Toe Rag Studios

Infobox Company
name = Toe Rag Studios

type = Private
genre = Recording studio
foundation = 1991
Shoreditch, London, UK
founder = Liam Watson, Josh Collins
location_city = London
location_country = United Kingdom
location = Hackney
industry = Recording industry
homepage = http://www.toeragstudios.co.uk/
intl = yes

Toe Rag studios is an analogue recording studio located in Hackney, London, UK.

History

The studio was founded in 1997 by Liam Watson and Josh Collins in the Shoreditch area of London. In 1997, the business relocated to Hackney due to rising overheads. [BBC Radio 2: ToeRag documentary (3 May 2008) http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio2/musicclub/doc_toerag.shtml] Although the studio didn't open exclusively in the analogue market, it was formed to eventually only use analogue equipment (despite the cost), as "there were loads of [cheap digital studios] opening up all the time and then closing down every week because they didn't really offer anything unique". [Liam Watson interview in Sound on Sound magazine, October 2003 http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/oct03/articles/toeragstudios.htm]

Facilities

Toe Rag offers clients music production using eight-track multitrack recording technology, and all recording media is magnetic tape.

Equipment

Recording is centred around an EMI mixing console (originally from Abbey Road Studios [Toe Rag Studios: Mixing desk http://www.toeragstudios.co.uk/desks.swf] ) and Studer A80 tape machine, as well as microphones by Neumann, Reslo and STC. Monitoring is perfomed through Tannoy loudspeakers. Vintage backline includes Vox and Fender amplifiers, and instruments include Farfisa and Hammond organs, as well as a 1965 Ludwig drum kit. [Toe Rag Studios: Backline http://www.toeragstudios.co.uk/backline.swf]

As well as hardware, the studio's live room was specially built to maximise the acoustic properties. In addition to this, the studio makes use of echo chambers.

Notable clients

*Billy Childish
*Clocks
*Country Teasers
*The Cribs
*Dan Sartain
*The Datsuns
*Electric Wizard
*Fire Dept
*Holly Golightly
*James Hunter
*The Kills
*Madness
*Pete Molinari
*Supergrass
*Spitfire
*Television Personalities
*The White Stripes
*The Zutons

References

External links

* [http://www.toeragstudios.co.uk/ Official website]