Thread: 'Astoria' David Gilmour's recording studio

Too bad these recent Floyd albums, with the exception of the live one with the blinking light, really suck.
It is such an obvious case of overproduction and way too much processing. I really do wonder what is up with Mr. Gilmour, and I have trouble believing that all that audiophile fanaticism will help.
This from a pretty hardcore Floyd fan.
Gilmour's solo albums are pretty thin too, even if you go way back.
I guess the approach that resulted in those mindblowing guitar tones of yore is not too well suited to the rest of the production?
I'd rather hear "Heart Beat Pig Meat."
Ted

With all the money David Gilmour has made off using the Pink Floyd name, he can afford the best...What a dick.

It will never "hold water"
:D

Are you refering to those mu metal type gear racks that are supposd to import a 'good vibe' to the gear?

Will putting CD's into my freezer make them sound better?

I recorded at Pink Floyds Britania Road severeral times, the first was in 78' . We were a little weirded out as a sort of punkl band, by the bearded hippies wandering round in kaftans!

Later.. I tried to rent it (Brit Row) to run my present business from..

Good to know the goss on Astoria..!!!

Thanks - keep us posted! They have a nice old Neve at Astoria dont they?

Of course everyones entitled to their opinions, and if you think the later pink floyd records suck, well thats fair enough. However, I was at the second night of the acoustic gigs at the royal festival hall, and David Gilmour rocked!
Jack

ps Hi Jules. No more news at the moment...busy busy. I'll let you know as soon as I have made some inroads.

Yeah, I haven't liked much out of Floyd since The Wall. Meddle is still my favorite album. I head that Gilmour just gave a house or a huge sum of money or similar away to a charitee. It's nice to see that he didn't blow it all up his nose like a typical behind the music rock star.

The 'flashing light' album, which I like as well -especially on vinyl is CALLED 'Pulse' (The first 2,000,000 had a flasing light on the box spine)&

Lost the last post due to power failure :D Mixed at Astoria & mastered by Doug Sax and Ron Lewter at The Mastering Lab.
Yep, they have a Neve VR Legend that originally came from Pete Townsend's Eeel Pie Studio.
I've often wondered about 'Astoria' and what problems recording in a converted house-boat brings? Has anyone used their facility? :w: :w:

I worked at Eel Pie studios for a few days, it's on a tiny island on the river Thames in West London. But they had an SSL then..The artist, producer of Brit ambient alternative artists -The Cocteau Twins, Robin Gutherie bought it a while ago.. Pete Towndsend had spent a small fortune on it and it boasted concrete floors (?) that were 'laser flat' i.e. good for rolling film cameras about on... he figured video would be the in thing and it would be clever to own a place where you could shoot your own... on this multipurpose studio trivia tip, Dave Stewart of The Eurythmics had a recording / rehearsal stage type room in his studio complex The Church in North London. The whole room was covered in deep blue felt fabric, so he could do that 'put the background in later' type of video shoots in it. It wasn't the best of colors for a studio! It was a weird feeling when I did a little session there.....