Welcome to Arches

Arches Studio & Gardens is a recording studio and creative retreat in the hills of Highland Park, Los Angeles.

We believe the environment shapes what we make within it.

How we feel while we make is how it feels to hear it.

It’s our mission here to create an environment where the unfamiliar feels safe, vulnerability feels natural, and the song feels inevitable.

Rates

Full Day__ 8 hr session w Engineer__ 1200

Half Day__ 4 hr session w Engineer__ 650


Artist leaves with all session files and a day of tracking bounce.


Production__ 2500 per song + 4pts (Project rates available)

Mixing__ 1000 per song (Project rates available)

  • Instruments__

    Yamaha C1 - Herman Miller 1956 Upright Piano - Fender Rhodes - Wurlitzer 200 - Juno 60 - Dave Smith OB-6 - Moog Matriarch - Mellotron - Haken Continuum Fingerboard

    Drum set - acoustic and electric guitars - effect pedals and modular synths

    Microphones__

    Telefunken ELAM 251 - Wunder CM7S - AKG 414 - Shure KSM32 - (2) Soyuz 011 - (2) se8 - AEA R88 - (2) Stager SR-2N - Lauten Audio Tom, Snare & Kick

    Outboard__

    Neve 1073 - RND 511 - Retro 500PRE - AEA RPQ500 - AEA TRP500 - RND MBT - TEAC A2300SX

    Monitoring__ PMC 8-2s

    Conversion__ 40 Inputs of Universal Audio Apollo A/D

Artist Residency

Residency at Arches is a bespoke recording & lodging experience

designed to nourish a complete creative process.

Residency Packages Include__

Studio lockout with engineer for the duration of stay.

Artist Suite: One bedroom suite attached to the studio with separate entrance, private living room, kitchen and bath

Gardens: Outdoor lounges & sunset balconies, gas & wood fire pits, cold plunge, fish pond, private gated access — 20 min walk from the heart of York Boulevard. Welcome snacks and selection of beverages provided.

The Single

3 days_ 3 nights_ 4,500

The EP

5 days_ 5 nights_ 7,500

The Album

10 days_ 10 nights_ 15,000

Get in Touch

We look forward to collaborating with you. Please fill out the form to get in contact with us about your project. Thank you!