Following on from Friday’s blog post featuring drummer/producer Timmy record and engineer Ben Thackeray discuss the recording of Drumdrops’ ‘Royal Drops’, the guys are back – this time talking us through the mixing process on the album.
Find out everything you need to know on Royal Drops here.
Posted in Drumdrops, London Recording Studios, Mixing Studios, Record Producers, Recording Studio Engineers, SSL Recording Studios, UK Recording Studios | Tagged drum multi tracks, drumdrops, royal drops, soul drumming |Last week Drumdrops released their latest multi-track drum tracks album, ‘Royal Drops‘, an awesome collection of 15 sweet soul drum trakcks recorded in Miloco’s The Square SSL recording studio in London. Here is a video of drummer/producer Timmy Rickard and sound engineer Ben Thackeray discussing how they went about making ‘Royal Drops’. It was filmed at The Square.
www.drumdrops.com/recording/royal-drops
Posted in Drumdrops, London Recording Studios, Mixing Studios, SSL Recording Studios, Tracking Studios, UK Recording Studios | Tagged ben thackeray, drum multi tracks, drumdrops, drummer, Producer, royal drops, soul drumming, sound engineer, timmy rickard |
In 2013 we have bolstered our offering of London recording studios with another seven terrific rooms. We’ve got everything covered in the capital – studios North, East, South and West for all projects and budgets.
Of course with all of our many recording studios in London comes a fantastic array of recording and mixing consoles: the highest-end Neve and SSL desks; rare, vintage boards with rich histories of their own; as well as some great desks for writing and smaller scale projects, such as the acclaimed Audient series of consoles.
Here we are giving you a rundown of 20 different consoles we provide across 20 London recording studios…
123 Studios in Shoreditch, London offers this SSL X desk with the SSL X-panda desk expansion.
The Audient ASP 8024 Console at Arcadium Writing and Production studio in West London.
Assault & Battery 1‘s world class SSL SL407 G Series console has 72 channels with G+ computer and Ultimation (24 E-channels, 44 G-channels and 4 stereo channels). It has been used by Alan Moulder and Flood to mix countless huge records by the likes of Foals, Killers, Nine Inch Nails, Arctic Monkeys, White Lies and many more.
The Neve VR60 at Assault and Battery 2 recording studio in London has 60 channels, Flying Faders, Total Recall and Events Automation.
The Bridge Writing Studio in London, SE1 boasts this great Audient ASP4816 console in its luxurious control room.
We have an Audient Zen 16MPMF with Mic Pre’s and moving faders in The Bunker programming studio in London’s Bermondsey. A great little desk for the smaller space.
There is another Audient Zen 16MPMF in The Cabin writing and recording studio in North London (Kings Cross).
This SSL 4056G+ console in The Engine Room mixing studio in London used to live at the legendary but now defunct Olympic Studios.
Ilkatron Studios in Clapham boasts this very rare Sphere Eclipse C 32-Channel 32-Bus inline console. Beaut!
A recording studio on a boat, Lightship95 recently acquired this great API 1608 console.
The stunning SSL AL4072 G series 72 Channel console with Ultimation at Livingston Studio 1 in North London. It has 16 Black EQs, 8 Orange EQs, 8 Brown EQs and the rest are G-series EQs.
Musikbox writing and mixing studio in Kentish Town has this pristine Neve VR60 console.
This is the Neve 5305 24 Channel console based at Perry Vale Studios in South East London. Hard to come by these days…
Producer Ben Hillier picked up this rare EMT A100 30 Channel desk in Germany and drove it back to The Pool recording studio in London where it now resides.
Legendary producer Hugh Padgham has long been associated with SSL, so it makes perfect sense for this beautiful SSL 4064G+ 64 channel console to live at his Sofa Sound recording studio in West London.
The less common SSL 4044 E Series console at Soho Sound Kitchen, a new 5.1 recording studio based in Kings Cross, London.
The original Miloco studio in Hoxton, The Square has had many desks over the years. It currently houses one of the early Olympic Studios SSL G Series desks.
A real gem – the vintage Neve 8026 console at producer Craig silvey’s Toast Studios in Ladbroke Grove, West London. It contains 24 vintage Neve Mic Pre’s/EQs and has recorded the likes of Nirvana, Neil Young and REM in its long history.
They pop up all over Miloco’s London recording studios, mainly because they are so darn popular! Here’s another SSL 4048 G Series console with G+ computer which lives at Westpoint Studios in West London.
Lastly, something completely different – the Digidesign C24 Control Surface at The Yard, a specialist Live Mixing Studio in Highbury run in partnership between Miloco and DMZ Live.
To find out more on all of Miloco’s rooms in London visit our London Recording Studios page.
Posted in London Recording Studios, Mixing Studios, Neve Recording Studios, Recording Studio Equipment, SSL Recording Studios, Tracking Studios, UK Recording Studios, Writing Studios | Tagged audient, emt, London Recording Studios, mixing consoles, neve, recording consoles, SSL |
Christmas has come early over at The Square in Hoxton…
We have just rolled a beautiful Feurich Model 122 “Universal” Upright Piano into the original Miloco recording studio in East London.
As its name suggests, this stunning piano is designed for players from all genres; classical to jazz to rock and more.
This award-winning piano has such a strong and rich tone that some pianists have gone on record saying it even out-performs many baby grands. Originally launched in 2003, Feurich redeveloped the 122 “Universal” range in 2010/11 to enhance its sound quality even further, so we are delighted to now be offering one to our clients. Why don’t you head on over there to check it out…. www.miloco.co.uk/square.
Merry Christmas from Miloco to all you pianists, and everyone else too!
Posted in London Recording Studios, Recording Studio Equipment, SSL Recording Studios, Tracking Studios, UK Recording Studios | Tagged east london, feurich 122, hoxton, Hoxton studio, the square recording studio, upright piano |
Miloco client, singer-songwriter Sam Smith, won the Critics’ Choice Award last night and is due to be presented with the accolade at 2014’s BRIT Nominations on January 9th.
Open to artists who are due to release debut albums in 2014, 21 year old Sam Smith already has a string of successes under his belt, having sung on Naughty Boy’s number one single, La La La, and performed with Mercury Nominees Disclosure on their track, Latch.
Signed to Capitol Records, Smith was up against a strong shortlist of artists, including Chlöe Howl and Ella Eyre. Grabbing first place, he is set to release his debut single, Money On My Mind, in February 2014 and the album expected in Spring.
Sam has recently been working in Miloco’s Assault and Battery 2 studio in North London.
Posted in London Recording Studios, Miloco Clients, Neve Recording Studios, UK Recording Studios | Tagged assault and battery 2 studio, BBC Sound of 2014, Capitol Records, Critics' Choice Award, Disclosure, miloco studios, Naughty Boy, Neve recording studio, Sam Smith, Stephen Fitzmaurice |
This Christmas we have some great festive news for writers – the introduction of Pan West writing studio to the Miloco group.
Pan West is a great Recording Architecture designed writing and recording studio based in Kensal Rise, West London. The studio comprises a large control room with ATC main monitors, and a good-sized vocal booth.
Pan West is perfect for writers, producers or musicians looking for a space to rent for short periods of time on a dry hire basis. You will need to bring your computers and your favourite gear then plug in to the high end monitoring system and start work. Prices start from £ 150 / day on a dry hire basis and there is even some outboard, backline and a mic or two to use.
The studio is based in a building used by musicians, record producers and song writers. The studio is close to some of the best locations in the west including Ladbroke Grove, Notting Hill and Kensal Green and there are excellent transport links to the rest of the City.
Find out more by visiting www.miloco.co.uk/panwest. You can also call the office on +44(0) 207 232 0008 or email bookings@miloco.co.uk.
Posted in London Recording Studios, Record Producers, UK Recording Studios, Writing Studios | Tagged kensal rise, musicians, pan west, Producers, west london, writers, writing studio |
Last week we were very excited to see the 2014 Music Producers Guild (MPG) Awards shortlists revealed, and what a showing we have here at Miloco! The studios have been involved in no less than eight nominations across a number of different categories, which signals a brilliant year of music-making we’ve had in 2013.
First up, a hugely deserved shout for UK Producer of the Year for the esteemed pairing of Flood and Alan Moulder, who of course produced Foals’ Mercury-nominated Holy Fire. The album, which was recorded in Assault and Battery 2 and mixed in Assault and Battery 1, has gone from strength-to-strength since its release earlier in the year, and has been the catalyst for many Miloco-related nominations at the forthcoming MPGs. Flood and Alan are also in the running for Mix Engineer of The Year due to their staggeringly good mixes on Holy Fire; engineer Catherine Marks has doubled her chances of success by being nominated for both Recording Engineer of the Year and Breakthrough Engineer of the Year; while the album itself has been nominated for UK Album of the Year and UK Single Song Release of the Year for the track ‘My Number’. A massive congratulations to Foals, Flood, Alan and Catherine and best of luck to you all on the night.
This year has also been a huge one for engineer Matt Wiggins, who we represent on the Gotham Producers roster. Over the past 12 months, Matt’s excellent work with producer Paul Epworth has elevated him to the status as one of the UK’s most in-demand young engineers, and this has been recognised by a nomination for the Breakthrough Engineer of the Year award. Along with many other Epworth productions, including material from Paul McCartney’s New album, Matt was of course on recording duties for Adele’s Oscar-winning single, ‘Skyfall’, which will be hoping for yet more success in the MPG UK Single Song Release of the Year category.
Lastly, on the studio front if we were voting we would go for RAK Studios for the UK Studio of the Year award – an amazing studio with years of heritage that has recorded hit after hit. The other studios are great too but we would love to see RAK win it this year. Just saying!
That’s that. Over to the judges! Best of luck to all the nominees on the night, and we’ll look forward to seeing you all on February 13.
Posted in London Recording Studios, Miloco Clients, New Albums, Record Producers, Recording Studio Engineers, Tracking Studios, UK Recording Studios | Tagged album of the year, best producer, breakthrough engineer, MPG Awards, recording engineer of the year |
Newsflash from Miloco’s London HQ…
We’ve just put a UAD-2 Quad PCIe card into the Engine Room, along with every single plugin UAD make.
UAD-2 are the industry’s most respected collection of audio plug-ins, with emulations of classic bits of studio gear such as the Neve 1073 pre-amp, Studer A80 tape machine and Lexicon 224 reverb, all faithfully replicated in digital form through a painstaking process of measuring and modelling the original units. UAD’s collection of 90 award-winning powered plugins are now waiting for you on the Engine Room rig!
Posted in London Recording Studios, Mixing Studios, SSL Recording Studios, UK Recording Studios | Tagged engine room recording studio, mixing studio, uad-2 quad pcie card |
With Christmas just around the corner we are gearing up with some early festive spirit by offering a number of great reductions over three weeks from December 16 to January 5. Seven of the London studios will be available to book for some special Christmas rates. Here are the details:
The Bridge (www.miloco.co.uk/bridge)
Dec 16 – 24: £200.00 / 12 hr day excl. VAT
Dec 27 – Jan 5: £150.00 / 12 hr day excl. VAT
The Pool (www.miloco.co.uk/pool)
Dec 16 – 24: £400.00 / 12 hr day excl. VAT
Dec 27 – Jan 5: £300.00 / 12 hr day excl. VAT
The Square (www.miloco.co.uk/square)
Dec 16 – 24: £350.00 / 12 hr day excl. VAT
Dec 27 – Jan 5: £250.00 / 12 hr day excl. VAT
The Engine Room (www.miloco.co.uk/engineroom)
Dec 16 – 24: £350.00 / 12 hr day excl. VAT
Dec 27 – Jan 5: £250.00 / 12 hr day excl. VAT
Musikbox (www.miloco.co.uk/musikbox)
Dec 16 – 24: £350.00 / 12 hr day excl. VAT
Dec 27 – Jan 5: £250.00 / 12 hr day excl. VAT
Livingston Studio 2 (www.miloco.co.uk/livingston2)
Dec 16 – 24: £200.00 / 12 hr day excl. VAT
Dec 27 – Jan 5: £150.00 / 12 hr day excl. VAT
Assault & Battery 2 (www.miloco.co.uk/assaultandbattery2)
Dec 16 – 24: £400.00 / 12 hr day excl. VAT
Dec 27 – Jan 5: £300.00 / 12 hr day excl. VAT
To enquire after any of these rates during the specified periods, please contact the Bookings team on +44 (0) 207 232 0008 or email bookings@miloco.co.uk.
Posted in London Recording Studios, UK Recording Studios | Tagged christmas rates, London Recording Studios, Miloco |Irish Folk duo, Hudson Taylor’s latest release, the Osea EP was produced and mixed by Gotham Engineer/Producer Charlie Hugall and recorded and mixed at various Miloco studios such as Sofa Sound and Angelic residential studio in Oxford.
The EP features their lead single, Care, which was written at Miloco’s Osea Island and recorded at The Pool. They enjoyed their time there so much, it led to them naming the EP after their experience on the island.
Check out our full review here
Posted in London Recording Studios, Miloco Clients, Mixing Studios, New Albums, Record Producers, Recording Studio Engineers, Residential Recording Studios, Tracking Studios, UK Recording Studios, Writing Studios | Tagged Charlie Hugall, engineer, Folk, Gotham, Hudson Taylor, miloco studios, Osea EP, osea island, Producer, the pool | ← Older posts Newer posts →
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