The group immediately began renovations, working nonstop between working hours for two weeks straight. The team occupied MRX in December of 2021. During a shift running live sound at a local venue, one of the performers mentioned to Isaac that he had a studio space: “So I was talking to and asking him about his studio … and the conversation just ended up going to him asking if I’d be interested in taking over.” Isaac (bass and production) shares that MRX actually began in Belltown, and since then, “it has been a space that’s passed down ownership multiple times and we were lucky enough to be there when it was being passed down again!”įollowing the pandemic and other hardships, the previous owners were in the process of moving equipment out of the warehouse and shutting down MRX for good. Will (administrative work, maintenance, and reconfiguring) explains that MRX had been the name of the studio since its inception twenty years ago. Isaac introduced Barney (drums and administrative work) to the group in 2020 after they played in a Bellingham ska group together. Aaron (keyboards and production) connected with the group after collaborating with Sam on a record for another project. Sam, Isaac, and Will have been collaborating in Supermissive since 2016. The MRX team met in college classes and local studios and events in the Bellingham music community. So that’s The Duper Humans, but we were given that name from a rapper that we play with, … Mysterious Red X is the studio that these things happen in.” The Duper Humans is four of us playing with … and doing studio work for other artists … Singer/songwriters and other artists will come in and then if they need a band, four of us will do the production and the performance duties. In an interview with the group, Sam, the studio’s manager and sound engineer, explained the multiple projects they have in the works: “ Supermissive is the five of us making music together for the five of us. Sam, Will, Isaac, Aaron, and Barney make up the MRX team.
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