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Sean Genockey builds a Sonic Sanctuary with Genelec

NATICK, MA, July 8, 2025 — Nestled within the creative heart of London’s Metropolis Studios, ReKognition Sound is the personal space of renowned producer-engineer Sean Genockey. Co-founded with Jesse Wood, the studio serves as the HQ for their ReKognition Sound label and reflects Genockey’s belief that “engineering should be invisible — your job is to facilitate greatness, not hold it up.” To underscore that ethos, the studio’s monitoring system has recently been upgraded with a pair of Genelec 8351B three-way coaxial monitors. With over two decades in the industry, Genockey’s journey has spanned global tours with his band Moke, collaborations with artists like the Manic Street Preachers and Suede and a long apprenticeship under producer Dave Eringa. Now, he’s channeled all that experience into building a hybrid studio that eliminates hesitation and captures instinct in its purest form. ReKognition sits directly beside Metropolis Studio B – which Genockey regularly uses for live tracking – and serves as a precision-focused mixing and finishing space. It’s here that he crafts records for artists including Craig Silvey, NewDad, Futureheads, Jasmine Rodgers, Scott Matthews, Jace Everett, and Ronnie Wood. “Ronnie’s amazing, full of energy,” says Genockey. “We’ve done all his recent solo work in this room. It’s a space where you can react fast and keep that magic alive. The moment you stall an artist, the take’s gone.” With clarity as his north star, Genockey built the studio around gear that empowers, not distracts. The front end is intentionally simple: great mics, Neve-style preamps, a few compressors and trusted vintage pedals. “The magic isn’t in the plugins, it’s in the players,” he says. “My job is to get it right at source, fast, and then not get in the way.” This philosophy is exactly why the Genelec 8351Bs are now central to his workflow. “I grew up in studios with massive full-range mains. This little setup gives me that same confidence. It’s forensic, but it still feels like music. You’re not distracted by dips or harshness, you can think about emotion and instinct.” Having been calibrated by Genelec’s Andy Bensley using GLM software, the system has changed the way Genockey trusts the room. “Andy came in, did the full sweep with GLM and suddenly I wasn’t second-guessing myself anymore. I can make big decisions fast and I know they’ll hold up.” For Genockey, too much modern production leans on correction rather than feel. “So many multitracks I get now are rescue jobs. Nothing’s phase-aligned, the fundamentals aren’t there. People are hoarding knowledge too — mic techniques, signal chains, like it’s all a secret. But I came up in a world where everyone shared what they knew. That’s how we got better.” By grounding his process in intuition and experience and by trusting a monitoring setup that gives him total accuracy, Genockey creates space for honesty in music. “Whether I’m handing off stems to someone in Nashville or mixing something Craig Silvey started, I know it’s solid. What I hear is what they’ll hear.” At ReKognition, there’s no time for overthinking, just a constant return to feel, trust, and the truth in sound. “The artist walks in, we talk about what we’re trying to capture, and we just go,” Genockey says. “No fiddling, no fuss. Just music.” For more information, please visit www.genelec.com.

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Photo file 1: Sean_Genockey_PR_Image_1.JPG Photo caption 1: Producer/engineer Sean Genockey pictured at ReKognition Sound Studios in London. Photo file 2: Sean_Genockey_PR_Image_2.JPG Photo caption 2: Located within Metropolis Studios, ReKognition serves as precision-focused mixing and finishing space. Photo file 3: Sean_Genockey_PR_Image_3.JPG Photo caption 3: ReKognition’s monitoring system has recently been upgraded with Genelec 8351B three-way coaxial monitors. PDF file: Sean_Genockey_Case_Study.PDF PDF caption: Genelec Genockey case study Genelec, the pioneer in Active Monitoring technology, is celebrating over 45 years of designing and manufacturing active loudspeakers for true and accurate sound reproduction. Genelec is credited with promoting the concept of active transducer technology. Since its inception in 1978, Genelec has concentrated its efforts and resources into creating active monitors with unparalleled sonic integrity. The result is an active speaker system that has earned global acclaim for its accurate imaging, extremely high acoustic output from small enclosures, true high-fidelity with low distortion, and deep, rich bass. Genelec is also continuing with its 18th year of Smart Active Monitoring™ technology, which allows studio monitors to be networked, configured and calibrated for the user’s specific acoustic environment. Each Smart Active Monitor or subwoofer is equipped with advanced internal DSP circuitry, which tightly integrates with the GLM (Genelec Loudspeaker Manager) software application, running on Mac or PC. GLM’s reference microphone kit allows the user’s acoustic environment to be analyzed, after which GLM’s AutoCal feature optimizes each Smart Active Monitor for level, distance delay, subwoofer crossover phase and room response equalization, with the option of further fine tuning by the user. By minimizing the room’s influence on the sound, Smart Active Monitors deliver an unrivalled reference, with excellent translation between rooms. Visit Genelec on social media: https://www.facebook.com/Genelec https://www.linkedin.com/company/genelec-oy https://www.instagram.com/Genelec_oy/ https://x.com/Genelec https://www.tiktok.com/@genelec_oy Other brand and product names may be trademarks of the respective companies with which they are associated. —For more information on the complete range of Genelec Active Monitoring Systems, contact: Genelec Inc., 7 Tech Circle, Natick, MA 01760. Tel: (508) 652-0900; Fax: (508) 652-0909; Web: http://www.genelec.com/.