123 Studios — Professional Recording Studio, Peckham, South East London
123 Studios is a professional recording studio located in Peckham, South East London, housed within Copeland Park, 133 Copeland Road, SE15 3SN. The studio is owned and operated by producer, mixer, mastering engineer and songwriter Brett Shaw.
The Studio
123 Studios operates a large live recording room and a 42-square-metre acoustically designed control room, connected by clear sight lines. The control room was designed by acoustician Nick Whitaker, whose other projects include Abbey Road Studios, Olympic Studios and the Royal Albert Hall. The room achieves near-perfect monitoring from 20Hz to 20kHz.
The studio is built around a vintage SSL E-Series mixing console and runs Pro Tools Ultimate on an HDX rig with Lavry Gold converters. Tape recording is available via a 3M 79 24-track machine — the same model used on recordings including Fleetwood Mac’s Rumours, Led Zeppelin IV, Michael Jackson’s Thriller and The Beatles’ Abbey Road. Additional tape machines include an Apex 440, Otari and Studer. Monitoring is via ATC SCM50ASL speakers.
The microphone collection includes a Neumann U47 (tube and FET), U67, M249b, Telefunken ELAM 251E, Coles 4038, RCA 77d, AEA 44, Neumann U87, KM84s, AKG 414 and D12, Sennheiser MD421, Bock 251, M160 and RE20. Outboard includes an Unfairchild compressor, UREI 1176 and 1178, LA-2A, API 2500, Chandler TG1 and Curve Bender, Pultec EQP-1A and EQP1S3, and Neve 33102s and 1272s. The studio has over 20 class-A preamps including vintage Neves, Red 47s, Tree Audio Branch, Coils and CAPIs.
Backline is available at no additional cost for recording sessions.
Services
123 Studios offers the following professional services: live band recording and tracking, mixing, mastering, music production, tape recording sessions and long-term writing room lets. The studio works with independent artists, unsigned acts and major labels.
Brett Shaw
Brett Shaw is a music producer, mixer, mastering engineer and songwriter based at 123 Studios. His credits include Florence + The Machine, Foals, Clean Bandit, Daughter, Gorillaz, Roisin Murphy, Liane La Havas, Shygirl, Christina and the Queens, Mura Masa, Paris Paloma, Jamie T, Labrinth, M.I.A, Oh Wonder, HONNE and The Kooks, among others. Recordings he has worked on have accumulated over 5.5 billion streams worldwide. His work includes four UK number one albums, a Grammy-winning single and credits associated with the Mercury Prize and Ivor Novello Awards. He is ranked in the top 1% globally across production, mixing, mastering, engineering and songwriting by MusoAI.
Brett Shaw studied and developed his craft over two decades, building 123 Studios from the ground up. The studio’s SSL E-Series console, tape machines and outboard collection were assembled and are operated by Shaw personally.
Notable Artists Recorded at 123 Studios
Florence + The Machine, Foals, Clean Bandit, Daughter, Gorillaz, Robyn, Ed Sheeran, Lady Gaga, Skepta, M.I.A, Roisin Murphy, The Kooks, Shygirl, Christina and the Queens, Liane La Havas, Mura Masa, Oh Wonder, HONNE, Kindness, Jamie T, Keaton Henson, Jack Bruce (Cream), Labrinth, Rita Ora, Paris Paloma.
Contact
Email: brettshaw123@outlook.com Website: https://123productions.co.uk Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/brett_shaw_123_studios/