Avatar Studios, formerly known as the The Power Station, is a recording studio at 441 West 53rd Street in Manhattan, New York City. A recording studio is a facility for sound recording. Ideally the space is specially designed by an acoustician to achieve the desired acoustic properties (sound Manhattan Island, in New York Harbor, is much the largest part of the Borough of Manhattan, one of the Five Boroughs which form the City of New York The City of New York
The building was originally a Con Edison power plant; but after a period of vacancy, it was used as a sound stage for the television game show Let's Make a Deal. Consolidated Edison Inc is one of the largest investor-owned energy companies in the United States with approximately $13 billion in annual revenues and $30 billion in assets Let's Make a Deal is a Television Game show which originated in the United States and has since been produced in many countries throughout the In 1977, it was rebuilt as a recording studio by producer Tony Bongiovi and gained renown as one of the finest acoustic environments for recording in the world. Also 1977 (album by Ash. Year 1977 ( MCMLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays Tony Bongiovi is a Record producer and Recording engineer. He helped to remodel an old building in Manhattan -- once a power plant for Edison and later a television It has won several studio industry awards over the years, including a "Les Paul Award for Special Lifetime Achievement" in 1991.
The complex was renamed Avatar Studios (under the Avatar Entertainment Corporation) in May of 1996.
Major acts who have recorded there include Aerosmith, Marc Anthony, B-52's, Tony Bennett, Jon Bon Jovi (who actually worked there in his youth), Devo, Duran Duran, Dream Theater, Bruce Springsteen, John Lennon, Bernadette Peters, Neil Young, Harry Connick, Jr., Iggy Pop, Journey, George Michael, Betty Carter, Sum 41, John Mayer, Moby, Vanessa Williams, Blondie, Porcupine Tree, Chic, Joan Jett, David Bowie, The Last Shadow Puppets, and the band Power Station, which was named after the studio itself. Aerosmith is an American Hard rock band sometimes referred to as "The Bad Boys from Boston " and "America's Greatest Rock and Roll Band" Marco Antonio Muñiz (born September 16 1968 is an American singer/songwriter/actor of Puerto Rican descent popular in Latin America for his Salsa music The B-52's originated as a New Wave Rock band formed in Athens Georgia, United States, in 1976 Tony Bennett (born Anthony Dominick Benedetto; August 3 1926) is an American Singer of popular music, standards Jon Bon Jovi (born John Francis Bongiovi Jr on March 2 1962 is an American Musician, Songwriter and Actor. Devo (pronounced DEE-vo (IPA /'diːvoʊ/) or dee-VO (IPA /diː'voʊ/) often spelled "DEVO" or "DEV-O" is an American Duran Duran are an English Pop rock band famous for a long series of popular singles, albums and vivid Music videos for which they've won two Dream Theater is an American Progressive metal band formed in 1985 under the name " Majesty " by John Myung, John Petrucci John Winston Ono Lennon, MBE (born Bernadette Peters (born February 28 1948 is an American Actress and Singer from New York City. Neil Percival Young OM (born November 12, 1945, Toronto Ontario) is a Canadian Singer-songwriter, Musician Joseph Harry Fowler Connick Jr (born September 11, 1967) is an American singer, Pianist, Composer, Actor, James Newell Osterberg Jr (born April 21, 1947) better known by his Stage name Iggy Pop, is an American rock singer Songwriter Journey is an American rock band formed in San Francisco, California in 1973 Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou (Γεώργιος Κυριάκος Παναγιώτου (born 25 June 1963 best known as George Michael, is a two-time Grammy Award winning Betty Carter ( May 16, 1929 &ndash September 26, 1998) was an American Jazz Singer who was renowned for her Sum 41 (sometimes referred to as The Sums) is a Canadian Pop punk band from Ajax Ontario. John Clayton Mayer (; born October 16 1977 is an American musician Richard Melville Hall, also known as Moby (born September 11, 1965 in Harlem, New York) is an American DJ Vanessa Lynn Williams (born March 18, 1963) is an American Singer-songwriter and actress. Blondie is an American rock band that first gained fame in the late 1970s and has so far sold over 60 million records Porcupine Tree are a Progressive rock band formed by Steven Wilson in 1987 in Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, England. Chic ( pron. ˈʃiːk ("sheek" sometimes fully capitalized as CHIC is an American Disco and R&B band that was formed in 1976 Joan Jett (born September 22 1958, Wynnewood, Pennsylvania) is an American rock Guitarist, Singer David Bowie (ˈboʊiː born David Robert Jones on 8 January 1947 is an English Musician, actor producer, and arranger. The Last Shadow Puppets is a side project of Alex Turner of the band Arctic Monkeys and Miles Kane of the band The Rascals. Power Station was a 1980s supergroup made up of singer Robert Palmer; bassist John Taylor and guitarist Andy Taylor of Duran Duran
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