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