Team & Community
We work with engineers and assistants who have the skills and experience to get the best from every studio and our in-house technicians keep the equipment in pristine condition. For our bookings staff, the mantra is “nothing is too much trouble”.
In addition to our four bookable studios, Strongroom is home to a thriving community of record producers, songwriters, managers, labels, publishers and production companies. At the heart of all this is the iconic Strongroom Bar, rounding off the welcoming, musical atmosphere that Strongroom is renowned for worldwide.
To register interest in available long-term let studios and offices, please enquire below.
Team Members
Richard Boote
Founder & Owner
Paul Woolf
Owner & CEO
Jake Murray
Studio manager
Please enjoy our new website. I spent a lot of time on it.
Ella Harris
Bookings Manager & Assistant Studio Manager
Keeper of the Calendar.
Matias Duarte
Technical Engineer
Born in 1985. Still breathing.
Margo Broom
Technical Engineer
Margo is the UK’s premier transsexual audio electronics engineer. Archivist of the birdie song, she has produced more bands than you know at her studio/youth club in Manor House.
Drew Bang
Studio Team
drew BANG is an award winning Engineer and Producer, with over 10yrs Experience working with clients such as U2, Royal Blood, Haim, Slaves, Don Broco and more. Starting out at Strongroom as a runner, drew worked his way up to in-house Engineer for Studio 1, before going freelance to concentrate on Production.
Ross Fortune
Studio Team
Ross is a Gold certified mixer and recording engineer, originally from Ireland. He has worked with artists including Burna Boy, Ed Sheeran, King Krule, A$AP Rocky, AJ Tracey, and Ellie Goulding, with credits on 5 UK Top Ten singles.
Matt Barnes
Studio Team
Matt Barnes is a freelance mixer and engineer based in London.
The last few years have seen him engineer projects for clients diverse as Rod Stewart, Mahalia, Krept & Konan, and Kasai. Recent engineering clients include Little Mix, Silgala, Easy Life, Emile Sande, Tiana Major 9, AJ Tracey, Abra, plus many more. Recent mix clients include Georgia Twinn, Delilah Montagu, and Zach Said.
Carlos Mas
Studio Team
Latin Grammy nominated and billboard charting Engineer, mixer and producer with over a decade of experience working in studios around the world.
Lately he’s been working with artists such as: YUNGBLUD, MGK, Tems, Brent Faiyaz, Jessie Reyez, Summer Walker, chase & status, Pa Salieu, NAMES, Gran Radio Riviera.
Fi Roberts
Studio Team
Fi started out as a runner at Strongroom and has since progressed to being a freelance engineer and assistant. She is predominantly based at Strongroom, but has often worked at Red Bull, Urchin and Beethoven Street. Her biggest loves are (a broad range of) jazz, Neo-classical, hip-hop, soul, world, electronic and all the bits in-between
Jess Camilleri
Studio Team
Starting out as a runner at Strongroom, Jess now freelances across London as a recording and mixing engineer and assistant, often lending a hand at Metropolis Studios or on the odd orchestral session. She enjoys getting the very best sound out of Strongroom's four tracking rooms, while creating a welcoming and comfortable space for newcomers and established artists alike.
Taylor Pollock
Studio Team
Taylor is an assistant and engineer who has worked in several cities across the US, including NYC, Los Angeles, and Nashville, before settling in London. When she's not rummaging through charity shops to find useless gear and instruments, she likes to engineer for bands, make weird sounds, and use all of the analogue gear available, especially tape.
Ary Maudit
Studio Team
Ary Maudit is a producer/engineer who crafted their ears both in live and studio environments. Their mission is to empower LGBTQIA+, Women, and Non Binary artists, inspired by the motivation of creating an equal music industry.
Max Churchill
Studio Team
Max is a 23-year old engineer originally from the Isle of Wight, now South-London based, working with Urchin, Hackney Road, Saccharin, Goldsmiths Music Studios and more recently Strongroom Studios, gaining invaluable experience and knowledge from all.
Alice Western
Studio Team
Since graduating from Goldsmiths, Alice has trained as a studio engineer in multiple prestigious London studios. Working with notable clients, including Adidas, Alice has taken on the role of Studio Engineer, Mix Engineer and Producer.
Straight out of uni she is hitting the ground running and eagerly training up to take the industry by storm one day.
Ishaan Nimkar
Runner
Having recently moved from NYC to London, Ishaan is on a mission to explore a variety of musical cultures and discover the true ways of a studio rat.
Katie Foreman
Runner
A recent graduate of the Abbey Road Institute and now starting studio life at Strongrooom.
Community
Gareth Jones
Gareth Jones has been happily making noise at Strongroom for a very long time.
Bella Studio - Iggy B
Based at Strongroom in Shoreditch, Bella Union's in-house studio from Simon Raymonde and producer/engineer Iggy B.
Alex O'Donovan
Producer, mixer and engineer, Alex has worked with artists at studios across the UK, Europe, Australia and Japan. Noise creator, distortion curator and analog adventurer based out of Strongroom.
Carlos Mas
Latin Grammy nominated Mixer & producer with over a decade of experience working in studios around the world.
Now he is here to do what he knows best: produce and mix the hell out of your tracks.
Josh Oliver
Josh has put his instrumental skill set on full display playing alongside acts such as You Me at Six, Don Broco, The Xcerts and Dry the River. His writing career has seen him working with labels such as Warner, Interscope, Geffen, Sony Norway, Universal, Spinnin and V2 Records collaborating with artists such as Sarah Proctor, Ashley Singh, Saint Raymond, Tadhg Daly, Stealth, Flux Pavillion and Summer Heart and writing for artists competing in Melodi Grand Prix Norway and Eurovision.
Alongside this Josh has recently signed to Nettwerk records under the moniker Jolé.
Danny Keir
Artist manager and International Music Consultant.
Danny is the co-founder of Enki Collective, a music export and artist services company specialised in managing release campaigns and building value for artists in new markets.
James Barker
James the director and founder of Mystic Sons, a Music Press and Radio company and online magazine based in London and has recently founded a new London-based Record Label called Silent Kid Records, focusing on Digital and Vinyl releases.
We Are Golden
We Are Golden is a Composer Management and Music Supervision Agency. We provide a 360 Music Supervision service that gives unparalleled support through the entire creative music process.
Jane Wilson
Jane practices acupuncture based on traditional diagnostics and has an in-depth knowledge of medicine. Treatments mainly focus on acupuncture, diet and lifestyle advice but individualised and achievable.
Strongroom Cricket Club
Strongroom CC was formed in 1984 and has been playing cricket across London ever since (as well as a few tours to Asia and Africa). New players are always welcome, especially those associated with the Strongroom studios, bar and community.
Studios
4 world-class music production studios founded in 1984, offering impeccable sound and stunning visual design.
Bar
An award winning venue specialising in new music, craft beer and organic food, with a spacious, sun trap courtyard.
Strongroom
120-124 Curtain Rd
Hackney, London
EC2A 3SQ
020 7426 5100
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