Summary
Dean Street Studios is a commercial recording studio located at 59 Dean Street, Soho, London, England.
History edit
The premises are first known to have been used as a film studio in 1950s, which then became Zodiac Studios.[1]
The studio was bought by producer Tony Visconti in 1977 and operated for 13 years under the new name Good Earth Studios, with Paul Cartledge taking the role of a studio manager.[2][3] Here Visconti recorded and produced such famous acts as T. Rex, David Bowie, Phil Lynott and Thin Lizzy.
In 1989, Joe & Co bought the lease and expanded into the rest of the basement, by building a few more music recording/production suites.
Jasmin Lee, the daughter of Alvin Lee from Ten Years After, took over the business in 2007 and re-launched it as Dean Street Studios, in partnership with the studio head engineer and director Ben Roulston.[4] She has since then been managing it successfully and has seen many well-established, as well as up-and-coming, artists come back to work at Dean Street regularly because of the studio's central location. These artists include Marc Almond, Paul Weller, Florence and the Machine, Ed Sheeran, Tom Odell and many others.[5] Lee also went on to establish Dean St Live – a production company for various events in the UK and around Europe.
Apart from Dean Street Studios, the premises are also home to a production company Yellow Boat Music, an audio post-production company Guilt Free, and independent producers Charlie Russell, Bradley Spence and Alex Beitzke. Collectively, they occupy all the other four, smaller production suites that are let on a long-term basis.
Artists edit
Artists who have more recently worked at Dean Street Studios:
- Adele
- Alfie Boe
- Cee Lo Green
- Courtney Hadwin
- Duran Duran
- Ed Sheeran
- Fightmilk
- Florence and the Machine
References edit
- ^ "Dean Street Studios - new Soho SSL recording studio". Recordproduction.com. Retrieved 2 September 2020.
- ^ "Good Earth Studios - A History". 4 February 2015. Archived from the original on 4 February 2015. Retrieved 2 September 2020.
- ^ "Solid State Logic | Gravity News | Dean St. Studios installs SSL Duality console in legendary recording space". Archived from the original on 17 September 2014. Retrieved 17 September 2014.
- ^ "AudioMedia: Studio Profile: Dean St. Studios". Archived from the original on 17 September 2014. Retrieved 17 September 2014.
- ^ "Recording Studio London | Dean St. Studios". Archived from the original on 24 September 2014. Retrieved 17 September 2014.
External links edit
- Official Dean Street Studios website