Studio Spotlight: Miloco One - The Engine Room
Welcome back all, to the thoroughly documented life of Miloco. It seems impossible to believe that a month has passed since we last wrote to you all, but it's been fast-living here over the past few weeks, and we've only just stopped to refill our woozy chests with a much-needed fresh batch of oxygen. We're kicking off our third bulletin of the year with our holy flagship studio from which the Miloco family grows: Miloco One - The Engine Room. This well-renowned studio is located at our HQ in SE1 near London Bridge and Terminal rehearsal studios, where it has been fulfilling many a musician's tracking and mix needs for over two decades. A hugely diverse space, the studio features a dynamic and spacious live room measuring 640 sq feet, with a large isolation booth - together offering a vast range of acoustics controlled via screens, and which comfortably fits a 5-piece band. Keyboardists amongst you can get you teeth into a fantastic Yamaha Baby Grand, a classic Hammond organ and Leslie, with a Wurlitzer and Rhodes also regularly available, whereas guitarists alike never seem reluctant to plug in and crank up the room's Marshall cab and HiWatt head. Directly visible from the live room and separated from it by two sets of sliding doors is the control room, which has for years been one of the most popular mixing locations in the business. It includes a Neve VR60 console, customised Munro speakers, a selection of nearfield monitors and a huge amount of outboard, all-in-all contributing to a fantastic sonic purity that stands easily on a par with the likes of Metropolis studios. Boasting a dynamic and creative tracking space combined with an unbeatable mixing environment, The Engine Room thrives off a rare quality to serve as a first-choice space for both recording and mixing projects. Since its inception in the mid-to-late 80s, The Engine Room has continually attracted the unquestionably good and the unrivalled great. Simply scatter a few stars across a sheet, and the studio's CV will bring attention to its acquaintances with Oasis, The Chemical Brothers, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Jarvis Cocker, Beth Gibbons, Arctic Monkeys, Ash, Sugababes, KT Tunstall, Kate Nash, Foals and Vanessa Brown to name a mere few of many. So, "how do we get in there?", we hear you crave in desperation. Well, please refrain from selling kidneys to science, nor for that matter, taking your property deeds to the dog track. The Engine Room goes out at very competitive rates for a central London studio of its superior quality, so to find out more simply give Vicki a bell at the office on 020-7232-0008 or email vicki@miloco.co.uk. Visit The Engine Room's webpage: www.miloco.co.uk/studios.engineroom.php Download Miloco One Specifications. 
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Studio Spotlight: Miloco One - The Engine Room
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The Yard Refurbishment
We sent a bunch of lads with a healthy combination of brain, skill and muscle up to Highbury for a burst of refurbishment work on The Yard - and what a job they did!! Having listened to various client requests, we've made many fantastic improvements including new fabric panels, floor, and glass door in the booth, as well as new air conditioning units in both the booth and control room. There is also a new work station at the far end of the room with a pull-out Protools rig, plus a scattering of other little upgrades. So if we dare say so ourselves, it's now looking rather snazzy - all the more reason for you to scurry on up there for some Yard therapy. 
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Protools and Logic Upgrades
Newsflash!! We upgraded The Square and The Garden to Protools 7.4 last month, enhancing both studios' arsenal even more. Logic 8 is also now featuring in both rooms, with both programs set to feature in other Miloco studios soon. Watch this space!! www.miloco.co.uk/studios/ square.php www.miloco.co.uk/studios/ garden.php
Latest Miloco Releases
Released 10th February 2008 Foals - 'Cassius' 
Oxford's latest offering continue their ground-breaking exploration into contemporary disco, fully-armed with Math-rock guitars and grappling dance beats. Producer Mike Crossey mixed 'Cassius' in The Engine Room in November 2007. The b-side, 'Cassius' (Kieran Hebden / Four Tet version) was mixed by Interface's Mark Rankin. www.myspace.com/foals Released 10th Februrary 2008 Mystery Jets - 'Young Love' 
Original band, original track, and with an original video. Mystery Jets certainly don't conform to mainstream trends, and they're all the better for it. Adding to the magic of this, their latest single, is a collaboration with another of Miloco's brightest young clients, Laura Marling. 'Young Love' was tracked in The Pool by producer Erol Alkan and engineer Jimmy Robertson in 2007. www.myspace.com/mysteryjets . Released 28th January 2008 Adele - '19' 
Named after the tender age of London's latest teen talent, the debut album by Adele has been propelled to the top of most hotly-tipped lists for 2008 by the singer-songwriter's smoky yet shining vocals. 19 was partly mixed in Musikbox in June 2007 by producer Jim Abbiss and engineer Richard Wilkinson. adele.tv . Released 28th January 2008 These New Puritans - 'Beat Pyramid' 
This mysterious band from Southend-on-Sea have been bubbling under the surface for a while, but the kettle is boiling vivaciously at the start of the year. Their cryptic sound has had the talents of Depeche Mode and Einsturzende Neubauten producer/engineer Gareth Jones stoking it along the way. Gareth Jones and These New Puritans recorded Beat Pyramid in The Toyshop and Square in 2007. www.thesenewpuritans.com To check out more Miloco releases over the last year, please look this way: www.miloco.co.uk/news/ newreleases 
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After last year's campaign to elect him for the UK's Eurovision representative came to nothing, it was good
to see Kid Carpet close the chapter and carry on with the making of his new album. Kid was mixing tracks
in The Engine Room over a few days at the start of the year with producer Ben Hillier.
Upstairs in Miloco Two, and the first two months of the year were more-or-less used up by two
lengthy sessions. First of all, Vanessa Brown followed on from her Toyshop sessions
in late 2007 with Interface producers Steve Dub & Segs, and Interface engineer Ben Thackeray,
and then came MFU who with producer/engineer Tyson Speed scooped up a good few weeks of Toyshop time.
Miloco-regular Charles Campbell-Jones came by for the first time in 2008 for a day or two with
Ben Thackeray engineering.
A scattering of bands kicked off the The Square's year, starting with The Egg who
checked in for a few days with Bruno Ellingham producing and Miloco's Dan Rejmer
engineering. In quick pursuit was Kieran Hebden and his band Four Tet who came in the good company of Interface engineer
Mark Rankin, and then came Polina who worked a few sessions over two months
with producer Alan Boyd and Interface engineer Finn Eiles. Finn was kept busy up at
Hoxton, as he also engineered several sessions with the London ska-punk band The King Blues.
The sessions were produced by the legendary Clive Langer. 
Castle Donington won't just be famous for its motor racing when Late of the Pier come into
the limelight. The Nottinghamshire synth-rockers got things off to a soaring start in Miloco
Four with the tracking of their
debut album with producer Erol Alkan and engineer Jimmy Robertson. After several weeks
of them, Blackbud got a chance to take London's coolest tracking studio for a spin.
They too used up a few weeks with producer Mike Crossey at the helm.
Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly spent a couple of days mixing in The Yard in January. He was
accompanied by young hotshot producer/engineer Alex Dromgoole. Alex was on duty again
when Ben Esser came back to Miloco for the first time since his Pool session last year.
The start of February saw Ruelin spend a weekend mixing up in
Highbury with Interface's Matt Foster. Other names who popped into The Yard included
Video Nasties, The Thirst and Hadouken!, who were working with Interface's
latest addition, Iain Gore.
Joe Lean and the Jing Jang Jong continued their session through into the New Year with
producer Mike Crossey, and were followed by Acute who were in with long-term
Miloco client, producer Dave Eringa. The most of February saw the world-conquering
Coldplay in our Kentish Town mix room with producer Markus Dravs, but before they did
Belgian band Arsenal grabbed a few days with Interface engineer Pete Hofmann.
The Pool didn't hang around in attracting more fantastic bands to its unique tracking ways.
January saw Bloc Party book out a week with producer Paul Epworth
and his regular engineer, Interface's Mark Rankin. Mark was back not long after with
the exciting Raygun and the Adjitators and producer Dimitri Tikovol. Clearly enjoying himself
in The Pool, Mark became a regular fixture at the end of February too, when the legendary Gil Norton
came in to produce his latest project, In Case Of Fire.
Alison Mosshart and Jamie Hince, better known as The Kills got the ball rolling on a star-studded
start to Sofa Sound's year. A week later came the ever-prevailing Stereophonics who grafted
away over a few days with producer Jim Lowe. Clocking up a good couple of weeks next were
Starsailor, who were in the fine company of producer par-excellence, Steve Osbourne
and Interface engineer Ferg Peterkin.