A collection of NASA sounds from historic spaceflights and current missions have been uploaded to NASA’s stream on SoundCloud. You can download the roar of a space shuttle launch; Neil Armstrong’s “One small step for (a) man, one giant leap for mankind”; the memorable words “Houston, we’ve had a problem”; and more.
Each sound has been made available on a Creative Commons licence, meaning you can use them for your own compositions or soundscapes!
For sound file use policy, please see here.
Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Creative Commons, NASA, Neil Armstrong, SoundCloud |Produced and engineered by Alex Epton with additional production and engineering by Tom Belton and Ben Jackson respectively, Kele’s new album Trick is out now.
Kele mostly went into The Bridge to record the album. Watch a behind the scenes interview here.
Fast-and-Wide interviewed Miloco’s Nick Young on the reopening of The Church Studios and the history of Miloco’s recording studios.
While centre stage belongs to studio and mixing console, the story behind the refurbishment of London’s iconic Church has an all-star cast – from new owner Paul Epworth through studio designer John Storyk, and the Miloco group that handled the build and will manage bookings, to the specialist techs who lent unrivalled expertise to the many aspects of the project.
MD Nick Young offers an insight into Miloco and the path to The Church.
The company was established in 1984 by Queen bass player John Deacon and the band’s tour manager, Henry Crallan. A tour specialist who had “built stages all his life”, Crallan wanted to get into recording. He bought a building in Hoxton Square, when Hoxton was rather a remote suburb of north London, and opened Milo Music. The 1980s were generous to the recording industry, and Milo set its sights modestly.
“I would say that, back then, Milo was top of the Championship in recording studios, rather than in the Premiership,” Nick Young says. “It started off with an Amek Angela console and Studer tape machine.
“I don’t think John had much to do with running it, except being a financial partner at the beginning and then being slowly bought out. I arrived about five years later, making tea and wanting to be an engineer. I worked for a couple of years as an assistant, then became an engineer and ended up in the office because Henry was always away on tour.”
It is unlikely that anyone within the fledgling company, nor any observer, could have predicted the decimation of the traditional recording studio business that lay just below the horizon, or the almost prescient working model that Miloco was soon to establish. The company’s initial steps gave little indication of either, but that began to change quite quickly.
See more at Fast-and-Wide.
Posted in European Recording Studios, London Recording Studios, Mixing Studios, Record Producers, Recording Studio Builds, Recording Studio Engineers, Recording Studio Equipment, Tracking Studios, UK Recording Studios, Uncategorized | Tagged Amek Angela, Fast-and-Wide, Henry Crallan, hoxton, Hoxton Square, John Deacon, john storyk, Milo Music, Miloco, Nick Young, North London, Paul Epworth, Queen, Studer, the church studios |
The MOBO Awards came to an end yesterday evening and Sam Smith won Best Album for In the Lonely Hour, partly recorded at Assault & Battery with producer Stephen Fitzmaurice, producer and engineer Jimmy Napes, and assistant Adam Durbridge.
As well as Best Album, Smith won Best Male, Best R&B/Soul, and Best Song for his UK No 1. Stay With Me.
Together with his four MOBO awards, Smith picked up Q Best New Act at the Q Awards earlier in the day. “5 AWARDS IN 1 DAY!!!!” said Smith in a post on Facebook. “I am completely emotionally drained and thankful. Thank you to the Mobos and the Q awards, but most importantly THE FANS. I’m a little bit in love with you all…”
Posted in European Recording Studios, London Recording Studios, Miloco Clients, Record Producers, Recording Studio Engineers, Tracking Studios, UK Recording Studios, Uncategorized | Tagged Adam Durbridge, assault & battery, Best Album, Best Male, Best R&B/Soul, Best Song, Facebook, In the Lonely Hour, Jimmy Napes, MOBO Awards, Q Awards, Q Best New Act, Sam Smith, Stay With Me, Stephen Fitzmaurice, UK No 1. |Miloco would like to advise studio owners to watch out following the 7 October 2014 robbery of The OC Recording Company in Orange County, California.
During the crime, producer Asaf Fulks and a colleague were stripped and tied up as thieves seized $40,000 worth of money and equipment.
“It could have been a lot worse,” said Fulks. “One man tackled me and tied me up, and they stole basically all of Studio B and C.”
The studio will not shut down because of the incident, and will work with its insurance company to replace the stolen equipment. “We really appreciate everyone’s support, and this isn’t going to set us back,” said Fulks. “We’ve been in business for nine years and never had a problem, and we plan to continue being here. This robbery won’t discourage us.”
See more at Pro Sound Network.
Posted in Record Producers, Recording Studio Equipment, Uncategorized | Tagged Asaf Fulks, Miloco, The OC Recording Company |Mixed by Mike Crossey at Livingston Studio 1, Ben Howard’s new album I Forget Where We Were is out now.
In late 2013 Howard came back from a tour in support of his first album – the Brit-winning, platinum-selling Every Kingdom. In the studio/barn together with Howard were his bandmates Mickey Smith, Andrew ‘Bear’ Bond, Nat Wasson, India Bourne, and Chris Bond – also the record’s producer.
“Because the feeling of live music, the movement of music is so much more rewarding to listen to,” Howard said. “I love mistakes – one of my favourite things on records is the little wonky bits.”
Buy I Forgot Where We Were here via iTunes!
Posted in European Recording Studios, London Recording Studios, Miloco Clients, Mixing Studios, New Albums, Record Producers, Recording Studio Engineers, SSL Recording Studios, Tracking Studios, UK Recording Studios, Uncategorized | Tagged Andrew ‘Bear’ Bond, Ben Howard, Chris Bond, Every Kingdom, I Forget Where We Were, India Bourne, livingston studio 1, Mickey Smith, Mike Crossey, Nat Wasson |Award-winning documentary depicting a day in the life of Bad Seeds frontman, Nick Cave was released last week with a great reception.
Co-written and directed by Iain Forsyth, Jane Pollard and Cave himself, the documentary was part filmed at Miloco’s The Retreat Recording Studio in Brighton, where they also worked on the sound for the film soundtrack. It was also part filmed at Miloco’s La Fabrique studio in Southern France, where Cave and The Bad seeds recorded their latest album, Push Away The Sky, allowing directors into the studio to capture exclusive and intimate footage.
Read our full review here and make sure you check out the film in cinemas across the UK now.
Posted in Live Recording, Miloco Clients, Residential Recording Studios, Tracking Studios, UK Recording Studios | Tagged 000 Days On Earth, 20, Documentary, Film, Ian Forsyth, Jane Pollard, La Fabrique Recording Studio, miloco studios, nick cave, nick cave and the bad seeds, Retreat Recording Studio |
The second great new studio we’re welcoming to Miloco this week is the very first we have collaborated with in Ireland, which is really exciting…
Attica Audio Recording was opened in 2012 by Villagers guitarist Tommy McLaughlin to provide a unique and fully-featured residnetial recording studio at brilliant prices. Based in Co. Donegal, Ireland, the studio has been designed from the ground up to be an exceptional acoustic space.
The control room is based around a 1978 Harrison 3232b Console with monitoring provided by ATC SCM25A & Yamaha NS10’s. Recording is to a Pro Tools HD Native system running on the latest Mac Pro computer with AVID, Lynx & Burl AD/DA converters with mic pre’s and outboard by API, UA, Tube-Tech, Crane Song and many more.
Attica is home to two recording rooms. Parkhead, the main live area, is 1400 sq.ft and has some of the best natural light you will ever see in a recording studio. Lisbon, the second live area, is a 220 sq.ft booth with a very dead and controlled acoustic character even at very low frequencies. All of the live areas have wooden floors, 17ft ceilings & excellent sight lines, not least to mention the fantastic collections of microphones and backline available to clients at no extra cost. View the full spec here.
Located in a truly beautiful and peaceful part of rural Ireland, Attica is an amazing creative getaway that is new to the industry. To find out more on Attica Audio Recording visit www.miloco.co.uk/attica.
Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged attica audio recording, residential, studio ireland |
It’s thre first of two great new studios joining the Miloco group this September! Welcome on board the mazing writing and recording studio, Kensaltown Studio A, home to Martin Terefe…
Since Martin opened Kensaltown Studios in January 2004 it has been central to the London recording scene. The studio’s clients have included James Morrison, KT Tunstall, Travis, Train, Lana Del Rey, Adele, Cee Lo Green, The National, Coldplay, Arcade Fire, Beck, Backstreet Boys, Jason Mraz, Jessie J, Emeli Sande, The Horrors, James Blunt, Rita Ora, Corinne Bailey Rae, Cat Stevens, Westlife, A-ha, Erykah Badu, Mary J Blige, Goldfrapp, Jamie Cullum and many more top artists. The amazing studio spaces have also been used for photo, film and video shoots plus numerous other events.
Kensaltown are now pleased to offer their main room, Studio A, for hire. This is the central room in the Kensaltown complex and boasts a large open plan live / control room and a great sounding drum room. The studio can easily accommodate most kinds of sessions; full bands and larger ensembles such as string sections, horns and even choirs.
Sometimes described as the modern day brill building, the unique and creative atmosphere at Kensaltown has to be experienced. This is a state-of-the-art multi-room complex comprising eight studios located in a fantastic building flooded with light and communal areas and a buzzing communal kitchen, complete with in-house chef.
Find out everything there is to know about Kensaltown Studio A by visiting www.miloco.co.uk/kensaltown.
Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged kensaltown studio a, ladbroke grove, martin terefe, recording studio, west london |U2’s new album Songs Of Innocence was released in the early hours of this morning and dropped into the music libraries of over half a billion iTunes users to coincide with the launch of the new Apple iPhone 6 and Watch.
It’s been five years since the band’s last record, No Line On The Horizon, so it’s no surprise there has been mass hype around the release.
Featuring the slick production skills of Paul Epworth, the album was part recorded at Miloco’s newly re-built and renovated Church Studios and was also part engineered and mixed by Gotham Producers’ Matt Wiggins.
You can read our full review of the album here.
Posted in London Recording Studios, Miloco Clients, Mixing Studios, Neve Recording Studios, New Albums, Record Producers, Recording Studio Builds, Recording Studio Engineers, Tracking Studios, UK Recording Studios | Tagged Apple, crouch end, iTunes, london, matt wiggins, miloco studios, mixing, Neve Room, New Album, Paul Epworth, production, Songs Of Innocence, the church studios, U2 | ← Older posts Newer posts →
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