Atomic Studios London

Zion

Zion [ˈzaɪən], n.: an imaginary place considered to be perfect or ideal [...]. Over time, the term has taken on a more spiritual meaning like a kind of peace of mind in one's present life (Oxford Dictionary).

This is exactly what you kind of feel when you come into Zion’s recording studio, here at Atomic.

Zion is a record producer with already 15 years experience in that field.

Getting familiarised with music at a very early age, while his father set up his sound system, Zion’s love for music led him to become a DJ in his teenage and used to mix various genres such as Jungle, Deep House, Garage and R&B.

Spending most of his time looking for the latest releases to mix, he quickly realised he couldn’t satisfy his crave for new music and in the late ‘90s, decided to make it on his own. Thus, he started his own record shop/label: All Good Records whereby the infamous UK Garage track “Truly” by Sovereign was released in 2000.

Nowadays,  Zion runs his music production company Golden Productions. His experience in the music industry and as a DJ leads him to comprehend trends and to produce music in many genres from Dubstep to Pop through Garage and House.

Incidentally, he has just started a new record label specialised in House music: Furnished Records.

His latest gigs have got him involved in artist development projects soon to be heard of.

Zion set his first recording studio 8 years ago and has settled at Atomic Studios London for more than 2 years now.

He decided to do so after having dealt with Rob Rawlinson - Atomic’s general manager - in the past and has enjoyed his relationship with him since then.

“Rob personally knows people in here. As a music producer himself, he knows the logic and dynamic of this business. That makes him a preferential landlord when it comes to pay the rent!

It is good being here. It is always hectic. That’s good for networking as well.

Everybody knows each other and even if most of us run our own businesses, it doesn’t prevent us from helping one another. Rob just cut a guitar track for me the other day. There is definitely a warm and family feeling here”.

Zion’s favourite gears are wide and vast but having started back in the “old days” (matter of perspective, of course!), he can’t put aside his long-time choice hardwares such as his synthesizer Little Phatty by Moog, his various DBX and TLA compressors, and his digital converters Ensemble by Apogee.

“I grew up during the analog era but I make the most of the digital domain and use the best of both worlds. You can do crazy stuff nowadays!”.

Zion’s details:

Email: zion_h@hotmail.com

Furnished records site: www.myspace.com/furnishedrecords

Golden Productions site: www.goldenproductions.co.uk