Stadiumred & Just Blaze Announce Exclusive Partnership
Super producer Justin “Just Blaze” Smith (Jay-Z, Rihanna, Eminem, Usher) is joining the ranks of NYC recording facility, Stadiumred, bringing additional staff, equipment and newly constructed rooms to the multi-studio complex.
Just Blaze
On his latest move, since closing Baseline Studios last week, Just Blaze stated, “I’m looking forward to setting up shop with the guys at Stadiumred. I’ve been in this business for 13 years and their vision and drive are the perfect compliment to what I look to build during the next phase of my career. I’m looking forward to creating something great with them.”
Stadiumred has got to be NYC’s fastest-growing studio complex. Since opening in ’07, Stadiumred has doubled in size, twice. And, founder Claude Zdanow has been all about dream-team-building from the start.
The facility, located at 125th Street/Park Ave in Harlem, currently houses multiple-Grammy-winning producer/engineers Tom Lazarus (Ray Charles, Bjork, Yo-Yo Ma, Chicago Symphony), Ariel Borujow of Westward Music Group (T.I., Black Eyed Pees, Puffy, Kanye West), Sidney “Omen” Brown (Ludacris, Mya, Drake, Fabolus), and Joseph Pedulla (Thursday, The Mighty Mighty Bosstones, Mos Def, Kid Cudi).
Under the watchful eye of recording studio designer Frank Comentale (The Hit Factory, Chung King Stuudios, & Daddy’s House), construction of a new SSL mix studio and surround sound mastering studio began in early 2010.
Claude Zdanow at Stadiumred
The additional rooms will round out Stadiumred’s offerings to make it a “one-stop-shop for all things music.”
Stadiumred is a full-service production, mixing and recording facility which started in the space once occupied by Ornette Coleman’s Harmolodic studio and in the few years since, has expanded into four mixing and production rooms, a 1,000-sq. ft. live room with multiple recording rooms, and a mastering suite.
Artists like Drake, Melinda Doolittle, Mos Def, Yo Yo Ma, Thursday, and the San Francisco Symphony, among others, have recorded at Stadiumred. The facility also hosts music/sound-for-picture sessions, including recent audio recording for the 20th Anniversary episode of The Simpsons and the mixing of Oliver Stone’s film, W.