Southern Studios is a recording studio in the Wood Green area of London. It was founded in 1974 by John Loder, and came to be the recording studio of choice for Crass and their record label Crass Records.[Rimbaud, Penny. Obituary: John Loder, The Guardian. 2005.] Southern Studios Ltd. continues to grow its label and provide label management and distribution services throughout Europe.
Background
In the 1980s and 90s,
Southern Studios Ltd. (SSL) started a record label and a distribution company. The label used the name
Southern Records. The distributor uses the name
Southern Record Distributors Ltd. (SRD) and took over UK distribution. The distributor is now independently owned.
SSL continued to serve the needs of Europe, as well as signing and supporting artists on the Southern Records.
During the massive growth of the independent music industry in the mid-1990s, Loder decided to establish Southern Records Inc. (SRI) in Chicago, which added artists to the roster and operates a distribution business for labels in the US and elsewhere.
Technical details
Steve Albini, a long-time friend and associate of John Loder, has described the set up at Southern Studios as being completely
Analog signal.
[Fremer, Michael. The "Dean" of Alternative Rock Engineers Steve Albini—Way Back in 1993—Part II. 1 September 2005.] Although not entirely analogue, the vintage Raindirk Series III 24-channel desk dominates the studio control room. The studio retained two key time-based signal processors: an EMT 140 plate reverb and an AMS RSX-16 digital reverb.
The studio today is owned by
Southern Records and continues to operate under the guidance of sound engineer Harvey Birrell.
Artists
The following is an incomplete list of artists who have recorded at Southern Studios:
Distribution
The following is an incomplete list of record labels that have been manufactured & distributed or distributed by Southern Studios in Europe between 1978 and the present.
See also
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