For one week only Miloco are offering the remaining available studio spaces at Livingston 1 and The Square at a discount for the week of November 2nd – 8th, 2015. This is a great opportunity for bands on a budget or without label support to take advantage of these top of the line studio facilities at a special one-time only rate.
The legendary Livingston 1 located in North London is the perfect space for bands to record, with ample space, a main live area and incredible acoustics.
Equipped with Pro Tools HDX, tape with clasp, a good selection of backline and four separate recording rooms it really is one of the best live tracking studios in London.
12 Hour Rate – £380 + VAT (including assistant)
The Square is the original Miloco studio, located in the heart of North London’s trendy Hoxton, it’s one of the coolest studios you could record in. Running Pro Tools HDX, and a great selection of backline, it also offers an array of vintage mics and instruments for a unique sound.
12 Hour Rate: £300 + VAT (including assistant)
These rates are one-off and subject to availability, so please contact the team at Miloco on +44 (0) 20 7232 0008 or email bookings@miloco.co.uk to reserve your time.
Posted in Uncategorized |Converse Rubber Tracks is back in London, and has selected Miloco’s Lightship95 as one of 12 iconic recording studios worldwide to take part in the program.
Rubber Tracks is offering free recording time, including in-house engineers and producers, from November 14th-27 for selected musicians that apply.
Lightship95 is by far one of the UK’s most unique recording facilities, housed in a huge red ship permanently docked at Trinity Buoy Wharf in East London. With top of the line equipment, great acoustics and breathtaking views of London from the ship’s very own lighthouse, it really is “The Boat That Rocks”.
Read more about Lightship95 and to apply to be one of the fortunate few to record in this amazing studio, head to the Converse Rubber Tracks page.
Posted in Uncategorized |Miloco Builds have recently completed two stunning voiceover suites in central London for Amazon’s audio book company Audible.
Audible were looking to achieve the best facility possible. The rooms are both light and spacious whist equipped to the highest level, and offer clients an unprecedented level of isolation from their office surroundings.
“Miloco were the perfect partner on our new studio project,” says Laurence Howell, Audible director of editorial and marketing. “They quickly understood the look and feel we wanted and provided several creative options. They were attentive to all the details and final finish. The build itself was an exciting, thorough process and was completed on time. They sourced and installed the recording equipment and worked with our engineer to get it all running perfectly. We’re really delighted with the results and have had incredibly positive feedback from everyone who has worked in them.”
Posted in European Recording Studios, London Recording Studios, Miloco Clients, Recording Studio Builds, Recording Studio Equipment, UK Recording Studios, Uncategorized |Last weekend saw the opening of Sonos Studio London.
Miloco Builds’ acoustician Nick Whitaker and Pete Hofmann were on hand giving oversight to the project, advising on the internal acoustic considerations.
“We were approached to advise and acoustically condition the spaces that were being created,” says Nick.
Sonos Studio London is, in one of London’s leading contemporary orchestra’s opinion, among the best-sounding rooms in the city.
Conceived as a space that links artists with their audience; a place for musical experimentation; and a dedicated area for events and exhibition, the studio is a bona fide, all-round creative hub, accessible to all.
“The end result is a unique space with soul, character and an exciting life ahead,” says Tom Panton, Sonos.
Posted in Recording Studio Builds, Uncategorized |Miloco Gear has announced it has been appointed exclusive UK and EU agent for Augspurger Monitors.
What do the studios of luminaries such as Paul Epworth, JAY Z and Timbaland have in common? They have all chosen the unmistakable, detailed sound and incredible power of Augspurger as their main monitoring option.
For several decades, many prominent recording studios that record rock, pop, hip-hop, reggae, dance and R&B have relied on main monitors that were custom-designed by George Augspurger.
Renowned to be remarkably accurate, even at low listening levels, and also for their incredible power (from smooth, detailed high frequencies to earth-rattling sub frequencies), Augspurger monitors provide a reference standard listening environment where recording and mixing decisions can be made with utter confidence.
Augspurger monitors utilise custom proprietary drivers and integrated DSP-driven amplification that provides the ability to tune the system to your environment, the end result being a system that sounds like no other, with power, impact and accuracy throughout its extremely wide dynamic range.
With the introduction of the Duo 8 Mini Main system, an Augspurger monitoring solution is now in the reach of all budgets and room sizes.
British sound engineer and record producer Prince Fatty is hosting workshop and club night Jamaica Funk at The Fox and Firkin, Lewisham on 23 October 2015.
Jamaica Funk celebrates and highlights the way in which reggae inspired hip-hop in the early 80s and how the roles changed, a musical journey into the dub plate twilight zone starting with a two-hour dub workshop and Q&A hosted by Prince Fatty and UK dub/reggae producer Nick Manasseh.
As hip-hop developed and went mainstream it inspired the Jamaicans in reverse. Artists such as Super Cat and Shabba Ranks confirm this on vinyl in the collections of Prince Fatty and Manasseh.
A live dub tutorial will show the fundamental principles of recording and mixing, discussing the concept of versions, alternative mixes and how to cut dub plates and specials.
Prince Fatty will disect and breakdown some of his favourites such as ‘Shimmy Shimmy Ya’ and other songs, live with the original files using a mixing desk to demonstrate the construction and musical instrumentation involved. Detailed recording sessions will be revealed with legends such as Gregory Issacs, Winston Francis, Cornel Campbel, Marcia Griffiths, Big Youth and more.
Nick Manasseh is a pioneer DJ, radio broadcaster, record producer and sound engineer complemented by a Jedi knowledge of reggae music. Manasseh has worked with and recorded many great artists such as Dennis Brown, Johnny Osbourne, Sugar Minott, Earl Sixteen and soundsystem MCs such as Josie Wales, Charlie Chaplin, Brother Culture and Brigadier Jerry.
Nick Manasseh, alongside Prince Fatty, stays true to analogue traditions and preserves the recording and mixing techniques pioneered by the greats such as King Tubby and Scientist.
Club night sets from both Prince Fatty and Manasseh follow with MCs Horseman and Brother Culture, special guest DJ sets from Josh from The Skints and Prince Fatty’s DJ posse featuring the turntable skills of Rasamurai and Noah.
Prince Fatty and the Horseman are well known for their hip-hop versions such as ‘Shimmy Shimmy Ya’ as used in the famous ‘Breaking Bad’ series, DJ Muggs’ personal reggae favourite ‘Insane in the Membrane’ and many more Raggamuffin specials.
It is well documented that the DNA of hip-hop has its roots in dub and reggae from the concept of versions, sound systems, selectors and MCs and so on. New York and the east coast has had a large Jamaican community since the 60s. The musical influence is similar to us here in the UK.
Gin Wigmore’s new album is officially out today in the UK. ‘Blood To Bone’, Wigmore’s third studio long-player, was mixed by Mike Crossey at Livingston Studio 1 in Wood Green, London.
The 29-year-old New Zealand-born singer-songwriter (who now lives in Los Angeles) takes her trademark rock and blues sound, and this time around also explores elements of electronica as well as a heavier feel.
‘Blood To Bone’ was recorded in Los Angeles with various songwriters including Charlie Andrew (alt-J, Matt Corby and Laurel Collective), songwriter and producer Stuart Crichton and Swedish musician and producer Joakim Ahlund – who also worked with Chrissie Hynde on last year’s debut solo album ‘Stockholm’.
For Wigmore, it’s an album of many firsts – she steps behind the piano, stretches her voice into falsetto, manages all the backing vocals on the album and takes on the role of co-producer.
The London drum recording studios in the Miloco Studios directory offer a great range of options that resonate vibe and creativity and sound great for recording drums.
Some of the highlights include The Church Studio 1, which with its large size is a great-sounding ambient room for recording epic-sounding drums. The studio comes with a couple of house kits, a Ludwig Super Classic and a Ludwig Vistalite.
The Pool‘s equipment spec rivals the most famous London drum recording studios. Not many rooms can boast over 40 different microphones (Coles, Oktava, Lomo, Neumann Gefell, Earthworks, AKG, AEA, Royer and many more), 50 mic pres and four drum kits. Drums can be recorded in the large live room or in one of the smaller booths.
Livingston Studio 1 is a famous London recording studio for recording drums. With a multitude of live rooms, it is possible to get a complete range of drum sounds.
AudioArena, inside Cícero Pompeu de Toledo Stadium, is the first of Miloco’s Brazil recording studios. Home to São Paulo Football Club, the stadium now features a recording and mixing facility!
At the heart of AudioArena is an SSL AWS 948 console hooked up to three Avid HDX converters, plus 12 other 500-series preamps and EQs from Rupert Neve, Neve, API, Burl and Looptrotter. Analogue dynamics are provided by four Empirical Labs Distressors, two Fatsos and a Universal Audio 1176 and Looptrotter Audio Monster.
Another highlight of the studio is the collection of amps. The list has over 15 models including an Ampeg B-15, GK 1001RB-II, Hartke LH1000, Marshall JVM410H, Mesa Boogie Mark V, Roland JC-120, Fender Twin Reverb ’65 and several Laneys like the IRT30, IRT120, VH100R and VC30-212.
New Order delivered their new album, ‘Music Complete’, on 25 September 2015. The album was partly mixed by Craig Silvey at Toast, Ladbroke Grove. ‘Plastic’ was mixed by Richard X and Pete Hofmann at The Toyshop, Bermondsey.
New Order’s first full studio release since 2005’s ‘Waiting for the Siren’s Call’, ’Music Complete’ finds electronics and guitars in balance, and also marks Gillian Gilbert’s first album with New Order since 2001’s ‘Get Ready’.
‘Music Complete’ is produced by New Order, except ‘Singularity’ and ‘Unlearn This Hatred’, both produced by Tom Rowlands, while ‘Superheated’ features additional production by Stuart Price. Long-term collaborator Peter Saville provides art direction.
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