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Landen Park Studio – Five Years

Today is our fifth birthday!  At 10am on August 12th 2020, in the midst of COVID-19, we kicked off our first booked recording session at Landen Park Studio.  It was actually a vocal recording for a song, performed by the inimitable Ian Hoare for client Pip Burley – ironic, since the studio was built to specialise in audiobooks, voiceover and ADR/dubbing, which is what we’ve mostly done ever since.

THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH TO ALL OUR CLIENTS, ARTISTS, SUPPORTERS AND FRIENDS!  We wouldn’t be here without you…

Landen Park Studio - Since 2020

I remember that on that first day, the studio was barely finished.  There was exposed rockwool in the booth, no flooring in the corridors, cables hanging out everywhere – it was a mess.

Ian Hoare at Landen Park Studio
Ian Hoare at Landen Park Studio, 12th August 2020

But the studio has been busy ever since (and is mostly decorated now!) and the last five years have flown by.

Here’s to the next five years!

 

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Pentark production – Starting Soon

At the beginning of August, we’ll be starting work on T. L. Brechin’s debut novel Pentark.  Multi award-winning narrator and Landen Park Studio regular Rosalyn Landor will be narrating.

Pentark is a sword-and-sorcery fantasy set on the Isle Of Spheres, where a disparate group of characters including dwarves, elves, knights and animals must come together to restore lost magical stones to the Pentark, defeating the forces of darkness and restoring balance to the land.

Award-winning film composer Michael Vickerage has written an original score to accompany the audiobook.  Vickerage last worked with us two years ago – on Kerry Lynne’s Pirate Captain, which was edited, mixed and post-produced here at Landen Park Studio.

Producer Justin Hill will be at the helm.  Pentark will be published and distributed by The Other Operation.

Pentark by T.L. Brechin audiobook cover
Pentark, by T. L. Brechin
Rosalyn Landor
Rosalyn Landor
Michael Vickerage
Michael Vickerage

 

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Recording completed on “Dear Mr. Snippet”

Recording "Dear Mr. Snippet" for Roseanna Rolph

We’ve just finished a great week working with Lucy Scott, Clive Hayward and author Roseanna Rolph recording “Dear Mr. Snippet” – a beautiful collection of letters from WW2 between the author’s grandmother Rita and her husband John, who was serving in the armed forces.

The letters cover the entire war period from John’s call-up to his demob, including his participation in the Dunkirk evacuation.

The book will be released in collaboration with the Little Troopers charity and is being produced by Justin Hill.

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Laura Hamilton – Back Again

Lovely Laura Hamilton was back at Landen Park Studio today, recording more episodes of Channel 4’s A Place In The Sun, squeezed into the middle of a six-day read by Clive Hayward for a book we’re producing for Gideon Saint.

This is Laura’s second visit to the studio, and we’ll be seeing her again in January.

Working with series producer Sarah Brooks of Freeform Productions (joining the session via Zoom), we worked through three ‘What Happened Next’ compilations and a new episode.

 

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Lutenist Sam Brown at Landen Park Studio

Sam Brown, lutenist, at Landen Park Studio

Professional Lutenist Sam Brown came in to Landen Park Studio recently to record John Dowland’s Lord Strang’s March, along with a few ‘stings’.

We made a simple recording using a XY pair of Rode N5 microphones, with a Rode NTK valve mic further back to add a little colour.

This recording will be used over the Titles and End Credits of an audiobook – Mary Florida by Lindsey Erith.  This is a romance set during the English Civil War and the author requested the piece.  Clive Heyward is narrating the book, with Justin Mark Hill directing and post-producing.

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Voiceover Session with Romesh Ranganathan

Romesh Ranganathan at Landen Park Studio 14/2/20203

We had great fun this week hosting a voiceover session with Romesh Ranganathan (who lives near us, it turns out).

Actually, it was two sessions back to back.  The first was a voiceover session for BBC Studios, reading for a children’s TV animation which will transmit around Easter.

The second was Romesh’s voiceover for the final part of A League Of Their Own: Road Trip for Sky Television, produced by CPL Productions.  This voiceover session was done to picture – which always adds an extra layer of terror – and will transmit on 16/2/2023.

Both these sessions included remote producer contributions via Zoom, integrated into the cue system.

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A relaxing time with Jessica Porter

Just completed the last of three really fun sessions with silver-tongued Canadian actress Jessica Porter – who’s also a certified hypnotherapist.

We’ve been recording meditations for the Sleep Wave podcast series, designed to help you relax and get a good night’s rest.  Fascinating stuff requiring close attention and concentration to deal with very quiet, veeeeery sloooow, readings…  Loved it.