Finnvox Studios is a
recording studio
A recording studio is a specialized facility for sound recording, mixing, and audio production of instrumental or vocal musical performances, spoken words, and other sounds. They range in size from a small in-home project studio large enoug ...
located in
Pitäjänmäki,
Helsinki,
Finland. It was founded by Erkki Ertesuo, Kurt Juuranto and Lejos Inc. in 1965 and is the longest running studio recording facility in Finland. The original multi-track recording equipment and continuous technical updates of the studio machines and acoustics soon made Finnvox the most sought after studio in the country. Finnish artists which recorded at Finnvox in the 1970s include
Rauli Somerjoki,
M. A. Numminen
Mauri Antero Numminen (born 12 March 1940 in Somero, Southwest Finland) is a Finnish artist who has worked in several different fields of music and culture.
Biography
In the 1960s, Numminen was known particularly as an avantgarde, underground ...
and their bands,
Wigwam,
Agit-prop and many others.
Up until the 1990s, Finnvox also operated a
vinyl record mastering and pressing facility, which was later converted in new studio rooms and in a mixing and recording room for film and
TV productions. Currently, Finnvox occupy 2000 square feet and has nine studio rooms, five of which are used for recording and mixing, three for mastering and editing and one for film and TV productions. Finnvox Studios maintained for five decades their importance in the country, remaining the first choice in Finland for all the local record producers and companies.
More recently, many
metal bands used Finnvox Studios for recording, mixing or mastering their albums including
Sonata Arctica,
Nightwish
Nightwish is a Finnish symphonic metal band from Kitee. The band was formed in 1996 by lead songwriter and keyboardist Tuomas Holopainen, guitarist Emppu Vuorinen, and former lead singer Tarja Turunen. The band soon picked up drummer Jukka Neva ...
,
Finntroll,
Stratovarius,
HIM,
Moonsorrow,
Holy Knights,
Ram-Zet,
Throes of Dawn
Throes of Dawn is a Finnish metal band. The group formed in 1994 by Henri Koivula (vocals) and Jani Heinola (synth). The band has been known as emotional dark metal. The band's sound is built on the combination of synths and guitars, laced with c ...
,
Grenouer
Grenouer is a Russian rock and metal band, formed in late 1992 in Perm. Their name is an intentional misspelling of grimoire, a magic textbook.
History
The debut was followed by other albums, released in Russia by labels like Irond, More ...
,
Apocalyptica and many more.
The mastering abilities of technician Mika Jussila in particular are much requested in the metal community, with more than 1300 metal albums mastered at Finnvox since 1990.
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Recording studios in Finland
Music in Helsinki
Finnish companies established in 1965
Mass media companies established in 1965