Analog Sounds.
Vintage Instruments.
Living Room Atmosphere.

Get lush recordings of your songs with real instruments, analog warmth and human feel.
A relaxed studio space built for musicians.

Lumen Studio Berlin

A one-room production studio in the heart of Neukölln, Berlin.

The studio represents a simple, honest philosophy to making records.

The studio’s philosophy draws from both past and present—a love for the realism of vintage recordings and the clarity of modern productions.

Our approach is focused primarily on recording sounds made with real instruments. The goal is to create space for honest and spontaneous human performances, and capture them with quality, warmth and character.

There's a deep appreciation here for the craft of recording.

We lean heavily on tube and ribbon microphones, with a collection of favourite mic options including vintage and modern studio classics from Neumann, Soyuz, AEA, Coles, AKG, Vanguard, Beyerdynamic, Sennheiser and Shure.

Our signal chain consists of carefully selected analog outboard gear from BAE, Neve, Great River, Avedis, AEA, Kush Audio, Capi, AML and Cranborne Audio. This offers tonal options tailored for the source. We work with a hybrid digital-analog setup.

Artists have access to our selection of vintage instruments, including a 1960's Ludwig Superclassic, 1960's Schimmel upright piano, a VOX AC50 and a rack of snares and cymbals dating from the 1950's to 1970's. When the music calls for it, trusted session musicians are close at hand, using our connections from a decade in the Berlin music scene.

The approach is flexible, shaped entirely by the needs of the artist. Some sessions follow the lineage of classic records—bands playing live in the room, capturing interplay and energy in real time. Others take a more layered route, building songs piece by piece with clarity and intention. Rhythm sections tracked live. Vocals and lead parts stacked with care. The method follows the music.

The space itself was designed by a musician who understands the pressures of the recording environment. After two decades of touring and studio experience, the goal was to create a room that felt less like a control booth and more like a living room – a space where artists can relax, focus, and feel supported. A space where recording feels like making music with your friends, just with better microphones!

If you’re searching for more humanity, texture, and realism in your sound – if you’re tired of MIDI, presets, and samples – Lumen Studio might be the right place for your next project.

We'd love to hear from you!

Feel free to reach out using the button below. Let’s talk about how to get your next record sounding the way it’s meant to.

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TESTIMONIALS

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Working with Aidan has been nothing but pure joy. Not only does he come up with superbly recorded drum stems, but also brings in his own vision and personality. Working in his studio as well as on remote, he will always add to the production and besides all of that he is just a cool guy to hang out with and nerd out on music.

Erol Sarp (Grandbrothers)

After my first drum recording session with Aidan, he quickly became
my go-to drummer and I returned many times since then.
Aidan contributed beautiful drum parts to various projects I brought in,
be it folk, R&B, atmospheric soundtracks or straight Rock 'n' Roll.
Aidan always listens to the song with great care and attention to the mood and feel, and then quickly and spontaneously finds the right sounds to support, or even carry the music.
Another thing I've grown to especially appreciate about him, is not only he's a great drummer but he's also a highly skilled drum set tuner, who will always select the right instrument and painstakingly adjust and tune and voice it until it's just right.
The same care and detail also goes into the recording, microphone selection and their positioning. And he does everything quickly and effortlessly and keeps the session flowing. We always had a fun time!
Great drummer, with a sound of his own, and an all around great guy.

Dan Hirsch (Zuma Studio)

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Discography / Our Clients

Lumen Studio Berlin began as a drum tracking studio and has slowly evolved to a complete production space – hover over each cover to see our contribution to the record.