Greenhouse Studios

01/10/2024

One for the long shadows and fading leaves. Recoded at Greenhouse.

27/07/2024

Isabelle Lewis was here.
Who is Isabelle Lewis anyway?
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21/05/2021

This is our wonderful piano! The grand was built by Broadwood & Sons and belonged to the University of Iceland (Háskóli Íslands) before it was brought here to Greenhouse Studios and has been used in many sessions since then. Did you know that we recently compiled a new piano playlist with music by Bedroom Community artists and friends? Follow the link below and you will recognize this instrument on many of the tracks.

What's your favorite? 🎹

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6PuDtnjpyv2S6g33RoEOhE?si=e7dc0f950f174f2f

14/05/2021

Announcement + Single: Gabriella Smith & Gabriel Cabezas - Lost Coast

Lost Coast - the new album by composer, vocalist and environmentalist Gabriella Smith and cellist Gabriel Cabezas is going to be released on Bedroom Community June 25. The record is a visceral response to climate change and was tracked here at Greenhouse Studios by Francesco Fabris. The album was mixed and mastered by Valgeir Sigurðsson and produced by our very dear friend and BedCom artist Nadia Sirota.

You can pre-order the album now and listen to the first single 'Bard of a Wasteland' that comes with a beautiful video by Darian Thomas.

Pre-order:
https://gabrielcabezas.bandcamp.com/album/lost-coast

Video:
https://youtu.be/1ogLeihuL1g

07/05/2021

The title track for the theatre piece 'Vertu Úlfur' by Emiliana Torrini is out now on all streaming platforms! The song was written by Emilíana and Markéta Irglová with instrumental performances by Sturla Mio Þórisson and Valgeir Sigurðsson. Recording and mixing was done both at Masterkey Studios and here at Greenhouse Studios.

The music for the play 'Vertu Úlfur' was composed by Valgeir Sigurðsson with additional performances by Einar Scheving and Francesco Fabris. The piece is shown right now at the National Theatre of Iceland (Þjóðleikhúsið) featuring the amazing actor Bjorn Thors.

24/04/2021

NEW RELEASE: Eydís Evensen - Bylur

The Icelandic composer and pianist Eydís Evensen released her debut album yesterday via XXIM Records. We are thrilled being part of this extraordinary project and journey. The album was recorded, mixed and produced here at Greenhouse Studios by Valgeir Sigurðsson.

Listen to the album on your favorite streaming platform and make sure to dive into the extraordinary visual world that she created with her exceptional videos.

13/04/2021

🐱 is out of the bag: the inimitable John Grant is on the cover of The Reykavík Grapevine to talk about his new album, ‘Boy From Michigan’. It was recorded here at the Greenhouse last year, with producer Cate Le Bon and engineer Samur Khouja.
Check out the first single on all streaming platforms, and keep an ear out for the full album on June 25th!

13/04/2021

NEW PLAYLIST: The Piano Playlist || Bedroom Community

Bedroom Community released a new playlist that features a broad range of stunning piano music. The tracks are by BedCom artists, friends of ours that we had the pleasure to work with and people that inspire us. A lot of the music in the playlist was recorded here on our beautiful Broadwood grand piano.

Tell us your favorite! Listen to the playlist via the link below:

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6PuDtnjpyv2S6g33RoEOhE?si=4b4826c3bc9c4b34

w/ Valgeir Sigurðsson | Nico Muhly | Dustin O'Halloran | Eydís Evensen | Víkingur Ólafsson | Son Lux | Jóhann Jóhannsson | Feist | Daníel Bjarnason | Ben Frost and many more.

07/04/2021

This is our wonderful harmonium!

It’s been used - as commonly in Iceland - in a private household before and eventually found its way to Greenhouse Studios. As you can read on the organ stops it’s very likely that it was built in Germany and you can even guess the manufacturer's name ('Siebmann Orgel').

You can hear its beautiful sound on many recordings done here but it was definitely most used by various Bedroom Community artists. You can spot it on 'Draumaland' (from Valgeir Sigurðsson’s Draumalandið), 'Fall On My Knees' (from All is Well by Sam Amidon) and Nico Muhly’s 'It goes without saying' (on Speaks Volumes).

What's your favorite harmonium recording?

26/03/2021

OUT NOW: 'The Centre is Everywhere' - Manchester Collective

The incredible Manchester Collective is releasing their debut LP today via Bedroom Community. The sublime album is a journey through the ensemble’s musical world featuring sensuous music for string orchestra. It features the eponymous piece by Novello Award-nominated composer Edmund Finnis alongside Arnold Schoenberg’s 'Transfigured Night' and an arrangement of Philip Glass’s String Quartet No.2 'Company' for string orchestra. The music spans 120 years resulting in one compelling listening experience – from drama and despair, to weightlessness and transcendence.

The album was mastered here at Greenhouse Studios by Valgeir Sigurðsson. It’s out on all streaming platforms with a special physical version pressed on clear vinyl available for pre-order from Bandcamp:

https://manchestercollective.bandcamp.com/album/the-centre-is-everywhere

13/03/2020

Congrats to our friends 404.zero.

"Time spent at the the famous Greenhouse Studio in Reykjavik and exploring the Icelandic countryside provided the inspiration for Black Sunday, which sees 404.zero experimenting with both a modular system and a Buchla synthesizer for a dark ambient composition accompanied by equally dark, grainy visuals.

The mini-album arrives as a precursor to 404.0, the duo’s first album for Bedroom Community which arrives in June. Black Sunday is out now, check out the artwork and tracklist below."

Monochrome visuals synched to Buchla and modular synth experiments.

06/02/2020

Our very own Francesco with Genki Instruments.

05/10/2019

Did you know that a 25% refund is now open on all your recording costs -including travel expenses- when you record in our lovely country?

Read all about it at PSNEurope, via Iceland Music.

Despite boasting a dazzling array of world class studios, Iceland remains something of an undiscovered gem as a recording destination - a reputation the Icelandic government is trying to change via its Record In Iceland initiative, which offers artists a 25 per cent discount on the cost of recording...

19/08/2019

@404.zero redesigned Studio A yesterday night⚡️

16/08/2019

Héraðið (The County) featuring Valgeir Sigurðsson’s OST is out in cinemas in Iceland🍿
The international premiere will take place at the Toronto 🇨🇦 International Film Festival in September, and soundtrack will be released subsequently on 🎶 - more details on that soon.
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06/08/2019

Producer Noah Goldstein remembers his internship days at Greenhouse, and talks about what he's been up to since he was with us over a decade ago. Go Noah!

From Frank Ocean to FKA twigs and Kanye West, Noah Goldstein has worked on some of the greatest music of the century. Read our Q&A with him here.

31/07/2019

Congratulations OMAM on the release of their new album ‘Fever Dream’. Go check it out!
We are reposting a few shots from OMAM’s instagram, from the time they were working on their new album here at Greenhouse. @ Greenhouse Studios