Crown City Studios

Crown City Studios was a 4,000-square-foot (370 m²) Recording Studio and Creative Space located in Pasadena, CA that has been home to a variety of independent and major label recordings and other creative projects since 2004.^[1]

Many notable Artists, Producers, Mixers, and Engineers have worked at Crown City Studios. The studio has garnered considerable praise for its unique, creative atmosphere, and multipurpose use.^[2] Music videos, and television shows have often been filmed at Crown City Studios.

In 2012, in conjunction with Make Music Pasadena, Crown City Studios launched "Crown City Sessions", a live in-studio video series, which has featured, among others, The New Limb, Ozma, Robotanists, Torches, The Happy Hollows, The Lonely Wild, Mojo Stone, and The Well Pennies.

Crown City Studios was independently owned and operated by Record Producer Eric Lilavois. It featured an extensive collection of analog and digital recording equipment, highlighted by a Solid State Logic AWS-900 Recording Console.

The studio featured a 1,500-square-foot (140 m²) live room, along with two isolation rooms, a spacious and relaxing lounge, as well as a full kitchen.^[3]

Artists and Producers who have worked out of Crown City Studios include My Chemical Romance, Atlas Genius, Saint Motel, Eric Lilavois, The Days In Between, He Is We, Finish Ticket, Phlying Saucer, Andrew DeWitt, Broadcast Station, Tor Hyams, Doran Danoff, Dan Zanes, Empire Theate, Graydon, Matt Miller, Danny T. Levin, Erin Rametta, Geoff Ott, Risers, The Ventriloquists, Jim Cosgrove, Amy Farris, Lenka, The Dustbowl Revival, Kyle Nicolaides, Phil Yates, Frequentscenes, Céleigh Chapman, Double D Horns, and more.^[4]

Notable Recordings

• Saint Motel - Voyeur

• Atlas Genius - When It Was Now

• Atlas Genius - Through The Glass EP

• The Dustbowl Revival - Carry Me Home

• Phil Yates - Tumble Stairs

• Broadcast Station - Broadcast Station

• Emily Holmes - The Arrival

• Frequentscenes - Living & Laughing: The Mind’s Eye in Passing

• Risers - Risers EP

• The Ventriloquists - Bailout!

• Eric Lilavois - "Lifted" - single

• Eric Lilavois - The Only Way

• My Chemical Romance - The Mad Gear and Missile Kid EP

• Phyling Saucer - Runaway EP

• Graydon - Graydon

• The Legend of Beaver Dam

• Jim Cosgrove - Swimming in Noodles

• Dan Zanes & Friends - Little Nut Tree

• Elliot Hilton - “Little Mascara” single

• Risers - Anglos EP

• Erin Rametta - In The Making

• The Days In Between - The Days In Between...

• The Days In Between - Help On The Way

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