New York, 2008- Electric Lady Studios has been busy with projects underway by such names as Bob Dylan, David Bowie, Mark Ronson, Dave Matthews, Common, Richie Havens, Travis, M.I.A., and Ryan Adams.
Album Tracking dates, overdub sessions, mixing sessions and writing sessions have kept Electric Lady Studios busy and buzzing throughout 2008
Como Te LLama the sophomore album
from Albert Hammond, Jr. is set to drop July 8th on the streets and
sometime next month on iTunes.
Recorded over 5 weeks in Electric Lady Studios in NYC with engineer
Gus Oberg, the album was produced by Albert, with help by Gus and
Matt, both receiving co-producing credits.
With touring already being penciled in for this summer and through
the end of the year, the band are in exuberant spirits, as Albert
reveals;
"Our goal is to tour this album every where we can, get into those
cracks and fill them up with music!"
"The Bedlam in Goliath" is The 4th full-length studio album by The Mars Volta was released January 29, 2008.
Universal/Motown Records' artists scored their highest peak position ever on the Billboard Top 200 charts. The record debuted at No. 3 and sold over 54,000 copies it's first week of release.
July 23, 2008 – New York rapper, Nas debuts at #1 this week (BILLBOARD) with his new UNTITLED album. Recorded and mixed at Electric Lady Studios, UNTITLED was released July 15, 2008, and features the singles "Hero" and "Testify."
Electric Lady Studios proudly congratulates Nas and and the entire team at Def Jam Records for this, Nas' fifth Number 1 record in the US.
New York, February 10th, 2008 – Legendary Greenwich Village recording facility Electric Lady Studios is pleased to congratulate the winners of the 2008 Grammy Awards for recordings that were produced, recorded, and/or mixed at the historic Manhattan studio complex.
Best Rock Album
"Echoes, Silence, Patience, & Grace", Foo Fighters
Best Contemporary Folk/ Americana Album
"Washington Square Serenade", Steve Earle
Best Contemporary World Music Album
"Djin Djin", Angelique Kidjo
Electric Lady Studios is proud to congratulate this year's other Grammy Award nominees including:
Best Alternative Music Album
"Volta", Bjork
Best Urban/ Alternative Performance
"Dream", Alice Smith
Best Rock Or Rap Gospel Album
"The Reckoning", Pillar
Best Country Collaboration with Vocals
"Days Aren't Long Enough", Steve Earle & Allison Moorer
New York - "New Amerykah Part One (4th World War)", Erykah Badu's 4th full length album, was released Feb. 26 on Universal/Motown Records.
Production by Madlib, 9th Wonder, and Sa-Ra plus a guest performance by Georgia Anne Muldrow are some of the highlights on the new album.
Erykah Badu, originally from Dallas, first made headlines with her debut album "Baduizm" in 1997. This latest release by the Grammy award winning singer/songwriter includes the debut single "Honey" driven by producer 9th Wonder's beats.
The release of "Honey" on November 20th also marked the artist's 10th year in the music industry. The follow-up to this new album, New Amerykah Part 2, is forthcoming later this year.
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