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 |
Ilkatron Studios is the second amazing London recording stdio we are launching on the website this month. It is based in Clapham, south west London, and is run by producer/engineer Ben “Steamy” Williams. This brand new partnership with Miloco sees us enter the south west of London for the very first time.
Ilkatron features a wonderful 32-channel vintage Sphere Eclipse C console, which has recently been lovingly restored. The studio is perfectly laid out for bands looking to record together, with a 350 sq ft live room, a large booth and a room for isolating amps. It offers a great collection of classic mics, outboard, and backline and also includes a state-of-the-art Pro Tools|HDX system with a substantial selection of plug-ins. The equipment spec has been carefully devised to accommodate the simultaneous set up of all the studio’s instruments, so that everything can be ready to record at a moment’s notice.
The building, which was once part of Joe’s Garage Recording Studios, comes steeped in history. In the ’90s it played host to Boy George, Ian Dury, Bob Geldof, Stereo MCs, Right Said Fred, The Orb and David Byrne. The studio’s previous occupants, Morcheeba, produced six albums during their time here in the late ’90s and 2000s.
Find out everything you need to know on Ilkatron Studios by visiting www.miloco.co.uk/ilkatron.
Posted in London Recording Studios, Mixing Studios, UK Recording Studios, Uncategorized | Tagged clapham, ilkatron studios, Miloco, recording studio, south west London |
This November we are introducing two great London recording studios to the Miloco group. The first is Westpoint, a cutting-edge SSL recording and mix studio based in the heart of West London.
Westpoint Studios is one of the best boutique recording studios in London, known as one of the leading choices for producers and artists such as Dave Stewart, Jeff Beck, Tom Jones, Primal Scream, Simply Red, Seal, Bjork, Kylie Minogue, Take That, La Roux, Pet Shop Boys and many more.
Precision built by Recording Architecture, the studio is a unique blend of state-of-the-art recording facilities combined with a daring white interior design. Natural light floods the 22-foot control room through tall frosted glass windows and has a homely feel thanks to the relaxed chill out zones in every room.
At the centre of Westpoint’s control room is the purebred SSL 48 track 4K G Series and the highly acclaimed ATC SCM 200 monitoring system for a listening experience recommended by all who have had the pleasure of experiencing it. For multi-track recording there is the latest Pro Tools HDX system with a staggering 64 i/o via apogee symphony converters. Add to this over 100 balanced tie lines for you to record in any room (even the kitchen!) and it’s easy to see why even clients with the most complex of sessions find it a breeze to set up effortlessly into these facilities.
Westpoint Studios is an oasis of creativity in the heart of West London, close to the major labels, and promises an unforgettable recording experience with results that are hard to beat. Find out everything you need to know on Westpoint Studios by visiting www.miloco.co.uk/westpoint.
Posted in London Recording Studios, Mixing Studios, SSL Recording Studios, Tracking Studios, UK Recording Studios | Tagged Miloco, recording studio, west london, westpoint studios |The new single from Manchester-based Bipolar Sunshine, Love More Worry Less, was recorded at Miloco’s North London Livingston 1 Studio.
Taken from the singer’s latest EP, Drowning Butterflies, the lead single was produced by Gotham’s Mike Crossey (Arctic Monkeys, Foals, The 1975, Jake Bugg) and is an intriguing melting pot of smooth RnB and chilled House beats from the emotional and frank, Adio Marchant, AKA Bipolar Sunshine.
Read our full review here.
Posted in London Recording Studios, Miloco Clients, Mixing Studios, Record Producers, Recording Studio Engineers, Tracking Studios, UK Recording Studios | Tagged Bipolar Sunshine, Drowning Butterflies, engineer, EP, Livingston 1 Studios, london, Love More Worry Less, Mike Crossey, miloco studios, Producer, Single |Arcade Fire’s highly anticipated fourth studio album, Reflektor, was released this week (Monday 28th October) to rave reviews from music critics around the world.
Showcasing an exciting shift from Rock band to Dance music purveyors, Reflektor was part mixed by Craig Silvey (4 tracks) at Miloco’s Toast Studios, with James Murphey (LCD Soundsystem) and Markus Dravs involved in the production side.
Take a look at our full review here.
Posted in London Recording Studios, Miloco Clients, Mixing Studios, New Albums, Record Producers, Recording Studio Engineers | Tagged Arcade Fire, Craig Silvey, Dance music, James Murphy, Markus Dravs, miloco studios, Reflektor, Rock n Roll, Toast Studios, Tom Elmhirst, Win Butler | ← Older posts Newer posts →
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