Electric Lady Studios

The Electric Lady Studios were founded in 1970 by Jimi Hendrix in New York. It is a studio complex with a total of three separate recording studios.

History

1968 had Hendrix and his manager Michael Jeffery shared money invested in the purchase of the Generation Club in Greenwich Village (New York). Your original plan to open the new club, they dropped when they realized that the establishment of a sound studio would prove to be much more lucrative and meaningful. The long and complex recording sessions for Hendrix's album Electric Ladyland had been very expensive, and he was constantly in search of a recording studio, which suited him.

The construction of the studio took approximately twice as long as originally planned, even exploding costs. Permits were delayed, and due to heavy rainfall during the demolition of the club the building site was flooded. Ultimately helped a million dollar loan from Warner Bros., to save the project. The complex contains three independent studios and was designed by architect and acoustician John Storyk and made ​​specifically according to Hendrix's ideas. There were round window and a device that produced polychromatic light so as to change the room atmosphere. The aim was to support Hendrix's creativity, while allowing him professional work. The since 1970 working for Hendrix sound engineer Eddie Kramer held strictly to the rule of professionalism and forbade the use of drugs during the sessions. The artist Lance Jost painted the studio rooms.

Hendrix spent only four weeks in Electric Lady Studio; Most recordings were still held during the final work on the building. An opening party was celebrated on August 26, 1970, and the following day Hendrix made ​​his last known studio recording, an instrumental piece titled slow blues. Then he flew to London to play at the Isle of Wight Festival. Less than three weeks later, Jimi Hendrix died in London.

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