Greene St. Recording
Greene St. Recording was a New York City, United States (US) recording studio, located at 112 Greene St. in SoHo, until its closure in 2001. It was one of the early headquarters of hip hop music during the 1980s and 1990s.
History
Greene St. began in the early 1970s as Big Apple Recording, which was a partnership between the Philip Glass music director Michael Riesman and producer Steve Loeb. The first studio manager was Jonathan Katz who would later make a name for himself as "Dr Katz" a popular albeit cartoon figure on Comedy Central and the first studio chief engineer was Wieslaw Woszczyk now Dr. Wieslaw Woszczyk who holds the James McGill Chair Professorship in Sound Recording and is the Founding Director of the Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Music Media and Technology at McGill University.
In 1983 Loeb bought out Riesman and became the sole owner of the studio which was renamed Greene St. Recording. Former Woszczyk assistant Rod Hui became chief engineer and Robyn Sansone became studio manager. In the first year as Greene St. under Loeb, Hui and Sansone, Greene Street recorded and mixed a number of records including the three groundbreaking hits Shannon's "Let The Music Play", Kurtis Blow's "The Breaks" and Run DMC's "It's Like That".
In 1983 Dave Harrington commenced as studio manager. The studio's engineering team included Rod Hui, Nick Sansano, Jamey Staub, Andrew Spigelman, Chris Shaw, Phil Painson, Prince Strickland, Charlie Dos Santos, Chris Champion, Djini Brown, and Danny Madorsky. In 1986 Greene St. underwent renovation and an additional two rooms were added to the studio, in which the studio owners installed audio technology that was new to New York at the time (an AMEK APC 1000 mixing desk, with Massenburg moving fader automation, and a pair of Roger Quested tri-amped speaker systems).
In August 24, 2014, Chuck D, of U.S. hip hop group Public Enemy, posted a photo on his Twitter profile of a cassette tape from the Green St. studio. The tape's label is branded with the studio's branding and a hand-written title indicates that the studio was used for the recording of the song "Fight The Power."[1]
Recording history
The list of artists who recorded at the Green St. studio includes: Run–D.M.C., Public Enemy,[1] LL Cool J, Sonic Youth, New Order, Ice Cube, Riot, Bonnie Tyler, Chaka Khan, James Brown, Pete Rock & CL Smooth, Jenny Burton, John Robie, Afrika Bambaataa, Dave Matthews Band, George Benson, Roy Ayers, Black Eyed Peas, De La Soul, A Tribe Called Quest, George Clinton, Heavy D, Beastie Boys, Mos Def & Talib Kweli, Black Thought, Inspectah Deck, Raekwon, DJ Muggs, Tricky, Jungle Brothers, Propellerheads, IAM (French rap, album L'école du micro d'argent), and You Am I.[2]
Post-closure
Soon after the closure of Greene St. Recording, owner Steve Loeb, along with record producer artist John Robie, launched The Combine at 112 Greene Street. The new space presented a multimedia urban art project entitled "Work To Do" that featured 52 urban/graffiti artists. In 2011 the space was rejoined with the upper floor, reforming its original configuration, and leased to fashion designer Stella McCartney, daughter of Beatles bassist Sir Paul McCartney. A December 2011 media article showed that Stella McCartney continued to use the 5,200-square-foot space for her flagship retail outlet at that time.[3]
Coordinates: 40°43′29″N 73°59′58″W / 40.72462°N 73.99946°W
See also
References
- 1 2 "Vintage sht. FTP". Chuck D on Twitter. Twitter. 24 August 2014. Retrieved 24 August 2014.
- ↑ "You Am I – Hi Fi Way". Discogs. Discogs. 2013. Retrieved 14 July 2013.
- ↑ "Stella McCartney". Time Out New York. Time Out New York. 16 December 2011. Retrieved 14 July 2013.