Sarm East Studios is a recording studio

Recording studio

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 that was located at the southern end of Brick Lane

Brick Lane

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 in east London. It is now called The London Recording Studios.

History

The studio was owned by SPZ Group, which is a holding company belonging to Trevor Horn

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 and his wife Jill Sinclair but was closed down in the late 1990s. The studio was at one time one of the foremost and famous recording Studios in London and has played host to artists such as Queen

Queen (band)

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, Madonna

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, The Clash

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, The Joe Parker's, Yes

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, ABC

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, INXS

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, Frankie Goes to Hollywood

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, Seal

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 and The Hoosiers

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.

The studio had an early Solid State Logic (SSL) 4000E mixing console and was one of the first studios in London to install one. The SSL replaced an earlier Trident console with Allison automation.

Multitracks were twin Studer A80s (to be replaced later by Studer A800 Mk IIIs) with Dolby A and mixdown machine was a Studer A80 with a 1/2" headblock and Dolby A. Outboard gear included:

• Eventide H910 Harmonizer
• Survival Projects panner
• Lexicon 224 digital reverb
• UREI 1176 compressors
• AMS digital delay

Recent clients

Under its name The London Recording Studios, it has played host to a number of clients including:

• Alexander Wolfe
• The Naughty Boy
• The London Jazz Collective
• Abdoujaparov (Les Carter, Carter the Unstoppable Sex Machine)
• Amy Studt - 19 Management
• Art Brut - Mute Records
• Assembly Now
• The Backyard Flames
• The BBC
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• Benjamin Zephaniah - One Little Indian Records
• Big Red Button Productions
• Ciccone
• Cold Shoulder
• Crusty Treats
• The Delanies
• Donatella
• The Draystones (1965 Records)
• EC - Virgin Records
• Eight Legs - Weekender Records
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• The Envelopes - Brille Records
• Esprit D'Air
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• The Exiles
• Hige
• The Hoosiers - RCA Records
• Hotel Ukraine
• The Idle Lovers
• The Indelicates - Bad Gnome Records
• Ivich
• James Andrew Arthur
• Jason Lipman
• JJ Pistolet
• The Joey Parker's
• Lefthand
• Look See Proof - Tigertrap Records
• Lizzie Ball
• The More Assured
• The Mores - Pointy Records
• Officer Kicks
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   - We Make Things Records
• OK Karaoke
• Plumstead Radical Club
• Robert Lemperly
• Rodeo Jones
• The Quentin Collins Bands
• Second Person
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   - "The Elements
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• Voytec
• The Wombats
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  - 14th Floor Records (WMI)
• Yeti - Moshi Moshi Records