Chem19 Recording Studio

28/01/2025

Recorded at Chem19, Mogwai‘s The Bad Fire album was released on Rock Action last week. Very proud to be involved in another Mogwai record.

21/09/2024

From Jim, Paul is too modest to post this, so I’ll do it. 😎

14/06/2024

01/12/2023

We are absolutely delighted to welcome Broken Chanter (Broken Chanter) aka David MacGregor to the Chemikal family. We’ve overheard him recording his last two albums at Chem19 and simply couldn’t let this latest one pass us by. Keep your eyes peeled for news on his brand new album, recorded with our own Paul Savage at Chem19 Recording Studio, and due for release on Chemikal Underground in early 2024.

More info: https://chemikal.co.uk/news/10941/

07/11/2023

07/01/2022

Chem19 Studio 1 live room set up for a songwriting session. We are tempted to keep it like this. So..... cozy.

20/11/2019

SoundLAB 2020 - Now Open For Applications!

We are delighted to announce that Chem19 is once again to run its unique engineering and production course SoundLAB, starting in February 2020. Open to Scottish residents aged 18-30, SoundLAB is supported by Creative Scotland and offers 12 students the chance to learn the fundamentals of audio engineering and production in a hands on working studio, taught by professional engineers.

To find out more about the course, taught weekly in 4 hour workshops, please visit our website at the link below. We are now open for applications, with a deadline of midnight on Friday 3rd January 2020.

https://chem19.co.uk/news/soundlab-2020-open-for-applications/

We are delighted to announce that Chem19 is once again to run its unique engineering and production course SoundLAB, starting in February 2020. Open to Scottish residents aged 18-30, SoundLAB is supported by Creative Scotland and offers 12 students the chance to learn the fundamentals of audio engin...

02/08/2018

Come and see Kimona play as part of Chem19 Recording Studio's Chem19 Weekender this Fri 3rd Aug at The Glad Cafe in Glasgow's Southside.
7 artists playing over Fri & Sat. Doors 7pm both nights. Tickets £4/day & £6/weekend.

01/08/2018

Calum Pearce plays this Friday 3rd August at Glasgow's The Glad Cafe as part of the The Chem19 Weekender! Doors 7pm, Tickets £4 / day or £6 / weekend.

31/07/2018

This Friday 3rd August Chem19 hosts the first day of its Chem19 Weekender, featuring 7 young artists over 2 days. Friday's bill includes the very talented Matt Carmichael on tenor saxophone who plays with his quartet. Tickets only £4 for the night, £6 for the weekend. Get tickets at https://bit.ly/2v4U0ML Don't miss it...

Matt Carmichael - Tenor Saxophone/Composition Fergus McCreadie - Piano Ali Watson - Bass Tom Potter - Drums Audio by Callum Bentley Video by Sam Mwiriguzu Re...

25/07/2018

Our very own house engineer & producer, Jamie Savage, is currently on a 670 mile hike from the south to the north of Scotland over 7 weeks, to raise money & awareness with SAMH and The CALMzone for the campaign to prevent male su***de.

Please donate here: https://bit.ly/2LomuuY

You can track Jamie's progress at the same page.

Good luck Jamie!!
🏞️

This challenge is dedicated to the memory of four men I have known who sadly ended their lives, including Frightened Rabbit's Scott Hutchison

05/07/2018

Our old Amek Einstein Super E console is in the National Museum...

We’re very excited to have made a pretty unique contribution to this year’s flagship exhibition at the National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh: ‘Rip It Up’, celebrating 60 years of Scottish Pop Music. Our old desk – the Amex Einstein Super E, that some reading this may even have recorded ...

04/04/2018

23/02/2018

He might be the last musician you’d expect to be found working for The Man, but here he is, at a recording studio in Lanarkshire. Steve Albini, famous for standing against the march of big business, and faceless oppressors of musicians, is at Chem19 Studios in Blantyre at the behest of Creative Sc...

02/01/2018

We are EXTENDING the deadline to this year's SoundLAB course for all budding engineers and producers aged 18-25 and resident in Scotland. Applications will now be accepted until midnight on 7th January 2018. Please go to http://chem19.co.uk/uncategorized/soundlab-2018-applications-are-now-open/ to download application info.

Chem19 is proud to announce the 7th run of our unique audio engineering & production course SoundLAB, made possible by the Youth Music Initiative Fund (Creative Scotland). The course this time round takes place every week, sessions lasting 4 hours and taking place at our studios in Blantyre. Designe...

07/12/2017

SoundLAB 2018 Now Open For Applications!

Applications for our annual engineering course SoundLAB 2018 are now OPEN!! If you are a budding sound engineer or producer, aged between 18 and 25 in Feb 2018 and live in Scotland you are eligible to apply. SoundLAB is a course offered by Chem19 teaching the fundamentals of audio engineering & production in a working studio, taught by working engineers. This round will be taught in weekly 4 hour sessions from Feb to June 2018 in our studios. Admission is free but highly competitive as only 12 courses are available. To apply please visit http://chem19.co.uk/uncategorized/soundlab-2018-applications-are-now-open/ and download our information pack. Please Note: Application deadline is January 2nd 2018. Funded by Youth Music Initiative, Creative Scotland.

Chem19 is proud to announce the 7th run of our unique audio engineering & production course SoundLAB, made possible by the Youth Music Initiative Fund (Creative Scotland). The course this time round takes place every week, sessions lasting 4 hours and taking place at our studios in Blantyre. Designe...

22/11/2017

Our Winter Newsletter is out now!

That's a headline we never thought we'd be typing into one of our newsletters. It is true however. The wonderful Dundee band (and good friends as we all started bands at the same time) Spare Snare, are coming in next year to record with us, and bringing with them one of the biggest and most iconic n...