D.E.S. Studios

Recording studio in Brussels, Belgium. Short for "Diffusion Électronique Sonore".

Starting in 1966 [a=Jack Say] used the rehearsal room of the Onyx Club (owned by [a=Pol Clark]) for recording demo sessions. Say subsequently bought the building (including the bar and the apartment where engineer [a=Dany Bernard] lived) and started a professional recording studio in 1968. The studio was used by major record companies such as Vogue, EMI and Polydor. The bar was a regular location for jam sessions featuring the biggest names in the Belgian jazz scene.

In 1976 the company Studio D.E.S. SPRL was founded and a new Scully console (the first in Belgium) installed. Having started as a 2-track studio, it now had 24 tracks. Around this time an echo chamber was also installed and the basement converted to a studio B for recording background music for striptease acts.

In 1982 Say sold the studio to chief engineer [a=Francis Dewell], Michèle Abs (Clark's wife) and [a=Marc Hermant]. In 1989 the studio was renamed to [l=New D.E.S. Studios].

Engineers known to have worked here: [a=Dany Bernard], [a=Michel Lecloux], [a=Pic Cornet], , , .

Also appears on releases as:
Studio D.E.S. Musicland
Studio DES Brussel
Studio DES, Bruxelles
Studio D.E.S.
Studio DES

[b]For the French mixing/mastering studio in both Paris & Aubervilliers, and credits for engineer [a=Poussin], please use [l=Studio D.E.S.]
For the American editing/mastering studio in Dallas, Texas, please use [l=Digital Editing Services].
For the UK mixing/mastering studio, and credits for engineers [a=Adam Skeaping] or [a=Duncan Cowell], please use [l=The Digital Editing Suite].
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