Studio Stories

The 300–square–metre hexagonal hall is one of the largest recording facilities in the world.

One of the most remarkable new recording venues in Berlin opened its doors in 2013.

This month we take a look inside Estudio Panda, located in the Argentine ‘federal capital’ Buenos Aires.

This month we look at a famous South American studio which has occupied its current premises for an impressive 55 years.

Founded in Buenos Aires in 1956, we go inside the recording venue which is sometimes called the ‘Abbey Road of Tango’.

Sweden’s newest high-end studio is built on very strong foundations, both literally and metaphorically.

We take a look at the former EMI Electrola studios in Germany.

Housed in an old cinema in Stockholm, Atlantis Studios is a very special place even by the standards of our Studio File series.

Only a very few studios in the world are capable of accommodating the largest recording gigs.

Building a high‑end recording studio has always been an ambitious goal. A studio is a complex organism, and substantial...

Though its design consciously looks back to the '60s, State Of The Ark has only been open to the public as a commercial studio for seven years.

Hollywood remains arguably the recording capital of the world, housing as it does a staggering number of world-class facilities.

For many decades, London's North West has been home to more than its share of important recording studios.

If recording studios were viewed the same way as wine, 1958 would be seen as an exceptional vintage.

Few countries in the world can boast a musical heritage as rich as that of Cuba.

Reborn out of the Cold War East German TV and radio network site, Funkhaus Studios can be found deep inside Block B!

Our story begins with one of the most famous names in the history of recorded music: Bill Putnam.

The Magic Shop is not the oldest studio in New York, yet it is one of the few major recording venues left in Manhattan. Over...

Spread across two locations, the LA-based recording empire named Westlake Studios has played an important role in the making of some of the best-selling albums in the history of recorded music.

These days, many top studios cater to a major-label clientele, and offer a rather streamlined approach. Happily, there is...

The most lavish recording facility ever built is not in London, New York or LA, but a remote part of South Africa. We trace the extraordinary story of BOP Studios.