72-497: Cheiron Studios ( Swedish pronunciation: [ˈɕɛ̌jrɔn] ) was a recording studio located in the Kungsholmen district of Stockholm, Sweden. Founded in 1992 by Denniz PoP and Tom Talomaa, it was known for being a place where popular music acts of the late 1990s/early 2000s, such as Backstreet Boys , Boyzone , Robyn , NSYNC , Britney Spears , and Westlife produced many of their greatest hits. In addition, Cheiron Studios
144-491: A cover version of Plastic Bertrand 's " Ça Plane Pour Moi ". In 1995 Leila K was back on the music scene with the single " Electric ". She kept releasing new music until 1997, but since then she has not released anything new. In 1998, SVT made a documentary about Leila K's claim for stardom called Fuck You, Fuck You Very Much . The event focuses on an incident that happened during the 1996 Swedish Grammis awards. In 2000, she appeared on Daisy Dee 's "Open Sesame" video ,
216-485: A telephone hybrid for putting telephone calls on the air, a POTS codec for receiving remote broadcasts , a dead air alarm for detecting unexpected silence , and a broadcast delay for dropping anything from coughs to profanity . In the U.S., stations licensed by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) also must have an Emergency Alert System decoder (typically in the studio), and in
288-405: A cover of her own 1992 hit. This mentioned song is sampled on U96 's single " Love Religion ". Daisy Dee was the presenter of the show Viva Club Rotation at the time. In 2003, Swedish media reported that Leila K was living on the streets, stealing food for herself. The record company decided to help her financially by releasing a compilation album titled Leila K's Greatest Tracks . In 2005,
360-401: A different machine, which records the combined signals (called printing ) to a 1 ⁄ 2 -inch two-track stereo tape, called a master . Before digital recording, the total number of available tracks onto which one could record was measured in multiples of 24, based on the number of 24-track tape machines being used. Most recording studios now use digital recording equipment, which limits
432-750: A home studio is challenging because they are usually the loudest instruments. Acoustic drums require sound isolation in this scenario, unlike electronic or sampled drums. Getting an authentic electric guitar amp sound including power-tube distortion requires a power attenuator or an isolation cabinet , or booth. A convenient compromise is amplifier modeling , whether a modeling amp, preamp/processor, or software-based guitar amp simulator. Sometimes, musicians replace loud, inconvenient instruments such as drums, with keyboards, which today often provide somewhat realistic sampling . The capability of digital recording introduced by ADAT and its comparatively low cost, originally introduced at $ 3995, were largely responsible for
504-527: A home studio via the Internet. Additional outside audio connections are required for the studio/transmitter link for over-the-air stations, satellite dishes for sending and receiving shows, and for webcasting or podcasting . Leila K Laila El Khalifi ( Arabic : ليلى الخليفي ; born 6 September 1971) better known by her stage name Leila K , is a Swedish Eurodance singer and rapper of Moroccan descent. El Khalifi's parents decided to send her to
576-538: A label owned by BMG. "I didn't even know what a producer did, "I spent two years day and night in that studio trying to learn what the hell was going on." – Max Martin, 19 March 2001 As the studio's repertoire expanded, Talomaa offered to release the second album by the Swedish funk metal band It's Alive , titled Earthquake Visions (1993). The record was a flop, but the band's vocalist, Karl Martin Sandberg, who went by
648-413: A large role in the recording process. With software, a powerful, good quality computer with a fast processor can replace the mixing consoles , multitrack recording equipment, synthesizers, samplers and effects unit (reverb, echo, compression, etc.) that a recording studio required in the 1980s and 1990s. A computer thus outfitted is called a digital audio workstation , or DAW. While Apple Macintosh
720-444: A lesser amount of diffused reflections from walls to make a good-sounding room. A drummer, vocalist, or guitar speaker cabinet, along with microphones, is acoustically isolated in the isolation booth. A typical professional recording studio today has a control room , a large live room , and one or more small isolation booths . All rooms are soundproofed by varying methods, including but not limited to, double-layer 5/8" sheetrock with
792-442: A new version of " The Actor " and "I'm Gonna Be Around". In 1998, Cheiron worked with the boy bands 5ive and NSYNC and the girl group Solid HarmoniE , and collaborated with Bryan Adams on the song " Cloud Number Nine ". The same year, Denniz PoP and Martin wrote several songs for Jessica Folcker, whose career began as a backing singer for Dr. Alban and Ace of Base and who became Denniz's girlfriend. Her debut album, Jessica ,
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#1733084936349864-508: A regular stage or film set. In the era of acoustical recordings (prior to the introduction of microphones, electrical recording and amplification), the earliest recording studios were very basic facilities, being essentially soundproof rooms that isolated the performers from outside noise. During this era it was not uncommon for recordings to be made in any available location, such as a local ballroom, using portable acoustic recording equipment. In this period, master recordings were made by cutting
936-410: A rotating cylinder (later disc) made from wax. Performers were typically grouped around a large acoustic horn (an enlarged version of the familiar gramophone horn). The acoustic energy from the voices or instruments was channeled through the horn to a diaphragm to a mechanical cutting lathe , which inscribed the signal as a modulated groove directly onto the surface of the master. Electrical recording
1008-599: A school in Morocco , but she did not fit into the system so after one year she returned to Sweden. Leila was discovered by the musical duo Rob'n'Raz when singing in a music contest. They liked her music and offered her a recording contract in 1988. Together with Rob'n'Raz she had her first hit in 1989 with the song " Got to Get " (first recorded within the UK as a pre-production demo by Pete Towns of P&P Productions) and released an album in 1990, Rob'n'Raz featuring Leila K . During
1080-497: A selection of instruments in their live room, typically instruments, amplifiers and speaker cabinets that are large, heavy, and difficult to transport (e.g., a Hammond organ ) or infeasible (as in the case of a grand piano ) to hire for a single recording session. Having musical instruments and equipment in the studio creates additional costs for a studio, as pianos have to be tuned and instruments and associated equipment needs to be maintained. General-purpose computers rapidly assumed
1152-402: A signal from one or more of the microphones in the studio could be routed to the loudspeaker in the echo chamber; the sound from the speaker reverberated through the chamber and the enhanced signal was picked up by the microphone at the other end. This echo-enhanced signal, which was often used to sweeten the sound of vocals, could then be blended in with the primary signal from the microphone in
1224-414: A single take. In the 1970s the large recording companies began to adopt multi-track recording and the emphasis shifted to isolation and sound-proofing, with treatments like echo and reverberation added separately during the mixing process, rather than being blended in during the recording. Generally, after an audio mix is set up on a 24-track tape machine, the tracks are played back together, mixed and sent to
1296-584: A successful year for Cheiron. Denniz PoP and Amadin coproduced Dr. Alban's third album, Look Who's Talking! , which attained gold certification in Sweden. They followed it with the 1994 debut album by Swedish Eurodance singer E-Type , titled Made in Sweden , which included the #1 hits " Set the World on Fire " and " This Is the Way ." From 1996 until its closure, Cheiron shared a joint production and publishing venture with
1368-408: A vibrant acoustic signature as the natural reverb enhanced the sound of the recording. In this period large, acoustically live halls were favored, rather than the acoustically dead booths and studio rooms that became common after the 1960s. Because of the limits of the recording technology, which did not allow for multitrack recording techniques, studios of the mid-20th century were designed around
1440-428: Is a key goal, the musicians, singers, audio engineers and record producers still need to be able to see each other, to see cue gestures and conducting by a bandleader. As such, the live room, isolation booths, vocal booths and control room typically have windows. Amplified instruments, like electric guitars and digital keyboards, may be connected directly to the recording console using DI units and performance recorded in
1512-613: Is a specialized facility for recording and mixing of instrumental or vocal musical performances, spoken words, and other sounds. They range in size from a small in-home project studio large enough to record a single singer-guitarist, to a large building with space for a full orchestra of 100 or more musicians. Ideally, both the recording and monitoring (listening and mixing) spaces are specially designed by an acoustician or audio engineer to achieve optimum acoustic properties (acoustic isolation or diffusion or absorption of reflected sound reverberation that could otherwise interfere with
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#17330849363491584-476: Is currently owned by Roxy Recordings , which also includes the Hanssonic Studios of Anders Hansson . In 1986, a group of ten Swedish disc jockeys founded SweMix, a remix service, as a response to DiscoNet , Hot Tracks , and DMC . The group included Dag Krister Volle ( Denniz PoP ), René Hedemyr ( JackMaster Fax ), Sten Hallström ( StoneBridge ), Emil Hellman ( SoundFactory ), and Johan Järpsten ( JJ ). In
1656-409: Is essential to preserving the ability to fine-tune lines up to the last minute. Sometimes, if the rapport between the lead actors is strong enough and the animation studio can afford it, the producers may use a recording studio configured with multiple isolation booths in which the actors can see each another and the director. This enables the actors to react to one another in real time as if they were on
1728-487: Is used for most studio work, there is a breadth of software available for Microsoft Windows and Linux . If no mixing console is used and all mixing is done using only a keyboard and mouse, this is referred to as mixing in the box (ITB). OTB describes mixing with other hardware and not just the PC software. A small, personal recording studio is sometimes called a project studio or home studio . Such studios often cater to
1800-511: The RCA company in the 1930s were crucial to the crooning style perfected by Bing Crosby , and the famous Neumann U 47 condenser microphone was one of the most widely used from the 1950s. This model is still widely regarded by audio professionals as one of the best microphones of its type ever made. Learning the correct placement of microphones is a major part of the training of young engineers, and many became extremely skilled in this craft. Well into
1872-421: The fastest-selling album by a female artist . Westlife recorded songs for their second album, Coast to Coast , and the track " My Love " went straight to No. 1 in the UK. The Backstreet Boys recorded another hit for their fourth album, Black & Blue , " Shape of My Heart ", which was written by Lisa Miskovsky , Martin, and Yacoub. The album became a huge success and sold millions of copies worldwide. By
1944-407: The "studio" or "live room" equipped with microphones and mic stands, where instrumentalists and vocalists perform; and the " control room ", where audio engineers, sometimes with record producers, as well, operate professional audio mixing consoles , effects units , or computers with specialized software suites to mix , manipulate (e.g., by adjusting the equalization and adding effects) and route
2016-573: The 1950s and 1960s, the sound of pop recordings was further defined by the introduction of proprietary sound processing devices such as equalizers and compressors, which were manufactured by specialist electronics companies. One of the best known of these was the Pultec equalizer which was used by almost all the major commercial studios of the time. With the introduction of multi-track recording , it became possible to record instruments and singers separately and at different times on different tracks on tape. In
2088-508: The 1960s, in the classical field it was not uncommon for engineers to make high-quality orchestral recordings using only one or two microphones suspended above the orchestra. In the 1960s, engineers began experimenting with placing microphones much closer to instruments than had previously been the norm. The distinctive rasping tone of the horn sections on the Beatles recordings " Good Morning Good Morning " and " Lady Madonna " were achieved by having
2160-469: The 30th Street Studio at 207 East 30th Street, the CBS Studio Building at 49 East 52nd Street, Liederkranz Hall at 111 East 58th Street between Park and Lexington Avenues (a building built by and formerly belonging to a German cultural and musical society, The Liederkranz Club and Society), and one of their earliest recording studios, Studio A at 799 Seventh Avenue. Electric recording studios in
2232-455: The 30th Street Studios in the late 1940s and A&R manager Mitch Miller had tweaked it to perfection, Miller issued a standing order that the drapes and other fittings were not to be touched, and the cleaners had specific orders never to mop the bare wooden floor for fear it might alter the acoustic properties of the hall. There were several other features of studios in this period that contributed to their unique sonic signatures. As well as
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2304-515: The Billboard top 10 and was featured in the 1998 Swedish movie Fucking Åmål (the English distribution borrowed the song's title for the film due to the obscenity). PoP/Martin produced Leila K's 1995 single " Electric ", whose chorus was sung by Jessica Folcker . The two also worked on the 1995 debut album by 3T , titled Brotherhood . In 1997, songwriter Andreas Carlsson was hired. A year later,
2376-641: The Danish record company Mega Records sent Denniz PoP a demo tape by a then-unknown band called Ace of Base . It included the reggae song "Mr. Ace", written by American singer-songwriter Angelo Negron. Denniz PoP was not initially impressed with it, but after listening to it repeatedly, he decided to remix it. It was re-recorded at the SweMix studio and given the new title " All That She Wants ". The track became an unexpected hit and catapulted both Ace of Base and Denniz PoP into international stardom. In 1992, Denniz PoP and
2448-461: The Irish boy band Boyzone approached Cheiron for material to put on their new album, Where We Belong . Magnusson and Kreuger teamed up with songwriter Jörgen Elofsson , who had previously recorded his own music under the name Shane, to write the song "Will Be Yours". Magnusson/Kreuger produced two tracks for the Danish group Michael Learns to Rock that were included on their 1999 compilation MLTR :
2520-424: The SweMix collective parted ways due to creative differences. When Denniz launched Cheiron with Douglas Carr , he introduced influences from a variety of musical styles that were not restricted to dance music. They produced hits for Swedish artists such as Leila K , Papa Dee , Rob'n'Raz , and Herbie , and hired more staff to meet rising demand. In 1994, the studio began working with foreign artists through Zomba ,
2592-698: The Way It Is ". Magnusson and Kreuger teamed up again with Elofsson to work on the debut album by the new Irish boy band Westlife . They wrote three songs that appeared on the group's 1999 eponymous album . The single " If I Let You Go " was released in August and hit No. 1 on the UK Singles Chart . " Fool Again " also opened in first position on the charts. The year 2000 was busy for Cheiron. They worked with Britney Spears on her second album, Oops!... I Did It Again , which broke more sales records and went on to become
2664-899: The Zomba Group. This began with the American boy band Backstreet Boys , whose eponymous debut album was partly recorded at Cheiron and came out in 1996. It included the hit singles " We've Got It Goin' On " (written by Denniz PoP, Max Martin, and Herbie Crichlow) and " Quit Playing Games (With My Heart) (Martin, Crichlow), which went platinum and landed at No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 . Cheiron next produced Ace of Base's second album, The Bridge , and Per Magnusson with David Kreuger produced DeDe 's debut album, TBA (Totally Bombastic Anecdotes) . Denniz and Martin wrote two songs with Robyn for her debut album, Robyn Is Here : " Do You Know (What It Takes) " and " Show Me Love ". The latter ended up on
2736-533: The beginning they produced and distributed song remixes without permission, so-called " bootlegs ", for limited underground distribution on their newly founded Remixed Records . Remixed Records attracted attention not only in Scandinavia but also Germany, Italy, and the Netherlands. Tom Talomaa, a nightclub owner, became involved and supported the studio with more sophisticated equipment, and musicians began seeking out
2808-519: The case of full-power stations, an encoder that can interrupt programming on all channels which a station transmits to broadcast urgent warnings. Computers are used for playing ads , jingles , bumpers , soundbites , phone calls, sound effects , traffic and weather reports , and now are able to perform full broadcast automation when no staff are present. Digital mixing consoles can be interconnected via audio over Ethernet . Network connections allow remote access , so that DJs can do shows from
2880-489: The concept of grouping musicians (e.g., the rhythm section or a horn section ) and singers (e.g., a group of backup singers ), rather than separating them, and placing the performers and the microphones strategically to capture the complex acoustic and harmonic interplay that emerged during the performance. In the 2000s, modern sound stages still sometimes use this approach for large film scoring projects that use large orchestras. Because of their superb acoustics, many of
2952-480: The consideration of the physical dimensions of the room itself to make the room respond to sound in the desired way. Acoustical treatment includes and the use of absorption and diffusion materials on the surfaces inside the room. To control the amount of reverberation, rooms in a recording studio may have a reconfigurable combination of reflective and non-reflective surfaces. Soundproofing provides sonic isolation between rooms and prevents sound from entering or leaving
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3024-436: The control room. This greatly enhances the communication between the producer and engineer with the player, as studio mics, headphones and talkback are unnecessary. Recording studios are carefully designed around the principles of room acoustics to create a set of spaces with the acoustical properties required for recording sound with accuracy. Architectural acoustics includes acoustical treatment and soundproofing and also
3096-622: The end of the year, however, Cheiron had concluded their joint production and publishing venture with Zomba Group, which they had signed in 1996, and the decision was made to close the studio. Talomaa and Martin wrote on the company website, "Cheiron was created with the intention of having fun, making a few hits and not getting too serious about it. We feel the 'hype' of Cheiron has become bigger than [the studio] itself and it's time to quit while we're ahead." 59°19′55″N 18°01′34″E / 59.332°N 18.026°E / 59.332; 18.026 Recording studio A recording studio
3168-400: The first years of her career she had many chart-topping hits and her music was played all over Europe. She broke up with Rob'n'Raz and went on her own to Ibiza , where she set up concerts on her own. In 1990 she collaborated with Dr. Alban on his single " Hello Afrika ". Her solo career started in 1991 with the single "Time" which she followed up with other singles, such as "Open Sesame" and
3240-426: The group's services. As a result, two labels were formed: Basement Division for underground artists and SweMix Records via Swedish Sonet, for commercial records. SweMix Records signed Swedish dance acts such as Dr. Alban , Kayo , Dayeene , and Leila K. , and had their first big hit with Dr. Alban's 1990 breakout single " Hello Afrika " (produced by Denniz PoP). In 1991, the company was divided, and Remixed Records
3312-412: The inherent sound of the large recording rooms, many of the best studios incorporated specially-designed echo chambers , purpose-built rooms which were often built beneath the main studio. These were typically long, low rectangular spaces constructed from hard, sound-reflective materials like concrete, fitted with a loudspeaker at one end and one or more microphones at the other. During a recording session,
3384-640: The larger studios were converted churches. Examples include George Martin 's AIR Studios in London, Columbia Records 30th Street Studio in New York City, and Pythian Temple studio in New York. Facilities like the Columbia Records 30th Street Studio in New York and Abbey Road Studios in London were renowned for their identifiable sound—which was (and still is) easily identifiable by audio professionals—and for
3456-584: The mid-20th century often lacked isolation booths, sound baffles , and sometimes even speakers. A major reason that isolation was not used was that recordings in this period were typically made as live ensemble takes and all the performers needed to be able to see each other and the ensemble leader while playing. The recording engineers who trained in this period learned to take advantage of the complex acoustic effects that could be created through leakage between different microphones and groups of instruments, and these technicians became extremely skilled at capturing
3528-422: The mid-20th century, recordings were analog , made on 1 ⁄ 4 -inch or 1 ⁄ 2 -inch magnetic tape , or, more rarely, on 35 mm magnetic film , with multitrack recording reaching 8 tracks in the 1950s, 16 in 1968, and 32 in the 1970s. The commonest such tape is the 2-inch analog, capable of containing up to 24 individual tracks. Throughout the 1960s many pop classics were still recorded live in
3600-585: The name Martin White, caught Denniz PoP's attention. He invited Sandberg to work with the studio as a songwriter and eventually hired him as an in-house producer. He also renamed him Max Martin . Their first collaboration was the 1995 track " Wish You Were Here " by Rednex , which reached #1 in several European countries. Cheiron next hired the duo of John Amatiello and Kristian Lundin (collectively known as "Amadin") as songwriters and producers. David Kreuger and Per Magnusson were next to join. 1994 turned out to be
3672-524: The number of available tracks only on the basis of the mixing console 's or computer hardware interface's capacity and the ability of the hardware to cope with processing demands. Analog tape machines are still used in some cases for their unique sonic characteristics. Radio studios are very similar to recording studios, particularly in the case of production studios which are not normally used on-air , such as studios where interviews are taped for later broadcast. This type of studio would normally have all of
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#17330849363493744-502: The property. A Recording studio in an urban environment must be soundproofed on its outer shell to prevent noises from the surrounding streets and roads from being picked up by microphones inside. Equipment found in a recording studio commonly includes: Not all music studios are equipped with musical instruments. Some smaller studios do not have instruments, and bands and artists are expected to bring their own instruments, amplifiers, and speakers. However, major recording studios often have
3816-459: The rise of project studios in the 1990s. Today's project studios are built around software-based DAWs running on standard PC hardware. An isolation booth is either a partially enclosed area in the live room or a completely separate small room built adjacent to the live room that is both soundproofed to keep out external sounds and keep in the internal sounds. Like all the other recording rooms in sound industry, isolation booths designed for having
3888-444: The same equipment that any other audio recording studio would have, particularly if it is at a large station, or at a combined facility that houses a station group, but is also designed for groups of people to work collaboratively in a live-to-air situation. Broadcast studios also use many of the same principles such as sound isolation, with adaptations suited to the live on-air nature of their use. Such equipment would commonly include
3960-401: The saxophone players position their instruments so that microphones were virtually inside the mouth of the horn. The unique sonic characteristics of the major studios imparted a special character to many of the most famous popular recordings of the 1950s and 1960s, and the recording companies jealously guarded these facilities. According to sound historian David Simons, after Columbia took over
4032-508: The seams offset from layer to layer on both sides of the wall that is filled with foam, batten insulation, a double wall, which is an insulated wall built next to another insulated wall with an air gap in-between, by adding foam to the interior walls and corners, and by using two panes of thick glass with an air gap between them. The surface densities of common building materials determines the transmission loss of various frequencies through materials. Thomas A. Watson invented, but did not patent,
4104-516: The skill of their staff engineers. As the need to transfer audio material between different studios grew, there was an increasing demand for standardization in studio design across the recording industry, and Westlake Recording Studios in West Hollywood was highly influential in the 1970s in the development of standardized acoustic design. In New York City, Columbia Records had some of the most highly respected sound recording studios, including
4176-495: The smaller independent studios were often owned by skilled electronics engineers who designed and built their own desks and other equipment. A good example of this is Gold Star Studios in Los Angeles, the site of many famous American pop recordings of the 1960s. Co-owner David S. Gold built the studio's main mixing desk and many additional pieces of equipment and he also designed the studio's unique trapezoidal echo chambers. During
4248-474: The sound and keep it from bleeding into the other microphones, allowing better independent control of each instrument channel at the mixing console . In animation, vocal performances are normally recorded in individual sessions, and the actors have to imagine (with the help of the director or a reader) they are involved in dialogue. Animated films often evolve rapidly during both development and production, so keeping vocal tracks from bleeding into each other
4320-408: The sound for analog or digital recording . The engineers and producers listen to the live music and the recorded "tracks" on high-quality monitor speakers or headphones . Often, there will be smaller rooms called isolation booths to accommodate loud instruments such as drums or electric guitar amplifiers and speakers, to keep these sounds from being audible to the microphones that are capturing
4392-401: The sound heard by the listener). Recording studios may be used to record singers, instrumental musicians (e.g., electric guitar, piano, saxophone, or ensembles such as orchestras), voice-over artists for advertisements or dialogue replacement in film, television, or animation, Foley , or to record their accompanying musical soundtracks. The typical recording studio consists of a room called
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#17330849363494464-445: The soundproof booth for use in demonstrating the telephone with Alexander Graham Bell in 1877. There are variations of the same concept, including a portable standalone isolation booth and a guitar speaker isolation cabinet. A gobo panel achieves the same effect to a much more moderate extent; for example, a drum kit that is too loud in the live room or on stage can have acrylic glass see-through gobo panels placed around it to deflect
4536-474: The sounds from other instruments or voices, or to provide "drier" rooms for recording vocals or quieter acoustic instruments such as an acoustic guitar or a fiddle . Major recording studios typically have a range of large, heavy, and hard-to-transport instruments and music equipment in the studio, such as a grand piano , Hammond organ , electric piano , harp , and drums . Recording studios generally consist of three or more rooms: Even though sound isolation
4608-444: The specific needs of an individual artist or are used as a non-commercial hobby. The first modern project studios came into being during the mid-1980s, with the advent of affordable multitrack recording devices, synthesizers and microphones. The phenomenon has flourished with falling prices of MIDI equipment and accessories, as well as inexpensive direct to disk recording products. Recording drums and amplified electric guitar in
4680-435: The studio and mixed into the track as the master recording was being made. Special equipment was another notable feature of the classic recording studio. The biggest studios were owned and operated by large media companies like RCA, Columbia and EMI, who typically had their own electronics research and development divisions that designed and built custom-made recording equipment and mixing consoles for their studios. Likewise,
4752-571: The unique acoustic properties of their studios and the musicians in performance. It was not until the 1960s, with the introduction of the high-fidelity headphones that it became common practice for performers to use these to monitor their performance during recording and listen to playbacks. The use of different kinds of microphones and their placement around the studio is a crucial part of the recording process, and particular brands of microphones are used by engineers for their specific audio characteristics. The smooth-toned ribbon microphones developed by
4824-658: Was a success, with singles such as "Tell Me What You Like" and " How Will I Know (Who You Are) ", both of which went platinum. Folcker received Grammis nominations for Best Newcomer and Best Female Artist. The same year, Denniz PoP and Max Martin shared the Honorary Jury Prize at the Grammis. By that point, however, Denniz was in poor health and unable to attend the award ceremony, having been diagnosed with throat cancer in November 1997. Cheiron's rise to international prominence
4896-525: Was also a record label , Cheiron Records , affiliated with BMG for a while, and a music publishing service ( Cheiron Songs ), although those ventures were later abandoned in favour of music production. After Denniz PoP's death in 1998, Cheiron closed in 2000. Talomaa and Max Martin reformed the company as Maratone , while Kristian Lundin and Jake Schulze formed the Location , and David Kreuger and Per Magnusson started A Side Productions . The studio
4968-509: Was an international hit and became the best-selling debut album by a teenage female artist . Later the same year, Martin began working with Rami Yacoub and Angelo Negron on the production of the Backstreet Boys' next album, Millennium , which was released on Jive a year later and went on to become one of the best-selling albums of all time . Martin, together with Lundin and Carlsson, also co-wrote Celine Dion 's 1999 hit single " That's
5040-442: Was common by the early 1930s, and mastering lathes were electrically powered, but master recordings still had to be cut into a disc, by now a lacquer, also known as an Acetate disc . In line with the prevailing musical trends, studios in this period were primarily designed for the live recording of symphony orchestras and other large instrumental ensembles. Engineers soon found that large, reverberant spaces like concert halls created
5112-413: Was sold to Giovanni Sconfienza, who later converted it into a full-fledged label (releasing artists such as Solid Base and Sonic Dream Collective ). The following year, SweMix further split up into SweMix Productions and SweMix Records & Publishing. The latter was sold to BMG and taken over by Denniz PoP and Tom Talomaa, who renamed it Cheiron and began working in the studio in 1992. In early 1992,
5184-467: Was tempered by the death of its founder. Only 35 years old, Denniz died of cancer on 30 August 1998, after which Martin took over as director of the studio. Early in 1998, Jive Records sent Cheiron a 16-year-old American girl named Britney Spears to record a set of songs, including " ...Baby One More Time ". The track had originally been written for TLC , who declined it, as they were on hiatus. Spears's debut album, also titled ...Baby One More Time ,
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