Australia's oldest and largest commercial recording studio Studios 301 relaunches in Sydney

Australia's oldest and largest commercial recording studio, Studios 301, was relaunched at an exclusive event in Sydney last night.

Industry guests were welcomed by 301 founder and owner Dr Tom Misner (pictured above) and six-time Grammy Award-winning UK producer Steve Lillywhite (U2, The Rolling Stones, Peter Gabriel).

The design of the new complex is a further collaboration between Misner – a music industry icon and audio education pioneer – and master acoustician Jochen Veith. The new world-class Studios 301 come following a number of successful joint ventures from the pair. It will be the only tier-one recording studio in Australia.

VIP guests, recording artists and music industry executives in attendance included Peter Karpin, Sony Music Head of A&R Paul Harris, Universal Music Australia MD Michael Taylor, APRA’s Milly Petriella, Isabella Manfredi (The Preatures), Rai Thistlethwayte (Thirsty Merc) actor Kirby Burgess and many more.

Photo credit: Ben Symons