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Taylor Swift records “Lover” at Electric Lady
Vampire Weekend’s Spotify Singles at Electric Lady
Vampire Weekend’s new Spotify Singles session features two tracks recorded at Electric Lady Studios: a piano-led, rendition of “This Life” and a cover of Bruce Springsteen’s Born In The U.S.A. track “I’m Goin’ Down.”
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View PostBruce Springsteen ‘Western Stars’ Mixed by Tom Elmhirst at Electric Lady
Springsteen albums are usually grand affairs but he’s never made one that sounds so vast and luxurious throughout. Paired with the down-and-out characters who haunt its mountains and canyons, the purposefully anachronistic arrangements—recalling jukeboxes, FM radios, sepia-toned montages, faded memories—carry an elegiac tone. It’s been a long time since popular music sounded like this, and it ties these characters to an era as much as a place.
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View PostPaste: Weyes Blood No.1 Album of 2019
Electric Lady Producer Management’s Jonathan Rado: Titanic Rising doesn’t feel blissfully adrift. Instead, it feels like Mering knows exactly where she’s going. You can hear it in the robust string sections of album opener “A Lot’s Gonna Change” and the sturdy backbone-beat of “Andromeda” and the sentiments of “Wild Time,” a patient ambler with a ‘70s soft-rock vibe (including a hint of “Landslide”) and a plainspoken bridge: “Everyone’s broken now,” Mering sings, “And no one knows just how we could have all gotten so far from truth.”
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View PostHear Miley Cyrus’ New EP ‘She Is Coming’ Recorded and Mixed at Electric Lady
Listen to Young Thug, Travis Scott, and J. Cole’s New Song “The London” Recorded at Electric Lady
Mark Ronson, YEBBA Spill Heartbreak on the Dancefloor on New Song ‘Don’t Leave Me Lonely’
YEBBA, who hails from West Memphis, Arkansas and has roots in gospel, delivers a classic disco diva turn on “Don’t Leave Me Lonely,” pushing her vocals over Ronson’s infectious production, which expertly mixes dance drums and synth stabs with clever string flourishes.
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View PostFKA Twigs Returns with new song “Cellophane” recorded in-part at Electric Lady
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A still from FKA Twigs’ “Cellophane” video.
Discussing the process of creating “Cellophane,” executive produced by Noah Goldstein, FKA twigs said in a statement, “throughout my life I’ve practiced my way to being the best I could be, it didn’t work this time. I had to tear down every process I’d ever relied on. go deeper. rebuild. start again.”
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View PostNewly Found Footage Watch The Clash Record Combat Rock at Electric Lady Studios
The Clash news broadcast from the making of Combat Rock at Electric Lady Studios in 1982.
View PostBROCKHAMPTON’S Kevin Abstract releases three new singles Recorded and Mixed at Electric Lady
LCD SOUNDSYSTEM ‘ELECTRIC LADY SESSIONS’ OUT TODAY
Recorded at the famed Electric Lady Studios in NYC’s Greenwich Village – Electric Lady Sessions is a double album live collection featuring classic LCD Soundsystem songs, three covers, and newer material from the band’s # 1 album from 2018, American Dream.
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View PostCage the Elephant New Album ‘Social Cues’ Mixed by Tom Elmhirst at Electric Lady
Matt Shultz could make it through only one take. The lead singer of the Kentucky rock band Cage the Elephant was recently in the studio recording “Goodbye,” a John Lennon-inspired ballad Shultz wrote for his wife as their seven-year relationship was ending. Shultz delivered it lying on the studio floor. Afterward, he walked out and canceled the next two weeks of work.
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View PostWatch Thom Yorke Solo Sessions at Electric Lady Studios
“Filmed on November 19th at the historic Electric Lady, the clip shows Yorke playing “Bloom” as a simple blues. With just his bare voice (“So why does this still hurt?/Don’t blow your mind with why”), his jazzy piano chords, and some light feedback burbling in the background, you can hear the heart of the song more clearly than ever. It’s a gorgeous act of reinterpretation, the kind of performance that can make you rethink your entire understanding of a song.”
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View PostWatch Miley Cyrus, Mark Ronson, Sean Ono Lennon Perform ‘War Is Over’ at Electric Lady
Following their performance on ‘Saturday Night Live’ last weekend, Miley Cyrus, Mark Ronson and Sean Lennon celebrate the season with a heartfelt update of John Lennon and Yoko Ono’s “Happy Xmas (War Is Over).” All three unite again in Vevo’s exclusive performance of the holiday classic, shot at the iconic Electric Lady in New York City.
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Electric Lady featured in ’10 Great American Music Landmarks’ by Rolling Stone
Miley Cyrus talks Christmas collaboration with Mark Ronson and Sean Lennon recorded at Electric Lady
Watch Thom Yorke Perform “Open Again” from Suspiria at Electric Lady Studios
Forever Mariah: An Interview With an Icon At Electric Lady Studios
It takes a village to promote an album, and on the Tuesday before Thanksgiving, Mariah Carey has at least 10 people with her when she arrives at Electric Lady Studios in New York. There is a makeup person and a hair person, a manager and publicists, a lawyer and what might be a bodyguard, and an entire other group of people who are hard to place. Mariah is tall in high-heeled black boots and perfectly done up, with hair as straight as I’ve ever seen hair be, two hoop earrings that shimmer from her ears, and a megawatt smile. Everyone is in good spirits, like a winning sports team in the locker room at halftime
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View PostArctic Monkeys Record Cover of Stephen Fretwell’s “–” at Electric Lady Studios
Arctic Monkeys released their latest album, Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino, back in May. Since then, they’ve covered Elvis Costello, the White Stripes, and the Strokes. Today, they share a cover of English singer-songwriter Stephen Fretwell’s “-” from his 2004 album Magpie for Spotify Singles. Their version is called “–” which they recorded at Electric Lady Studios in New York.
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View PostLCD Soundsystem Covers Chic Classic ‘I Want Your Love’ at Electric Lady Studios
LCD Soundsystem covered the Chic standard “I Want Your Love” as part of a Spotify Singles session released on Wednesday. The group recorded the session at New York City’s Electric Lady Studios. In addition to the medley of “Home” and “I Want Your Love,” they also cut a version of “Tonite,” the second single from 2017’s American Dream.
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View PostDavid Bowie’s “Beat Of Your Drum” Reworked at Electric Lady Studios
Next month, the latest volume in the exhaustive David Bowie box set collection is being released. Loving The Alien (1983-1988) contains all of his studio and live albums from that period, plus a new production of the 1987 album Never Let Me Down, his final solo album of the ’80s. The 2018 version of the album was recorded by producer Mario McNulty at Electric Lady Studios in NYC with some longtime Bowie collaborators, plus string arrangements by Nico Muhly and a guest appearance from Laurie Anderson.
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View PostElectric Lady Featured In L’Officiel Magazine’s Fall Music Issue
“There are fewer than 10 other studios in Electric Lady’s league, and it’s hard to imagine anything but a brand-new studio rivaling the energy of Electric Lady. The output of only the last three years makes it hard to think of another single location involved in a similar level of work.”
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View PostThe Soulquarians at Electric Lady: D’Angelo, The Roots, Erykah Badu, Common and More
In 1998, the neo soul movement was near its peak when a collective of like-minded artists came together at Electric Lady to push the wave even higher. They called themselves the Soulquarians, and before the decade ended they’d help birth some of the modern era’s greatest recordings.
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View PostSpotify, Berklee & Electric Lady Studios Launch EQL Studio Residency Program for Female Producers, Engineers
Spotify, in partnership with Berklee College of Music and Electric Lady Studios, has announced that it will be launching the Equal (EQL) Studio Residency Program for emerging female producers and engineers.
The program, which will begin on Oct. 1, will offer residencies in three different cities: New York, Nashville and London. During these paid six-month residencies, one participant in each city will work hands-on in a professional studio environment and gain access to invaluable networking and mentoring opportunities to further their career.
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View PostHow the Soulquarians Birthed D’Angelo’s ‘Voodoo’ and Transformed Jazz
The Soulquarians didn’t set out to revolutionize the pulse of modern jazz. Maybe it’s an overstatement to imply that they did. But there can be no doubt that the slouchy, loose-jointed, atmospherically humid funk that they alchemized in the studio — specifically, Electric Lady Studios, in Greenwich Village — had a reach well beyond the scope of neo-soul, the inexact genre coalescing around them. A considerable number of young jazz artists were paying close attention to what they were doing, at any rate. A few even got in on the ground floor.
For a handful of years straddling the turn of the century, the Soulquarians treated Electric Lady as a clubhouse — a perpetual hang unburdened by the usual ticking clock of the recording studio.
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View PostHow David Bowie’s Biggest ‘Disappointment’ Became a Posthumous, Reworked Album
Born from David Bowie’s desire to re-record the 1987 LP that he called “a bitter disappointment,” the seeds of this new reimagining were first sown in 2008 when Bowie asked producer/engineer @mariojmcnulty to remix the track ‘Time Will Crawl’ and record new drums with longtime drummer Sterling Campbell along with strings at Electric Lady Studios. The track was issued on the iSelect compilation to much acclaim and, in the notes for that record, David remarked ‘Oh, to redo the rest of that album.’ ⚡️ In early January of this year, McNulty and musicians again entered New York’s Electric Lady Studios to fulfill Bowie’s wish to remake “Never Let Me Down,” which now features a guest appearance by Laurie Anderson on “Shining Star (Makin’ My Love).” The 2018 reworking also boasts “newly ‘remixed’ artwork reflecting the album’s subject matter and features unseen images from the original cover photographic session from the archive of Greg Gorman. ⚡️ We love and miss you, David ⚡️
Read more about it on Rolling Stone here.
View PostJohn Mayer – Making of “New Light” for IGTV
Stevie Wonder and TONTO: The Synth Orchestra and Production Duo Behind His Pivotal Albums
“The most undersold part of Stevie’s legacy may be the collaboration with two producers, Robert Margouleff and Malcolm Cecil, and the pair’s massive synthesizer, TONTO (The Original New Timbral Orchestra).”
“With an instrument like TONTO you can’t write a line ahead of time, because until you get the sound up, you don’t know how it’s going to react with the other sounds. Everything was done sort of jazz fashion, it was all head arrangements… sometimes some of the lines would be suggested. That horn line [from “Superstition] I was singing it… and then Stevie started playing it. That was how we worked.”
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View PostCongratulations Lady Gaga! ‘Gaga: Five Foot Two’ Takes Best Documentary at MTV Movie Awards.
Electric Lady Producer Management: How Foxygen’s Jonathan Rado Became One of Indie Rock’s Most In-Demand Producers
But deep within the distinctly uncool area that produced the Valley Girl stereotype, Foxygen multi-instrumentalist Jonathan Rado slowly began to leave his mark on the overall sound of 2010s indie rock, one tape recording at a time. Now, only four years after he bought a compressor and used it completely wrong throughout the entirety of Foxygen’s …And Star Power — he had heard that Todd Rundgren used to press all of the buttons in at the same time — Rado has become one of the most in-demand producers in his genre, pumping out acclaimed records from Father John Misty, The Lemon Twigs, Whitney, Alex Cameron and more, most of which hail from his Woodland Hills garage.
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View PostA$AP Rocky’s New Album, ‘Testing’, Recorded and Mixed at Electric Lady
“ALBUM DONE,” Rocky tweeted on Sunday night, along with the album’s cover art. While there isn’t a confirmed release date as of yet (he could be dropping it right now as you read this), residents have pointed out that Testing billboards have already appeared in New York.
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Patti Smith Performs With Bruce Springsteen, Michael Stipe At ‘Horses’ Documentary Premiere
To mark the fortieth anniversary of Horses, her 1975 debut album, Smith recorded a new live version of it at New York’s Electric Lady Studios before an in-studio audience and then hit the road to perform the album in full for packed theaters around the world. Director Steven Sebring, who worked with Smith and company on his debut documentary, 2008’s Patti Smith: Dream of Life, joined their caravan, and Horses: Patti Smith and Her Band hovers over a two-night stand in January 2016 at the Wiltern in Los Angeles.
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View PostTHE KILLS: LIVE AT ELECTRIC LADY OUT TODAY FOR RECORD STORE DAY
The Kills: Live At Electric Lady is officially on sale in collaboration with Record Store Day, available only at participating independent record shops throughout North America, Europe, Australia, and Japan.
The live album was recorded on the 15th anniversary of the band’s first ever performance together. Playing to a small, invitation-only crowd inside Electric Lady’s Studio “A,” Allison Mosshart and Jamie Hince deliver a snarling, powerful 10 song set.
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View PostJIMI HENDRIX COLLABORATORS ON ASSEMBLING GUITARIST’S LONG-AWAITED NEW LP
As Hendrix would make each new recording, it would be logged and stored at his own Electric Lady Studios, which he opened in August 1970. “Electric Lady had this enormous wall of closets, and most of them were full of tapes, and only Jimi and I had the keys,” Kramer recalls. “We’d say, ‘Let’s get this pile out and go through it.’ He had these legal pads, and as we listened he would write down precisely what the instruments should be doing.” But before they could finish the album, Hendrix died while on tour in Europe that September.
Even though Electric Lady was open for only a short time, Kramer has vivid memories of working on music there with Hendrix. The sessions would be like performances in and of themselves: Hendrix would be handling the faders for the guitar and vocals, and Kramer would be leaping around the console trying to keep it all together. “After we faded down, we’d collapse laughing,” he says. It was that experience, both having fun with Hendrix and learning what he wanted from a mix, that has provided the template for how Kramer has mixed all of Hendrix’s posthumous releases.
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View PostBILLY IDOL REISSUES ‘REBEL YELL,’ RECORDED AT ELECTRIC LADY STUDIOS
This week, Billy Idol announced the vinyl rerelease of the multi-platinum ‘Rebel Yell,’ featuring the classic songs “Flesh For Fantasy,” “Eyes Without A Face,” and “Rebel Yell.” Check out an excerpt from an old article from Mix about the recording of the lead single from the album:
Read the original article here, and grab a copy of the reissue here.
View PostZAYNE MALIK INTERVIEWED INSIDE ELECTRIC LADY STUDIOS
Billboard Magazine had a chat with Zayne Malik while he was working inside our Studio A:
“There aren’t many places in New York, or anywhere else for that matter, that feel as cocooned from the outside world as the live room in Electric Lady’s Studio A. Designed to Jimi Hendrix’s specifications, the curvy space is stocked with shiny vintage gear, faded Persian rugs and a cosmic, wall-sized mural. On this Sunday night in September, a little after 9 p.m., the room’s sole occupant is a slight, strikingly handsome 24-year-old, whose unique combination of global fame and acute anxiety can make life outside of insulated creative oases like this one challenging, and who is currently kicked back on an overstuffed leather sofa, pulling meditatively from a joint and watching the smoke curl toward the sound-deadened ceiling.”
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View PostGENE SIMMONS, VAN HALEN, AND ELECTRIC LADY STUDIOS
Recently in an interview with Mitch Lafon, Gene Simmons of KISS told the story of producing one of Van Halen’s first demos at Electric Lady Studios:
“I discovered Van Halen playing in a club and signed them to my Man of 1,000 Faces production company, flew them to New York, produced 15 songs at Electric Lady Studios.
And then when I got too busy I tore up the contract and I said, ‘You guys are free. I gotta go back on tour, and if I have time at the end of the tour I’ll go shopping for a deal for you. I can’t ethically, personally, hold on to you guys while I’m off on tour.’
So I did the right thing. And the guys, of course, got signed right away. And in return, the brothers Van Halen were kind enough to appear on three songs that I wrote when we came back from Japan in 1978.”
Listen to the full interview here.
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ELECTRIC LADY IN BILLBOARD’S TOP STUDIOS OF 2017
Billboard Magazine has included Electric Lady Studios in it’s list of top recording studios of 2017.
From Billboard:
View Post“Founded by Jimi Hendrix in 1970, the Big Apple landmark still operates in the heart of Greenwich Village as one of the oldest working studios in the city due in part to its cool aesthetic, which partner/GM Lee Foster describes as “late-’60s futurism meets midcentury modern.” Stevie Wonder and Blondie are just a few of the acts that have recorded at the location, while Foster’s stewardship has helped reawaken the space in recent years with artists like Ryan Adams and St. Vincent gracing its rooms.”
FLEET FOXES ‘THE ELECTRIC LADY SESSION’ OUT ON BLACK FRIDAY
We are proud to announce the release of Fleet Foxes new live 10″ vinyl EP called ‘The Electric Lady Session,’ out on Black Friday, November 24 at selected independent record stores. The EP contains four songs recorded live during their WFUV session here in Studio A. To find a participating independent record store near you, visit recordstoreday.com. Thanks to Nonesuch and WFUV for making this happen.
CHARLOTTE GAINSBOURG’S ‘REST’ DECLARED BEST NEW MUSIC BY PITCHFORK
Charlotte Gainsbourg’s album “Rest,” recorded at Electric Lady, has garnered Pitchfork’s coveted Best New Music accolade. From Pitchfork:
“Songs like these affirm life, even in the face of death. They transform personal suffering into public spectacle. Few things are more terrifying than exposing our bruises to others, knowing that they could misunderstand, or prey on our vulnerability. On Rest, Gainsbourg doesn’t just reveal her pain, but monumentalizes it, lays out a red carpet, and invites people to watch. Her refusal to be sequestered by grief is, quite literally, a death-defying feat.”
“Rest” is the fourth project recorded here this year to receive Pitchfork’s praises, along with ‘Melodrama’ by Lorde, ‘A Deeper Understanding’ by The War On Drugs, and ‘Crack-Up’ by Fleet Foxes. Read the rest of the Pitchfork review here.
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CHARLOTTE GAINSBOURG FEATURED IN VANITY FAIR
ELECTRIC LADY STUDIOS FEATURED IN PLAYBOY’S 2017 MUSIC ISSUE
A few weeks ago, photographer Christopher von Steinbach stopped by our studios for a shoot with Darya Dar for Playboy Magazine’s new music issue – it’s available on stands now.
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ST. VINCENT IN THE NEW YORKER
Annie Clark talks about her upcoming St. Vincent album, recorded in part here at Electric Lady Studios, with The New Yorker:
“Most days, she got up at sunrise, took a Pilates class, and then headed to Electric Lady to work past sundown. She had dinner in the studio, or else alone at a nearby restaurant, or in her room. A book or an episode of “The Handmaid’s Tale,” and then early to bed.”
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View PostLORDE X VEVO AT ELECTRIC LADY STUDIOS
RANDY NEWMAN’S INTIMATE RADIO PERFORMANCE AT ELECTRIC LADY STUDIOS
GISELE FOR ROSA CHÁ AT ELECTRIC LADY STUDIOS
Gisele takes over Electric Lady for Rosa Chá’s latest fashion campaign.
View PostFleet Foxes Announces New Album “Crack-Up”
Fleet Foxes has announced the release of their new album “Crack-Up”, produced by Robin Pecknold and bandmate Skyler Skjelset, which is out June 16th via Nonesuch Records. Much of the album was recorded here in Studio A and D. Read more about the upcoming release here or enjoy their brand new lyric video below:
View PostLorde Releases New Single “Green Light”
New Album from Ryan Adams
ELECTRIC LADY STUDIOS 2017 GRAMMY WINNERS
Ryan Adams Records at Electric Lady Studios in the Newly Refurbished 1947 Voice-O-Graph
Ryan Adams announced in an Instagram video that he will be hiding “golden ticket”-style vinyl recordings in box sets of his new album “Prisoner”, available for purchase February 17th. According to his website, “12 randomly selected box sets will contain a one-of-a-kind solo acoustic 7″ of one of Prisoner’s 12 tracks recorded direct-to-vinyl in the vintage Voice-O-Graph booth at Electric Lady Studios. Only one single of each song exists and only one run of the Prisoner: End of World Edition [box set] will ever be pressed.”
Read more about this and see the video here.
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Watch J. Cole in Electric Lady Studio ‘A’ in Album Documentary, ‘Eyez’
This Tidal film is a rare look into J. Cole’s studio process while he was recording his LP entitled ‘4 Your Eyez Only’ in Studio A. Released December 9th, this was Cole’s fourth consecutive album to debut at No. 1 on the Billboard charts. Watch the documentary via Rolling Stone here.
Lady Gaga on Her New Album | Electric Lady Studios
Metallica Unveils 11th Studio Album @ Electric Lady
THE KILLS RELEASE NEW ALBUM, ‘ASH & ICE’ – RECORDED @ ELECTRIC LADY
THE KILLS ANNOUNCE NEW ALBUM “ASH & ICE”
The Kills announce new album “Ash & Ice,” and also share new video “Doing it to Death.” Produced by Jamie Hince, co-produced by John O’Mahony in Electric Lady’s Studio A, and mixed by Tom Elmhirst in Electric Lady’s Studio C. See video below:
More information about the album and tour dates @ pitchfork.com
View PostROLLING STONE 4 STAR REVIEW: HORSES LIVE LP (ELECTRIC LADY RECORDS)
ELECTRIC LADY RECORDS TO RELEASE PATTI SMITH’S “HORSES LIVE AT ELECTRIC LADY STUDIOS”
Tom Elmhirst Discusses the Power of Vinyl at Electric Lady Studios
GENE SIMMONS TALKS LOST SEVENTIES VAN HALEN DEMOS @ ELECTRIC LADY STUDIOS
‘”I saw them and signed them and flew them to New York and put them in Electric Lady Studios [in 1976].” – Gene Simmons.’ Read more @ Rolling Stone Magazine
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View PostRecord Store Day Release – Patti Smith’s “Horses Live at Electric Lady Studios”
HONORING JIMI HENDRIX POSTHUMOUS ALBUM, “THE CRY OF LOVE” 45 YEARS LATER
“Cry of Love,” (Track Records) was released 45 years ago, March 1971: a posthumous release composed mostly of songs he recorded in 1970 with Eddie Kramer at his new studio, Electric Lady, as sketches for what was to be his follow up to “Electric Ladyland.”
“The Cry of Love gathers the final essential recordings of one of rock’s true giants and reflects his legend at the same time it faithfully expands it” – Ultimate Classic Rock. Read full article here.
1976 ROLLING STONE REVIEW: PATTI SMITH’S “HORSES”
KANYE WEST HOSTS ALBUM LISTENING PARTY AT ELECTRIC LADY
HBO’s “VINYL”
HBO’s “Vinyl,” created and produced by legends Martin Scorsese, Mick Jagger, Terence Winter, and starring Bobby Cannavale and Olivia Wilde, shoots and records original music at Electric Lady Studios. Newsweek says:
“Scorsese set the tone in Vinyl’s quest for authenticity. Location manager Kip Myers used many historic buildings, shooting at the Brill Building (a renowned home to music industry), the Chelsea Hotel and Electric Lady Studios, which guitar shaman Jimi Hendrix built. Vinyl also recorded its original music there.”
Catch the premiere of Vinyl on HBO February 14 at 9pm EST.
View PostDAVID BOWIE
David Bowie’s first ever no. 1 single in the US, “Fame”, was written and recorded at Electric Lady in 1975. Today, Bowie’s Blackstar has become his first ever no. 1 album (US) on the Billboard 200 chart and was mixed by Tom Elmhirst at Electric Lady in 2015. Congratulations, David, and thank you for bringing your genius to our door for both achievements.
CAGE THE ELEPHANT RELEASES “TELL ME I’M PRETTY”
LUCIUS ANNOUNCES NEW ALBUM “GOOD GRIEF”
2016 GRAMMY NOMINATIONS ANNOUNCED
ADELE’S 25 MIXED BY TOM ELMHIRST AT ELECTRIC LADY
Adele’s historic “25” sells 3.8 million copies in its first week, destroying the previous record for first week album sales and representing 41% of total albums sold in the U.S. last week. Nine songs, including the hit single “Hello” were mixed by Tom Elmhirst in Electric Lady’s Studio “C”.
JOSE CUERVO CELEBRATES THE LAUNCH OF NEW EXCLUSIVE TEQUILA
On November 23, Jose Cuervo celebrated the launch of their new tequila, “Reserva de la Familia’s The Rolling Stones Tour Pick Collector’s Edition” in our Studio A. The limited edition bottle honors the pivotal role Jose Cuervo played in fueling The Rolling Stones’ infamous 1972 North American tour, which was dubbed the ‘Tequila Sunrise Tour’. Legendary photographer Bob Gruen took the stage to reminisce and offer an inside look at what it was like to be on one of the most publicized tour’s of all time. To read more about the night head on over to The Examiner.
PATTI SMITH RECORDS “M TRAIN” AUDIOBOOK AT ELECTRIC LADY
Truly brilliant and breathtaking to hear our beloved friend Patti Smith speak the words from each page while recording the audiobook version of her new book “M Train.”
Photo: Philip Montgomery for The New York Times
View PostBANKS RELEASES SINGLE “BETTER” MIXED BY JOHN O’MAHONY @ ELS
Banks new single, “Better,”is out now! Mixed by John O’Mahony at Electric Lady Studios.
Check out the video here:
View PostKEITH RICHARDS INTERVIEW WITH NOISEY @ ELS
LEON BRIDGES FOR “THE LAST MAGAZINE”
Soul crooner, Leon Bridges stopped by for an interview with The Last Magazine.
Check out the full feature @ The Last Magazine
Photo: Mark Squires for The Last Magazine
View PostRYAN ADAMS ANNOUNCES NEW RECORD, “PRISONER,” RECORDED AT ELECTRIC LADY STUDIOS
NEW METRIC RECORD – PAGANS IN VEGAS
YOURS, DREAMILY BY THE ARCS OUT NOW
ELECTRIC LADY CELEBRATES 45TH ANNIVERSARY WITH PATTI SMITH
Patti Smith performed her landmark debut album Horses for a packed Studio A in celebration of our 45th anniversary last night. Says Billboard, “…the intimate concert from the peerless rock icon was full of more life, fire and spit than practically any other show I’ve ever seen.” Read more @ Billboard.
“FOR THE RECORD”
“For the Record” by Liesl Schillinger on newsstands now in The Wall Street Journal. Thank you WSJ Magazine.
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ELECTRIC LADY STUDIOS FEATURED IN MARIE CLAIRE ITALIA
KEITH RICHARDS PREMIERES NEW ALBUM AT ELECTRIC LADY
THE SOULQUARIANS @ ELECTRIC LADY: AN ORAL HISTORY
“D’Angelo said, ‘We’re going to Electric Lady…it has the blessings of the spirits. We have to go there. It’s only right.'”
From 1996-2002, the Soulquarians, also known as Questlove, D’Angelo, Common, Erykah Badu, James Poyster, J. Dilla, Bilal, Q-Tip, Mos Def, and Talib Kweli, took up residence in our studios for what would prove to be a defining period in music. Read more about that magical time @ Red Bull Music Academy.
ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Two consecutive AOTY project wins from Electric Lady Studios–
2014: Random Access Memories
2015: Morning Phase
ELECTRIC LADY STUDIOS 2015 GRAMMY WINNERS
Congratulations to everyone who made 2014 another amazing year in music from Electric Lady Studios. Huge thanks to the artists, engineers, producers and staff who make it all possible.
In the Studio with U2
Behind the scenes with U2 at Electric Lady Studios for the making of their new album “Songs of Innocence.” Watch the video here:
“When your art is only limited by your imagination, that’s a wonderful moment.” – Bono
To read more: U2 Official Website
View PostRyan Adams Rules
Ryan Adams brought down the house in Studio A Live Tuesday night in celebration of the release of his new self-titled record “Ryan Adams”. His interview, like the man himself, is one we’re not likely to forget. Catch the intimate discourse on pinball and record-making today, September 12th, or look for it on the archives at WFUV.org.
Interpol || El Pintor
El Pintor is the fifth studio album by American rock band Interpol. It was released on September 8, 2014 internationally and on September 9, 2014 in North America, through Matador Records. Self-produced by the band and recorded at Electric Lady Studios and Atomic Sound in New York City, the album was engineered by James Brown, who is known for his work for Foo Fighters, and mixed by Alan Moulder, who is known for his production and mixing work for My Bloody Valentine, The Smashing Pumpkins and Nine Inch Nails.
Lana Del Rey
Lana Del Rey’s sophomore album, ‘Ultraviolence’, features tracks “Cruel World,” “Pretty When You Cry,” and “Guns and Roses,” co-produced by Lee Foster for Electric Lady Studios; Recorded in Studio “A” with Electric Lady Chief Engineer, Phil Joly, and Assistant Engineer, Vira Byramji.
“She uses the word to sing about physical aggression, but the ultimate violence seems like it would be erasure, silencing, negation, the stuff you don’t hear about because it’s an absence by nature…. That negative space is its own kind of violence. Lana Del Rey steps into the shadows it leaves. She has power there, whispering old secrets, giving voice to characters who never got to speak for themselves… She is exactly the villain our history needs.”
Read more here.
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Dave Chappelle’s shoutout to Electric “Ladyland”
See the clip from The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon here…
View PostColdplay || Ghost Stories
Electric Lady is proud to have participated in the making of Coldplay’s sixth studio album, ‘Ghost Stories.’ Produced by Paul Epworth, tracking for portions of the album took place in Studio A and our API tracking suite during July of 2013.
Read more about Coldplay’s fourth-in-a-row # 1 album here.
View PostCBS News || Pharrell Williams
Pete Rock || “Rock the Mic” Sessions
John Mayer Trio with Chick Corea & Wallace Roney
Singer-songwriter and guitarist John Mayer, bassist Pino Palladino and drummer Steve Jordan teamed up with legends Chick Corea and Miles Davis prodigy, Wallace Roney, in Electric Lady’s Studio “A”.
To listen to track “Little Sur”::: click here.
To listen to John and Chick talk about jamming, the nature of improvisation, and what happens when you throw the rules out the door::: click here.
Al Jazeera America | Russell Simmons & Soledad O’Brien
Mix Magazine || Dave Tozer & John Legend
2014 Grammy Award Winners
Arcade Fire
Electric Lady hosted tracking and mixing sessions for Arcade Fire’s fourth studio album, Reflektor — produced by James Murphy and released today. Mixed entirely in Studio “C” by resident friend and client, Tom Elmhirst (with additional engineering by Ben Baptie), the album marked our first-ever sessions with the band and re-introduced David Bowie to our facility for his feature on the title track.
Funny or Die Presents The Clash: The Last Gang In Town (with rare footage)
The Clash recorded two consecutive albums at Electric Lady, one of which was their 1982 release, Combat Rock. It was the band’s best-selling album of all time. We recently found rare footage of the band recording at Electric Lady with engineer, Joe Blaney. Watch below:
Pt. 1
Pt. 2
This week, surviving members, Mick Jones and Paul Simonon, joined Portlandia’s Fred Armisen to discuss and compare the rivaling histories of The Clash and Ian Rubbish and the Bizarros (Armisen’s well-loved SNL character) in a spoof documentary short for one of our favorite websites, Funny Or Die: