Writing Camps
Metropolis is the go-to home for London’s biggest writing camps regularly supporting fortnight-long studio takeovers for clients like Sony, Meta, Warner Chappell and Spotify. Our versatile portfolio of classic and modern studios in varying sizes, provides the ultimate destination for writers and producers to collaborate freely with round-the-clock support from our team of engineers, assistant engineers, runners, and managers. Our bar/cafe at the heart of the building is also the perfect social hub for connecting with your creative peers.
Location Services
Situated in a huge Grade II listed power station set over five floors, Metropolis Studios is a compelling backdrop for any filming and production service. The rooms and communal spaces can be prepped and dressed to match any DOP’s needs; the studios, our bar, the external perimeter, large atriums, and corridors. The list goes on.
We cater for large movie productions like Back to Black, I Used To Be Famous and People Just Do Nothing, as well as smaller features and documentaries – we can do it all here.
Playbacks
If you put our Control Rooms together with our Mastering and Atmos studios, you have the full house of highest resolution monitoring experiences in the land to choose from. We host everything from intimate playbacks, right through to larger-scale fan playbacks. The Foo Fighters recently took over Studios A and B for simultaneous label and DSP sessions and we highly recommend utilising our Atmos room to provide the press completely unique way to review content.
Event Production
We provide end-to-end event and content solutions for every scale of production. From full studio takeovers, right down to more intimate event presentations, we can plan, cost and produce everything for you in-house, or work closely with your team to provide specific sets of services tailored to your needs. We have a powerful end-to-end live streaming infrastructure (1Gb upload speeds) for distributing high-quality music broadcasts to audiences anywhere in the world and can also host ticketed performances for you via our secure private network. We regularly host experiences for brands like Amazon Music and Mastercard.
Live2Vinyl
Recording ‘live to vinyl’ is the original method artists used for public music recordings. At Metropolis Studios, we’ve revived this forgotten art using our cutting lathes. With the added pressure of a studio audience, we create an emotive experience for both artists and music fans. The beauty lies in capturing the moment perfectly the first time, and occasionally embracing delightful mistakes. We encourage anyone tempted to support the format to come to Metropolis and utilise this exclusive service to capture and press your perfect moment in time.
Clash Live
From 2017 (and a bit longer, if anyone’s counting) Clash Live and Metropolis Studios have partnered to host a series of stellar live shows, showcasing some of the best talent in the land. It’s been quite a trip. IAMDDB played at Metropolis Studios a matter of weeks before her BBC Sound Of 2018 nomination, international guests dropped in whilst touring, and new artists honed their chops in world-famous Studio A. The full list of artists taking part veers from feral South London grunge to St. Lucian production and back again.