Miloco Meets Malaco

This week Miloco has added our first studio in Mississippi, USA – “the birthplace of America’s music”. Malaco Studios was founded in 1967 and has become without a doubt the most prestigious recording facility in Jackson, Mississippi, with a rich history of producing excellent blues, soul and gospel records.

Malaco Studios has provided recording facilities and services for a variety of artists, and the TV and film industries for the past 50 years, working with the likes of The Pointer Sisters, Paul Simon, Lucinda Williams and Dorothy Moore. Classic songs such as Anita Ward’s number one single “Ring My Bell”, Jean Knights “Mr. Big Stuff” and King Floyd’s “Groove Me” were all recorded at Malaco Studios. Unfortunately a 2011 tornado caused extensive damage to the original studio structure, leading to a ground up rebuild in 2012, which gave the studios the opportunity to modernise further with new rooms and technologies.

The studio couples is made up of a comfortable control room centred around an API Legacy console, large live room with high ceilings, three isolation rooms. In addition to this there is the mastering room, video editing suite and machine room.

In addition to the high-end outboard racks you’d expect from such a studio, Malaco’s extensive equipment spec includes an array of vintage tune and solid-state gear, Studier analog tape machines, ProTools HD and Nuendo systems, and a large collection of vintage microphones. Their stock of instruments come courtesy of brands such as Fender, Marshall, Hammond and Yamaha.

When it’s time to take a break, you can wander through the studio’s history via the photograph lined hallway to the kitchen area that looks more like a professional diner than studio kitchen. It can seat 24 and comes equipped with every amenity for preparing meals, or to simply enjoy them in a relaxed dining atmosphere should you choose to have Malaco organise catering for your team.

Explore the Malaco Studios full page here.