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Dockyard Studios

About Me


Dockyard Studios is a professional recording facility owned and operated by Matt Allison in Cape Town, South Africa. Conveniently located in the historical 'Old Castle Brewery' media complex in Woodstock situated just off the N1 Highway, 5 minutes from the Cape Town CBD.
We offer a comfortable and unique space in which to record and boast a large selection of vintage and modern boutique audio equipment centered around an industry standard Digidesign Pro Tools System offering tracking, editing and mixing.
Feel free to relax in our client lounge between takes, catch up on e-mails with our WIFI network and enjoy a cup of coffee from our well equipped kitchenette.
You can also enjoy a light snack or meal at 'La Cantina' with breath taking views of Table Mountain.
For rates and availability please call + 27 (0)21 447 9947.
PRODUCTION, ENGINEERING & MIXING
2002 – Matt Allison 'The Same Old Struggles'
2003 – Matt Allison 'Where This Road Leads' (SAMA Nominated)
2004 – Matt Allison 'Tunes To Fall Awake To' (SAMA Nominated)
2005 – 2010 'Original Christian Songs by South African Artists'
2006 – Enmity 'It is Written'
2007 – Anaphys – 'EP'
2008 – Derek Leisegang – 'A Narrow Gap in Space and Time'
ENGINEERING
2006 – Alice Gilham – TBC
2007 – Cabins in the Forest - TBC
2007 – New Altum - TBC
2007 – Gravity Wins Again – TBC
2007 – The Masi Choir – 'Living Hope For South Africa'
2007 – Claire Gibson – 'Aim For The Stars' (Corporate)
2007 – Mark Harris – TBC
2007 – Postmann – 'Demo'
2008 – Mtunzi – TBC
2008 – Proxy Worship– TBC
2008 – Six of Nine – TBC
2008 – Stefan Dixon – TBC
2008 – Red Earth Rust – TBC
ASSISTANT ENGINEERING
2007 - Braille - TBC
2007 - Dean Guevara - 'Pierce the Night'
2007 - Caedmon's Call - 'Overdressed'
2007 - Farewell Flight - 'Sound. Color. Motion'
2007 – Barry Van Zyl, Alvin Dyers & Friends – TBC
2008 – Chris Hinze – TBC
2008 – JacSharp – TBC

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

Superman... no... Batman... hmm, or maybe Wolverine?

My Blog

We are open for business!

I have been swamped with the studio revamp/rebuild and pushing hard to meet our opening date of July 1st thus I have fallen behind in my irregular BLOG posts. Not only did we meet ...
Posted by on Fri, 06 Jul 2007 13:53:00 GMT

Gear List

RECORDERS/DAW Apple G5 Dual Core 2GhzDigidesign 002RDigidesign Command 8Pro Tools LE 7.4.2 with MPTKLynx Studio Aurora 16 AD/DA Converter MONITORING Focal Solo 6BePresonus Central StationSennheiser...
Posted by on Sat, 21 Apr 2007 14:53:00 GMT

What's with the crazy names?

Ok, Since I named the studio 'Dockyard Studios' it just wouldn't be right to have plain-jane names for the rooms... that would be VERY uncreative, not only of me but for musicians. We all know it is...
Posted by on Sun, 13 May 2007 10:06:00 GMT

Bringing the roof down....

Well the renovations of the 'Live Room' started today. We have taken out the old roof & ceiling and putting in a new one with a slight elevation and bolstering the walls and roof at the same time ...
Posted by on Thu, 10 May 2007 11:02:00 GMT

And so it starts....

Greetings Neighbours, After making records out of makeshift home studios for over 10 years I finally took a leap of faith and am in the process of opening by first commercial studio venture in the w...
Posted by on Wed, 18 Apr 2007 07:18:00 GMT