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; Musikbox, which is owned by DJ Pete Heller; and Lightship95, which is the creative home of engineer Ben Philipps.
The company has recently expanded across the UK with two residential studios, Fisher Lane in Surrey, and Angelic Studios near Banbury. The latter of which came about through partnering studio owner 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 a luxurious residential studio villa, Black Rock on the island of Santorini, owned by Greek industry expert Kostas Kalimeris. We have also expanaded into Paris with the launch of The Red Room, in partnership with producers / mix engineers Philippe Weiss and Jean Francois-Delort.
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 Bridge, 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
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
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
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.
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.
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.
Philippe Weiss & Jean Francois-Delort
Philippe and Jean are two of the top producers and mix engineers in France. Their exquisite mix room, The Red Room Studio, is located in a Western suburb of Paris called Suresnes. It is the first studio Miloco have operated in France; its launch saw us establish a presence in another of Europe's main recording centres.
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.
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
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.
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.
Ben Phillips
Recording engineer Ben Phillips came to Miloco in 2010 with something completely different! His studio, Lightship95, was built within the engine room of a rare Lightship which Ben found on the River Medway in Kent. They towed it up to London, found a mooring in the docks, and in doing so gave the capital its most original tracking location!
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Miloco 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... |
