Birmingham, GB
rock
3.0bn all-time streams (28 Feb '26)
Canterbury, GB
jazz, rock, others
35.0m all-time streams (6 Mar '26)
Stafford, GB
pop, country, rock, blues
73.2m all-time streams (7 Mar '26)
London, GB
rock
17.2bn all-time streams (5 Mar '26)
Saginaw, US
pop, r&b
59.0bn all-time streams (7 Mar '26)
Owestry, GB
pop, rock
428.4m all-time streams (6 Mar '26)
Chicago, US
folk
82.2m all-time streams (6 Mar '26)
Brooklyn, US
country, rock, blues, folk
14.0bn all-time streams (5 Mar '26)
Dublin, IE
rock, metal
1.5bn all-time streams (1 Mar '26)
London, GB
pop, rock, folk, punk
315.5m all-time streams (7 Mar '26)
London, GB
pop, rock, others
1.5bn all-time streams (9 Mar '26)
London, GB
rock, folk
247.0m all-time streams (7 Mar '26)
Tucson, US
pop, country, rock, american, folk
7.7bn all-time streams (9 Mar '26)
London, GB
country, rock, folk
5.0bn all-time streams (4 Mar '26)
London, GB
pop, country, rock, folk
348.2m all-time streams (28 Feb '26)
London, GB
rock
77.5bn all-time streams (26 Feb '26)
Hamburg, DE
jazz, rock
9.9m all-time streams (4 Mar '26)
Wallington, US
jazz, country, rock, blues
5.5bn all-time streams (28 Feb '26)
GB
pop, rock
165.6m all-time streams (7 Mar '26)
Los Angeles, US
pop, rock, spirituals, folk
85.9m all-time streams (28 Feb '26)
London, GB
rock, blues, metal
1.9bn all-time streams (5 Mar '26)
Dayton, US
pop, r&b, hip-hop
142.7m all-time streams (4 Mar '26)
Seymour, US
country, rock, folk
4.1bn all-time streams (6 Mar '26)
Bexleyheath, GB
pop, rock, folk
11.2bn all-time streams (4 Mar '26)
London, GB
rock, folk
1.8bn all-time streams (2 Mar '26)
London, GB
pop, rock, alternative, punk
973.5m all-time streams (8 Mar '26)
London, GB
pop, rock, alternative, hip-hop, electronic, others
137.0m all-time streams (6 Mar '26)
Surrey, GB
jazz, rock
151.7m all-time streams (2 Mar '26)
GB
rock, folk
44.6bn all-time streams (3 Mar '26)
GB
pop, rock, american, folk
2.0bn all-time streams (9 Mar '26)
Chiswick, GB
pop, country, rock, folk
15.2bn all-time streams (5 Mar '26)
Rockford, US
pop, rock, metal
1.1bn all-time streams (28 Feb '26)
Washington, US
r&b
14.7bn all-time streams (7 Mar '26)
London, GB
pop, rock, reggae, instrumental, punk
56.0m all-time streams (2 Mar '26)
DE
pop, european
3.1bn all-time streams (7 Mar '26)
Detroit, US
pop, rock, alternative
70.6m all-time streams (4 Mar '26)
Woking, GB
Pop, Rock, Reggae, European, Punk
2.2bn all-time streams (9 Mar '26)
Birmingham, GB
pop, rock
6.4bn all-time streams (3 Mar '26)
GB
pop, rock, reggae, european
2.7bn all-time streams (9 Mar '26)
Lucknow, IN
pop, rock
5.0bn all-time streams (25 Feb '26)
GB
pop, rock, folk
331.6m all-time streams (2 Mar '26)
Sheffield, GB
pop, rock, electronic
1.8bn all-time streams (1 Mar '26)
London, GB
pop, rock
105.6m all-time streams (1 Mar '26)
Chiswick, GB
pop, rock
45.0bn all-time streams (3 Mar '26)
Washington, US
pop, rock, electronic, others
3.1bn all-time streams (6 Mar '26)
Manchester, GB
pop, r&b, rock
2.4bn all-time streams (5 Mar '26)
Los Angeles, US
pop, rock, electronic, latin
1.3bn all-time streams (6 Mar '26)
London, GB
pop, rock
362.8m all-time streams (7 Mar '26)
Birmingham, GB
rock, metal
30.5bn all-time streams (25 Feb '26)
GB
pop, rock
522.3m all-time streams (6 Mar '26)
Birmingham, GB
pop, rock
1.4bn all-time streams (1 Mar '26)
London, GB
pop, rock
31.8m all-time streams (8 Mar '26)
Pinner, GB
pop, rock
77.7bn all-time streams (2 Mar '26)
Paddington, GB
pop, rock, folk
3.2bn all-time streams (7 Mar '26)
London, GB
rock
15.2bn all-time streams (26 Feb '26)
Islington, GB
pop, rock, european
2.2bn all-time streams (6 Mar '26)
Oshogbo, NG
pop, electronic, others, african
49.7m all-time streams (8 Mar '26)
Düsseldorf, DE
pop, rock, electronic
89.9m all-time streams (4 Mar '26)
London, GB
rock
14.0bn all-time streams (3 Mar '26)
Newton, US
pop, rock, alternative, american, others, folk
1.5bn all-time streams (28 Feb '26)
Bristol, GB
pop, hip-hop, electronic, others
2.2bn all-time streams (28 Feb '26)
Great Yarmouth, GB
pop, rock, alternative
34.3m all-time streams (3 Mar '26)
Stamford Hill, GB
rock, electronic, european
1.1bn all-time streams (3 Mar '26)
Harrow, GB
rock, punk
309.8m all-time streams (2 Mar '26)
Edinburgh, GB
pop, rock, european
43.9m all-time streams (9 Mar '26)
Sheffield, GB
pop, rock, alternative, european
1.1bn all-time streams (9 Mar '26)
Lajatico, IT
pop, classical, european
5.2bn all-time streams (7 Mar '26)
NO
pop, classical, instrumental
1.1bn all-time streams (5 Mar '26)
Blackwood, GB
rock, alternative, european
411.4m all-time streams (7 Mar '26)
Birmingham, GB
pop, rock, hip-hop, european
900.3m all-time streams (5 Mar '26)
Bolton, GB
pop, alternative, european, others
303.8m all-time streams (6 Mar '26)
London, GB
pop, rock
9.3bn all-time streams (2 Mar '26)
Glasgow, GB
pop, country, rock, alternative, hip-hop, european
1.5bn all-time streams (6 Mar '26)
Madras, US
pop, jazz, rock
1.3bn all-time streams (6 Mar '26)
GB
pop, blues
1.2bn all-time streams (6 Mar '26)
GB
rock, folk
62.7bn all-time streams (25 Feb '26)
Wangaratta, AU
pop, rock, soundtrack, others
7.0bn all-time streams (5 Mar '26)
London, GB
rock, european
1.3bn all-time streams (7 Mar '26)
Blackburn, GB
pop
258.9m all-time streams (2 Mar '26)
Tottenham, GB
pop, r&b
52.5bn all-time streams (4 Mar '26)
Reykjavík, IS
pop, rock, alternative, electronic, others
1.6bn all-time streams (28 Feb '26)
GB
pop, rock
418.9m all-time streams (2 Mar '26)
GB
rock, alternative, european
3.4bn all-time streams (9 Mar '26)
Nanaimo, CA
pop, jazz
5.3bn all-time streams (6 Mar '26)
Stanmore, GB
pop, rock
5.7bn all-time streams (25 Feb '26)
Manchester, GB
pop, rock, european
1.4bn all-time streams (9 Mar '26)
Kilmarnock, GB
rock, alternative
1.9bn all-time streams (7 Mar '26)
Wellingborough, GB
pop, rock, alternative, electronic
23.3bn all-time streams (3 Mar '26)
Surrey, GB
classical
742.1m all-time streams (5 Mar '26)
Yeovil, GB
pop, rock, alternative, others, folk
2.7bn all-time streams (3 Mar '26)
Liverpool, GB
pop, rock, punk
46.6m all-time streams (6 Mar '26)

Air Studios

For recordings from 1991 on, please use newer location "[l890708]" / "Air Lyndhurst Hall".

British recording studio founded by George Martin, located in 214 Oxford Street, London, England, UK. A.I.R. stands for Associated Independent Recording.

Active since 1970 to 1991.

Also credited as:
· Air Recording Studio
· Air Recording Studios
· A.I.R. (London) Studios
· Air London Studios
· Air London Studio
· Air Studios, London
· Air, London
· Air London

AIR Studios began its long and prestigious history in 1969 when George Martin left EMI to establish an independent recording complex in the heart of central London, eventually opened in October 1970. AIR’s first facility was on the fourth floor of 214 Oxford Street, containing four studios, and later a MIDI programming room. The facility included two large studios (one 58×32 feet, the other 30×28 feet) and two small ones. The studios contained two Bösendorfer pianos, many soundproof booths, and a 56-channel mixing console, custom-designed by Neve to AIR’s specification. During 1987 they also purchased two Fairlight CMI III models (at a cost of £35,000 each) for the burgeoning Midi Suite. They also were early adopters of then new fully Midi integrated ATARI STf for Midi control and sequencing using the grand-daddy of modern day Cubase – Steinberg’s Pro 24 III. This setup was used often as a stand-in during the frequent Fairlight CMI downtimes.

The larger Studio One had a live sound was great for orchestral work, while the drier sound of Studio Two made it popular with bands. But the big drum sound that bands got in Studio One meant that it was booked out for months in advance, and film people couldn’t get in. Two more studios were added to meet demand.

Classic albums recorded or engineered at AIR in its first decade include Meddle by Pink Floyd, Queen’s Sheer Heart Attack, Roxy Music’s For Your Pleasure (and their three following albums), Paul McCartney’s soundtrack to Live and Let Die, the Sex Pistols’ Never Mind the Bollocks, Wuthering Heights by Kate Bush, and The Pretenders’ eponymous debut album. T Rex, Genesis, Supertramp, ELO and a host of other big names all worked on new releases at Oxford Circus.

Known engineers: Peter Swettenham, Chris Michie (2), [a482345] (studio manager), [a2073012], [a437204], [a302717], [a98906], [a339546], [a78723], [a26055], Simaen Skolfeld, [a119832], [a8891113], [a2087776], [a7740606], [a6152597], [a6195969], [a964160], [a711873].

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Construction of a sister studio, "AIR Studios, Montserrat" on the Caribbean island of Montserrat, began in the mid 1970s attracting major artists from around the globe. Sadly, Hurricane Hugo devastated the island in 1989, and the studio was forced to close. However, 1991 heralded the beginning of a new [l890708] located in the beautiful Lyndhurst Hall in London.

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https://www.airstudios.com
https://www.airstudios.com/history/
https://www.recordproduction.com/studios/air-studios
https://www.procolharum.com/99/michie-air.htm
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