Miloco

The Garden Overview

The Garden is one of London's legendary vintage band rooms. It was built in the late 1970s by Ultravox's John Foxx and studio designer, Andy Munro. In its 30-year life it has produced major albums by bands such as The Cure, Depeche Mode, Spritualized and Arctic Monkeys. Today The Garden is operated by Miloco in partnership with producer Craig Silvey, and owner Matt Johnson of The The.


The studio lives in the basement of a large period building in Shoreditch, one of London's most dynamic and creative districts. This secluded and vibey space consists of a control room, main live space, large dead booth, and a rec room and kitchen.




At the heart of the control room is the vintage Neve 8026 40 channel console. It comes with an incredibly rare 24 channel monitor section, is loaded with 24 mic amps and EQs, and consists of seventeen 1084 modules, six 1076 modules and one 1066 module. The room's monitoring comprises some fantastic Boxer T2 main monitors, Genelec 1031A's, Yahama NS10 Studios and Aurotones, which are accompanied by Bryston, Chevin and Quad amplifiers.


Craig has enhanced The Garden's outboard spec by adding an amazing collection of vintage modules. New Dynamics include a Urei LA4, Thermionic Culture Pheonix, Culture Vulture, Eclair LaLa model 62 and a GML 8900. The choice of EQs now include two very special vintage Helios Channels, a John Hardy M1, GML 8304, Focusrite Tone Factory, and two Telefunken V72s. There is also an exceptional array of Reverbs including two Ursa Major Space Stations and a Roland R880, and the following new Delays: AMS Phaser, Lexicon Super Prime Time, Mutron Bi Phase and TC 1210 Enhancer.





A large glass divide separates the control room and the 470 sq ft live area. The live room is renowned for delivering big and powerful sounds, and has a famous reputation as having one of the very best drum sounds in London. Bands will be able utilise an exceptional selection of backline gear when tracking. We've built up an amazing collection of classic keyboards, amongst them a Valve Wurlitzer and Hammond. There's a beautiful Yamaha drum kit on hand for you to make the most out of the studio's drum recording potential. You'll also find a great choice of guitar and bass amps by Fender, Marshall, Ampeg and Roland.


In addition to the main live space is a dry isolation booth, a selection of amp rooms and even a tiled coalbunker. So clients are provided a terrific range of different recording environments.


Also in the studio is a rec room with Sky TV and Playstation, a computer / internet room, kitchen and bathroom. Up on street level are all the delights of this fashionable part of the East End which is littered with bars, clubs and restaurants, just to give that extra edge to your Garden sessions. So settle in and enjoy this perfect band tracking location...