Recordproduction.com would like to invite you to a unique 2 Day Production Master Class with Sean Genockey on the 27th & 28th March at Modern World Studios, UK, featuring the exciting new band Robot Disaster.

To receive more information on this event please email: info@modernworldstudios.com or follow links below.

We recently had seven students from Bridgwater College's Music Technology degree in the studio. The students were given two days to track and mix a song from a local Bridgwater band 'Relocate'.

For more information on the Bridgwater College and 'Relocate' please follow iinks below.

For session photos please view our gallery.

Geoff Bray and his band '5 Old Blokes And A Young'un' were in the studio recording vocals, keyboards and guitar for their covers album. 

Albany Down were back in the studio to complete the recording and mixing of their new album with producer Greg Haver and Engineer Clint Murphy.

For more information on Albany Down please follow links below.

Alternative/Rock band 'States Of Emotion' were back in the studio to complete their debut Album with producer Greg Haver and engineer Clint Murphy.

For more information on States Of Emotion please follow links below.

For photos of the session please view our gallery.

Modern World recentley had Opshop, the biggest band in New Zealand, working on their highly anticipated and soon to be released 3rd album with Greg Haver and Clint Murphy.

Opshop's triple-platinum selling album 'Second Hand Planet' reached number 1 and spent 78 weeks in the top 40 in the New Zeland charts after being released in 2007.

For more information on Opshop please follow links below.

For photos of session please visit our gallery.

Screaming 66 were in the studio with producer Sean Genockey for some drum tracking.

For more information on Screaming 66 and  Sean Genockey please follow links below.

Producer/engineer Paul Corkett was in the studio mixing new material for rock band 'Fiction Plane'.


For more information on Fiction Plane please follow links below.

Modern World will be offering free accommodation at the Modern World apartment for the first 6 months of 2010! The flat is located 200 mts from the studio and provides everything you need for a good night's sleep! Offer is available to clients booking the studio at full rate only! The offer does not apply to downtime rate.

Modern World Studios had it's first post production client in the studio.

With majority of bookings consisting of band recordings and mixes we recently had Rob May and mix engineer Steve 'Barney' Chase from Sitting Duck Music And Media mixing a 5.1 project.

For more information on Rob, Steve and Sitting Duck Music And Media please follow link below.

Nicola Harrison - Oxford-based singer, vocal coach and writer came to Modern World for a weekend of recording classical vocals with Piano accompaniment.

For more information on Nicola please follow the link below

Modern World recently hosted a session for Steve Hewitt. The session was engineered by Paul Corkett and was for material for Steve Hewitt's as yet untitled debut release

For more information on Steve Hewitt please follow links below.

Ex Modern World assistant Jack Page bought his band Hot Feet into the studio to record their own unique style of "Folk 'n Roll"

For more information please follow the link below

For photos of the session please see our gallery.

We recently filmed a video tour of our facility. The videos will give an in depth view of the control room, live room, client lounge, instruments, location and accommodation.

The tour will be online soon so please stop by and check it out.

For photos of the filming please see our gallery.

Filming and editing was done by Undo Productions.

Pop Group 'Marble Fairy' were in the studio recording Vocals and drums for an upcoming release.

For more information on Marble Fairy please follow links below.

Rory Eliot, lead singer of South African rock band 'Plush' was in the studio recording material for a solo release with engineer Ben Muscat.

For more information on Rory Eliot please follow links below.

For photos of the session please see our gallery.

Spanish rock band 'Day Of Rising' were in the studio with producer/engineer Romesh Dodangoda.

Romesh and the band spent a few days recording drums for their new album.

For more info on Romesh and the band please follow links below.

For photos of the session please see our studio gallery.

Metal band 'Screamin 88s' were in the studio recording a four track EP with engineer Ben Muscat.

For more info on Screamin 88s please follow link below.

For photos of the session please see our gallery.

London based blues artist Sam Hare has been recording and mixing his new album with us.

For more info on Sam Hare please follow the links below:

Producer/engineer John Poole came through Modern World with rock band ENL 'Eighteen Nightmares at the Lux'.

For more information on ENL please follow link below:

For photos of session please view our gallery.

Blues artist Marcus Bonfanti was in the studio recording and mixing his self produced second album 'What Good Am I To You' with Nick Poortman (engineer).

For photos of Marcus's session please view gallery.

For more information on Marcus Bonfanti please follow links below:

Irish rock band Ever27 were in the studio with producer Greg Haver and Engineer Clint Murphy mixing material for an upcoming release.

For information on Ever27 please follow links below:

Producer Sean Genockey came through with the band 'Robot Disaster'.

"Heavily influenced by EVERYTHING from happy hardcore and indie pop to the hip hop and grime scenes,ROBOT DISASTER. A gang of friendly electropunks playing stuff with a beat, stuff that's deep, and stuff that's danced to by the kids on the street."

We recently had the pleasure to host a microphone demo day for Se Electronics and their distributor Sonic Distribution.

The main focus of the demo was to showcase the new Rupert Neve / Se Electronics RNR1 ribbon microphone.

The mic went went against our mic collection which include Sony C800-G/Telefunken U47/soundelux 251/Blue Bottle/Neumann M149 and AEA R92 and R88.

Engineer Hugh Fielding was in the studio with Drew and Chris from musical outfit 'Paraffin Braille' working on material for an upcoming project.

Bath based band 'The Heavy' were in the studio completing tracks for their upcoming album.

For more information on 'The heavy' PLease follow the links below:

UK band 'The Fan Club' have been in the studio recording new material with producer Greg Haver and engineer Clint Murphy.

For more information on the band please see links below:

Albany Down records new material with producer Greg Haver and Engineer Clint Murphy.

Albany Down is an original rock band based near London.

Paul Muir is the band's front man; Jonny Bescoby is the drummer with Paul Turley on electric guitar and Billy Dedman on the bass.

For more on Albany Down please follow links below:

Producer/engineer John Poole was in the studio for five days tracking with band Sleepyhead.

For more information on John Poole and Sleepyhead please follow links below.

Tetbury based rock band 'Danny Epsilon' recorded three songs over a weekend in the studio.

The band won free studio time with us at the 2008 Tetbury Fiesta.

For more information on the band please follow the link below.

Kiwi mix guru Clint Murphy mixes new single entitled "Climbers" from New Zealand rock band Sleeping Dogs.

Please follow links below for more information.

Kiwi mix guru Clint Murphy has mixed new single entitled "NO" from New Zealand artist Iva Lamkum.

"No" is the first single to be taken from Iva Lamkum's forthcoming debut album due to be released in 2010.

Modern World hosted a monitor review/shootout between Events new Opal nearfield monitors and similar priced competitors for their latest issue.

The Event monitors were delivered and set up by Rode/Event owner Peter Freedman. Other monitors in the shootout included KRK VXT8's, PMC TBS2-A's, Equator Audio Q8's and Focal Twin 6B's. For more information and results of the shoot out please visit links below.

Voted Switzerland's "Best Band" in 2008 by drs3, Marvin have been working hard recording their second album at Modern World Studios. Be sure to check out their website and MySpace for some infectious Beatles-esque pop rock tunes.

Nigerian rapper Blackgate recorded his new single 'So Sweet' with engineer Ben Muscat.

'So Sweet'(co-produced and mixed by Ben Muscat) has also achieved commercial success in Nigeria.

The Modern World team would like to congratulate owner Nick Cowan and Musician Ben Travers on completing the toughest triathlon in the world (IRONMAN LANZAROTE) which took place on Saturday 23/05/09.

After months of physical and nutritional discipline Nick completed the iron in 14:38:25.

Nick also managed to hit his £5000 fund raising target for the 'Hope For Tomorrow' charity.

Congratulations yet again on this incredible and inspirational achievement.

On Saturday 23rd May, MW owner Nick will compete in the Ironman Lanzarote. After 20 months of training, 65 lbs of fat loss (and driving everyone in the studio round the bend), Nick hopes to complete the 3.8 km open sea swim, 180 km bike and the marathon within the time limit of 17 hours. The Ironman Lanzarote is the hardest Ironman in the world...period!

All proceeds raised go to www.hopefortomorrow.co.uk a national charity that raises money towards mobile chemo units, enabling patients to be treated closer to their home.

Modern World Studios welcomes Clint Murphy and Nick Poortman to the roster.

Clint is a record producer/engineer from Auckland, New Zealand who has worked with a long list producers including Gil Norton, Greg Haver and Danton Supple, and artists such as Manic Street Preachers, Melanie C, 50 Cent, G-Unit, Blindspott, Carly Binding, The Feelers, Goldenhorse and Opshop.

To contact Clint please email:

clintmurphyproductions@gmail.com

Also joining us from New Zealand is our new assistant Nick, who spent a year in one of New Zealand's top studios as an assistant after completing an engineering course at SAE college in New Zealand. During his time at SAE Nick was voted student of the year.

London based band 'The Last Grand' record at Modern World with producer Greg Haver. The track 'Alive' was recorded over two days and included a string quartet.

The band were so pleased...they've booked time in July and August to record their debut album!

Modern World Studios main live room now features a "variable acoustic" thanks to a system installed and operational this week. Six oak flutter board panels measuring 180 x 90cm can now be hung on the walls on a specially fitted rail, dramatically altering the acoustic of the room. Tests on drums, piano and acoustic guitar show a real difference and in combination with our isolation panels make for a very flexible space.

Over the past two weeks we had the pleasure of having members of Cherry Ghost in at Modern World for mixing with Dan Austin. From what we have heard so far, it looks to be a great record and will be having them back in shortly to finish mixing the album. We even got the pleasure of (front-man) Simon Aldred's friend Andy, who dazzled us with his magician skills.

Mixed at Modern World!

Over the course of almost a week, Jimi Cantera and his accompanying musicians recorded the first half of their album with us at Modern World. This project was engineered by Modern World's house engineers and was produced by Tony Briscoe.

The band combines elements of Spanish, Cuban, Jamaican, and African styles of music and instruments, creating a very unique sound. The band lineup consisted of Drums, Bass, various Percussion (and Percussionists), Kora, two Backing Vocalists and Jimi playing Guitar and singing Lead Vocals.

Check out the gallery for photos.

London based Hip Hop group 29th chapter have been working on their long awaited new album, and have recently begun mixing it here at Modern World Studios.

The group have released three albums, plus a recent album of remixes. The group is made up of four main vocalists - Mr Prince, Navigator, McGladius and Phonetix. 29th Chapter will continue working on the next album throughout 2009.

Johnny Mars is a highly established blues musician, who has been heavily involved with in music since his early childhood years, and has since played alongside B.B. King, Santana, James Brown, Jimi Hendrix, Bob Dylan, and many more. He recently came to Modern World Studios to record a new song "Dare to Dream" with producer Tony Briscoe.Johnny is heavily involved in introducing music to school kids, and received UK national news coverage for his innovative approach to replace the recorder with the harmonica to teach music to students in schools in the Portsmouth area."Dare to Dream" features vocals from approximately 53 school pupils. With guidance from Frank - the school's musical director - all of the school pupils managed to lay down their vocals in one afternoon.

Described by Chaka Khan as: 'The Baddest Guitarist on the Planet,' Ian Siegal records his new album at Modern World. Produced by legendary Blues guitarist Matt Schofield and engineered by our own Ben Muscat, Ian's new album for Nugene Records looks set to be a cracker!

Detroit Social Club record second single 'Sunshine People' with Producer Ed Buller (Suede, Pulp, The Raincoats, White Lies).

The single is due for release on 30 March 2009.

After 8 years rockin festivals and music venues throughout the UK and Europe, Drive By Audio (formerly Certain Death) record their debut album at Modern World, produced by Greg Haver (Manics, Lost Prophets, Cape Fear) and engineered by Simon Gooding (Head Engineer, York Street Studios, New Zealand.)

The boys qualified for TWO of Modern Worlds Famous White Chocolate cheesecakes made by Lara (Nick's missus) AND a chocolate cake (made by Nicola...Nick's youngest!)

Australian Dark Rock act As We Are record a live demo at the studio after a large demand with UK fan base.

Baria Records and Plan-B Booking have signed the Aussie 5 Piece and looking to turn 2009 on its head with extensive touring.

The Doves much anticipated new album is nearly set for release. The guys have been mixing at Modern World with Dan Austin and things are looking good for the band in 2009.

The Codes an up and coming band from Ireland are set for big things with this debut album. 'A must be heard album of 2009'.

Sellaband 'So What' Record Debut Album at Modern World Studios

After raising $50k through the Dutch company Sellaband, 'So What' travelled from The Hague to record their debut album at Modern World Studios with Producer and Engineer duo Greg Haver and Clint Murphy.

Up and Coming Essex based four piece 'States of Emotions' record at Modern World Studios with Producer and Engineer Greg Haver and Clint Murphy

Modern World Studios Extends £400 per day offer!!!

Wishing to continue our unbeatable rate and attract new people to experience recording in Modern World style we are extending our £400 per day offer for as long as we can. This includes access to all studio gear and instrument collection, and assistant engineer!

Blues/Rock band The Ashbies recently recorded at Modern World Studios with producer Hugh Fielding.

See the Gallery for photos

Guernsey's Mod-Rockers Thee Jenerators came to Modern World Studios to record their new album.

Kirstenana and Steve Osborne have been working on some material at Modern World. Kirstenana are a hard working london act, and in the last few years their potential has been recognized in the industry. "Great things are set for this group in 2009".

Dan Austin (Starsailor, Cooper Temple Clause, The Hours) mixes new Doves album at Modern World.

Matt Schofield (Nugene Records) comes to Modern World to record new album. Matt is hailed as one of the finest blues guitarists of his generation, Matt has played all over the world and his last album 'Siftin Thru Ashes' received rave reviews on both sides of the Atlantic. Our own Ben Muscat engineered.

Cape Fear records new album at Modern World Studios. The London based Rock band have also signed to Modern World Records and Publishing. The album release date is to be confirmed but is set for big things.

Hayley records new album at Modern World Studios. Produced by Greg Haver (Manics, Lost Prophets, Melanie C) Hayley has recorded an album of stunning quality that is packed with great tracks. Hayley has signed to both Modern World Records and Publishing and the album will be released this Autumn.

Leeds based Electro/Alternative/Rock band The Officers and Producer Graeme Stewart (Radiohead) record guitars and drums for new single at Modern World.

London based dance act Cicada record album with top producer Duncan Mills

Dance act Cicada came to Modern World with Duncan Mills and fell in love with our famous home-made white chocolate cheesecake. They have demanded a cheesecake for everyday they record here in the future!

Aberdeen based Indie band Edgar Prais record album at Modern World (produced by Greg Haver)

Worcestershire based Carrie Hayden (Folk/Acoustic) records album at Modern World

Carrie Hayden records 11 tracks at Modern World for her new album re-uniting her band from far flung corners of the world...well Liverpool, Washington DC and Oslo. Engineered by Adam Miller from Air.  Grand Theft Auto 4, Call of Duty 4, pop corn and movies (and our home made white chocolate cheesecake) all featured heavily!

Oxford based four-piece Winchell Riots record 'Kandahar Road' at Modern World with top producer Dan Austin (Doves, Starsailor, Massive Attack)

On June 14th, Modern World will host a live music night in aid of local cancer charity 'Hope For Tomorrow'. Set in the beautiful location of the Beaufort Polo Ground, Westonbirt. Everyone welcome. For more info and ticket hot line please download the pdf   .   .

London based indie act Suzerain mix tracks with top producer Steve Lyon (Depeche Mode, The Cure, Soho Dolls)

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Oxford based Richard Walters (Acoustic / Electronica / Alternative) and producer Dan Austin (Doves, Massive Attack, Biffy Clyro) record at Modern World

For more information on Richard and Dan see:

Eurovision Song Contest 2008 (May): Azerbaijan entry Elner Huseynov & Samir Javadzadeh record Day After Day at Modern World Studios

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Zwaitec and Greg Haver (seen here munching pasta) mix 3 tracks at Modern World. For more information on Southampton based electro pop rock outfit Zwaitec please see:

Producer Guy Massey and London based indie band Prego record at Modern World. For more info on Prego & Guy Massey please see:

Producer Brendan Lynch and Engineer Max Hayes mix Paul Weller track at Modern World.

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Liverpool based Revenge Tragedies record 8 tracks at Modern World. For more information please go to:

Bristol based jazz funk quartet Bizali record four track EP at Modern World. For more information please go to:

Gloucestershire based band The Q record single with legendary producer Vic Coppersmith at Modern World Studios. For more information please go to:

London based Indie band 'How to Cure Dyslexia' record session at Modern World. For more info please go to:

Bath based Indie band Until Your Heard record EP at Modern World.

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Glastonbury based band Pinstripe record some tracks for their new album at Modern World.

A band to watch. Having won a slot at Glastonbury 2007, Pinstripe have gone from strength to strength releasing debut single, signing mangement deal and will be touring in the US next year. For more information please see:

London based folk-pop duo Oh Atoms record album at Modern World Studios. Produced by Alex Lee, Bristol based session musician (Placebo, Suede, Goldfrapp) For more information please see:

Manchester based pop-punk band Outrage record new single at Modern World Studios (produced by Greg Haver.) For more information please go to:

Top UK Producer Greg Haver video interview for www.recordproduction.com filmed at Modern World. Greg is a talented producer with a background in engineering, drumming and programming who initially built up a reputation within the Welsh music community for his diverse production skills and innovative arrangements with artists such as Super Furry Animals, Catatonia, Manic Street Preachers, Lost Prophets and Bullet For My Valentine.

To view the video, please click the link below:

22-year-old singer/songwriter Chris Townsend is currently in the studio with top producer Greg Haver (Manic Street Preachers, Opshop, Mel C, Catatonia) working on his debut album scheduled for release in early 2008.

His independently released 'What Are You Waiting For' EP has sold over 2000 copies reaching audiences all over the world thanks to online resources such as Myspace where Chris regularly features in the top UK artists and has had over 180,000 plays and 140,000 hits since February 2006.

The future looks bright for this young artist as he adds the finishing touches to his debut album.

Bristol band The Naturals record EP at Modern World.

Bristol based Hiflyer enter Modern World for three weeks with Producer Greg Haver to record new album.

Carrivick Sisters are 18 year old twin sisters Laura and Charlotte Carrivick from South Devon, England. They play a variety of bluegrass instruments (mainly guitar, mandolin, dobro and fiddle) with vocal harmonies and are both songwriters. Their musical interests have varied considerably through the years meaning that elements from a variety of genres are brought into their music. The twins have been playing at home together and busking for many years and started gigging as a duo these past couple of years. Their gigs have taken them as far afield as Holland and Austria as well as all over the UK.

Modern World Studios officially opened its doors this week for business and until December 31st are offering a promo rate to clients. Modern World will offer a full day for £400 ex vat without the cottage or £500 ex vat including it.

'We want to offer clients the opportunity to experience Modern World at a great price' explains owner Nick Cowan 'we have had a busy Summer with bookings stress-testing our desk and mics and the response from clients has been amazing. The quality of the room, our desk, outboards and mics has enabled our engineers to get some real quality recordings. Clients have also enjoyed our instrument collection, our hospitality and the location of the studio itself. We are booked for most of October and November but there are some slots available this month and in Decemember.

We will put the rates up in January so please feel free to call and discuss your requirements or just pay us a visit!

Dr Meaker is a Bristol-based producer who, with his live band, are one of UK's best up and coming soul/dance acts with a following that grows larger every day. Their debut album includes collaboration with Howie B, Massive Attack collaborators and a whole host of new, fresh talent. The 9 piece band have played at renowned events such as Glastonbury 2007, Bestival and Ashton Court Festival as well as legendary clubs throughout the world and are receiving airplay from the UK's major radio stations including BBC Radio 1 (Zane Lowe, Rob Da bank), BBC1 Xtra, Ministry of Sound. Dr Meaker have also just competed and won the Glastonbury Festival 2007 emerging talent competition, BBC new urban talent award (Sponsored by Fame Academy) and also the BBC unsigned gods of the pods.

Modern World Owner Nick Cowan enters Lanzarote Ironman May 2009

The Ironman has been described as the toughest race known to man. A 3.8 km open sea swim, a 180 km bike ride followed by a marathon (42.2 km run) with a cut off time of 17 hours. Out of all of the Ironman competitions in the world, Lanzarote has been described as the hardest of them all. The 25 mph winds, the huge mountain climbs, the boiling heat all contribute to its reputation as the world's toughest course. To compete you have to be super fit. Nick is 17 stone, has a 42 inch waist, a 28% fat count and has smoked 20 a day for 25 years.

Top UK Producer Greg Haver (Manic Street Preachers, Melanie C, Catatonia) uses Modern World Studios to complete the final mixes for the new album by Moscow based band Dairy High. Greg was very at home in the studio with chocolate, popcorn, home-made baked potatoes and lazyboy seats. He also loved the warmth of the new Duality desk.

Norway's Espen Lind and producer Bjorn Nessjo track vintage Hammond for upcoming LP! Featuring the legendary keyboard talents of Jon Lord (Deep Purple) and an amazing 1965 B3 supplied by Londons Hammond Hire Co. Espens next album is set to break all Norwegian expectations!

Future Music magazine reviews the world's only Fender Stratocaster Pixelator guitar in August 2007 edition (owned by and displayed at Modern World Studios)

Click here to read the review   .   .

Earlier in the year Modern World sponsored a local Battle of The Bands competition which included 20 entrants with an audience of around 400. Winning prize was a day at Modern World plus £300. The winners, Blue Noise, decided to double up and make it two days.

They recorded a 6 track demo which we are currently mixing for the boys. A young band with a lot of talent.

Future Music magazine review Modern World Studios in July 2007 edition.

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London based Sophie Barker, singer/songwriter from Zero 7, records at Modern World Studios.

Bristol-based ska/regga/hip-hop 9 piece band Babyhead record at Modern World Studios (half the band photographed in the gym with head engineer Ben in the background....what's he doing in the photo?)

London based rock band Die So Fluid recording at Modern World Studios.

Singer songwriter Damian Katkhuda records at Modern World Studios (with head engineer Ben on the left) 

Somerset based 4 piece 'Circle Round the Park' record demo at Modern World Studios.

Cirencester based death metal band Salakin record demo at Modern World Studios.

Bristol based band 'Jar Theory' record demo at Modern World Studios 10th July

Bristol based 4 piece rock band Magic Mirror record 6 track demo at Modern World Studios.

Crash Test Munkii & Junior Saunders

On Thursday 31st May Modern World Studios was invited to attend a very special function at Gibson Hall in London. Over the last two years leading designers, photographers, musicians and visual artist have been customizing electric guitars that could be exhibited around the world and later auctioned off to raise money for different charities. Forming part of the RockCouture project, 30 of these magnificent instruments have been 'on tour' with the Born To Rock ̇ exhibition, which has already broken attendance records at Galeries Lafayette in Paris, the National Museum of Ireland in Dublin and most recently Harrods in London. Modern World Studios had the honour of being one of 200 guests invited to the auction and although we didn't expect to bid or leave with any guitars, needless to say we now have 3 new additions to our collection of 45 guitars: Nick Rhodes Pixelator Fender Stratocaster with video screen, Graham Coxon Fender Strat with illustration Ronnie Wood - hand painted Stratocaster

Head Engineer appears on Jools Holland 'Later' Friday 8th June playing for Ben Westbeech.

Bristol based production outfit 'Unforscene' recording new album at Modern World in late May.