Saltlands Studio
Saltlands Studio is a recording studio based in the New York City neighborhood of Dumbo, Brooklyn, founded in 2007 by owner Steve Salett and partners Dawn Landes and Gary Maurer.[1] It was later joined by music producers and engineers Eli Janney, Jim Smith, and Aaron Rutledge. The studio gained notoriety with records by French Kicks,[2] Alexi Murdoch, Josh Ritter, The Soft Pack, Wilco,[3] Robbers on High Street, Obits, and the Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players. The studio also functions as a collective of commercial composers, and in the spring of 2010 the studio received attention for the composition of a song that was awarded the Cannes Lions 2010 "Best Use of Music in a Commercial" Award for the Match.com commercial.[4]
In 2010, Larry Crane interviewed Dawn Landes of Saltlands. The article was featured in Issue No. 80 of TapeOp.[5] In March 2011, Janice Brown of SonicScoop interviewed Steve Salett and producer/engineer Gary Maurer.[6]
Artists and visiting producers who have recorded at Saltlands include:
- Alexi Murdoch
- Allie Moss
- Andrew Vladeck
- Anne Heaton
- Annie Keating
- Arizona
- Au Revoir Simone
- Balthrop, Alabama
- The Bandana Splits
- Benjamin Cartel
- Bob Hoffnar
- Brendan Canty
- Brian Bender
- Caithlin De Marrais
- Chris Erikson
- Dawn Landes
- Don Piper
- Doveman
- Drazy Hoops
- End Up Records[7]
- The Famous Letters
- The Fancy Shapes
- Frally
- French Kicks
- Geoff Sanoff
- The Gray Goods
- Girl Friday
- Hem
- Ithaca
- Jason Mercer
- Jeff Hill
- Jeremy Sisto
- Jesse Neumann and Wolf Face
- Jolie Holland
- Josh Ritter
- Julia Steele Allen
- Mark Ganzglass
- Matt Shane
- Matt Trowbridge
- Michael Shannon
- Milan McKinnley
- Motion City Soundtrack
- My Sister in 1994
- The Ne'er Do Evers
- Nick Stumpf
- Nick Zinner
- Norden Bombsight
- Obits
- The Oxygen Ponies
- Pela
- Peter Salett
- The Poison Tree[8]
- The Present
- PROJECT Trio
- Randy Russo
- Ray Rizzo
- Robbers on High Street
- Ryan Miller (Guster)
- Rusty Santos (Animal Collective, The Present)
- Sam Amidon
- Sam Kassirer
- Sarah Blust
- Seb Leon
- Shahzad Ismaily (Tom Waits)
- Sondre Lerche
- Thieving Irons[9]
- Thom Monahan
- Tim "Love" Lee
- Tjeerd Bomhof (Voicst)
- Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players
- Tuppy the Band
- Turner Cody
- Walter Martin
- We Are Augustines
- Wilco
See also
References
- Dollar, Steve. "Rocking Near the F Train". The Wall Street Journal. 21 March 2011.
- CD Universe. French Kicks Swimming CD. 31 March 2008.
- Chiu, David. "A Recording Studio in Brooklyn's DUMBO". NewBeats. 17 Mat 2010.
- Match.com commercial at YouTube.
- Tape Op Issue #80: Nov / Dec 2010
- "Studio Project: Steve Salett and Gary Maurer on The Poison Tree & Saltlands Studios : SonicScoop – Creative, Technical & Business Connections For NYC's Music & Sound Community". Sonicscoop.com. 2011-03-29. Retrieved 2012-03-20.
- End Up Records
- The Poison Tree
- Thieving Irons at rslblog.com
External links
- Official website
- Saltlands at sonicscoop.com
- Saltlands: A Recording Studio in Brooklyn's Dumbo at newbeats.com
- Musical Rooms Part 21 Dawn Landes at musicalrooms.wordpress.com
- Dawn Landess Secret Dauce at huffingtonpost.com
- Making What Lasts -- Episode 70: Life&Death Dawn&Tom at vimeo.com