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Having Fun with Bleachers
Tuesday, 01 July 2014
Lead guitarist of the indie rock band Fun, Jack Antonoff, announced his new project earlier this year called Bleachers. Described by Time as ‘more fun than fun.’, we at Resident Studios had the privilege of recording a live performance by Bleachers and we couldn’t agree more! The band had just performed at Glastonbury the day
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London Country: Ilana Katz in the studio.
Thursday, 26 June 2014
Last week here at Resident Studios, we were graced with the young and talented, London based Country singer-songwriter, Ilana Katz. Frankly, it’s a breath of fresh air to hear some good ol’ sweet-sounding Country ringing out in our Studio A! Armed with a trusty guitar, Ilana recorded two songs she had written in a session
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Sam Ford records EP at Resident Studios
Wednesday, 18 June 2014
It’s been a busy couple of days here at Resident Studios, as we’ve welcomed back the talented Sam Ford and his band, who last arrived in April where we filmed an exclusive live session for renowned audio and multimedia products company, Bang & Olufsen. This time however, Sam was here to record his debut EP
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Free The Tone! New prototype pedal tested
Monday, 09 June 2014
This Sunday we had the pleasure of welcoming Yukihiro Hayashi, owner, head designer and president of world-renowned Free The Tone guitar pedals, along with the blues stylings of guitarists Ramon Goose, Matt Schofield, and Mick Taylor to Resident Studios. They spent the day in Studio 3 test driving Yukihiro’s new prototype delay pedal, influenced by the
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About Blank Record with Chris Brown
Wednesday, 21 May 2014
Unsigned London rock/pop band About:Blank spent 4 days in Studio A recently for a recording session with Senior Engineer Chris Brown. It was About:Blank’s first time in the studio and they managed to raise the money for the session via a Crowdfunding campaign. This allowed them to raise some awareness of what they’ve been up to and make a great
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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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