RECORDING STUDIO TOUR of Metropolis Studios A & B, (the main recording / tracking spaces)

Grammy winning engineer Liam Nolan shows us around Studios A and B at Metropolis Studios, London. These two studios are the main recording rooms at the complex that many more associate with mixing and mastering studios.
Special thanks to everyone at Metropolis for giving us the tours, Emma Townshend for helping set this up and to Liam Nolan for being our guide!
Liam Nolan joined Metropolis as an assistant engineer in 2009 learning his trade with some of the greats including Amy Winehouse, Michael Jackson and Paul McCartney. In 2015 he engineered tracks from Adele’s chart topping album ‘25’ including the single ‘Hello’ which he won 2 Grammy’s in 2017. More recently, he’s been working closely with Clean Bandit, Jess Glynne and Calvin Harris.
Check out the Metropolis KZbin channel - / @metropolisstudios
Metropolis was possibly the last great recording studio be built in London. Featuring four main / large recording studios and mix rooms it's one of the most impressive mastering studios in the UK too with several leading mastering engineers based at the facility. A large number of smaller and private studios makes this one of the major studio hubs in Europe.
Studio A, has a large live room , a dead room and a stone room (modelled on the classic Townhouse Studio Two stone room). The control room is over 80 square meters with separate machine and amp rooms. The studio has been designed by Sam Toyashima to maximise sight lines and communication with floor to ceiling glass between all areas including control room and studios and large daylight windows. The studio also features an exclusive private lounge complete with kitchen and bathroom looking down on to all of the studio areas so even the most reclusive artists can be able to work in privacy.
Studio A is the largest of the two main tracking rstudios at Metropolis. The bordering on huge control room houses an SSL 9072 J series console with PMC main monitors. Studio A has been popular with the industry’s biggest most private stars such as George Michael and Queen who recorded Innuendo and Listen Without Prejudice albums. The live room is also used for concerts and album playbacks.
Studio B is based around the classic SSL 4064 G Series console and features Genelec main monitoring. It has a very private feel and has its own private lounge and bathroom. The lounge can form an extension of the control room by opening the rear doors. The live area comprises a central live area surrounded by two spacious isolated areas that offer more controlled acoustics. As well as being a great tracking room, Studio B is one of the most sought after mix rooms in London. Notable clients include; George Michael, The Stone Roses, U2, Elton John, The Verve, Rihanna and will.i.am.
Our facilities include an iconic range of dynamic tracking and mixing studios, the best mastering suites found anywhere in the world, a series of new writing and production rooms available for short and longterm lease, and other serviced spaces for rent currently occupied by the likes of Roland and Spotify.
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Music written and produced for Record Production by Camilo GP

[@YHRS]

I'm just some random guy recording in my basement. It's studio tours like these that keep me dreaming! Very lovely space(s) you've created there!

[@MrGuitarPrayer]

4:57 U can see the shelves where Brian, Roger, John and Freddie filmed the Headlong video where they horizontally lie singing their Hoop-diddy-diddy, hoop-diddy-do bit amazing, it looks so modern yet it's over 30 years old and nothing was replaced

[@michaelmarshall6180]

Amazing to see the shelves are still there in the green room that Queen used in the video Headlong.

[@sonnioffice6439]

Really enjoyed this tour and the insight. Thank you.

[@BORN7SUPREME]

Oh my God the sound in Studio A live room had me salivating

[@CarnivoreIntelligence]

😊🙏😅

[@OverdriveMusic]

Amazing as always!!!! We greatly appreciate these tour videos! I like studio B

[@RecordProduction]

Thanks for watching!

[@vicesquadpunk]

We recorded there I. studio B in the early 90's…. a dream studio 😊

[@RecordProduction]

Our favourite room there :-)

[@SDH2023]

Very very nice. Love the aesthetic of this facility.

[@SalaMotorsport]

My old band recorded in studio A back in the day for eight days. We had a blast.

[@erwinballings9155]

Great tour, thanks.

[@jamiepersona]

wow I can't wait to see a space like this in person one day! so cool

[@DanielMichaelSok]

Great Tour ! Amazing.

[@yoshiromare3207]

⚡🎶❤️EPIC Place, wonderful.

[@markorollo.]

It is on my bucket list to spend time in a recording studio with a band recording, not in the band cos I'm talentless. But just being there would be amazing, I would have picked foo fighters at their studio as it always looks fun, but obviously that can't happen now :(. Really like the look of your studio too, just my style.

[@moonrock7555]

0:50 - how do you say that soo calmly

[@Dwolfmusic]

Great tour, al though the image stabilization is a bit nauseating.

[@RecordProduction]

Thanks for watching and your feedback. The idea was to use a wide angle lens so we could cram in more of the studio during the walkthrough but in future we may try a tighter, and less sick-bag required shot and then film some nice, smooth, B Roll room pans to cut in. Thanks again :-)

[@Dwolfmusic]

Record Production haha great to hear your positivity! I think the problem might not be in the lens but in the image stabilization in post production to compensate for the “shaky” footage. You might want to look into a Gimbal or steady cam for your camera. Again great tour and lovely studio👌🏼

[@RecordProduction]

@@Dwolfmusic A gimbal is on the list but first have a Sound Devices recorder to get so we can run more recording / mic placement workshops... It never stops.. :)

[@dominicvandiver7026]

siko mode aff

[@antonisatwork]

How do you go and mention Stormzy in the same breath as Queen, The Beatles and Paul McCartney?

[@anguswalker9345]

stormzy is passionate about what he does, you can rag on his music all you like but he works hard and speaks his mind

[@antonisatwork]

@@anguswalker9345 Yes, he's just as creative and innovative and inventive as The Beatles. He is a legend of our time, a musical genius in fact. An inspiration to the youth. It is The Beatles and Queen who are not worthy of being mentioned in the same sentence. He is the truth, he is the one, his voice is so pleasant, his beats unlike anything the world has ever heard before. The innovator, the ultimate.

[@antonisatwork]

The inner workings of his mind are so deep and complex, so deeply layered is his mind that it belittles any other *musician.*

[@7Spronge]

@@anguswalker9345 My neighbor is also passionate when he's singing in the shower, doesn't mean it's good.

[@ctld5266]

@@antonisatwork you dont know Queen to say such load of shit... We are the champions, We wil rock you, Dont stop me know are stil fresh 43years later with big airplay. Stormzy in 5years, lol...

[@lambda7652]

The strange digital image stabilization makes it hard to watch for me.

[@m.o.n.d.e.g.r.e.e.n]

fazioli all the wayyyyy

[@clutch5sp989]

It's thuuper thuper (super).

[@7Spronge]

4:40 The coke room

[@leondego8445]

we understood you're "very lucky"yeah ok..

[@NickLAnderson]

Hi. 🙂 Please, let us pray together. Dear God who art in heaven hallowed be thy name thy kingdom come thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven give us this day our daily bread and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us and lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil for thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever in Jesus Christ's name we pray amen. 1 Corinthians 16:14 Let all that you do be done in love. Philippians 4:19 And my God will meet all your needs according to the riches of his glory in Jesus Christ. 2 Corinthians 1:2 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. May all suffering end as we give thanks this day. May God's face shine upon us forever on Earth as it is in Heaven in Jesus Christ's name we pray for His name and for His sake. Amen.

[@RecordProduction]

This is a recording studio, not a shrine?