Sony Music Studios Tokyo is a large recording studio in Akasaka, Tokyo. It is attached to the headquarters building of SMILE-UP. (formerly Johnny & Associates; formerly the SME Nogizaka Building) and is operated by Sony Music Solutions.
Worked On Here
Recorded, mixed or mastered here, from this catalogue:
- T.M.Revolution - T.M.R.Live Revolution '06 ~Under Cover~ - T.M.Revolution, released April 18, 2007 (
ESBL-2192). Authoring Studio. - L'Arc~en~Ciel - TOUR 2007~2008 THEATER of KISS - L'Arc~en~Ciel, released August 27, 2008 (
KSBL-5909). Authoring Engineer (Tetsuya Kudo), Mastering Engineer (Machiko Suzue). - Galileo Galilei - Tsunagari Daisuki Box - Galileo Galilei, released March 29, 2023 (
SECL-2860). Mastered By (Ayako Kawamoto).
History
Translated from the ja.wikipedia article ソニー・ミュージックスタジオ (CC BY-SA 4.0), revision 110575854.
Facilities
The facility occupies three basement floors of the former SME Nogizaka Building, completed in March 2001 and now the headquarters building of SMILE-UP. (formerly Johnny & Associates). It is a studio complex consisting of five recording studios, 12 mastering studios, and authoring studios comprising three editing rooms and four authoring rooms. The entrance and corridors are open atriums extending up to the ground floor. During construction, the acoustic designer Peter Grueneisen imported everything from the United States, including flooring and wall materials, air-conditioning ducts, and wall coverings. The main consoles used in each studio are as follows.
Studio 1: Neve 8872R Studio 2: Neve 8872R Studio 3: Neve 8872R Studio 4: SSL 9072J Studio 5: Neve 8872RS
Sources
- Wikidata entity Q11315212.
- ja.wikipedia, ソニー・ミュージックスタジオ (revision 110575854), CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Photograph: Johnny & Associates 202304.jpg on Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0, by Beryllium Transistor.
