Dean Street Studios is a commercial

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located at 59 Dean Street,

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, London, England.

History

The premises are first known to have been used as a film studio in the 1950s, which then became Zodiac Studios. In 1977 producer

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bought the studios, which he renamed Good Earth Studios, with

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taking the role of studio manager. Visconti owned the studio for 13 years, recording and producing such famous acts as T. Rex,

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and

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at Good Earth. In 1989, Joe & Co bought the lease and expanded into the rest of the basement, by building a few more music recording/production suites. In 2007 Jasmin Lee, the daughter of

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from

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, took over the business and re-launched it as Dean Street Studios, in partnership with the studio head engineer and director Ben Roulston. She has since then been managing it successfully and has seen many well-established, as well as up-and-coming, artists come back to work at Dean Street regularly because of the studio's central location. These artists include

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and many others. Lee also went on to establish Dean St Live, a production company for various events in the UK and around Europe. Apart from Dean Street Studios, the premises are also home to a production company, Yellow Boat Music; an audio post-production company, Guilt Free; and independent producers Charlie Russell,

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and Alex Beitzke. Collectively, they occupy all the other four, smaller production suites that are let on a long-term basis.

Artists

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References

External links

Official Dean Street Studios website
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