Whether it's tracking, editing, mixing, or production, we can pair you with the right person in the right studio to make your dream recording so you can focus on being creative and capturing great performances.
Tom Dobrzanski
Founder / Studio Manager
Tom Dobrzanski is a Juno nominated Canadian record producer, engineer, mixer, musician and studio owner.
He began his career in 2005 when he built Vertical Studios and produced debut albums for bands like Said The Whale, Hey Ocean!, and We Are The City. His favourite projects to work on are often new artists that are looking to make their first serious studio recording. Tom is also a founding member of the Vancouver band The Zolas.
Tom has been recognized with many award nominations including WCMA awards for Producer of the Year, Engineer of the Year, Rock Recording of the Year, Pop Recording of the Year, Independent Album of the Year, and most recently Juno nominations in the Alternative Album and Breakthrough Group categories. Tom has also had multiple top 10 singles on Canadian radio charts, including a #1 with Said The Whale's song "I Love You".
Aaron Klassen
Engineer
Aaron Klassen is a Vancouver-based a recording engineer, mixer, and multi-instrumentalist specializing in drums and synthesizers.
As a performer, Aaron has over a decade of experience playing stages across Canada, the US, UK, France, Germany, and as far as India with musical acts such as Bad Pop (FKA Hot Panda), Ben Rogers, Dustin Bentall, Ghostmeat and Altered By Mom. The songs shared on this bio playlist showcase some of that work.
After completing the Digital Music Production program at Langara College, Aaron found his love of all things engineering and production. Blending the old and the new, analog meeting digital, is where Aaron finds the most joy in recording and are what keep him in the studio with a smile on his face at any hour.
Quirky indie rock, classic and contemporary alternative, electronic, post disco and pop music are the blueprints for the music that Aaron creates personally and loves to work with artists of any genre that hold a passion for putting out something new to the world.
Alex Penney
Producer / Senior Engineer
Alex Penney has always been surrounded by music. He played piano growing up, with a taste influenced by a father who loved prog-rock and a sister who studied jazz. This developed into a love for hip-hop and electronic music and sounds from around the world.
During university he became interested in DJing and production and started buying records and making beats. This eventually led to a move to Vancouver BC to pursue a career in making sound and he has been working as a Producer/Engineer/DJ ever since.
Alex has worked with artists such as Dani LeRose (Jade the Moon), Jay Rock (Top Dawg Entertainment), and Jarrett Martineau (CBC Reclaimed / RPM Records).
eva lucia
Engineer
Eva Lucia is a Vancouver-based Producer, Recording and Mix Engineer. She has been a guitarist and songwriter for 10 years, and fell in love with music production and audio engineering while studying at the SAE Institute and completing a year-long internship at Monarch Studios . Since graduating, she has been immersed in studio life; always learning from the talented musicians and engineers she meets along the way.
Eva loves music across all genres but would say her skills stand out in alternative folk, folk pop, indie pop/rock, dreampop, and punk. She stays active in the Vancouver music scene, frequently playing shows and releasing music with her indie-rock band Cat Larceny.
Eva loves recording all instruments, and has found the seemingly endless creative recording techniques for drums especially enticing. Her favourite projects to work on are those with up and coming artists who share the same passion for music as she does.
Alec Taylor
Engineer
Alec Taylor is an engineer, producer, and musician who graduated from SAE Institute and fell in love with the art of recording. The studio has quickly become a second home to him, and since then Alec has spent his time producing records for his own band, Cat Larceny, and the up-and-coming group Felisha and the Jazz Rejects.
Growing up in a household full of classic rock and alternative 90s music, he started playing guitar at age 7, and has since learned multiple instruments and a love for all genres.
Alec loves working with bands, rappers, and singer/songwriters, while experimenting with different sound effects and synthesizers. This all comes together in the studio to create a fun and memorable experience for everyone involved.
Charlotte Duggan
Engineer
Charlotte Duggan is an accomplished audio engineer and music producer, with experience working in over a dozen recording studios across Vancouver, Banff, Los Angeles, and London. She creates unique sounds across a multitude of genres, from hip hop, punk and noise, to alternative rock, folk and pop.
Charlotte has two Audio Engineering and Music Production diplomas from SAE Institute Vancouver. In addition, she completed an Audio Recording Engineer Practicum at the prestigious Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity, where she focused on classical and orchestral recording.
Recently Charlotte celebrated 35 million streams for her engineering work on Lauren Spencer Smith’s “Mixed Emotions” EP; the lead single "All I Want" is currently at 25 million streams and counting.
She is passionate about uplifting underrepresented voices and is dedicated to providing safe environments for artists to be creative in.
Charlotte currently splits her time between Vancouver and London, UK.