Music Recording & Production at SHStudios

Here at The Coolest Recording Studio in London Town – we make some mighty fine rekkids – & for all types of people – we recently had Tugboat Captain in recording their new 6 track ep – january 2021 brought in a London/Dublin punk band “Sister Ray” …… on the up & up they is! Noisy too! Both these bands had one thing in common – they mix their audio themselves. Might seem a bit foolish not to employ an industry pro to do that for ya – but folks like to give stuff like mixing a try – see what they come up with – & sometimes – it’s good enough to release – so long as its’ mastered properly – & that’s where we come back in.  Mastering Music & Audio A lot of audio engineers try mastering - but it's one of those jobs you really need the right tools for - you find that out the hard way! Anyone can buy a good quality audio interface like This - but that's just the start - you need a treated environment - really good monitors - and good ears! Then you need som...

  Shrunken Heads Recording Studio London Recording Studio Here at the Coolest Recording Studio in London Town - we've made some mighty fine rekkids in our time - from Ghostpoets' Shedding Skin to King Krules' the Ooze - & more recently Man Alive released this last march.  King Krule Man Alive During Lockdown we've recorded, mixed & produced a bunch of muziks for our clientele - and ever recorded a tv show for a session fiddle player turned teacher. He was superb! Our Fave project this year though has to be Pineapple Empress - a indefinable mix of jazz , funk , punk , electronica and classical musics - & we went to town with the production toys creating new spatial realities & timescapes - it's freakin' amazing!  New Music Pineapple Empress New Music So ... If you want some Joy and Happiness in these odd & worrying times - grab yourself a bit of that Audio Loveliness !  You can Buy & / or Listen to all 19 (!) tracks HERE .  An...

  Songdog Here at The Coolest Recording Studio in South London - we've met some pretty tasty artists - and made some even tastier rekkids! Like - King Krule 's the Ooz (2018) & Man Alive (just out). ... plus Ghostpoet 's Shedding Skin. So how stoked are we - to have the inestimably cool Songdog release their new lp (made entirely in house) at Shstudios later this month!! Superstoked I can tell ya! Here's some pics of them in the studio: Lyndon at Guitar Lyndon & Carl Musically they're a little hard to define - they are all multi instrumentalists, so write songs from both keyed & stringed instrument perspectives. Generally it's Lyndon who writes the material, but both Carl & Dave add a lot in terms of timbre & feel - which concludes (if art ever concludes) in a mishmash gumbo of musics ranging from alt folk to Beatle-esque / Byrds-ish pop compositions to classic rock to world rhythm encapsulations - all ...

Here at the Coolest Recording Studio in London Town - we work with All kinds of artists - from the up & coming to the Star in the ascendant - to the Star already born - and all sorts in between! Oddly enough - we have four of the studios' brightest & most wonderful releasing their respective Opuses (Opi???) this coming month - & here they are ...... in no particular order. Baba Ali Baba came to the studio last september (2019) with a bunch of (pretty messy) audio that needed editing, organising, mixing & producing. That we did - & in no time he had his first single released on Dangermouse's 30th Century Records - played All over the radio - yup .... put him on the map! Baba Ali - SHstudios artiste! Recording Studio London Roxy Rawson Roxy came into the studio in August to mix some pre recorded audio - it didn't quite cut it, so instead we spent two weeks recording her classical ideas & mixing in Much Much Bass & some ...

Recording Studio South London Here at The Coolest Recording Studio in South London - we get to do all kindsa fun stuff! Recording Studio Shazzle !  So ….. you’ve got the basis of your track recorded – drums, bass, guitar, keys maybe – & vocals – now it’s time to dress it up with a bit of tinsel & fairy lights! Most people these days head for the loops folder – especially in Logic as it’s easy as pie to drag & drop some pre made loop into the mix to liven it up a bit – or to cut in some flavour. However! – it’s always a good idea to question where you’re going with said track – do you really want it to sound generic & perhaps a bit boring? – Cause loops really can be a bit bland. Take Funkadelic – did they use loops? Course not – they were a powerhouse of creativity – as were all the jazz bands from time! Listen to On The Corner by Miles Davis – it’s completely nuts – out of time cowbell – clave all over the place – but Boy does it sound good! So...

recording studio south london   Mixing Music - in the Box - Analog Mixer - or Both ! Here at The Coolest Recording Studio in South London - we get a lot of different clients with a lot of different needs . Might be a folk group , jazz quartet or classic rock band that want to record everything live - possibly to tape - usually to hard drive as tape costs are a bit high. Those guys usually want a minimal amount of editing so generally come into the studio after playing a few gigs to get them super tight. Usually we'll track all the audio through our mammoth collection of analog preamps , equalisers & compressors , plus we'll send sets of audio to our selection of transformers for a bit of extra zing & juice - because we collect transformers (the black art of recording & Music Production) & have probably the largest collection in London Town ! Music Producing  After all that - it's mixing time. Analog equipment does odd & beautiful ...

south london recording studio Recording Studio South London Life!  Here at The Coolest Recording Studio in South London - we're like the audio Ben & Jerry's - a whole gamut of flavours & tastes!   In our search for audio perfection & diversity we've bought in a ton of recording studio equipment - some we keep - some we sell on - not because it's bad gear - it's just not right for us. The Behemoth - now that's a keeper! It's a four channel microphone mixer built for a radio station in 1952 which has the Biggest audio transformers we've ever seen - so the saturation or overdrive of any audio run through it is sublime!  It's super on vocals, acoustic / classical instruments - but amazing on drums ! They go down to tape in near perfect form & just sit in the mix sounding all kindsa pretty !  Plus - it's got little green lights that glow when the channels are turned on: valve tube microphone mixer pre ...