Headgear Studio
Headgear Studio was an American recording studio based in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. It was founded in 1998 by Alex Lipsen and Dan Long. In 2000, engineer Scott F. Norton joined as a partner and the studio relocated its facilities near the Brooklyn waterfront. The studio was featured in an article in Tape Op magazine in October 2008. Headgear first attracted attention when the Yeah Yeah Yeahs recorded their 2003 debut album, Fever to Tell, there with producer David Sitek. That album was nominated for a 2004 Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Album. Sitek subsequently recorded with his band, TV on the Radio at Headgear and built the adjoining Stay Gold Studio in the same building.
According to their Facebook page, the studio closed in 2012.
Artists who have recorded at Headgear include
- All-American Rejects with Tim O'Heir
- Ambulance LTD with producer Ron Schaffer
- Andromeda
- Animal Collective
- Apache Beat
- Appleseed Cast with engineer/producer John Agnello
- Au Revoir Simone
- Celebration
- Chavez
- CocoRosie
- Cymbals Eat Guitars
- Dinner with the Band
- Dirty On Purpose
- Early Man
- Echosuite
- Entrance with engineer/producer Chris Cody
- Everyothers with engineer/producer Tim O'Heir
- Fireworks Go Up! with engineer/producer John Agnello
- Golden Triangle
- Grand Mal
- Grooms
- Heavy Trash
- Heroine Sheiks with engineer/producer Greg Gordon
- Hot Rod Circuit with engineer/producer Tim O'Heir
- Inouk
- Jay Farrar with engineer/producer John Agnello
- Jennifer O'Connor
- Keepaway
- Kevin Devine
- Lee "Scratch" Perry
- Light Asylum
- Louque
- Ludlow Lions
- Massive Attack
- Meshell N'degeocello
- Miracle of 86 -
- Moses Murphy
- Muckaferguson -
- The Naked Hearts
- Parts and Labor
- Pela
- Phosphorescent
- The Picture
- Radio 4
- RaRaRiot
- Ribbons
- Sam Champion
- Sam Winch with producer Rod Sherwood
- Santigold
- Shakira
- Son Volt with engineer/producer John Agnello
- Tensixties
- The Boggs
- The Dragons of Zynth
- The Hold Steady
- The Infidels
- The Jealous Girlfriends with engineer/producer Dan Long
- The Knife
- The List
- The National
- Tiombe Lockhart
- TV On The Radio
- Vic Thrill
- White Magic
- World Inferno Friendship Society with engineer/producer Tim O'Heir
- Yeah Yeah Yeahs
- Zach de la Rocha