Taylor Larson mixes "Upside Down" by Jason Richardson and "Afterlife" by Holding Absence

Mixed by Taylor Larson (Periphery, Veil of Maya, ERRA), this session showcases a mix engineer known for his ability to bring clarity and impact to enormous rock arrangements without losing musical nuance. Tracked at Stompbox Studios, Taylor’s mix emphasizes depth, saturation layering, and low-end contouring to ground the wide dynamic swings across the arrangement while preserving transient detail and vocal intelligibility.

From a production standpoint, “Afterlife” is a goldmine of advanced techniques. The session digs into complex vocal stacking with automation-driven atmosphere transitions, ambient guitar layers soaked in modulation and stereo imaging tools, tight double-kick drum dynamics shaped through surgical gating and parallel compression, and bass guitar saturation blending that creates separation in a crowded low-mid environment. Guitars are multi-tracked and dialed in using subtle multiband shaping to maintain aggressiveness without creating build-up or masking the orchestral elements. This is a masterclass in fitting dense emotional content into a modern mix that still slams.

Download the full multitracks for “Afterlife” and push your mixing skills in the real-world frontier between ambience and aggression. If you’re aiming to mix radio-ready post-hardcore with detailed production and emotional weight, this is the session you need.