Sarah Shafey – ‘Blackbox Universe’ [Album Review]

Canadian singer-songwriter, producer, and mixing engineer Sarah Shafey releases her fourth album, Blackbox Universe, which blends elements of electronic, pop, and rock music into an homage celebrating women. Co-produced, co-engineered, and co-mixed by Shafey and Hill Kourkoutis, the first female to win a JUNO Award in the Recording Engineer of the Year category, Hill has produced and played with Canada’s prominent artists, such as The Weeknd, July Talk, Serena Ryder, Madison Violet, SATE, Good Lovelies, Dear Rouge, and Adam Cohen. Mastered by Kristian Montano of Montano Mastering, the album features the talents of Sekou Lumumba (drums), Michael Peter Olsen (cello), and Miike Celia (guitar). On Blackbox Universe, Shafey examines different versions of herself. She explains, “We all have diff...

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