![]() “He came in and he got what we were trying to do immediately. But the very first recording session was held by none other than producer and songwriter FINNEAS. Music studio A has already seen its fair share of talent with Japanese Breakfast, the classical pianist Lang Lang, Zara Larsson, Avril Lavigne, Ethel Cain, Arooj Aftab, Del Water Gap, Bob Moses, Tom Morello, and Snail Mail. So they’re all working on multiple genres and we have everything they need.” And we hosted the series Created by Women, in which the producer, engineer, and artist are all women. ![]() They play the pipe flutes with a drum-machine-beatbox. “We just hosted Kalush Orchestra, the Ukrainian band that won Eurovision. The instrumental options for the studio are endless: “We chose the gear and the instruments to apply to any sort of genre or group that would come to record there,” noted William. Read on to see how Chris, William, and the team’s thoughtfulness has come to create a space where creators feel at home. We spent a lot of time thinking about how each constituent would need to use it.” “And so we really talked a lot about who would be coming in and what type of artists, what type of creators, what the employees would need to do, and what the community that we were building in would want, need, or expect from us. “When we first sat down to design the offices, we wanted to enable music, video, and audio production to happen right here at the Spotify offices in a really great environment,” Chris told For the Record. And now that it’s open, they’re realizing even more ways to make it attractive and accessible to creators well into the future. Our hub in Los Angeles is a state-of-the-art music- and podcast-recording facility with doors opened wide to creators for audio innovation and celebration-and there’s something for every creator at every stage of their career.Ĭhris D’Angelo, Spotify’s Head of Production & Studio Facilities, and William Garrett, Senior Music Producer/Studio Development Lead - two of the space’s biggest champions - have been thinking about how to best use the space since its inception. But when it comes to our LA office, At Mateo, we also mean it literally. ![]() When we talk about making Spotify the preferred destination for artists, we sometimes mean it figuratively-alluding to the reach of our platform, the programs we have for up-and-coming creators, and beyond. ~ David Jeffries & Neil Z.Studio photos by Brad Devins and Sean Michon ![]() Later that year, KIDS was released to streaming services for the first time, which helped place it back on the Billboard 200. The LP became Miller's fifth Top Three showing on the U.S. Intended as a companion to Swimming, Circles featured vocals recorded for this eventual project, which was completed by producer Jon Brion. In early 2020, his first posthumous set was released. Following his death, seven of his albums posthumously charted on the Billboard 200, including the debut appearances of Best Day Ever and Macadelic. Debuting at number three on both the Billboard 200 and R&B/hip-hop charts, the set included the songs 'Small Worlds,' 'Self-Care,' and 'What's the Use?' A month after the release of the effort, Miller died from a suspected drug overdose in his San Fernando Valley home. The album featured contributions from guests like Kendrick Lamar, Cee Lo Green, Ariana Grande, Robert Glasper, and Anderson.Paak, who lent his soulful rasp to first single 'Dang!' A pair of non-album singles ('Buttons' and 'Programs') kept Miller busy into 2018, when he issued his fifth album, Swimming. Just a year after GO:OD AM ascended to the Top Five of the Billboard 200 and rap charts, Miller returned with his fourth LP, The Divine Feminine. The single '100 Grandkids' peaked appropriately at number 100, while 'Weekend' was certified gold. GO:OD AM followed in 2015 with Lil B, Chief Keef, and Miguel on the album's guest list.
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