Recording Billy Bragg
Thursday, 15 May 2014
At the beginning of the month we had the pleasure of meeting and recording an acoustic track with Billy Bragg. The night before he performed a packed show at The Hammersmith Apollo, where he was joined by friend Phil Jupitus on stage and played a variety of hits from his long, successful career. While Billy was with us
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A brief encounter with Rik Mayall
Tuesday, 13 May 2014
If over 13 years of business we’ve seen a lot of famous faces come through the studios and we usually know who to expect but Rik Mayall showing up last week was somewhat of a surprise. The veteran comedian and actor will be a household name for all but the youngest generation having starred in
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Focusrite and Anavae film at Resident Studios
Thursday, 01 May 2014
We are pretty familiar with Focusrite, we have a couple of their beautiful pre-amps installed in our flagship Recording Studio A that help with the stunning quality recordings we’re able to produce. So when they called to block out a day in Studio 1 to film promotional material for a new portable product we were more
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Ghetts returns to record at Resident Studios
Wednesday, 23 April 2014
Following some rehearsal time with us last year, London grime star Ghetts returned to Resident Studios earlier this year to do some live recording and filming. Never one to take the obvious well trodden path, Ghetts was here to show that he’s an extremely versatile artist that can stand apart from an increasingly crowded grime
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Rumour has it…Graham Parker
Monday, 14 April 2014
With two weeks of recording and a tour that includes two sold out nights at the Shepherds Bush Empire ahead of them, Graham Parker And The Rumour are putting the finishing touches to the new tracks in our flagship Studio 1 live room. Graham’s musical career stretches as far back as far as the 60’s
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Marianne Faithfull Rehearses at Resident Sudios
Tuesday, 08 April 2014
Marianne Faithfull‘s career stretches far beyond the infamy of her 70’s era relationship with Mick Jagger and the much documented struggle with substance abuse. The famous singer, songwriter and actress has released 15 studio albums, starred in many stage performances and even more feature films with a recent appearance as the subject of the BBC’s
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Legendary musicians come together to record
Monday, 24 February 2014
Resident Studios’ flagship recording room has been buzzing with some phenomenal musicianship in recent weeks, we’ve barely had time to keep up! A day with the likes of Danny Thompson, Paul Clarvis, Jim Mullen & Liam Noble brought together by accomplished singer Paul Mitchell was something to behold. The collective experience of the group spans decades and
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Wolf Gang in Studio Two
Tuesday, 04 February 2014
London’s alt/symphonic rock group Wolf Gang may not be household names just yet but they’ve toured with most of them. The quartet, led by Max McElligott have supported the biggest names in rock and indie music from Coldplay and Keane to a US tour this summer with number 1 best sellers Bastille. If you’ve not heard
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The studio’s alive with the Band of Voices
Tuesday, 28 January 2014
The incredible Band Of Voices join the list of stars from Britain’s Got Talent that are using Resident’s stunning facilities. We’ve played host to the amazing vocal group Out Of The Blue back in 2012 and more recently Luminites both from the show. Like Out of the Blue, Band of Voices are an a capella singing group with absolutely sunning
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And the competition winner is…
Monday, 06 January 2014
December 2013 saw us run our biggest give away ever. A prize worth nearly £1000 including a day’s recording in our flagship studio A, a professional photo shoot in our new photography studio and CD re-production! We got tonnes of entries, and last week selected a winner from the masses. So allow us to introduce
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