Sessions at Germano Studios: Jamie Foxx & Justin Timberlake, Justin Bieber & Bob Ezrin, Twin Shadow & Chris Taylor

May 25th, 2010 by Janice Brown

Germano Studios, located in Noho, has been a total hot-spot these last few months. A rundown of recent sessions at the studio provides a nice snapshot of some of the big pop records in the making in NYC right now.

Among recent highlights, Jamie Foxx recorded for his upcoming J Records / RCA album in Studio 1 with Justin Timberlake producing, Paul Foley engineering and Jean-Marie Horvat mixing. And Fabian Marasciullo has been working in Studio 2 regularly over the last three months, mixing upcoming releases by Flo Rida, The Game, Sean Paul, Kelly Rowland, T-Pain, Redman, Travie McCoy (of Gym Class Heroes), Billy Blue and Ricky Blaze.

Songwriter-producer Ryan Tedder, of OneRepublic, has been writing/producing new material with BC Jean and Sky Ferreira at Germano Studios in Noho.

Other sessions in Studio 2 include: Marc Anthony recording vocals with Christian Baker engineering, Justin Bieber writing for a new project as well as recording vocals for “Young Artists For Haiti” with Bob Ezrin producing and Baker engineering, and Twin Shadow mixing their new album with Grizzly Bear‘s Chris Taylor producing and mixing with engineer Jake Aron.

Meanwhile in Studio 1: songwriter/producer Ryan Tedder (of One Republic) worked with BC Jean and Sky Ferreira, Mark Ronson worked on his new album, and 3OH!3 with Ke$ha worked on a new song with writer-producers Dr. Luke & Benny Blanco. Japanese artist, Shota, recorded and mixed new material with R&B singer/producer Joe producing and Tim Donovan engineering.

Jennifer Hudson worked on her new album at Germano, writing and recording with producer-writer Harvey Mason Jr. and engineer Andrew Hey, and Jazmine Sullivan was in session with producer-writer Lamb, Missy Elliot and engineer Paul Falcone. Finally T.I. recorded vocals for his new album with Kevin Porter engineering.

And Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers recently held two special invitation 5.1 playbacks of their soon-to-be-released new album, Mojo, produced by Petty, Mike Campbell and Ryan Ulyate, at Germano Studios. Mojo is due out June 15 and will be released by Warner/Reprise Records.

Germano Studios features two control rooms, each equipped with 48-channel SSL Duality consoles and Pro Tools HD4, and each with corresponding live rooms. For more information, full equipment list and photos visit http://www.germanostudios.com.