Studio 11

Studio 11 is a recording studio in Chicago, Illinois, founded in 1996.^[1] Best known for hip hop music, duranguense, gangsta rap, and house music styles, Studio 11 has recorded, mixed, and mastered over 35,000 musical songs.

Studio 11

Industry	Recording Studio
Founded	Chicago, IL 1996
Founder	Alex Gross, Dan Scalpone
Headquarters	Chicago, IL, United States
Key people	Alex Gross, Dan Scalpone
Website	studio11chicago.com

History

Early history

Studio 11 was initially opened in a coach house building at 11 East Superior Street by Alex Gross and Dan Scalpone, while students of sound engineering at Columbia College. By 1999 the studio expanded to the top floor at 209 W. Lake St. into two music studios to accommodate larger volumes of recording. Early adaptation of digital technology established Studio 11 as a premiere Chicago destination for recording rap and electronic music, highlighted by the early works of Kanye West,^[2][3] Lupe Fiasco, Yung Berg, and Crucial Conflict, as well as more recent recordings with Rockie Fresh,^[4] Cashis, and French rapper Gradur.

Music

Founder Alex Gross established himself with the recording of Payroll 125,^[5][6] a rap album featuring the Kanye West produced song Never Change, subsequently sold to Jay Z and re-released on critically acclaimed album The Blueprint.^[7] In 2011, Studio 11 was selected as a curator for WFMU New York's Free Music Archive, and has since released nearly 200 contributions totalling over 100,000 downloads, featuring artists such as Greenskeepers, Glass Lux,^[8] Track Jackit, Angel Alanis^[9] and The Dread.^[10]

Notable clients

Rockie Fresh	K-Paz de la Sierra	Memphis Bleek
Crucial Conflict	Cashis	Patrulla 81
Yung Berg	No I.D.	Greenskeepers
Flavor Flav	Adela Popescu	Ron Carroll
Lil Herb	B Howard	Lupe Fiasco
Young Thug	Kanye West	Gradur
C-Sick	Lil Durk[11][12]	Seventh Wonder
Akon	Snoop Dogg	Juice
Do or Die	Groove Armada	Shawnna
Mos Def	Straight No Chaser	Dave Dresden
Warner Music Group	Atlantic Records	Om Records
King L[13]	BT	Silversun Pickups
Filligar

Selected recordings

Albums

Year	Album	Artist
2010	The Otherside[14]	Rockie Fresh
2013	Driving 88[15]	Rockie Fresh
2013	Electric Highway	Rockie Fresh
2001	Payroll 125[16]	Payroll & Kanye West
2006	Ziggy Franklin Radio Show	James Curd, Greenskeepers
2005	Pleetch	Greenskeepers
2005	Thank You Lenny[17]	Treologic
2006	Succession, I Guess[18]	Filligar
2007	The City Tree[19]	Filligar
2008	Near or Far	Filligar
2010	The Nerve	Filligar
2003	Is There A Signal Coming Through[20]	Life At Sea
2012	Fly Over State[21]	Fly Over State
2015	L'homme Au Bob[22]	Gradur
2006	Block Music	Shawnna
2008	Planet Crucon[23]	Crucial Conflict
2015	Building A New Chicago	Track Jackit

Singles

Year	Song	Artist
2013	Vraja ta	D.J. Project fet. Adela
2014	The Unbreakable Grayarea Mix	BT
2009	Cloud Atlas	Dave Dresden & Grayarea
2007	Little Lover's So Polite Grayarea Remix	Silversun Pickups
2014	A.C. Green	Rockie Fresh
2012	Into The Future	Rockie Fresh
2010	Warsaw James Curd Remix	Groove Armada
2012	Dat Ass	Ron Carroll feat. Kima'Chelle
2012	Insane	Y.P. feat. Rockie Fresh
2013	Rub A Dub	Y.P. feat. King Louie
2012	Bingo Players	Rattle feat. Ron Carroll
2015	I'm A Machine[24]	Glass Lux
2008	Barnfire	Crucial Conflict
2009	What's Poppin' Ride?	Butta Da Prince
2007	Lake Park	Butta Da Prince
2008	Styrafoam Cups	JDP

12" Vinyl Singles / EPs

Year	Song	Artist
2004	Neurobotic[25]	Hidden Variable
2001	The Dancing Wu Li Masters EP[26]	Hidden Variable
2002	Polarities 1 Of 2: Positive[27]	Hidden Variable
2004	Lunar[28]	Gabriel Palomo & Lee Chameleon
2012	Crush Your Idols	SanFaçon
2012	When The Angels Fell	SanFaçon
2012	Midnight At Dusk Hotel	Silentcorp
2012	Naked Came The Stranger	Silentcorp
2012	Intrinsic[29]	Gabriel Palomo
2012	Group Modulo[30]	Kuya
2014	Curiosity[31]	Mikey Yellow
2014	Pattern Recognition[32]	Linear
2011	Chicago House Music EP Part 1	Gene Farris
2011	Chicago House Music EP Part 2	Gene Farris

Films

Year	Film	Director	Musical Score
2003	When Thugs Cry	Parris Reaves	Alex Gross[33]
2005	The Evil One	Parris Reaves	Alex Gross & Dan Scalpone[34][35]

References

1. "Studio 11 - About". Studio 11. Retrieved 22 August 2015.
2. "MTV Back to the Root, Presented by Discover America". Episode 7 - Hip Hop culture in Chicago. Retrieved 22 August 2015.
3. Curd, James (27 March 2011). "You only live once". The best of Chicago. Retrieved 22 August 2015.
4. "Rockie Fresh "AC Green" Studio 11 Video Blog 0004". Studio 11. 26 February 2014. Retrieved 22 August 2015.
5. "Self Made Presents Payroll 125 - The Album". Discogs. Retrieved 22 August 2015.
6. Barber, Andrew (December 1, 2010). "The 50 Greatest Chicago Rap Songs". Complex. Complex Media Inc. Retrieved August 26, 2015.
7. "Studio 11 | About". Studio 11. Retrieved 22 August 2015.
8. Lux, Glass (30 November 2012). "I'm a Machine". Bandcamp. Bandcamp, Inc. Retrieved 22 August 2015.
9. "The Free Music Archive". Angel Alanis: Angel Alanis - Studio 11 FMA Compilation. 14 December 2013. Retrieved 22 August 2015.
10. "The Free Music Archive". Studio 11 Chicago : Recording, Mixing, Mastering, And Music Production. 8 June 2015. Retrieved 22 August 2015.
11. Capper, Andy (2 December 2013). "Vice". The Fresh Prince of Chiraq. Retrieved 22 August 2015.
12. Bell, David (November 11, 2013). "The Fresh Prince of Chiraq". Def Jam Recordings. Retrieved August 26, 2015.
13. Barber, Andrew (16 September 2011). "Fake Shore Drive". TRELLO X KING LOUIE – DEEP CRUISING. Retrieved 26 August 2015.
14. "ROCKIE FRESH "AC GREEN" - STUDIO 11 VB0004". YouTube. February 26, 2014. Retrieved August 26, 2015.
15. Anderson, Steve (27 July 2012). "Rockie Fresh signed to Warner/Maybach Music Group". Studio 11. Retrieved August 26, 2015.
16. "Self Made Presents Payroll – 125 - The Album". Discogs. Retrieved August 26, 2015.
17. "Thank you Lenny - Credits". AllMusic. October 4, 2005. Retrieved August 26, 2015.
18. Stagner, Ashley (April 1, 2007). "music & goldfish: filligar". The Continental. Retrieved September 4, 2015.
19. "Filligar". Interpunk. Retrieved September 4, 2015.
20. "Is There A Signal Coming Through". Discogs. Retrieved September 4, 2015.
21. "Fly Over State". Discogs. Retrieved September 4, 2015.
22. "L'Homme Au Bob". Discogs. Retrieved September 4, 2015.
23. "Planet Crucon". All Music. Retrieved September 13, 2015.
24. "Glass Lux - The New Wave Chicago Italo Connection". The Free Music Archive. February 6, 2015. Retrieved August 26, 2015.
25. "Neurobotic". Discogs. Retrieved September 4, 2015.
26. "The Dancing Wu Li Masters EP". Discogs. Retrieved September 4, 2015.
27. "Polarities 1 Of 2: Positive". Discogs. Retrieved September 4, 2015.
28. "Lunar". Discogs. 25 May 2004. Retrieved September 4, 2015.
29. "Intrinsic". Discogs. 17 May 2012. Retrieved September 10, 2015.
30. "Group Modulo". Discogs. 17 December 2012. Retrieved September 10, 2015.
31. "Curiosity". Discogs. Retrieved September 10, 2015.
32. "Pattern Recognition". Discogs. 15 September 2014. Retrieved September 10, 2015.
33. "When Thugs Cry". IMDB. Retrieved September 13, 2015.
34. "The Evil One". IMDB. Retrieved September 13, 2015.
35. Koziarski, Ed (June 24, 2004). "Reaves starts new production in September; Lion's Gate to release his Holmes horror pic". Retrieved September 13, 2015.

External links

• Studio 11 website
• Free Music Archive

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