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Public Service Broadcasting records at The Pool

Public Service Broadcasting tracked drums, brass and strings at Miloco’s The Pool for the London-based duo’s second album ‘The Race For Space’.

PSB tracked two drum kits at The Pool – the Slingerland and the Premier – for the USA and USSR tracks respectively.

PSB also tracked a six-piece brass section for ‘Gagarin’ and five-piece strings for a few tracks. A lot of the sound for the brass and strings came from a medium-range pair of Coles mics. And for the Premier kit, which was set up in the drum booth, a great deal came from a Neumann fet 47 mic set up in the main room.

Read more.

Matt Lawrence advises on recording sessions

Whether you’re about to record your first single or that difficult sixth album, making the most of your time in the studio is essential in order to make the best record possible on the budget that’s right for you.

Grammy award-winning producer, engineer and mixer Matt Lawrence, who does much of his work at Miloco’s studios, has given advice on how to get the most out of a recording session.

With a career that’s seen him working with the likes of Adele, Mumford & Sons, Foals and Amy Winehouse, Matt knows his stuff.

For the advise from Matt, visit our Top Tips resource:

www.milocostudios.com/toptip/matt-lawrence-advises-on-recording-sessions/

Henry Crallan RIP 1950 – 2015

It is with heavy hearts that Pete Hofmann and I have to announce that Henry Crallan passed away on Sunday 22 March 2015. After his cancer was diagnosed last year, Henry was keen that his condition should remain private and, as was his way, he didn’t want to concern people with his health. Henry had tremendous support from his wife MJ and children, who have been helping him through his treatments. It is to them that our heartfelt condolences are sent.

Henry founded Milo just over 30 years ago as a one-studio operation in Hoxton Square, built in partnership with John Deacon, the bass player from Queen who he was touring with at the time. The name Milo was coined from Milo Minderbinder from Joseph Heller’s Catch-22, whose wheeling and dealing was very much reflected in Miloco’s spirit. In those formative years Henry expanded Milo by building a second demo studio and then several long-term let dry hire studios in a separate building in Hoxton Market.

While Milo grew, Henry continued his life on the road as a tour/production manager working for acts such as Queen, The Rolling Stones, Paul McCartney and Madonna. He became a specialist in South America, which suited his “can-do” attitude, and he was always called upon whenever tours headed down to that part of the world. There is hardly a stadium in the world that he didn’t visit, and he became an exceptional talent at building stages quickly and effortlessly. From around 2006, Henry began working exclusively for Elton John Touring until he retired at the end of 2013.

In 2000, Henry purchased Orinoco Studios in Bermondsey. At this point Milo became the new brand Miloco and the growth of the company took off. Over the next 15 years, Miloco expanded from the original Hoxton studio into an extensive group of partnerships with studio owners/producers including Hugh Padgham, Matt Johnson (The The), and Flood and Alan Moulder.

In recent years, Henry oversaw Miloco’s expansion into various new business areas including Miloco Builds, a studio design and construction company which now has clients including Abbey Road, Paul Epworth, Amazon and SNK Studios; and Miloco Gear, which buys and sells pro audio equipment.

Miloco as a company is a true reflection of Henry’s strength of character. His support of both the staff and the company cannot be emphasised enough. Henry did not run Miloco for commercial gain. Although there were many opportunities to realise his investment, he never did because of his pride in what we have achieved as a company.

We both intend to be able to continue to grow the company as would have been his wish, and will greatly miss his continued guidance and words of wisdom.

Nick Young, managing director, Miloco

Miloco partners with Tradiio

Reward-based music discovery platform Tradiio has launched in the UK, offering up-and-coming and more established artists rewards and opportunities including access to studio time through Miloco’s partnership with Tradiio.

Other rewards and opportunities include a slot on the Tradiio Stage at Field Day as well as benefits from Tradiio’s label partnership with Believe and the chance to make a video thanks to Tradiio’s partnership with Radar.

Available on the web and via iOS and Android apps, Tradiio also lets users listen to, and virtually invest in, new artists. The user is able to discover new talent and act as a tastemaker for others, as users themselves do all the curation with no editors involved.

Users that do the best job spotting talent gain credibility and earn virtual coins on the platform, which can be redeemed for rewards such as Field Day tickets, Bleep download store vouchers, AIAIAI headphones and Sonos speakers.

“Tradiio users can build up their credibility by spotting the best up-and-coming talent and be recognised as a tastemaker,” said Paul Benney, UK managing director of Tradiio. “Users get to listen to new artists and invest virtual currency in the ones they consider to be the best.

“It’s a completely different experience than other, more passive music platforms that users don’t really engage with. Tradiio users are influencing the careers of the artists they are listening to, as well as building themselves reputations among their peers, giving them an emotional link to the platform.”

Tradiio is free for users and artists to access through the www.tradiio.com website, on iOS and Android.

“In Portugal, where Tradiio has been established for some time, Universal Music Portugal selects artists from Tradiio’s top 50 chart to distribute worldwide. No other streaming service offers the artist opportunities like this,” said Alvaro Gomez, CEO and co-founder of Tradiio.

Drumdrops presents Vintage Folk Rock Kit

All the info on the soon-to-be-released Vintage Folk Rock Kit is now live on the website of drum sample library expert Drumdrops.

Engineer/producer Phill Brown and drummer Martyn Barker sampled a beautiful vintage Hollywood kit that was recorded using a 1970s mic technique using five mics: a mic on the kick, a mic on the snare, two mics surrounding the kit and a mono mic overhead.

The kit comes with a 1967 Ludwig snare and Drumdrops provides articulations for sticks, hotrods and brushes.

Recorded at the world-famous Livingston Studios in London, Drumdrops thinks you will love the kit.

All the usual sample packs will be released in the coming months. Read more about the Vintage Folk Rock Kit here.

Stephen Street involved in Blur comeback

Miloco partner Stephen Street has revealed he has been involved in making the new Blur LP over the last few months!

‘The Magic Whip’, the band’s first record as a four-piece in 16 years, was announced by Blur at a press conference hosted by BBC Radio 1 presenter Zane Lowe at the Golden Phoenix restaurant in London’s Chinatown. Stephen, who is managed by Gotham Producers, also attended.

In November last year, Blur guitarist Graham Coxon drafted in Stephen (producer of ‘Leisure’, ‘Modern Life Is Rubbish’, ‘Parklife’, ‘The Great Escape’ and ‘Blur’) to work with the band on the material.

‘The Magic Whip’ will be released on April 27 2015. Pre-order the new album on iTunes now and get the new track ‘Go Out’ instantly!

Introducing the Gretsch BFD Pack from Drumdrops

Drum sample library expert Drumdrops is to release its first drum expansion pack for the BFD premium acoustic drum module from FXpansion today at 4pm GMT.

The Gretsch 1960s Round Badge Soul Kit – BFD Pack is compatible with BFD2 and BFD3.

The kit, produced and played by Timmy Rickard, is an amazing recreation of the Al Jackson Jr drum sound of the early 70s, and a great example of a vintage drum sound recorded solely with five kit mics.

Customers will be able to add the kit to their BFD libraries, and utilise all the great features that come with the module.

The first 20 customers will get the pack for free, the next 30 will get the pack for £15, the next 50 will get the pack for £25 and then it will be the retail price of £35.

Customers will need to have a Drumdrops account to purchase the kit. Login and at 4pm GMT head to the Buy Kit page.

The free kits go in a second, so you have to be quick!

UK Album of the Year goes to Goldfrapp

A highlight of the Music Producers Guild Awards included producer and Miloco partner Flood handing the UK Album of the Year award to Goldfrapp’s Will and Alison for ‘Tales of Us’.

The album was mixed by engineer and producer Craig Silvey at Toast, a Miloco studio in partnership with Craig.

Miloco’s review is here.

Paul Epworth wins UK Producer Of The Year

Congratulations to Miloco partner Paul Epworth, who won UK Producer Of The Year at the Music Producers Guild Awards last night.

The Brits sponsor the Music Producer’s Guild’s major award, and that meant Paul also received the first Brit award for 2015.

Paul took home the Brit award for British Producer for the third time. He has recently worked with Coldplay, U2, Paul McCartney, FKA Twigs, Glass Animals and more.

“A great producer is nothing without great artists, and I’ve been really fortunate to work with some of the most amazing people over the last year,” said Paul. “I want to thank the MPGs for having me back again, and I’ll try to not be back here next year.”

The Charlatans play live from The Church

Watch The Charlatans performing ‘Trouble Understanding’ live from Miloco’s The Church, London.

‘Trouble Understanding’ is taken from the new album ‘Modern Nature’, out now on BMG Chrysalis.

‘Modern Nature’ was mixed at Toast, a Miloco studio in partnership with engineer and producer Craig Silvey. Craig mixed the singles ‘Come Home Baby’ plus ‘So Oh’, and Eduardo de la Paz mixed the remainder of the album.

Read about the record here.