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Welcome to the Metropolis News, your source for the latest updates, insights, and industry news in music. As one of the world’s leading independent recording studios, we aim to share our expertise with music enthusiasts, industry professionals, and aspiring musicians. Our blog covers a wide range of topics, from interviews with renowned artists and producers to industry news and trends.
Atmos: In Conversation with Mike Hillier
March 2024
Atmos: In conversation is our series of interviews about all things Atmos and 360 RA. In this issue we sat down with Mike Hillier, mastering and Atmos engineer at Metropolis Studios, to talk about his recent work with Calvin Harris. Tell us a bit more about your work with Calvin...
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Atmos: In Conversation with Matt Colton
October 2023
Atmos: In conversation is our series of interviews about all things Atmos and 360 RA. In this issue we sat down with Matt Colton, mastering engineer at Metropolis Studios, to talk about his recent work on James Blake’s recent album “Playing Robots Into Heaven”. How long have you been working with Atmos? Matt...
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Brit Spotlight: Stuart Hawkes
January 2023
Recently we sat down with Stuart Hawkes to talk all things tech, work ethics, cryptic client briefs, and celebrate his nominees in 6 different categories at this year’s Brit Awards. Six different categories and so many years in a row that you've been nominated. Stuart: Yeah. Well, I've been doing...
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Atmos: In Conversation with Mike Hillier
November 2022
Atmos: In conversation is our new series of interviews about all things Atmos and 360 RA. In this issue we sat down with Mike Hillier, mastering engineer at Metropolis Studios, to talk about his recent work on Kasabian's The Alchemist's Euphoria and Pip Millett's When Everything Is Better, I'll Let...
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Get the human touch to your music
March 2022
You've recorded your track, perfected your mix, why is it essential to now master your music? There is so much music out there, now more than ever, and how we listen to music has drastically changed. Instead of buying an album, the majority of people acquire their music digitally and combine tracks into playlists featuring multiple artists,...
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Metropolis hosts the world’s first 5G festival
March 2022
Last week we had the pleasure of being one of three venues to host the world's first 5G Festival. Over the last two years, nine heavyweight organisations have been working collectively on an initiative dubbed 5G Festival exploring the untapped potential of 5G for the music industry as part of...
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3D/Atmos Dolby In 2022 At Metropolis
February 2022
In July 2021, Metropolis Studios launched a new state-of-the-art 3D audio mixing facility at the heart of our West London complex, currently the highest resolution Dolby Atmos mix facility in the UK. Our Target Our target was to enable established and emerging artists to unlock the exciting potential of 3D audio. Pursuing a flexible ‘hub studio’...
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