Smart Studios

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music production facility recording studio

Smart Studios was a renowned Madison, Wisconsin recording studio co-founded by Butch Vig, known for shaping the sound of influential alternative rock albums including Nirvana’s "Nevermind."

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Label Occurrences
Smart Studios canonical 1
Smart Studios sessions 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf music production facility ⓘ
recording studio ⓘ
activeIn 1980s ⓘ
1990s ⓘ
2000s ⓘ
associatedWith Butch Vig ⓘ
Garbage ⓘ
Helmet ⓘ
Killdozer ⓘ
L7 ⓘ
Nirvana ⓘ
The Smashing Pumpkins ⓘ
surface form: Smashing Pumpkins

Steve Marker ⓘ
Tad ⓘ
city Madison ⓘ
coFoundedBy Butch Vig ⓘ
Steve Marker ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
foundedBy Butch Vig ⓘ
Steve Marker ⓘ
genreFocus alternative rock ⓘ
grunge ⓘ
indie rock ⓘ
hasProducer Butch Vig ⓘ
Steve Marker ⓘ
industry music industry ⓘ
knownFor Nirvana album pre‑production work ⓘ
alternative rock recordings ⓘ
influential rock albums ⓘ
languageOfWork English ⓘ
locatedIn Madison, Wisconsin, United States ⓘ
surface form: Madison, Wisconsin

Midwestern United States ⓘ
Wisconsin ⓘ
notableClient Garbage ⓘ
Helmet ⓘ
Killdozer ⓘ
L7 ⓘ
Nirvana ⓘ
The Smashing Pumpkins ⓘ
surface form: Smashing Pumpkins

Tad ⓘ
notableWorkOn Garbage ⓘ
surface form: Garbage – early recordings and demos

Nevermind ⓘ
surface form: Nirvana – Nevermind (pre‑production and early sessions)

Smashing Pumpkins – Gish ⓘ
roleInMusicHistory helped define the sound of 1990s alternative rock ⓘ
important hub for Midwestern indie and alternative bands ⓘ
specializesIn mixing ⓘ
music production ⓘ
recording ⓘ
state Wisconsin ⓘ

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Nevermind → recordedIn → Smart Studios ⓘ
In Bloom → previouslyRecordedVersion → Smart Studios ⓘ
this entity surface form: Smart Studios sessions