The Studio - Deep Soul Space Records
Our Studio

Since 2023, Deep Soul Space owns a high level project studio located in Athens, Greece. Primarily used from our CEO Aris Kokou but it’s also available for rent to the general public located or visiting Athens.

 

Aris Message

Hello, I’m Aris, i have over a decade mastering and nearly three decades in mixing & production, and I’ve worked as an EMP tutor/producer at SAE Institute.

I have attended on numerous online courses from top notch mixers and engineers live Bob Clearmountain, Chris Lord Alge, Jack Joseph Puig, Bob Katz, Fineas, Dave Pensado, Al Schmitt, Tony Maserati and many others. Collaborating globally, I’ve produced and mixed tracks for Grammyawarded artist Jody Watley, with Candlelight reaching  a #24 on Billboard Soul charts.

My expertise spans genres like house, disco, funk, soul, folk, afrobeat, R&B, hip-hop, Drum & Bass, nu-jazz, nu-funk plus related subgenres.

 

Services:

Mix or Master you song, tune your vocals, complete or assist on your production, producer coaching, share my entire knowledge through dedicated and tailored made production courses (private or on small groups).

 

Philosophy:

I am serving the music, and i would love to make your song or track sounding the best and bring the feeling your like to the listener. It’s not just a simple technical task, because it involves art and more time to process.

Services

Studio Rent

Musicians, producers, Dj’s, podcasters, singers, spoken word artists that can work on an friendly environment with great sounding room and monitoring.

There are also a plethora of instruments for someone who is just around and needs a recording space.

Classes

Music production courses are available, ranging from starter basics to experienced professional coaching. Please send us your enquiry at info@deepsoulspace.com for details.

Mixing and Mastering

The process of mixing is very crucial. Mixing your song, tune your vocals, clean any noises and rumble, creative Eq and add dynamics to add crispness, depth and vitality, tune and groove your live instruments to match time and groove, add professional ‘big’ sound to your music.

Tracking

Tracking is possible either if you are an experienced producer or by assisted by our engineers. The recording of drums takes extra time for preparation. For drums tracking a 2 hour session minimum us required.

The Space

30 Sqm shaped, tuned live & control room with world class acoustics.

Monitoring

Genelec 1031A, Dynaudio BM6A, Mackie CR4, AKG K701, AKG K271.

Microphones

AKG P820 Tube, Shure SM57 & SM58s, RODE Nt5 pair, Samson Drum kit.

AD/DA

2 x Apogee Ensemble interfaces (8 total mic inputs)

Instruments

Fender Jazz Bass, Fender Bassman 60s amp, Fender acoustic guitar, Epiphone Les Paul Guitar, Meinl Quinto & Conga, Meinl Bongos set, 2 Djembes, 1 Yamaha live Stage Custom drum kit with Istanbul cymbals, Roland VR-09, Korg Microkorg, E-MU Morpheus.

Computer

Apple Mac mini with plugins with loads on plugins and instruments with Logic pro X and Ableton Daw’s.

Outboard

We use analog equipment from https://accessanalog.com & https://app.mixanalog.com

Prices

Studio Rent

Unattended – Self Service: 12€/Hour.  Packages: 4 Hours – 40€, 8 Hours – 70€

With Engineer: 20€/Hour (min 2 hours). Packages: 4 Hours – 70€, 8 Hours – 120€

 

Mixing

Basic mix of your song – Mix your song using up to 24 channels of audio stems. Industry standard techniques : 120€

Advanced Mixing – Mix your song using up to 40 channels of audio stems. Industry standard techniques + and analog gear: 150€

 

Mastering

Single Song Mastering (Mastering using digital & analog equipment): 22€

 

 

Discounts

More than 3 tracks: 5% discount

From 6 tracks and above: 10% discount

 

How to order

Please send your file(s) via wetransfer.com to info@deepsoulspace.com, and add your reference(s) so we will go to your prefered sound. We will send you a sample, and if you like it, we will send you the order & payment details. Once paid, you will receive the final wav&aiff file(s).

Make sure that your export/bounced files are not crushed and leave a headroom of -6db to -3db.

Please send us your requirements and we will come back to you ASAP.