Apogee Clearmountain’s Domain $349
One of the greatest mix engineers in the history of rock and pop, Bob Clearmountain is known for – amongst other things – his mastery of evocative spatialising treatments. With a body of work that takes in the likes of Springsteen’s Born In The USA, Brian Adams’ Run To You, Bowie’s Let’s Dance, Chic’s C’est Chic, Roxy Music’s Avalon and Tears For Fears’ The Seeds of Love, Clearmountain’s big, lustrous sound is instantly recognisable, and a lot of that comes down to his imaginative collective deployment of reverb, delay and pitchshifting.
