ENGINEERS

MARTIN ROBINSON
Martin is the owner of the company and was brought up around music. He is a master on a whole plethora of stringed instruments. He is a very experienced sound engineer and has worked on many different projects in the studio including recording the drum tracks for Bo Selecta.

HAZEL PLUMMER
Hazel is one of our most experienced studio engineers. She has worked with more bands than you may care to imagine. She has just finished recording, mixing & mastering 'A Symphony for Yorkshire' for the BBC. As well as running Purple she also teaches 3 Recording Classes at Leeds College of Music. On top of that she maintains and repairs all the equipment; you could say she’s quite a busy bee.

SIMON WAKE
Simon is now our main in-house engineer; he worked at Purple as an Assistant Engineer for well over a year before being let loose. He has recorded a great variety of sessions including the Sewer Suckers, The VDs and Ecclecia. Most recently he did an amazing job assisting Hazel on the BBC Symphony. He also now plays Bass with Paper Planes. He is passionate about Rock & Metal music and is also an accomplished guitarist.

GIDEON WOODS
Gideon is a talented engineer, musician and teacher and has worked on countless projects in the studio. He also records and produces his own Drum and Bass band - Hayashi. As well as being one of our regular freelance studio engineers, Gideon is also a professional drum technician, teacher and player and can help you achieve drum sounds you’ve always wished for.

ADAM MARTIN
Adam is one of our studio assistants as well as being the in-house drum tech. Adam is a great drummer and has a great love for the instrument and for music.

ANDY TAYLOR
Andy is one of our studio assistants as well as being the in-house guitar tech. Andy is a guitar enthusiast who makes custom electric guitars in his spare time. He has a passion for all guitar related gear and accessories. He set-ups and tests all our guitar backline equipment . He is also quite camera shy!