Britannia Row Studios
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Britannia Row Studios is a recording studio in Fullham, London SW6, England.
Pink Floyd bought the original Britannia Row Studios, located in the street Britannia Row, Islington, London N1, after their 1975 album Wish You Were Here was released. They then went on to use the studio to record their next, 1977, album Animals. Nick Mason eventually assumed full ownership of the studio, but in the early 1990s Mason decided to sell the studio to its current owner Kate Koumi who had been managing it since the mid 1980s.
In the mid 1990s the studio relocated to its present location.
The studio has been used by many high profile artists over the years, including:
- Joy Division
- New Order
- Supergrass
- Westlife
- Page and Plant
- Snow Patrol
- Richard Ashcroft
- Björk
- Manic Street Preachers
- Liberty X
- Atomic Kitten
- James Blunt
- Dannii Minogue
- Kylie Minogue
- Ronan Keating
- Sugababes
- Kate Bush
Between 2000 and 2004 half of the original studio (known as Studio 2) in Britannia Row was renamed Century 21 Studio and used exclusively by the label Pharos Records. With its 'live sound' generated by its roots reggae house band, Pharos Records produced reggae albums such as 'Descendents' by The Amharic and 'Children of the Most High' by Little Roy, all overseen by Pharos supremo Pan Lemos.
Since 2005 Studio 2 is home to the London School of Sound and is used primarily to provide music production courses and training for sound engineers.
The other half (Studio 1) has been the private studio of the band Afro Celt Sound System since 2001.
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