NRG Recording Studios joins Miloco

NRG is a three studio facility founded by legendary producer Jay Baumgardner, which has over 30 years of experience in the music industry and a long history of providing one of a kind recording experiences. Studios A and B are large tracking rooms, while Studio C is a plush mixing room and all are stocked with the best in digital and analogue equipment.

Studio A is the largest of the studios here at 5000 square feet, with a live tracking room with cement walls and birch wood paneling, 3 iso booths, a producers lounge (which doubles as a fourth iso booth), a Yamaha C-7 Concert grand piano, and Mytek Private Q individual headphone systems with 8 mono and 2 stereo channels. The attached control room, is centred around a custom built 64 input Neve 8068 console. Studio A also features a spacious private lounge with a full kitchen and dining area, widescreen HD DirecTV with surround sound, and a tournament pool table.

Each of the studios has its own distinct look and character, and Studio B has it in spades. The Moroccan themed room features a 30 x 40 foot live room with warm walnut wood floors and high ceilings. The large space also houses two isolation booths, two amp closets and, like Studio A, it’s own producers lounge. Also like Studio A, Studio B features a custom built Neve console in the control room, the 8078, which includes 24 channels of 1073 mic pres, and custom Dynaudio C4 main monitors.

NRG’s mix room is the luxurious Studio C. Designed in a ‘gothic revival’ style with velvet and carved oak, Studio C is designed purely for mixing and is centred around a custom Raven Black SSL 9000J. This spacious control room features custom Dynaudio C4 main monitors, and a private lounge/iso booth with vaulted ceilings and pointed arches, which provide another unique creative environment.

With character and quality, it comes at no surprise that over the years NRG Recording Studios has attracted some of the biggest names and most exciting projects to its halls. Artists such as Beck, Miley Cyrus, Linkin Park, 30 Seconds To Mars, BB King, Justin Bieber and many more have come to take full advantage of the space and its equipment.

View the full studio page here, and make sure to get in touch with our bookings team to enquire about rates and sessions.

Welcome Wisseloord Studios

Miloco is pleased to welcome one of The Netherlands’ most renowned recording facilities, Wisseloord Studios, to our worldwide directory. Located in Hilversum, just outside of Amsterdam, the legendary studio is comprised of five studios: three recording studios and two mastering rooms.

Built in 1978 and opened by Prince Claus, the studio was founded by electronics company Philips as a space for their PolyGram artists to record and has experienced a rich history ever since. Their client list boasts names such as Elton John, Def Leppard, Iron Maiden, Tina Turner, U2, Snoop Dogg and many more. From 2010-2012 the studio underwent a major refurbishment, transforming it into the modern state-of-the-art facility it is today.

Studio 1, aka the ‘Grande Dame’ is a 150m2 live room large enough for projects ranging from small orchestras, ensembles, bands, and video shoots. The space makes use of its two windows to catch the natural light, a rigging frame for lights & mics, and two isolation booths suitable for drums or vocals. The attached control room is centred around Avid’s (Euphonix) System 5 and a custom PMC speaker system that combines in-wall and ceiling-mounted monitors.

Studio 2 has preserved all the original acoustics and structure of the studio pre-renovation. It is smaller and more intimate than Studio 1, but still packs a punch! The flexible architecture features an open drum booth and movable walls which allow the room to be subdivided into three separate spaces, providing good acoustic isolation while allowing all-important eye contact between musicians. The attached control room features a custom API Vision mixing desk and custom PMC monitoring.

The third studio, Studio 4, was built by popular demand as a result of clients who wanted a modern production and writing studio that still had all the technical amenities, but more suitable for smaller projects. Designed for songwriting, tracking sessions and the like, the cosy control room features an API The Box desk and divers A-Class outboard. Studio 4 also features a great sounding live room of 25m2 (269 sq.ft.) where engineers and artists can record while using the impressive floating backline present in Wisseloord.

Complementing these three amazing and diverse recording studios are Mastering 1 and Mastering 2, two luxurious mastering rooms designed with excellent acoustics and equipped with an impressive array of analogue and digital gear.

The studio complex is also home to the Wisseloord House of Music, a publishing and production company investing in talent development, together with various national and international labels.

This is an incredible full-service recording facility that can take clients through from writing, through to recording, mixing and mastering. With an experienced and professional team on hand to cater to all types of projects, it is no wonder that Wisseloord has become THE recording destination in The Netherlands for artists from all over the world.

Get in touch with our bookings team to enquire about the facility and to book your session.

The Bunker moves to West London

The Bunker was originally built in 2010 at Miloco’s SE1 HQ for indie producer Stephen Street (Blue, The Smiths, Morrissey), who wanted a modern and comfortable space to base himself and his equipment long-term.

After many years Stephen and The Bunker have relocated to West London, now known as The Bunker at 13. The new studio is a state-of-the-art writing, overdubbing and mixing in the box room near Shepherd’s Bush.

The space is now available for producers, engineers and artists to book when Stephen is away, and makes a great environment for writing, editing, vocal recording, overdubbing and mixing in the box. With bespoke acoustic design, a stylish interior, vocal booth, and custom built workstation, the studio benefits from an excellent array of equipment, including Audient Zen console, Focal Twin and KRK monitors. Clients can also make use of pieces of outboard, backline and misused to record many of Stephen’s legendary projects.

The finishing touches to the studio include a leather sofa, warm colour scheme and lighting, and many of Stephen’s personal touches such as photos captured throughout his career, not to mention an impressive collection of platinum disks to date. Also on site are kitchen and lounge facilities.

Elsewhere in the building, there is a kitchen/lounge area to relax in. There are also plenty of bars, restaurants, cafes, shops and other attractions in this fast-developing part of West London with Westfield shopping centre also close by and the new Soho House West coming nearby in 2018.

Just added: Madrid’s Estudio Uno

We are very pleased to welcome our first studio in the Spanish capital of Madrid to the Miloco directory, Estudio Uno. This beautiful three-studio facility is located on the outskirts of Madrid, combining traditional analogue recording techniques and modern digital technology.

The main room is Estudio A, a large live room with SSL control room attached. With its varied acoustics and ample space, Estudio A’s is the perfect place to record everything from orchestras to big bands and smaller projects. The control room is centred around an SSL 4048 E+G console, with an efficient recall system kept in top condition. Equipment is divided in six racks at the side of the room, with the left side featuring high quality preamps, and the three right racks combining compressors, EQs and effects. Monitoring is provided by Eastlake Focal Twin, Genelec, Yamaha and KRK.

Estudio B is smaller than Estudio A, with smaller live and control rooms and an incredible array of outboard and instruments. This is a great room that is perfect for any kind of recording, from drums to vocals and mixing. The control room is centred around a Sony MXP 3036 console, accompanied by excellent monitoring and hand-made wooden racks with renowned preamps, EQs and effects. Estudio B’s live room is defined by its dry sound, an absorbent room ideal for recording voice, percussion, and even piano, thanks to the Yamaha U3 upright piano in the room.

Estudio C is the smaller writing and production room with a moderate sized live room perfect for writing, recording and pre-production. With lots of natural light and an acoustically absorbent space it is ready to record anything from keyboards to guitars or string instruments and vocals. It also has two main consoles that can be used separately or together, allowing you to mix within both the analogue and digital domain. Highlights from the equipment list include pieces from Neve and Kahayan, along with the 10 preamps in the Chilton CM2console, as well as Lexicon PCM 70 and Yamaha SPX900 effects.

The staff at Estudio Uno are ready to bring out the sound and true artistic authenticity of each and every client that walks through the door. Their goal is to provide the best environment for all artists, and an atmosphere where music flows, with all the technical and human resources available to capture it.

New studios: Fever Recording Studio

The boutique space is an expansion of existing LA Miloco partner studio, Clear Lake Recording, located a short distance away in North Hollywood.

Owner Eric Milos has gone to great lengths to create a luxurious atmosphere within the state-of-the-art space, complete with comfortable private lounges and full-service amenities

Fever Recording is made up of one large live room and attached control room, four production rooms, each with their own vocal booths, and a spacious communal lounge. Studio 1’s lovely live room has been fitted out with hard wood floors and deep, natural tones that create a warm and inspiring ambience in which to create. The live room is large enough to house a full band setup including grand piano, drums, guitarist, bassist and vocalist. The ample space means that it’s also a great location for filming!

The attached control room is centred around a SSL 4000G desk, supported by an array of vintage and modern outboard and impeccable monitoring from the likes of Augspurger and Yamaha.

When it’s time to kick back and take a break, clients of Studio 1 can walk up the spiral staircase to their exclusive, private lounge.

The experienced team at Fever Recording are at the ready to cater to all projects, from independent artists to the heavy hitters of the music industry.

For a limited time only Fever Recording are offering new clients discounted rates on their first session. Get in touch with the Miloco bookings team to enquire about this special offer, and book your session!

Introducing Miloco’s United States Studio Directory

The Miloco Group is proud to welcome Jason Dragon as the Director of US Operations. Jason will introduce a wide expansion of Miloco Studios across the United States, adapting and developing the Miloco vision of studio partnerships throughout the 50 states.

The premiere US studios featured on our website will be expanding widely in the coming months.

If you don’t find your ideal studio on our website, please email our bookings team and we will connect you with Jason, who is our expert in the US studio market. He is available for all your recording needs.

Jason Dragon was in demand as a US composer and songwriter for years before relocating to the UK to work as an artist with a number of legendary producers.

After two years in London, Jason returned to the US to focus on songwriting, music production and artist development. Jason has also advised several music companies as a strategic consultant.

He has been working with music technology companies since the earliest days of digital music compression.

Jason attended the Psychology PhD Program at NYU. His experience in music, business, technology, and psychology informs his unique approach.

Welcome Dock Street Studios

At the risk of being biased to our own work, we are so pleased to welcome Dock Street Studios to the Miloco Studios directory. The newly built recording studio complex in East London was recently built by our Miloco Builds team, designed by Nick Whitaker (Abbey Road, Olympic Studios and more).

Situated near St Katherines Docks, about as close as you can get to central London in Zone 1, the complex is comprised of two pinpoint accurate control rooms, each with their own live room.

Studio 1 is the centerpiece of the Dock Street Studio complex. It has a large live room has the highest level of precision acoustic treatment and can easily house a full band for live recording, as well as separation for individual instrument recording or overdubbing.

The attached live room is home to a 1980 John Spencer upright piano, a wonderful Mk1 Fender Rhodes ’73, and a 1960’s Ludwig Hollywood drum kit. It has a large vocal booth and is afforded excellent separation by two sets of acoustic sliding doors. This can be used for full cabinet guitar amps, or multiple singers/instramentalists. The live and control rooms are connected by a large viewing window to allow for maximum commucation between the two rooms.

Studio 1’s control room has the largest amount of acoustic treatment, being purpose built around the Focal SM9 monitors, and with floating bass traps, absorbtion and reflection planels within the fabric walls, the room possesses an extaordinarily flat frequency response. These are combined with the Shadow Hills master compressor, Heritage Audio 1073s, BAE 10DCs, 1960’s EMI valve pre-amps and much more.

Studio 2 is a small writing studio suite with a live room, booth and air conditioned control room.The live room has full height diffusion panels and circular ceiling absorbtion panels giving the room a fantasic ‘live’ sound, while still allowing for a controllable recording enviroment. Meanwhile the fully fabric lined booth gives a perfect enviroment for clean vocal and amp recording.

The control room is a purpose built shape to accentuate the already exceptional accuracy of the ATC SCM25A monitors with a large feature diffusion panel at the. The gear in studio 2 includes a 500 series rack with API 512C pre-amps, Heritage Audio ’73 Jr. pre-amps, a Serpent bus compressor and UA 1176 compressors.

Both control rooms benefit from Hue lighting to set the mood, Focal SM9s (Studio 1) or ATC25s (Studio 2), and running the latest version of Pro-tools and Logic. Let’s not forget the chesterfield sofas to sink into while you listen to playback.

With a wide range of instruments, including an upright piano, a 73 Fender Rhodes, a 1960’s Ludwig Hollywood Drumkit, with collection of guitars as well as a selection of microphones and high-end outboard gear this really is the perfect place to make music.

And when you want to take a break from it all, the studio has a large lounge area with TV and an impressive vinyl collection, fully kitted out kitchen and the wealth of East London’s cafes, restaurants and pubs on its doorstep.

Just added, Italy’s The Garage

Another week, another new studio added to our global directory of studios. We are so pleased to welcome The Garage Studio, an incredible residential recording and mixing studio in the picturesque Tuscan countryside in Italy.

Located between the cities of Siena and Florence, The Garage sits on a 10 hectare property and is comprised of two 150 year old villas that owner, sound engineer and producer Fabrizio Vanni, has transformed into the studio complex it is today while retaining their original style and charm. Surrounded by olive groves, gardens, a private wood, pond and swimming pool,the whole atmosphere makes for an unforgettable recording escape.

The studio is made up of two live rooms, as well as the additional halls in the villas that can be used for recording, and a large (50 metres sq) control room centred around a beautiful Solid State Logic SL9000J 56 channel large format custom console with Ultimation® moving faders automation. Clients will also find a wide range of equipment including vintage synthesizers, drum machines and keyboards, a real paradise for vintage lovers.

The two live rooms about 25 square metres each, with one housing a beautiful baby grand Yamaha C3 piano and a comfortable leather sofa, and lit by natural light. The third live room is inside the villa: a 50 square metres hall with an elegant atmosphere that also provides an incredible acoustic sound and aesthetic result.

The on-site accommodation provides eight comfortable, well-appointed bedrooms, each with their own private bathroom (which can accommodate up to sixteen guests), a biliard room, a library room, three halls, and two kitchens.

Owner Fabrizio Vanni has over 35 years experience in the music industry, starting his own label and opening The Garage in 2013. He and The Garage team have gone to great lengths to provide a high quality and inspiring environment for clients to come and write, record and mix their projects.

Explore the full studio page for The Garage here. To enquire about rates and booking your session, please contact the bookings team at bookings@miloco.co.uk

Just added: Belgium’s Daft Studios

Help us welcome DAFT Studios, one of the finest residential recording studios Europe has to offer. Located just outside of Malmedy in the Ardennes region of Belgium, Daft Studios is a brand new studio build in a beautiful countryside setting.

The main studios is a high end, Neve 5088 equipped facility, consisting of one of the biggest live rooms in Europe, which can comfortably seat a symphony orchestra, but be tight enough to handle all other types of recording. . The room is impeccably designed, flooded in daylight and has a balcony gallery underneath the high ceilings. Attached is a large control room and four isolated booths.

At the heart of the studio is the new Neve 5088 Shelford edition console, completely designed by Mr Neve himself. It is equipped with 5051 and 5052 compressor and mic pre-amp modules, of which Rupert Neve claims to be the best pre-amps ever built.

Centered around the console you’ll find a great choice of outboard gear, ranging from vintage to state-of-the-art equipment. Daft also provide very large and high class microphone kit, from the vintage Neumann U67 to Neumann CMV563’s, AKG C12 microphones and Schoeps microphones.

All clients have the wealth of the studio’s backline at their fingertips, including a Hammond RT3, 2 Leslies, Fender Rhodes, Rickenbacker bass with Fender Bassman cabinet, a vintage Fender Telecaster, Fender Twin Reverb, Roland Jazz Chorus, Korg MS10, Korg VC10 vocoder, Korg Monopoly and many more.

As an added bonus the studio has a personal headphone monitoring system. Each musician can make their own headphone mix, which saves time and adds comfort for the musicians.

On top of the studio is the eight person artist accommodation, which is included in the studio rate. As you can see from the images no expense has been spared or detail overlooked to provide accommodation that is both comfortable and beautifully designed.

The penthouse apartment has four double bedrooms, two bathrooms, kitchen with all the mod cons, dining room, a lounge, outdoor terrace, sauna and swimming pool for artists to relax in. For some fresh air the surrounding woods are perfect for strolls in between takes. To make your stay even more hassle-free, catering can be arranged with the studio for an additional cost.

Daft Studios has absolutely everything you could want in a studio and recording experience with top of the line studios and equipment in a creative and beautiful environment.

Miloco nominated for 2017 PSN Awards

Moving away from its traditional home at Ministry Of Sound, this year the awards will take place on September 28th at London’s Steel Yard, and Miloco Studios is delighted to be the headline sponsor of the evening.

Other awards to be given on the night are the Sound Engineer Of The Year, Broadcast Team Of The Year, Best Marketing Initiative, Best Live Sound Production, and Best Installation Project categories, judged by a panel of pro audio business experts. The coveted Rising Star award will be announced on September 28th, chosen by PSN’s sister publication Audio Media International, in addition to the Grand Prix and Lifetime Achievement Awards.

Miloco is very fortunate to have won PSN accolades in previous years. In 2014 Miloco won the Grand Prix award, and in 2015 Miloco engineer Matt Wiggins won the Studio Engineer Of The Year award, with The Church engineer Riley MacIntyre winning the Rising Star award, both presented by mentor (and the man behind The Church) Paul Epworth.