York Street Studio

Founded and built by producer and engineer Martin Williams, producer Malcolm Welsford and Jaz Coleman it quickly became New Zealand's leading music recording, mixing and mastering facility.

In 2000 the studio was purchased by software developer Adrien de Croy and was then managed by Jeremy McPike.

[citation needed] In April, 2014, though at that time still very busy, the Studios closed due to its 21-year lease, and was sold.

[citation needed] It had virtually no permanent acoustic absorption, relying on room shape and deflective elements to achieve control of reverberation.

The list of the studio's clients include: Silverchair, Crowded House, Bic Runga, Shihad, Interpol, Che Fu, Dave Dobbyn, Daniel Bedingfield, Goldenhorse, No Doubt, Fur Patrol, The Feelers, Strawpeople, Killing Joke, Black River Drive, Bailterspace, Semisonic, The Exponents, Headless Chickens, The Stereo Bus, Engelbert Humperdinck, Hello Sailor, Blindspott, Tadpole, Head Like A Hole, Zed, Ben King, Pluto, Scarf, Supergroove, Brooke Fraser, Payola, Carly Binding, 48May, Phil Rudd, The Dukes, The Lookie Loos and Zero T.[citation needed] Producers who have worked at the studio include; Mitchell Froom, Jaz Coleman, Youth (producer), Gil Norton, Malcolm Foster, Chris Van De Geer, Andrew Buckton, Malcolm Welsford, Danton Supple, Tchad Blake, Brian Paulson, Greg Haver, Bradey Blade, Scott Seabright, P Money, and Jonathan Campbell.