Director, Visconti Studio
CurrentThe Visconti Studio is the centre of Kingston University’s research and teaching project “The Heritage and Future of Analogue Recording and Production”. Based around an extraordinary 300m2 octagonal live room and stocked with vintage and rare recording equipment (Studer, Neve, Neumann, Universal Audio, Roland Space Echo), the tape-based studio also features a unique collection of instruments including a Mellotron, a Hammond organ with Leslie cabinet, and a Steinway concert grand piano.Tony Visconti’s name is synonymous with ground-breaking music. He is one of record production’s great innovators who has worked with some of the most dynamic and influential names in pop, from Marc Bolan /T-Rex and Thin Lizzy, to David Bowie, Morrissey and U2. In the Visconti Studio he will be working with students and staff of Kingston University, as well as invited artists, to produce records.As part of our undergraduate and postgraduate programmes students will learn to use and maintain analogue technology in recording and production. Besides course related teaching, the Visconti Studio also organises special master classes, a Winterschool, and special recording sessions with international artists . In the Visconti Studio, every student is part of our mission: to preserve the sounds and practices of the analogue past for the digital future.
