
Recording studio · Seltjarnarnes, Iceland
A studio that feels like a home.
Recording, mixing, mastering and production in a converted family house by the sea, ten minutes from downtown Reykjavík.
The studio
Built for people, not for machines
Masterkey Studios is a recording and production studio for musicians, from established artists to new voices. It was built inside a family house on the shore at Seltjarnarnes, and it still feels like one: there are rooms for talking, eating, writing, playing and resting as well as for recording.
The cables and the technology are kept out of sight, so the people and the instruments come first. The live room has natural acoustics and tall arched windows facing north and south over the sea, with space for a full band, an ensemble or a single voice.
Services
Recording
Bands, ensembles, strings and solo artists, through a 32-channel Rupert Neve 5088.
Production
Album and single production with Sturla Mio Þórisson, from arrangement to final master.
Mixing
Mixing on the console or in the box, for sessions recorded here or anywhere else.
Mastering
We work closely with Scott Hull @ Masterdisk to follow all projects through mastering for release, digital and vinyl.
Spaces
The rooms
Credits
A few of Mio's credits include
- MelchiorLjós í skóm · 2026
- The Swell SeasonForward · 2025
- Emilíana Torrini & The Colorist OrchestraRacing the Storm · 2023
- LaufeyThe Reykjavík Sessions (EP) · 2022
- Markéta IrglováLILA · 2022
- Cyrano (original soundtrack)Aaron & Bryce Dessner, Matt Berninger, Víkingur Ólafsson · 2021
- The Pogo ProblemFacts of Matter · 2021
- Kristín Þóra Haraldsdóttir / Umbra EnsembleBlóðhófnir / Bloodhoof · 2021
- Markéta Irglová ft. Emilíana Torrini & AukaiQuintessence · 2020
- Markéta Irglová ft. Siggi String Quartet & Aida ShahghasemiAmong The Living · 2020
- Pat JaffeEldorado · 2020
- Damien RiceMy Favourite Faded Fantasy · 2014
- Markéta IrglováMuna · 2014
- Therese AuneBillowing Shadows Flickering Light · 2012
- Final Fantasy (Owen Pallett)Lewis Takes Action · 2010
- ModdiFloriography · 2010
- Owen PallettHeartland · 2010
- Bonnie "Prince" BillyThe Letting Go · 2006
- BjörkMedúlla · 2004

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