EST. 2023
SUBTERREANEAN RECORDING STUDIO IN CHELSEA, MANHATTAN
WE WANT TO MOVE YOUR MUSIC/POETRY INTO THE WORLD
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HISTORY
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IN THE BEGINNING . . .
Construction began in 1994, when Vincent Katz saw an opportunity to create a place for independent muscians and poets to record their work with high-end equipement and instruments. Mark Dannat oversaw early construction efforts and put up the walls of what is now our Studio A. Prior to this our location in Chelsea was an indoor shooting-range.
TWENTY YEARS LATER . . .
Vincent’s son Oliver Katz set out to restore the space. Engineers Finn Gardner-Puschak, Justin Gibble, and Miles Edwards joined on and, over the course of two years, undertook a significant renovation project that included modernizing the studio’s infrastructure and updating its gear.
We intended to use the studio ourselves to rehearse, jam, and record our own projects. As time went on, and we got further and further along in the renovation project, we realized that this was a place we could share with our friends and their friends and so on. We became Laurel Road Studios. We brought on Carolyn Farhner to do publicity and who, as we got busier, became our booking manager.
We designed and outfitted our studio to record music; working with musicians/bands is the bulk of what we do. Some of the most fun we’ve had in the studio has been recording poetry.
OUR PEOPLE . . .
Oliver Katz, Director
Carolyn Fahrner, Artist Liason | Engineer
Justin Gibble, Studio Manager | Engineer
Finn Gardner-Puschak, Lead Engineer
Miles Edwards, Engineer