In music production, mastering is the final step in the creative process. But in order to get there, it’s crucial to prepare your music for the ‘master’ to create an extra layer of magic on your creation. So, time for the elusive question. What exactly is mastering and why is it important? To explain more, here’s Darcy Proper; an extremely successful mastering engineer, amassing three Grammy awards and nine nominations for her work. A role model for many within the industry, we were thrilled to have Darcy as part of our Abbey Road Equalise International Women's Day festival, hosting our panel talk on Becoming a Recording and Mixing Engineer. ...

For one week in August, Abbey Road Studios opens its doors to the public, offering a rare glimpse inside the legendary ...

Celebrating 10 years with Universal Music, “Classical Guitar God” (The Times), MILOŠ, today releases his brand-new album, featuring two outstanding original works for guitar and orchestra. ‘For The Moon & The Forest’, out now on Decca Classics, sees MILOŠ work closely with composers Howard Shore and Joby Talbot in order to create two distinctive, groundbreaking scores which were recorded at Abbey ...

Universal Music’s UK Task Force for Meaningful Change (UK TFMC), which was set up in June 2020 to be a driving force for social justice and equity, today issues its manifesto detailing its goals and tactics to achieve tangible and lasting social change. ...

Little Simz returns with the searing political anthem ‘Introvert’. The lead single from Simz’s forthcoming album ‘Sometimes I Might Be Introvert‘, hears the rapper make bold political statements over sweeping orchestrals on identity, race, oppression and more. ...

15 years ago today, Kanye West released his 2006 live album ‘Late Orchestration’. It saw the Chicago rapper teaming up with a 17-piece all-female string orchestra for an ambitious concert that featured expanded and reimagined takes of his biggest tracks of the time, and may be one of the most well-known instances of hip hop and classical music coming together. ...

“Born in the ‘80s, I was raised with John Williams’s music, and it was for me a special moment to record in Abbey Road with the LSO, in Studio One. Because that room has a special sound, and because I knew that orchestral sound from my childhood. It was magic!” – Composer, Manu Martin. Recorded in Studio One with the London Symphony Orchestra, the Lim Fantasy of Companionship for Piano and Orchestra, has been commissioned by Dr Susan Lim and brings together performers from across the globe for an engaging and heartfelt piece of work that explores the intersection between technology and humanity in the form of robotics and AI, via music. ...

“This record is about two powerful women coming together with a firm and unshakeable message. You can either be the peace, or the motion between the chaos and watch me grow cause we’re not stopping or changing for anyone!" Out today, singer-songwriter and friend of the studios, Hamzaa, debuts her explosive new single 'In Between', featuring fellow burgeoning London artist Miraa May. Produced and recorded by Clarence Coffee Jr and Detonate at Abbey Road, the single leads Hamzaa into a new sonic territory, heralding her position as a pop powerhouse in the ...

The 50th anniversary of the iconic album, 'John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band', will be commemorated this year with the release of a variety of new editions, including a super-deluxe box set on eight discs featuring 159 newly mixed and mastered outtakes, demos, jams and more. The set, also available on 2 CDs and 2 LPs, arrives today. ...