Arctic Monkeys, Franz Ferdinand & Finian’s Rainbow Record At Avatar

January 27th, 2010 by Victoria Davis

Arctic Monkeys, Franz Ferdinand, and the cast of Finian’s Rainbow are just a few of the many recording sessions that recently went down at Avatar Studios.

Arctic Monkeys recorded a live performance for WRXP Sessions at Avatar’s Studio A. Matt Pinfield, DJ of NYC’s WRXP “The Rock Show” with Leslie Fram, produced the session. Claudius Mittendorfer engineered the session with the assistance of Justin Gerrish and Fernando Lodeiro.

Franz Ferdinand was at Avatar to record the song “The Eyes of Mars” to promote the Christian Dior fragrance, “Lady Dior.” The song features the current fact of Dior, French actress and singer, Marion Cotillard. The track was produced by Franz Ferdinand’s Alex Kapranos and engineered by NYC-based producer/engineer Jim Keller.

Marion Cotillard for Lady Dior

Avatar also hosted film score recording sessions for Remember Me, and the cast album recording of Finian’s Rainbow for PS Classics.

Finian’s Rainbow, which had its final performance on January 17, 2010, recorded with producer Tommy Krasker and engineer Bart Migal, assisted by Bob Mallory, Lodeiro and Gerrish. The album is available for pre-order through the production’s site.

And, Brooklyn rock band Motel Motel recorded their self-produced project in Avatar’s Studio B with engineer Rick Kwan assisted by Aki Nishimura.

Other recent recording sessions at Avatar include: 15 year old Canadian jazz-pop singer Nikki Yanofsky, music for a GEICO commercial, and a City of Hope benefit by famed Opera singer Placido Domingo.