Breakglass Studios is a Canadian analogue and digital

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established in 2005. Co-founded by producer Dave Smith and

Jace Lasek Jace Lasek is a Canadian musician and producer living in Montreal. He and his wife Olga Goreas are the principal songwriters for the Montreal-based indie rock band The Besnard Lakes. Lasek plays guitar, bass, drums and keyboards. He is also the b ...

, the studio space is located in the

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area of Montreal, Quebec. Since its inception, the studio has had a third partner in James Benjamin. Local and international bands have recorded there, such as The Besnard Lakes, Les Breastfeeders, Bionic, Holy Fuck, Islands, Patrick Watson, Stars,

Sunset Rubdown Sunset Rubdown is a Canadian art rock music group from Montreal. The band began as a solo project for Spencer Krug of Wolf Parade, who released his debut, '' Snake's Got a Leg'', in early 2005. By the next year the project expanded to become a fu ...

, Human Human, Dead Messenger, The Unicorns, Voilà!,

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, Wolf Parade, Purity Ring, The Annoying, The Loodies and

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. Patrick Watson's album, ''

Close to Paradise ''Close to Paradise'' is the second studio album by Patrick Watson, released on September 26, 2006. On September 24, 2007, the album won the Polaris Music Prize, after reaching the finals alongside such other albums as ''Neon Bible'' (Arcade Fire ...

'', recorded at Breakglass Studio, was awarded the Polaris Music Prize in 2007. Breakglass has a collection of vintage and new equipment. Available is a 1968 Neve Pre 80 Series input console. Originally built by Rupert Neve and refurbished by Hutch at Manley in 1994 (recapped, rewired, functionally upgraded), it is the first 16-buss Neve console ever produced. In 2012, Breakglass opened up a second mixing and tracking suite featuring an SSL 9080J console.

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