Studio

The live room at Masterkey Studios: a Steinway grand piano in front of a tall arched window looking out to sea

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.

Credits

A few of Mio's credits include

All credits
  • Melchior
    Ljós í skóm · 2026
  • The Swell Season
    Forward · 2025
  • Emilíana Torrini & The Colorist Orchestra
    Racing the Storm · 2023
  • Laufey
    The Reykjavík Sessions (EP) · 2022
  • Markéta Irglová
    LILA · 2022
  • Cyrano (original soundtrack)
    Aaron & Bryce Dessner, Matt Berninger, Víkingur Ólafsson · 2021
  • The Pogo Problem
    Facts of Matter · 2021
  • Kristín Þóra Haraldsdóttir / Umbra Ensemble
    Blóðhófnir / Bloodhoof · 2021
  • Markéta Irglová ft. Emilíana Torrini & Aukai
    Quintessence · 2020
  • Markéta Irglová ft. Siggi String Quartet & Aida Shahghasemi
    Among The Living · 2020
  • Pat Jaffe
    Eldorado · 2020
  • Damien Rice
    My Favourite Faded Fantasy · 2014
  • Markéta Irglová
    Muna · 2014
  • Therese Aune
    Billowing Shadows Flickering Light · 2012
  • Final Fantasy (Owen Pallett)
    Lewis Takes Action · 2010
  • Moddi
    Floriography · 2010
  • Owen Pallett
    Heartland · 2010
  • Bonnie "Prince" Billy
    The Letting Go · 2006
  • Björk
    Medúlla · 2004

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