Nemo Studios was a recording studio

Recording studio

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 in London

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, planned, built and used by Greek

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 composer

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 Vangelis

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 in 1975–87. Numerous highlights of Vangelis' career were composed in Nemo, including soundtracks for Ridley Scott

Ridley Scott

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's Blade Runner

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, Hugh Hudson

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's Chariots of Fire

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(the soundtrack for which won Oscar) and Roger Donaldson

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's The Bounty

The Bounty

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.

The studio was located on the second floor of the former building to Hampden Gurney school, near the Marble Arch

Marble Arch

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. The building no longer exists. Vangelis' equipment included more than 20 synthesizers and acoustic keyboard instruments, as well as numerous percussion instruments.

External links

• NemoStudios.co.uk - A tribute to the Nemo Studios, includes history, instruments, equipment, photographs.
• Nemo Studios' floorplan Circa 1982 with photographs.
• Studio photo gallery at Elsewhere.com, photographs of Vangelis' studios including Nemo Studios, at the Elsewhere fan site
• Vangelis: Recording the Future, a compilation of Sound on Sound and Recording World Magazine interviews, featuring photographs and a floor plan of the studio.