Miloco Studios have begun managing engineer Jon Olliffe.
Jon started his career following in the footsteps of Spike Stent at the residential studios Jacobs. Here he learnt the SSL E Series and Neve VR desks and worked with many experienced producers and engineers including Stephen Street, Cenzo Townshend, Gil Norton, Adrian Bushby, Chris Sheldon and Andy Jackson.
Jon went freelance, working for Miloco; Mark Angelo; Island Records; Livingston Studios and Pierce Rooms. Jon continued to work with and learn from some of the most respected professionals including Haydn Bendall, Steve Fitzmaurice and Tom Elmhirst before joining an audio engineering college where he combined lecturing with freelance engineering, mixing and production.
A certified expert in Pro Tools, Jon nevertheless has a strong affinity with hardware (as his ever-expanding kit list indicates) and has developed a hybrid system of mixing which combines the analogue and digital worlds with instant recall to ensure the creative and technical needs of clients are met.
Posted in European Recording Studios, London Recording Studios, Mixing Studios, Neve Recording Studios, Record Producers, Recording Studio Engineers, Recording Studio Equipment, Residential Recording Studios, SSL Recording Studios, Tracking Studios, UK Recording Studios, Uncategorized | Tagged adrian bushby, andy jackson, cenzo townshend, chris sheldon, gil norton, haydn bendall, Island Records, jacobs, jon olliffe, livingston studios, mark angelo, Miloco, neve vr, pierce rooms, pro tools, spike stent, ssl e series, Stephen Street, steve fitzmaurice, Tom Elmhirst |Images showing the latest additions to Livingston Studio 1 have been put in the recording facility’s gallery.
If you are a regular reader of our blog you will have probably noticed Livingston Studio 1 recently built on its collection of vintage and cool equipment.
Out of our love for the immediacy and character that guitar pedals provide, we have built three new pedalboards.
We have also added Barefoot Sound MicroMain27 monitors, two Cartec EQP-1A equalisers, a Cartec THC compressor, a Chandler TG1 Limiter, a Chandler TG2 Pre Amp/DI, an AMS Neve 1073DPX Dual Preamp & EQ and more.
Posted in European Recording Studios, London Recording Studios, Mixing Studios, Recording Studio Equipment, SSL Recording Studios, Tracking Studios, UK Recording Studios, Uncategorized | Tagged ams neve 1073dpx dual preamp & eq, barefoot sound micromain27, cartc thc, cartec eqp-1a, chandler tg1 limiter, chandler tg2 pre amp/di, Livingston, livingston studio 1 |
Our colleagues Miloco Gear have built three new pedal boards that feature at Livingston Studio 1.
Each board has its own specific purpose (with some unusual twists), Board 1 being our gain/overdrive/fuzz board, Board 2 being modulation effects and the final board concentrating on delays/reverbs.
Today Miloco Gear looked at our gain/overdrive/fuzz board and why they chose the pedals.
Posted in European Recording Studios, London Recording Studios, Mixing Studios, Recording Studio Equipment, SSL Recording Studios, Tracking Studios, UK Recording Studios, Uncategorized | Tagged Livingston, Miloco Gear |Alternative rock outfit Don Broco have documented how they went about partly making their album ‘Automatic’ at Angelic Studio. Check out the first of these studio diaries now, featuring how they worked with Grammy award-winning producer Jason Perry.
“When we first started writing, we set ourselves stupid limits, but I think we needed that process because the four of us hadn’t written together before and we needed to rediscover how we could work as a team,” frontman Rob Damiani told Kerrang! magazine.
The album was mixed by Adam Noble and mastered by Robin Schmidt at 24-96 Mastering.
‘Automatic’ will be dropping on 7 August via Epic Records.
Posted in European Recording Studios, Miloco Clients, Mixing Studios, New Albums, Record Producers, Recording Studio Engineers, Recording Studio Videos, Residential Recording Studios, SSL Recording Studios, Tracking Studios, UK Recording Studios, Uncategorized | Tagged 24-96 Mastering, adam noble, Angelic Studio, automatic, don broco, epic records, grammy, jason perry, kerrang!, rob damiani, robin schmitt |Music magazine NME has blogged the news of Bring Me the Horizon recording ‘That’s the Spirit’ at the luxurious Black Rock.
After two months in the studio on the Greek island of Santorini, the 12-track album is set to be released on 11 September.
“We’re just soaking it up – we’ve been hiring quad bikes to go round on, hanging out at a few local bars, going down to the beach,” says Jordan Fish, the British metal band’s newest member and singer Oli Sykes’ co-writer, who acted as unofficial producer throughout the recording. Alistair Groves was engineer.
Posted in European Recording Studios, Miloco Clients, Mixing Studios, New Albums, Record Producers, Recording Studio Engineers, Residential Recording Studios, SSL Recording Studios, Tracking Studios, Uncategorized | Tagged alistair groves, black rock, bring me the horizon, jordan fish, nme, oli sykes, that's the spirit |The self-contained and daylit Lansdowne House Studio in London’s Holland Park has been added to our long-term let directory.
At Lansdowne House Studio, there is a control room, live room, bathroom with shower and rec room (about the same size as the control room). Miloco Builds transformed the facility into a luxury recording studio in 2013.
This long-term let studio comes equipped with a great selection of gear. Taking centre stage in the studio is a setup containing a Shadow Hills Equinox summing console, two Neve 1073LB Mono Mic Preamp modules and two Coles 4038 Studio Ribbon Microphones.
Lansdowne House Studio is very close to Universal Music UK and 30 seconds walk from Holland Park tube.
Read more about Lansdowne House Studio
Music discovery platform Tradiio have put together a selection of our London recording studios to help you search for different spaces. Look through the post at http://tradiioamp.com/london-recording-studio-shall-book/.
Tradiio reward artists with a session in some of these studios with the help of a Miloco engineer each month. So far they have rewarded the likes of Thundersuckle, Jamie Borrowdale, Some Velvet Morning and Stella Talpo.
To book a recording studio call +44 (0) 207 232 0008 or contact bookings@miloco.co.uk.
Posted in European Recording Studios, London Recording Studios, Miloco Clients, Mixing Studios, Recording Studio Engineers, SSL Recording Studios, Tracking Studios, UK Recording Studios, Uncategorized, Writing Studios | Tagged jamie borrowdale, Miloco, some velvet morning, stella talpo, thundersuckle, Tradiio |Groundbreaking drummer Tony Allen, who helped create the sounds of jazz-influenced African music style Afrobeat, has laid down drum track album ‘Tony Allen’s Afro Drops’ with drum sample library expert Drumdrops.
‘Tony Allen’s Afro Drops’ is the first sample library bringing Tony into play, the 23 Afrobeat drum tracks exclusively available from Drumdrops as multi-tracks, stems and loops that are used by composers, arrangers, performers and producers to create music.
Recorded and mixed by engineer Steve Sedgwick at west London facility Studio13, ‘Tony Allen’s Afro Drops’ incorporates influences from Tony’s drumming in Fela Kuti’s band Africa 70.
“He hits the drums really quietly, that’s something you notice when you first hear him playing and he just gets a really nice tone out of the drums,” explains Steve. “Whereas a lot of people might think you have to hit the drums really hard to get a bigger sound, it’s kind of the opposite often that the harder you hit them they just kind of become thinner. So he plays really softly but he just really makes the drums sing.”
Visit www.drumdrops.com to buy and download ‘Tony Allen’s Afro Drops’.
Posted in Drumdrops, European Recording Studios, London Recording Studios, Mixing Studios, Neve Recording Studios, Recording Studio Engineers, Recording Studio Videos, Tracking Studios, UK Recording Studios, Uncategorized | Tagged africa 70, afrobeat, drumdrops, fela kuti, steve sedgwick, studio 13, tony allen, tony allen's afro drops |The Art Studio, originally a northwest London artists’ studio, is available for booking through Miloco. Walking into the control room, you are immediately struck by the amount of light from the 15ft window and skylights, and views of trees outside.
The control room is based around a 24-fader Avid D-Command. A Bricasti reverb, Chandler EQs, 1176s and a Ridge Farm Boiler are just some of the outboard, and stacks of plugins complete the picture.
A good cross-section of pedals, from vintage MXR to Axe-Fx Ultra, are available, plus some rare percussion that owner and musician/composer David Bradnum brought back from Africa.
‘Young Blood’ by Saint Raymond was released 5 July 2015. Daniel Moyler engineered a few tracks on this album at Assault & Battery 2 and The Square in winter 2015.
The single ‘Come Back To You’ was recorded at The Square. ‘Be There’, ‘Great Escape’ and ‘Never Let You Go’ were recorded at Assault & Battery 2. All these tracks were produced by Artery, a two-piece songwriting/production duo comprising James New and Josef Page.
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