Studio 2, Essex Road, Islington

Live band recordings

Studio 2 is a live band music studio located in Islington, North London. This is the ideal place for recording bands, with several isolated soundproofed rooms at a professional level. It includes dozens of vintage analog equipment for recording instruments including drums kits, guitar amps, bass amps, vocals, horns, choirs and keyboards at once.

To further recordings completed in the live studio, make a booking at London recording studio 1 for detailed production.

Live Band studio equipment list

DAW Rig 1:

ProTools HD 10 & 11 using Universal Audio interfaces (Apollo 16)
Logic 9
Ableton Live Suite 9
Reason
Reaper
DSP Quattro (for mastering)
Mixing and Mastering/Monitoring:
Focal Twin 6be
Bose Companion 2
Tannoy 5.2 passive
Yamaha NS10m

Software:

Arturia V-Synth collection
full iZotope collection
most Native Instruments software
Ableton Live Suite with all available sample packs on the market
Mach 5.2 with all available sample libraries plus a custom sample library of about 3 terabytes of sounds

Mixing Desk:

All outputs to a TL Audio VTC 60 input all-valve console

Keyboards:

- Rhodes Mark II
- 1903 Lichtenstein upright piano
- 1968 Steinway baby grand piano
- Roland 106
- Roland JD800
- Korg Volca Keys
- Korg Volca Bass
- Korg Volca Drums
- Korg Monotribe,
- Teenage Engineering OP-1
- Oberheim Matrix 6,
- Casio CZ5000
- Yamaha CS1x
- Arturia MiniBrute
- Arturia Keylab

Microphones - custom:

- 8 ribbon
- 1 combination valve-ribbon
- 5 large-diaphragm valve condenser
- 1 small diaphragm valve condenser

Other-branded

Audio Technica 4050 (x2)
4033 (x2)
4031 (x2)
ElectroVoice 408 (x3)
RE20
ND727
AKG c414 XLII
D112, 214(x2)
Karma Active Ribbon (x2)
K-Micro Silver Bullet (x4)

Get in touch

If you would like more information about how we can assist with your music, drop us an e-mail and we will reply within 24 hours. Alternatively, contact us by phone on +44-7949-121-811

Julian Chown

I work here and enjoy making a possitive difference to all clients music! :)

Avi XO

Amazing experiencing mixing 2 tracks down with Julian, as well as technically expertise he has a great ear for music and understands the vision behind songs and really helps bring them to life. What i valued also is how collaborative he is...many engineers now just want to work remotely without you sitting in on the sessions . The first of many projects for sure

Alya Elouissi

Joules is one of the most talented producers & musicians I've worked with and I HIGHLY recommend him. We instantly connected and did some great tracks together that later on I was able to release officially and - very successfully. He immediately gets your idea and will always deliver a great result. Not only that he is extremely talented, creative and professional, he also has a great personality and is a precious friend that will do his best to help you with any music advice. I look forward to creating more amazing music with him!

Giles Heaton

1. Friendly atmosphere to work in 2. Extremely Knowledgeable about mixing and production 3. Has all the kit 4. Listens to what you want but offers ideas to enhance and improve 5. Patient. 6. Patient. I'll be using Joules going forward because of all the above and the added bonus that he can can coach vocals. Yes I put patient in twice on purpose. I'm not the easiest of clients to work with!

David Vaughan

Joules Productions has allowed me to completely raise my game as an artist thanks to top notch production standards and real creative flair. Julian Chown is great at bringing out the best in a song, whether through arrangement or music and vocal production. Thoroughly recommended.

Nicole Lau

I had a great session with Julian on my 40th birthday. He is such a talented musician with great knowledge of music. I am not a professional singer and he was very patient with me and gave me some useful advice. I felt very at ease working with him. He came up with some great ideas on the track and he just worked his magic! It really made my birthday special!

INDEx DEx

I worked with Joules few times and he delivered exactly what i was hoping and even more. You are welcome to enjoy the song on Spotify Index Dex - BLAME ft. Jenny Mai Works harder than I expected, even after the production was done, he was really helpful if i ever needed anything from him. So i Deffo Highly recommend the Dude.

Kevin Jay

Jules is not only a great engineer but he really understands how to get the best from you this is the third time i have been to his studio and i have been to quite a few studios over the years but i would say he has produced the best results i have had, My agent said to me " KEEP HOLD OF THIS PRODUCER HE IS A1" i will be back soon to finish off another 8 tracks in the near future i cant wait to finish the Album, CHEERS KEVIN JAY

Lorenzo Sevn Altieri

His knowledge on composition as a keyboardist allowed me to find the right combination of sound direction for the song, which gave me a push forwards in my creativity. His studio is very well equipped with amazing analog tube mics and other vintage gear alongside the most recent trends in digital technology which got the best out of my songs. You couldn’t ask for better. Just brilliant!