Julie McLarnon is a recording engineer and record producer, known for working solely to analogue tape. Founder of Analogue Catalogue Studio she has recorded albums for artists including The Vaselines, Jeffrey Lewis, Lankum, King Creosote, Brigid Mae Power, Altered Hours, Barbarossa, Brighde Chaimbeul, Yorkston/Thorne/Khan, The Shivers, Duke Special,Junior Brother, Martha Ffion & Alasdair Roberts.
Trained by Bill Leader, Julie has worked in professional studios since 1989 starting at Strawberry Studios, Stockport as assistant to Martin Hannett, Chris Nagle and the BBC. Her crafted analogue sound has had a chance to bloom in the studio she built in Ireland in 2015, as she continues to make records with timeless flair and excitement.
Brighde Chaimbeul - ‘Carry Them With Us’ LP (Glitterbox Records 2023)
Scottish of the Year 2023 (Nominated)
Junior Brother - ‘The Great Irish Famine’ LP (Strange Brew Records 2022)
RTE Folk Album of the Year 2022 (Nominated)
Yorkston/Thorne/Khan - ‘Navarasa: Nine Emotions’ LP (Domino Records 2020)
Folk Album of the Year 2020 (Winner) - The Guardian
Lankum 'Between The Earth And Sky' LP (Rough Trade, 2017)
'Urgent, desperate and detonating, full of lyrics and sounds smacking together like waves shattering stones in a storm' - 5/5 The Guardian
Mojo Magazine - Folk Album of 2017 (Winner)
BBC Folk Awards - Album of the Year (Nominated)
International Folk Music Awards - Album of the Year (Finalist)
Songlines World Music Awards - Album of the Year (Nominated)
RTÉ Ireland Choice Award - Album of the Year (Nominated)
Yorkston/Thorne/Khan 'Neuk Wight Delhi All-Stars' LP (Domino Records, 2017)
'In exercising more restraint and relying more on mood, groove and structure, their second album is a game-changing masterpiece' - 5/5 Rolling Stone
'The sound they conjure is heavenly' - 5/5 Mojo Magazine
Alasdair Roberts 'Pangs’ LP (Drag City Records 2017)
“The production work on this album feels organic and not deliberately lo-fi or scuzzed up, clean finger-picking lines that cascade freely, while Nielson’s drums pitter and skitter with cat-like dexterity, warm tropical sea of guitars and tumbling toms ” - 5/5 The Quietus
Brigid Mae Power 'The Two Worlds' LP (Tompkins Square, 2018)
'Musically, The Two Worlds is mesmeric...all detail is couched in a languid analogue sound that oozes authenticity' - Folk Radio UK
'Power's most ambitious and her most introspective...this album shines' - Pitchfork
BUí 'Something Else to Talk about' ( 2019) NI Music Prize - Single of the Year (Nominated)