One of America’s most renowned studios has closed its doors for the last time with TV On The Radio mainman Dave Sitek shutting his renowned Stay Gold.
Based in the district of Williamburg in Brooklyn, Stay Gold has been responsible for brilliant albums by some of the top artists in America and beyond. You want a list?
OK, here’s a list – TV on the Radio, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Grizzly Bear, Blonde Redhead, Massive Attack, Foals, Architecture in Helsinki, David Bowie and many more.
In an email to fans, Sitek claimed fats rising rents in the area had forced him to move his equipment elsewhere. “I wanted to end on a good and reasonably priced note”.
“Our rent tripled in a year’s time. The landlord was planning on knocking the building down to clear the lot for a skyscraper, but the economy prevented that from happening. They offered to extend the lease for another year but, by that point, I had made peace with the idea of closing. I far exceeded my expectations in that building and I feel like it’s time to do something different.”
However the producer isn’t bitter, and is determined to take a piece of the studio with him. “The tracking room in that place is pretty spectacular,” he wrote, “so we’re sampling it with test tones to make a reverb based on it.”
Sitek has not confirmed where his new studio will be based.
