Session Videos
Bloc Party film 'Live and Intimate' in The Pool
This Channel 4 documentary, broadcast the same week of the release of Bloc Party's third album, Intimacy, saw the band return to the
studio where they tracked half of the record in the summer of 2008, with producer Paul Epworth.
Take a look at these wonderfully-shot clips of the band performing tracks from the album. There are six in total: 'Ion Square', 'Talons', 'Better Than Heaven', 'One Month Off', 'Halo' and 'Signs'. They're simply great. Strap in and Bloc on!
Click the link or the image to view the videos for Bloc Party's 'Live and Intimate'.
Travis film 'Something Anything' in The Pool
Travis came to The Pool in July 2008 to record the video for the lead single from their 6th album, Ode To J. Smith, released
September 2008 on the band's own Red Telephone Box label.
'Something Anything's screen accompaniment takes the unusual form of not having lead-singer/frontman Fran Healy being chased to his inevitable demise by his fellow bandmates, dressed as a giant egg or otherwise, but it's still pretty cool all the same, especially when Andy Dunlop lets rip into a 'towering' axe solo.
Click the link or the image to view the video for Travis' 'Something Anything'.
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds film 'Midnight Man' in The Pool
It was a special day in March 2008 when Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds rolled into SE1 to film an internet documentary
following the release of their brilliant Dig!!! Lazarus Dig!!! album. They came with an army of cameramen, directors,
producers, label guys, the lot.
We also, for the very first time, exploited the Pool's ability to bolt-on to the Engine Room to use our flagship studio's awesome control room in combination with The Pool's extreme live space. Suffice to say that Miloco's Leroy Street HQ was rockin' that day!
Follow the link to watch Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds rip into 'Midnight Man' in The Pool.
The Futureheads film 'Walking Backwards' in The Garden
Sunderland's finest The Futureheads came to our Shoreditch tracking room in July 2007 to record the video for 'Walking Backwards', which
is released from the band's self-released This Is Not The World album.
Ross Millard and co substitute themselves for some endearing puppet imposters, to take on the everyday duties of Tyneside's most celebrated indie band. The video also features a cameo appearance from T4 presenter Rick Edwards, so what more do you want?.
Follow the link to view a band of puppets shooting the video for The Futurehead's 'Walking Backwards'
XX Teens film 'Only You' in The Garden
London 5-piece XX Teens released their debut album Welcome To Goon Island in June 2008. Although the album wasn't made
at Miloco, we were still over-the-moon to see them in our legendary Shoreditch tracking room a month after the release to record
5 tracks for a radio session.
Accompanying them was a) Miloco in-house man James Aparicio, and b) a conveniently present video camera, which captured these shots of the band playing album track 'Only You'.
Click the following link to the watch the Garden shooting of the XX Teens video to 'Only You'
Sparkadia's recording of 'Postcards' in The Pool
We were blessed with the company of Sydney-based indie band Sparkadia in the Spring of 2007, when they came to The Pool to track their
debut album Postcards with producer Ben Hillier and Interface engineer Ferg Peterkin. They flew over from Oz with guitars, glockenspiels, and of course
a video camera!!
Have a flick through this fantastic video diary of the 'Postcards sessions' in 2007, and sample the melodic delights, as provided by several album snippets, of Sparkadia.
Sparkadia record 'Postcards' in The Pool.
Beat Six record 'When The Chemicals Ignite (With Fuel)' in The Garden
The Hard-Fi-esque Slough band Beat Six used footage of their Garden session, interspersed with live shots to film their very cool video for 'When The Chemicals Ignite (With Fuel)',
produced by Tristan Ivemy in The Garden. A proper rock n' roll video, at a proper rock n' roll studio!!
Step this way to sample the musical and visual vibes of Beat Six
These New Puritans session in The Square
These New Puritans made good creative use of both The Toyshop and The Square throughout 2007, wheh making their fantastic
debut Beat Pyramid, which was released in January 2008 on Domino. Here's a clip of them laying down some tracks for
'Swords Of Truth' in our Hoxton Square studio's retro live room.
Take your stance behind the panning camera. It's These New Puritans at Hoxton!
The Grams session in The Garden
If you've not yet had the chance to take a look around The Garden, fear not, as Brighton indie band The Grams have kindly
put together this video tour of the legendary Shoreditch tracking room.
Here is a portfolio of video clips the band put together to document their week down there in March 2007. Take a look to sample a selection of great Grams songs, and to get another fantastic feel for our brillant band tracking room.
The Grams at the Garden.
Battle recording drums in The Garden
Battle clearly enjoyed The Garden's phenemonal drum sound when they spent some time in the studio in February 2007 with producer/engineer
Jeff Knowler, so much so, that they felt compulsed to make this short video of percussive recording!!
Here is a brief but fulfilling clip of an early take of Battle track 'Easy To Listen To'.
Battle record drums in The Garden.
Gareth Jones fixing his computer in The Toyshop
The legendary Depeche Mode, Erasure and Einsturzende Neubauten producer/engineer Gareth Jones was having a frustrating time
with his G5 one day in The Toyshop, when in their with These New Puritans in the Spring of 2007.
Perhaps even more frustrating for our good friend Gareth, was that a cheeky Puritan seemed intent on immortalising this disruption on tape! Still he didn't mind talking the cameraman through his technical difficulties.
The great Gareth Jones!