Niles City Sound is a music studio in
Fort Worth, Texas
Fort Worth is a city in the U.S. state of Texas and the county seat of Tarrant County, Texas, Tarrant County, covering nearly into Denton County, Texas, Denton, Johnson County, Texas, Johnson, Parker County, Texas, Parker, and Wise County, Te ...
, United States.
The studio was established in 2014 by Austin Jenkins, Josh Block, and Chris Vivion. Jenkins and Block were both members of the band
White Denim
White Denim is an American rock band from Austin, Texas, United States. Their music is influenced by dub, psychedelic rock, blues, punk rock, progressive rock, soul, jazz, experimental rock with home-based recording, jamming approach, intense ...
. The three founders had been accumulating equipment for some time to create a studio, when they met soul singer
Leon Bridges
Todd Michael "Leon" Bridges (born July 13, 1989) is an American singer, songwriter, and record producer. He signed with Columbia Records to release his debut studio album, '' Coming Home'' (2015), which peaked at number six on the ''Billboard'' ...
, then working as a dish washer.
After seeing Bridges perform, Jenkins, Block and Vivion used the studio to record Bridge's debut album ''
Coming Home''. Niles City Sound was credited with producing, mixing and co-writing the album, which
released. The album was recorded using only vintage machines The studio prefers to use analog equipment, some of which dates between 1948 and 1962, and includes
multitrack tape recorder
Multitrack recording (MTR), also known as multitracking, is a method of sound recording developed in 1955 that allows for the separate recording of multiple sound sources or of sound sources recorded at different times to create a cohesive who ...
s.
They believe this approach creates a human sound. Vogue wrote this of the recording process: "They cut the tracks live, start to finish, for the most part no overdubs, with dozens of people dropping by to play along or simply sit in." Paste Magazine has credited the studio's production with having a "classic, lo-fi feel"
Nicole Atkins
Nicole Atkins (born October 1, 1978) is an American singer-songwriter. Her influences include 1950s crooner music, 1960s psychedelia, soul music, and the Brill Building style of writing. Atkins has been compared to Roy Orbison and singers from t ...
recorded at the studio in 2016.
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Recording studios in the United States
Companies based in Fort Worth, Texas
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