binaural beats) for deep relaxation/mediation - 2007
More customer testimonials:
—Hey Njal! Thanks for your amazing services, the results are everything I hoped for! The tracks truly shine now! Adrian Boeckeler, Anno Domini Records, Nottingham, UK, March 20th 2009 |
― Hi Njal, You where right on your site, your rmx has made me really happy :) João Oliveira, Karmicsounds, Portugal, May 6th 2009 |
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― The heightened, brighter vocals cut right through crisply, as if the singer's in the room with you. This track is "hotter" than before in every sense of the word... THANK YOU nflproduksjoner! Lynn Julian aKa 'Cookie Cutter Girl', September 6th, 2008 |
―At Nordic Records we use NFL Produksjoner for mixing and mastering. Both we and the artists are very happy with the results.  Tor Eriksen, Nordic Records, Oslo, Norway, January 12th, 2009 |
― This (NFL Produksjoner) is where we get all our productions mastered, mostly because it gets done properly over there, but also because the price is incredible and everything is done over the web so we don't even have to get up from our chairs to do it. Goodbeating Music Production and Studio, London, UK, March 23rd. 2008 |
― Hey Njal, sounds great!!! :-)))) Thank you so much! I will be back very soon. Marco Pasquali, Italy, February 9th. 2010 |
― Once more, thanks a lot for the brilliant work and responsiveness. Evgeny Kieselevich 'Limmo', Moscow, Russia, December 9th, 2009 |
"absolutely phenomenal |
— I'm full with emotions, heard various versions of my songs' mastering, but your is really outstanding: |
| – YEAAAAAAAAAAAH dude.... [---] Great mix again thx a lot Micky "The GYM" Badinga, Maryland, USA, June 2nd 2009 |