About Miloco
Miloco is the largest and most dynamic group of recording studios in the UK. We firmly believe we provide the best recording services across the industry, and pride ourselves on the fact that our company is driven by some of the most respected and established professionals in the business.
The Miloco family tree has grown from a small selection of our own rooms into a comprehensive group of studios, ranging from some of Europe's foremost luxury facilities through to affordable programming spaces, and with pretty much everything else inbetween. Miloco now operates on a partnership-driven business model, where we work alongside producers and musicians in representing their own personal studios as commercial ventures. It has led to numerous well-known studios across London joining the group, amongst them the world-famous Battery complex, which we run in partnership with Flood and Alan Moulder; West London's Sofa Sound run in collaboration with Hugh Padgham; The Pool, which combines a vast space in our Leroy Street building with a large personal collection of gear owned by producer Ben Hillier; The Garden, run in partnership with producer Craig Silvey and owner Matt Johnson; and Musikbox, which is operated in conjunction with DJ Pete Heller.
The company has recently expanded across the UK with three residential studios, Fisher Lane in Surrey, Chairworks near Leeds, and Angelic Studios near Banbury. The latter two of which came about through partnering studio owner Ryan Jarvis and musician Toby Smith. We also run the famous Liverpool studio, The Motor Museum, in partnership with producer Mike Crossey, and The Ironworks in Brighton with Mike Pelanconi. Miloco has grown overseas, with two luxurious residential studio villas: El Cortijo in South Spain, a villa owned by session drummer Trevor Morais; and Black Rock on the island of Santorini, owned by Greek industry expert Kostas Kalimeris. However whilst we have expanded our network of partnership studios, we have also succesfully developed our own core, London-based rooms, such as The Engine Room, The Square and The Yard.
With over 25 years' experience of quality recording under the belt, this unique marriage between Miloco's own facilities and those represented by the group continues to go from strength to strength. Take a look around our 'About' pages to find out more on Miloco, our partners, and of course our excellent team of studio staff...
| The Miloco Partners |
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Flood & Alan Moulder Two of the greatest producers of their generation, Flood and Alan made their names working with the likes of U2, Smashing Pumpkins, Depeche Mode and Nine Inch Nails. They are the co-owners of Assault & Battery 1 and 2, which they run alongside Miloco. You can read an interview with Flood and Alan on Miloco Resource: click here www.miloco.co.uk/assault&battery1 www.miloco.co.uk/assault&battery2 |
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Hugh Padgham Hugh is unarguably one of the biggest names in the history of music production. He established himself as a world-leading producer/engineer in the 1980s, working with every name under the sun: Genesis, Phil Collins, The Bee Gees, David Bowie, The Police, Elton John, The Human League and countless other A-list artists. Hugh owns Sofa Sound Studios in Chiswick, West London, which he has run in collaboration with Miloco since 2007. www.miloco.co.uk/sofasound |
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Ben Hillier One of today's top producers, Ben has had huge success with the likes of Blur, Depeche Mode, Elbow and Doves. He was a pivotal figure in the creation of The Pool in 2006, and it remains his creative home to the day. Ben's phenomenal collection of analogue gear lives in the studio, which is based at Miloco's Leroy Street HQ. You can read an interview with Ben on Miloco Resource: click here www.miloco.co.uk/pool |
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Craig Silvey & Matt Johnson This partnership is based at our legendary Shoreditch tracking room, The Garden, which we have run alongside its owner, The The's Matt Johnson, since the mid-1990s. In 2009 Craig moved in with his exceptional collection of vintage gear, re-instating The Garden as London's ulitmate vintage band room. You can read an interview with Craig on Miloco Resource: click here www.miloco.co.uk/garden |
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Pete Heller Pete Heller is an acclaimed DJ and electronic/dance producer, who rose to particular prominence as one half of the Heller & Farley Project, with frequent collaborator Terry Farley. Pete also runs his own label, Phela Recordings. His Musikbox mix room in Kentish Town has been part of Miloco since 2006, and ranks as one of the North London's most popular Neve VR rooms. www.miloco.co.uk/musikbox |
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Mike Crossey We relaunched the famous Liverpool studio The Motor Museum in 2009, alongside one of today's most exciting producer/engineers Mike Crossey. Mike has worked with the likes of Arctic Monkeys, The View, The Enemy and Blood Red Shoes, and now uses The Motor Museum as his permanent recording home. www.miloco.co.uk/motormuseum |
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Ryan Jarvis Ryan Jarvis is the owner of The Chairworks, one of our UK residentials based in Castleford near Leeds. We launched The Chairworks with Ryan in 2009, and it is now considered one of the very best residential recording studios in the North of England. Ryan is part of the popular Leeds band 3 Man Bench, who recorded their debut album at the studio. www.miloco.co.uk/chairworks |
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Trevor Morais Trevor built a successful career in music from the Merseybeat era, when he was a prolific session drummer for the likes of Faron's Flamingoes and Rory Storm and the Hurricanes. He has also drummed for The Peddlers, Quantum Jump and Bjork. His sumptuous El Cortijo studio and villa became Miloco's very first residential retreat in 2008. www.miloco.co.uk/elcortijo |
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Kostas Kalimeris Kostas is an established music industry professional in Greece. He has built a incredible 5-star residential retreat, Black Rock Studios, on the volcanic Greek island of Santorini in the Aegean Sea, and partnered Miloco in 2009 to open the studio up to the commercial market. Black Rock is our second luxury European retreat. www.miloco.co.uk/blackrock |
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Toby Smith Toby rose to fame as the lead keyboardist and songwriter for Jamiroquai, and co-wrote many of the band's biggest international hits over the best part of a decade. He now produces and manages The Hoosiers, as well as running Angelic Studios in partnership with Miloco. www.miloco.co.uk/angelic |
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Mike Pelanconi Mike Pelanconi's career is associated with a diverse range of artists including Unkle, Lily Allen, Graham Coxon and Manu Chao. An expert of Dub, Pop and drum recording, Mike also runs the well-renowned Drumdrops sample library from The Ironworks studio with distributors Loopmasters. He teamed up with Miloco in May 2010 to run The Ironworks. www.miloco.co.uk/ironworks |
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| Miloco Staff |
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Matt Paul Miloco engineer You can find Miloco engineer Matt Paul doing anything from collecting percussion in Bolivia to mastering the ins-and-outs of all those mouth-watering toys at Alpha Centauri... Matt Paul engineer profile |
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Matt Foster Interface engineer The ever-so-gifted Matt Foster has worked with everyone from The Darkness to Booty Luv, and adores the music of the far-stretched likes of Timbaland and Nine Inch Nails... Matt Foster engineer profile |
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Adrian Breakspear Miloco engineer The Miloco connoisseur of all things SSL, Adrian Breakspear takes to the stage for a merry Autumn chin-wag on Miloco staff profiles... Adrian Breakspear engineer profile |
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Catherine Marks Miloco engineer Summer 2008 saw super-producer Flood's handpicked studio assistant Catherine Marks land right in the thick of the action, as Miloco took control of Assault & Battery 2... Catherine Marks engineer profile |
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| Miloco History |
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Milo Music was founded in 1984 in the heart of Hoxton in East London. It started life as a mid-range studio but quickly became a well-respected facility catering for the likes of Marc Almond, Tricky, M-People and The Brand New Heavies before growing in size with the building of a pre-production suite. This space doubled-up as a studio, recording artists such as The Divine Comedy and UNKLE, and for many years these two studios were at the heart of the Milo operation. Click to read on... |