Atomkraft Micro-Studios

In The Beginning - Yestergear

The Jockey’s Quarters had a few rooms. One of them had a few old radios in it. We dubbed that room the ‘Sound Room’. Many ‘Sound Rooms’ have come and gone since 1984, and so the latest iteration is right here for your enjoyment.

Random historical factoid from our recording past:

The only instruments used on the Psycho Society ‘SUNDAY BLUDGE OI!’ Album from February 1986 were : A tin drum, a 804 Doubleday Thesaurus, a light bulb, two pieces of a broken antenna, 2 garden stakes, an upside down Fururist metal tubular table, a T.V, AM radio, acoustic guitar with four strings, and a bamboo stick. Also vocals. All performed ad-lib by Paul Newton and Damian Davis.

Necessity was indeed the mother of invention in those days. Not that the subsequent recording was anything to pass on to Hollywood.

The Atomkraft studios now house some collections of synths, samplers, various sound making tools, and assorted recording equipment.

The oldest bit of kit is a Hammond C-3 (complete with pedalboard), next up is a Wurlitzer A-200, and following close behind in age is a Roland SH-2. From there onwards 80’s and 90’s and 00’s gear dominates the collection.

At the Winter Palace studio there is a non-working semi-restored Acadia pump-organ. looks so nice.