ABOUT : OSIRIS STUDIO
Osiris Studio is a Los Angeles-based mastering and audio restoration services facility owned by multiple GRAMMY® Award winning mastering engineer Michael Graves. We specialize in providing state-of-the-art audio restoration services to the entertainment and archival communities.
Audio that needs help. That’s the unifying theme to the types of projects that Osiris Studio specializes in. For projects that will be commercially released this may be a rare performance recorded to an old 78 rpm record, clouded by surface noise and years of neglect. In the archival world it might be long-gone voices recorded to deteriorating or obsolete media.
All have one thing in common; the audio is there, it just needs someone to help bring it to the foreground and make it sound the best it possibly can.
Because of the nature of most of the projects we receive (rare, one-of-a-kind recordings, deteriorating media, etc.) our goal is to provide our clients with the highest quality product possible, because there may not be another opportunity to do so.
This is accomplished through years of experience, comprehensive knowledge of current and aging media types, using only the best possible playback equipment, employing uncompromising analog to digital converters and careful treatment of the audio; both analog and digital.
o-si-ris (ō-sī-ris) noun, Mythology. Egyptian god of resurrection and renewed life.
o-si-ris stu-di-o (ō-sī-ris stoo-dē-ō) noun. Mastering and audio restoration facility specializing in bringing recordings back to life.
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ABOUT : MICHAEL GRAVES
Michael Graves is a multiple GRAMMY-Award winning mastering engineer. During his career Graves has worked with clients worldwide and has gained a reputation as one of the leading audio restoration and re-mastering specialists working today, earning 5 GRAMMYs and 14 GRAMMY nominations.
2009 GRAMMY Award for Best Historical Album for Dust-to-Digital’s Art of Field Recording: Volume I: 50 Years of Traditional American Music Documented by Art Rosenbaum (the 51st GRAMMY Awards)
2013 GRAMMY nomination for Dust-to-Digital’s Opika Pende: Africa at 78 RPM (the 55th GRAMMY Awards)
2014 GRAMMY nomination for Dust-to-Digital’s Pictures Of Sound: One Thousand Years Of Educed Audio: 980–1980 (the 56th GRAMMY Awards)
2015 Two GRAMMY nominations, one GRAMMY Award. Graves received a double nomination for Dust-to-Digial’s Longing For The Past: The 78 RPM Era In Southeast Asia and Omnivore Recordings’ Hank Williams: The Garden Spot Programs, 1950 with Hank Williams ultimately winning the GRAMMY (the 57th GRAMMY Awards)
2016 GRAMMY nomination for Dust-to-Digital’s Parchman Farm: Photographs And Field Recordings, 1947–1959 (the 58th GRAMMY Awards)
2017 GRAMMY nomination for Dust-to-Digital's Music of Morocco: Recorded by Paul Bowles 1959 (the 59th GRAMMY Awards)
2018 Two GRAMMY nominations, one for Dust-to-Digital's Washington Phillips And His Manzarene Dreams and one for Ostinato Records' Sweet As Broken Dates: Lost Somali Tapes from the Horn of Africa (the 60th GRAMMY Awards)
2019 GRAMMY Award for Dust-to-Digital's Voices of Mississippi: Artists and Musicians Documented by William Ferris (the 61st GRAMMY Awards)
2021 GRAMMY Award for Omnivore Recordings’ It's Such A Good Feeling: The Best Of Mister Rogers (the 63rd GRAMMY Awards)
2022 GRAMMY Nomination for Dust-to-Digital's Excavated Shellac: An Alternate History of the World’s Music (the 64th GRAMMY Awards)
2023 GRAMMY Nomination for Numero Group's Blondie - Against The Odds: 1974-1982 (the 65th GRAMMY Awards)
2024 GRAMMY Award for Craft Recording's Written In Their Soul: The Stax Songwriter Demos (the 66th GRAMMY Awards)
These and other projects have received favorable reviews and critical acclaim by many news organizations and publications including: National Public Radio, The New Yorker, The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, Rolling Stone, SPIN, Mojo, Uncut, Down Beat, Pitchfork, and many others.
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Beyond his studio work, Graves enjoys sharing his knowledge and experience with fellow engineers and music enthusiasts through speaking engagements with organizations such as the Audio Engineering Society (AES), The Recording Academy, Yale University, The Library of Congress, The Center for Recorded Music, and others.
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS:
BOARD SERVICE:
Governor in the Los Angeles Chapter of the Recording Academy (2020-2022)
Advisory board of Music Memory (2011-Present)
The Recording Academy's Producers & Engineers Wing National Advisory Council (2017-2018)
Governor in the Atlanta Chapter of the Recording Academy (2010-2013, 2013-2017)
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STORYOPHONIC S5E08 - CHERYL PAWELSKI & MICHAEL GRAVES
(December 2023) “This episode features two Multi-Grammy Award winners, currently nominated for two 2024 Grammys for Written inTheir Soul: The Stax Songwriter Demos. Over 17 years, producer Cheryl Pawelski gleaned 146 songs from 665 possible choices; hits like “Respect Yourself,” and “634-5789,”alongside never-released gems. Through the wizardry of mastering engineer Michael Graves, these recordings – barebones performances to full funk horn-driven testimonials—represent a vital link in American Music. Cheryl and Michael share the magic on Storyophonic.”
"Written in Their Soul: Stax Songwriter Demos" Evan Toth Interviews Mastering Engineer Michael Graves
(June 2023) “While there’s no debating the enjoyability and archival importance of this project, here, we take a closer look at the sound of the Stax songwriters and the process of getting all of those tapes together and creating something suitable for a listening session. GRAMMY Award-winning mastering engineer and audio restoration expert, Michael Graves was tasked with making each of these recordings sound as good as possible without losing the raw charm inherent on a songwriter’s palette. He is kind enough to join me to discuss the tricks of the trade he employed to give you a front row seat to hear the things you didn’t think you’d ever have the opportunity to hear.”
Michael Graves: The Evan Toth Interview
(July 2022) “To help us demystify the mastering process is GRAMMY Award winning mastering engineer Michael Graves. Mr. Graves has recently remastered the Blondie catalog for a sprawling box set highlighting Blondie’s complete recorded output, including many rare tracks that have never seen the light of day. Graves discusses not only his work on the Blondie project, but also his lauded output for Analog Africa, Omnivore Records, Dust to Digital and other highly respected labels. He also mastered my most recent album, The Show.”
Bobby Owsinski’s Inner Circle Podcast Episode 429 - Michael Graves
(July 2022) “My guest this week is audio restoration and mastering engineer Michael Graves, who’s a four time Grammy award winner and 12 time nominee. Michael’s main focus is saving historical audio that was recorded on deteriorating or obsolete grooved media, as well as more recent recordings where the sound is obscured for various reasons.
Michael uses a combination of physical and electronic specialty techniques designed to rescue rare, one of a kind recordings or deteriorating media. This includes old 78 rpm records clouded by surfaces noise and years of neglect, right up to digital recordings that were done on some of the earliest pioneering formats.
During the interview we talked about how his hobby became a career, why a high-end turntable is his secret weapon, the surprising styli that he uses to avoid record surface noise, why a stereo needle is preferred even for a mono record, and much more.
I spoke with Michael via zoom from his studio in Hollywood.”
storyophonic s3E11 – MICHAEL GRAVES
(February 2019) “As one of the leading audio restoration and re-mastering specialists in music, Grammy-winning engineer Michael Graves works with a vast spectrum of projects, from classic jazz, world music and field recordings to obscure rock cult artists and legendary country originators, including Hank Williams. Pairing technical knowledge with a deep reverence for the legacy of these recordings, Michael Graves brings audio to life. Experience musical history on Storyophonic.”
