A number of years later, Sylvia Massey produced Skunk Anansie’s hit debut album Paranoid and Sunburnt at the studios, before BMG bought out Zomba and sold Battery to Sony/BMG executive Martin Dodds and All Saints manager Steve Finan in 2003.Ī year later, Criterion Studios run by Barney Herbert and producer Mark Williams leased Studio 3, ushering in a new era of recording prowess.
Throughout the ‘80s, the facility welcomed the likes of Martin Birch, who produced a number of classic Iron Maiden Albums including Killers there, Robert ‘Mutt’ Lange, who produced The Cars’ multi platinum selling album Heartbeat City, including the hit single Drive, and John Leckie, who produced The Stone Roses’ eponymous debut album following their signing by Silvertone Records. It was back in 1975 when billionaire record executive, businessman and co-founder of the Zomba Group, Clive Calder, bought the building and turned it into Battery Studios. Custom tailored to the highest tracking and mixing needs by Alan and Flood, you get a sense of the passion and expertise these studios were built on the moment you step inside.īattery Studios offers a unique opportunity for Miloco and its clients - especially given the fact that both studios will remain fully equipped with Flood and Alan’s gear, providing users the freedom to immerse themselves in two incredible producers’ creative spaces. Since taking over Studio 1 a month or so ago, Miloco has completely renovated the space, and has some exciting plans in the works to expand the studios further. Miloco established a formal relationship with the iconic facility after taking over the management of Alan Moulder and Flood’s world-class tracking room, Assault & Battery 2, in 2008. Having officially taken over the lease of the famous Battery complex in Willesden Green, North West London which contains the legendary mix room Assault & Battery 1, global recording studio directory Miloco is now poised and ready to offer the room out to artists and producers commercially, as Headliner recently discovered…